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Group A – Transdisciplinary Mental Health Practitioners
Program Facilitator: Vivette Catipon, LMFT, IFECMH MHS & RPF
September 16, 2017 – April 21, 2018 Course Syllabus

January 20, 2018 ' Biopsychosocial Perspective on Temperament, Sensory Integration and Self-Regulation
November 18, 2017 ' When to Worry About a Child's Social-Emotional Well-Being
October 14, 2017 ' Self-Awareness and the Use of Self in Relationship-Based Work
September 16, 2017 ' Our Journey Together: An Orientation



Group B – Transdisciplinary Mental Health Practitioners
Program Facilitator: Tala Ghantous, LCSW
September 16, 2017 – April 21, 2018 Course Syllabus

January 20, 2018 ' Using the DC 0-5: Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Developmental Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood
November 18, 2017 ' Using Self-Awareness as a Tool to Understanding Children's Emotional Experiences

October 14, 2017 ' Cultural Humility: Understanding How Culture Shapes Early Development and How Our Own Cultural Values and Biases Impact Families
September 16, 2017 ' Around the World of Infant Mental Health




Group C – Mental Health Specialists

Program Facilitator: Mary Claire Heffron, Ph.D. IFECMH Mentor

September 16, 2017 – April 21, 2018 Course Syllabus


January 20, 2018 ' Differential Diagnosis of ADHD, Typical Development, Relationship Disorder, PTSD or other Axis I Disorder? Why Diagnosis Matters.

November 18, 2017 ' Negative Emotions

October 14, 2017 ' Using the New Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Developmental Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood (DC:0-5)

September 16, 2017 ' Welcome to the Upstream World of Infant-Family and Early Childhood Mental Health