Thursday, May 17, 2007
8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Adelphi University
Ruth S. Harley University Center, Room 313

6 CEU's, 6 CASAC Training Hours, 6 Psychology CE's, 6 Nursing Contact Hours
Education Training Hours/Credits are at the discretion of each school.

Download the Workshop Brochure (PDF 1.4 MB) for more information.

The PPM integrates attachment theory, Adlerian psychology, and the work of contemporary developmental researchers and clinicians (e.g. Peter Fonagy, Daniel Stern, Jeree Prawl, Edward Tronick, Dainel Siegel, T. Berry Brazleton and Robert Emde.) The three components of the PPM - developing the emotional relationship, promoting striving and mastery, and guiding towards interdependence - will be described and illustrated through videotaped examples. The instructor will teach how the PPM can be applied to videotapes of parent-child interactions in order to better understand the dynamics of these relationships.

Finally, applications of the PPM will be explained. These will include The Bright Beginnings Parent-Child Program, a multiple-family group for families with infants and toddlers, and an interaction guidance intervention, where parents and clinician collaboratively view videotapes of parent-child interaction.

Methodology: lecture, discussion, videotapes, and experiential exercises.

Workshop Objectives:
Participants will be able to:

1. Understand the three components of the Parenting processes Model (PPM)
2. Increase their knowledge of the role of culture in the parenting processes of different families
3. Understand the application of the PPM int he development of a multipple-family group for families with infants and toddlers (Bright Beginnings Parent-Child Program)
4. Apply the PPM to videotapes of parent-child interactions to understand the dynamics of the relationships
5. Utilize an interaction guidance intervention model to view videotapes collaboratively with parents in high risk families
6. Understand parallel process and its importance when working with families of young children

About the Instructor
Martha Edwards Ph.D. is the Director of the Center for the Developing Child and Family at the Ackerman Institute for the Family. Her professional interests are focused on: child development in the context of the family, school, and culture; determinants, outcomes, and processes of parenting; and the connections among family therapy and research, neurobiology, classical Adlerian psychoanalytic theory, and developmental psychology. She has developed a longitudinal prevention program for infants, toddlers, and their families called the Bright Beginnings Parent-Child Program, which integrates the ideas of Bowlby, Adler, and Vygotsky, and is designed to promote infant mental health, school readiness, and the ongoing relational development of children and parents. Bright Beginnings has been implemented with at-risk families in community-based organizations, Even Start and Early Head Start, and in New York City public schools.

Dr. Edwards is active in professional organizations, currently serving on the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the American Family Therapy Academy, a board member of the Zero to Three New York Network, and a member of the editorial board of Family Process. She presents nationally and internationally and maintains a private practice in New York City.

Who Should Attend
Early childhood educators, child care providers, pediatricians, psychiatrists, social workers, nurses, psychologists, family therapists, school counselors, child life specialists, educators, and students.