Approved for CFLE Continuing Education Credit (3 Contact Hours/.3 CEUs)

In this interactive forum, Dr. Marti Erickson draws on 35 years of research on attachment, including the groundbreaking Minnesota longitudinal study led by professors Byron Egeland, Alan Sroufe and others; 25 years of implementing and evaluating attachment-based interventions with high-risk parents and children; and extensive experience using media to inform and support parents. Dr. Erickson will highlight findings on the role of attachment in human development and factors shown to influence the quality of parent-child attachment, with an emphasis on recent insights about parental "state of mind" regarding remembered attachment history. Using examples from work with culturally diverse families facing various kinds of risk (including premature birth, maternal depression, and parental history of abuse), she will focus on practical implications of attachment research and the importance of reflective practice.

Objectives:

• Be able to describe major patters of parent-infant attachment and how those patterns typically develop.
• Understand what is meant by a parent's "state of mind" about remembered attachment and how that has been linked to that parent's likely response to his or her child's emotional needs.
• Generate at least one new insight or practical idea about how attachment research relates to your practice.
• Identify at least two examples of recent societal changes or parenting trends that could have an impact on quality of parent-child attachment.

Target Audience:

• Clinicians
• Individuals working with families and children

FLE Content Areas Covered:

• Internal Dynamics of Families
• Human Growth and Development
• Family Resource Management
• Parent Education and Guidance

Sponsored by:

Minnesota Psychological Association (MPA)

For more information about MPA visit, http://www.mnpsych.org