Keynote Address: Mary Dozier, Ph.D.
Intervening with young foster children and maltreated children:
attachment and neuroendocrine regulation
Dr. Mary Dozier is the Amy E. duPont Chair of Child Development, Department of Psychology, University of Delaware. She is the Principal Investigator of the Infant Caregiver Project, and has studied the adjustment of young children in foster care for over ten years. Dr. Dozier’s interests are in understanding connections between experience, brain development, behavior and preventive interventions. She has developed an intervention called Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-Up Intervention (ABCI), which she is researching in a longitudinal study funded by the NIMH, in conjunction with the Children and Youth Division of the Philadelphia Department of Human Services. She will present her research finding on the adjustment of infants and young children who have experienced maltreatment and disruptions in their relationships with caregivers, looking at a range of outcomes, such as the attachments that children form with their caregivers, and their ability to regulate physiology, behavior, and emotions.
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Dialogue with Dozier:
Theraplay Intervention with Substance-Abusing
Mother-Infant/Toddler Dyads
Saara Salo, Ph.D., Certified Theraplay Trainer/Supervisor, and child psychologist at Helsinki University Central Hospital will share her interesting work with substance-abusing mothers and their children. Jukka Mäkelä, M.D., Development Manager, Finnish Institute of Health and Welfare, Department of Children, Adolescents and Families, and certified Theraplay Trainer/Supervisor will join Dr. Salo for discussion of the application of Dr. Dozier’s work on Theraplay practice.
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Break-out Sessions Part One
Therapeutic Issues in the Theraplay Treatment of Children
with Autism Spectrum Disorders
This panel will be led by Susan Bundy-Myrow, Ph.D., Certified Theraplay Trainer/Supervisor from Buffalo, New York. Evangeline Munns, Ph.D., Certified Theraplay Training/Supervisor from Ontario, Canada, will present a longitudinal case study. Rand Coleman, Ph.D., Certified Theraplay Therapist from Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, will discuss integrating Theraplay with multi-modal treatment for children with severe autism spectrum disorders.
Working with Parents: the Therapeutic Alliance
Minna Laakso, M.A., Certified Theraplay Trainer and Hanna Lampi, Occupational Therapist, Certified Theraplay Therapist, University Hospital of Helsinki will discuss ground-breaking work of adding a Theraplay session with the parents (by themselves without the child) to the Theraplay treatment sequence as a way of enhancing the therapeutic alliance. Discussion will include theoretical perspective as well as survey results from participating parents and therapists.
Using Theraplay in a Residential Treatment Program
Karen Buckwalter, LCSW, Certified Theraplay Trainer/Supervisor, Director of Treatment Services, Chaddock, Quincy, Illinois, and Jacqueline Lynch, Ph.D., consulting clinical psychologist, Sheffield, England. This presentation will address adapting Theraplay to older children and adolescents in two residential treatment facilities, with special emphasis on integrating Theraplay into the milieu.
MIM Nano: Assessing Parent-Child Interactions in Well Child Checkups
Mary Talen, Ph.D., Director Behavioral Health Science, MacNeal Family Health Center, Berwyn, Illinois, and her team will present strategies for assessing children’s culturally aligned (Delete this) social/emotional development and parent-child interactions using the MIM Nano Model, a time efficient mechanism for early detection and intervention. This work was published in the APA journal, Families, Systems and Health, 2007.
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Break-Out Sessions Part Two
Theraplay with Adolescents: Practical Suggestions for Working with Older Children and Teens
Panel Participants:
Michelle Robison, LCSW, Associate Director of Clinical Services, Chaddock, Quincy, Illinois, Certified Theraplay Trainer; Brijin Gardner, LSCSW, RPT/S, Platte County RIII Schools, Missouri; Mary Spickelmier, LSCSW, RPT/S, Private Practice, Leavenworth, Kansas, will share their expertise working with teens in residential facilities, schools and with juvenile offenders.
Theraplay for Everyday Kids
Panel Participants:
Ulrike Franke, RPT/S, German Theraplay Institut, Certified Theraplay Trainer/Supervisor; David Myrow, Ph.D., Certified Theraplay Trainer/Supervisor, Buffalo, New York; Chuck West, M.A., Certified Theraplay Therapist and current President of The Theraplay Institute board of directors. This panel will discuss using Theraplay with more typical children presenting with less severe problems, including: working with young children; ways to combine Theraplay with more traditional interventions, and “out of the box” creative application ideas for out-patient and school settings.
Using Theraplay to Promote Health and Well-Being for Children in Domestic Violence Shelters
Lorna Bennett, R.N., Associate Professor of Nursing, Memorial University School of Nursing, Newfoundland, Canada will discuss the implementation of the Theraplay approach, including challenges and barriers, with mothers and their children in an integrated group program in a domestic violence shelter. Her work has been published in the Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 2006.
Theraplay Case Study: Treating a Family in Crisis
Mi-Won Youn, Ph.D., and Miwa Takai, M.A., Certified Theraplay Therapists, Seoul, South Korea, will present this case of an intact, biological family with a young boy who is developmentally delayed, a mother bordering on depression and a family whose dysfunction is causing despair.
Networking Opportunities
Meet new colleagues who share your interests at one of several, half-hour, informal get-togethers. More detail will be provided in the conference program.
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