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2006 Projects Past Events

Professional Development and Continuing Education Workshop
Changing the World, One Diaper at a Time: A Look at Fatherhood
Friday, June 6, 2008
Jonathan Diamond, Ph.D.

The workshop examined the changing role of fatherhood and helped fathers and mothers change with it.



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Programs for Parents
Parent Coffee Series with Q & A–
The Gift of Fatherhood

Thursday, June 5, 2008
Jonathan Diamond, Ph.D.

This generation of men is giving to their children more than they received from their own fathers. Dr. Diamond believes that men could use some help, something to guide and sustain them through both the ordeals and joys of parenthood.



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Professional Development and Continuing Education Workshop
Parental Reflective Functioning and Clinical Practice:
A New Approach to Working With Parents and Their Young Children

Friday, May 9, 2008
John F. Grienenberger, Ph.D.

The workshop provided participants with a new way to work with the central issues in parent-child relationships and a method that can be utilized to help parents think about their children in a more reflective way.



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Programs for Parents
Parent Coffee Series with Q & A–
What is Reflective Parenting and How Can it Help My Child?
Thursday, May 8, 2008
John Grienenberger, Ph.D.

It is a parent's capacity for reflective functioning that allows children to develop their own ability to be self observing. With parents as guides, children make links between feelings, thoughts and behavior.



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Programs for Parents
Parent Coffee Series with Q & A–
Managing Big Feelings: Tips for Parents and Children
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Sandy Wolkoff, MSW

Sometimes kids go off the deep end and grown-ups dive in right after, creating lots of upset, but little resolution. Learn to solve problems with your children more effectively by knowing what pushes your buttons.



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Professional Development and Continuing Education Workshop
An Overview of Attachment for Clinical Practice
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Morris N. Eagle, Ph.D.

The workshop focused on attachment theory as a framework for clinical assessment and intervention as well as the clinical implications of attachment theory and research for work with infant-mother dads, as well as adults and couples.



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Programs for Parents
Parent Coffee Series with Q & A–
Shopping, Cooking and Eating: An Adventure for You and Your Preschooler
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Robert Dell Amore, M.D.

Sometimes kids go off the deep end and grown-ups dive in right after, creating lots of upset, but little resolution. Learn to solve problems with your children more effectively by knowing what pushes your buttons.



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Professional Development and Continuing Education Workshop
Helping Parents Help Their Young Children Through Trauma
Friday, November 9, 2007
Cynthia Monahon, Psy.D.

The workshop reviewed research regarding various exposures to trauma for young children, developmental differences in symptomatology, and factors associated with severity of traumatic impact.



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Professional Development Event
Celebrate Families and Children
Friday, October 19, 2007



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Parent Community Event
Stresses and Supports for Today's Families
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Dr. T. Berry Brazelton, M.D.
View T. Berry Brazelton's Bio



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Reception
Introducing Laura M. Ludlam, Director of the Child Activity Center &
Marcy Safyer, Director of the Institute for Parenting

Thursday, June 7, 2007
Alumni House
View Event Photo Gallery

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Attachment, Mastery, Interdependence
The Parenting Process Model in Work with Infants, Toddlers, Young Children, and their Families
Thursday, May 17, 2007

This workshop explored the processes and outcomes of parenting and their implications for working with young children and their families.





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Contact
For additional information about the Institute for Parenting, please contact:

Marcy Safyer, LCSW-R
Linen Hall, Room 11
p - 516.877.3060
e - msafyer@adelphi.edu

The Institute for Parenting
Adelphi University
1 South Avenue
P.O. Box 701
Garden City, NY 11530-0701

f - 516.877.3845
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