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Foundation Course in Child and Family Development

Cambridge Forum for Children's Emotional Well-being

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The course takes place from 9.00am – 5.00pm on

  • Thursday and 9.00am - 4.00pm on Friday Thursday 25th March and
  • Friday 26th March 2010

at the Faculty of Education.

Speaker: Ruth Schmidt Neven, PhD

Introduction

The Foundation Course aims to make psychodynamic ideas accessible and highly practical for ALL professionals who work with children, young people and their parents in a wide range of settings. These include social workers, teachers, psychologists, health visitors, kindergarten and child care workers, doctors and community workers. A key concept is that the child's behaviour has meaning and is always a communication. The Foundation Course is devised and run by Ruth Schmidt Neven a Tavistock trained child psychotherapist who has worked for over twenty years in the NHS and who has been a pioneer in parent education in the UK. Now based in Melbourne, Ruth was previously inaugural Chief Psychotherapist at the Royal Children's Hospital and is currently Director of the Centre for Child and Family Development in Melbourne. Ruth runs training programmes throughout Australia and overseas. Her forthcoming book 'Core Principles of Assessment and Therapeutic Communication with Children Parents and Families: Towards the promotion of child and family wellbeing' will be available from Routledge in 2010. Ruth's previous book 'Emotional Milestones': Development from birth to adulthood' has been described as making a major contribution to child health.

What you will learn

  • A Psychodynamic approach to Child Development.
  • Emotional Milestones: From Birth to Adulthood – The Foundations of attachment.
  • The Impact of Separation, Loss and Trauma – How to avoid repeating problems across the generations.
  • Applying a Developmental Approach to Behavioural Problems in Childhood and Adolescence, including Attention Deficit Disorder, Depression and Youth Suicide.
  • Developing Assessment, Diagnostic and Case Management Skills. How to Start – What to look for - How to continue.
  • Promoting Therapeutic Communication with Children, Adolescents and Parents – Creative Opportunities for Problem Solving.

Learning method

Learning is both theoretical and experiential and includes ample opportunities for discussion. Participants are encouraged to bring case material from their own work settings.

Early bookings are advised

Limited places are available. A detailed program will be sent to participants before the start of the course.

Fees

£195 Members £235 Non-members.
This includes the two-day Course, training materials, lunch, morning and afternoon tea. The full fee must be sent with the registration form to secure a place. Full payment is due before the start of the Course.

Contact

reception@educ.cam.ac.uk