8:00 – 9:00 |
REGISTRATION AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST |
9:00 – 9:15 |
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS |
9:15 – 10:45 |
KEYNOTE SPEAKER “Attachment And Biobehavioral Catch-Up: An Intervention For Parents Of Young Children Who Have Experienced Adversity” Description: Children who have experienced early adversity, such as foster care, neglect, and institutional care, often have difficulties regulating behavior and physiology. We have designed an intervention that targets these issues. The intervention, Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up, helps caregivers behave in nurturing ways to enhance children’s attachment organization, and provide a responsive, engaged interpersonal environment so as to enhance children’s attention and self-regulatory capabilities. Evidence regarding the effectiveness of the intervention will be presented along with description of the intervention, and videotaped vignettes. |
10:45 – 11:00 |
BREAK |
11:00 – 12:00 |
PANEL DISCUSSION Chair: Chris Overtree, Director, Psychological Services Center, UMass Amherst. Panelists:
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12:15 – 1:00 |
LUNCH |
1:00 - 1:30 |
POSTER SESSION, BOOK SALE, NETWORKING |
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TOPICAL CONCURRENT SESSIONS |
1:45 – 3:00 |
SESSION 1 (choose 1 of the following 3) a. How Many Families Does It Take To Make An Adoption? with Joyce Maguire Pavao, Founder and CEO of Center for Family Connections, Cambridge, MA. b. Reactive Attachment Disorder with Anna Smyke, Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Tulane University.
c. Going To The Source: Adoptive Parents Discuss Attachment Trauma |
3:15 – 4:30 |
SESSION 2 (choose 1 of the following 3) a. Adoption-Specific Psychotherapy: A Manualized Approach For Children Adopted From Foster Care with Debbie Riley, Center for Adoption Support and Education, Baltimore and Jill Waterman, Department of Psychology, University of California Los Angeles. b. Adoption Mentoring Partnership with Jen Dolan, Program Manager, Rudd Adoption Research Program UMass Amherst; Quade French, Clinical Psychology Doctoral Student, UMass Amherst; Hal Grotevant, Rudd Family Foundation Chair of Psychology, UMass Amherst; Renee Moss, Director, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hampshire County and Jessica Robbins, Case Manager, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hampshire County. c. Attachment In Adoption And Foster Care: Current Research. Chair: Ruth McRoy, Boston College Graduate School of Social Work Speakers:
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4:30 – 5:30 |
POSTER SESSION, RECEPTION, AND CLOSING |