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Jointly Offered by Adelphi University
School of Social Work and
the Institute for Parenting
Thursday, October 15, 2009
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Book Signing 4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Adelphi University
Ruth S. Harley University Center, 2nd floor
Garden City, New York
Research reveals that the ability of the parent to perceive and respond to the internal world of the child is a powerful predictor of a child’s security of attachment and their capacity to self-regulate. At the heart of that attachment bond is another relationship: the one between the parent and the self. What term can we use to describe the capacity enabling this intrapersonal and interpersonal form of attunement? We call this mindsight. At the most basic level, this process involves a perceptual ability to attend to the mental domain—within the other and within the self. Each of these functions has been elucidated in modern neuroscience findings by examining the integrative functions of the brain. By exploring the core process of integration, within the nervous system and within relationships, we can come to understand the deeper nature of the parent-child relationship. In this way, mindsight, the heart of parenting, is also the heart of healing in therapy, particularly after the experience of trauma.
Trauma can be viewed as overwhelming our capacity to cope. Post-traumatic states can be seen as impairments to integration, yielding dysfunctions in self-regulation that result in chaotic and rigid pathways of thinking, feeling, and being. To overcome trauma, enabling individuals to live full and meaningful lives, a process of integration must occur. This integration requires that the history of an individual's mental life be tracked across experiences—enabling a form of "mental time travel" that connects past, present, and future. Teaching parents and therapists about the nature of neural integration affords a powerful avenue to connect research and practice with the important respect for the subjective lives of adults and children alike.
Who Should Attend:
Social workers, parent educators, early childhood educators, child care providers, pediatricians, psychiatrists, neonatologists, nurses, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, midwives, speech pathologists, psychologists, obstetricians, family therapists, school counselors, child life specialists, educators, physical therapists, occupational therapists, students, mental health practitioners working in the field of trauma, and others who professionally impact the lives of adults, families, and children.
Contact
For additional information, please contact:
Marcy Safyer
The Institute for Parenting Director
Linen Hall, Room 11
p - 516.877.3060
e - msafyer@adelphi.edu
Neela Lockel
Continuing Education Director
Social Work Building, Rm 235
p - 516.877.4339
e - lockel@adelphi.edu
Marlene Scheer
Continuing Education Coordinator
Social Work Building, Rm 231
p - 516.877.4343
e - scheer@adelphi.edu
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