Promoting Social Emotional Development Post-COVID in Children with Barbara Stroud, PhD & Ellen Moore, MA (The 2023 Early Childhood Conference)

The Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute presents

Join us for the 2023 Early Childhood Conference

Saturday, May 20, 2023 at 9:30-12:00 PM EDT

Promoting Social Emotional Development Post-COVID in Children From Birth to Five 

The global pandemic has had a devastating impact on the social and emotional development of young children and their caregivers in early educational settings. Children at different developmental levels experience the multiple stresses caused by the pandemic and its disruptions in different ways. How do we differentiate between developmental symptoms and necessary adaptations of young children in an educational setting? This program will emphasize the power of relationships as a tool to move development forward. It will offer helpful strategies for clinicians and early educators to address the developmental lag we observe in this post-COVID era.

Speakers

Barbara Stroud, PhD, Presenter

Is a licensed psychologist with over three decades of culturally informed clinical practice in early childhood development and mental health. She is a founding organizer and the inaugural president of the California Association for Infant Mental Health, and a ZERO TO THREE Fellow. She has worked largely with children in urban communities with severe emotional disturbances, and is a former preschool director, a non-public school administrator, director of infant mental health services and agency training coordinator. The author of several books including Intentional Living: finding the inner peace to create successful relationships (2015). Dr. Stroud’s primary focus is professional training and private consultation from an anti-racist and social justice lens, in the field of infant mental health. 

Ellen Moore, MA, Moderator

Has been a family child care provider for forty years. She holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in English Literature. She worked with Kathy Modigliani at the Family Child Care Project at Wheelock College, and led one of 52 focus groups which worked to develop accreditation standards for the National Association for Family Child Care. She also cowrote, with Kathy Modigliani, Many Right Ways: Designing your Home Child Care Environment. She has been a member of the BPSI Child Care Conference Planning Committee since 1998.

Schedule

9:30- Welcome and Introductions; 9:40- Presentation; 10:30- Breakout Group 1; 10:45- Presentation; 11:15- Breakout Group 2; 11:30- Q & A

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this program participants will be able to:

Describe the concept of the “window of tolerance” for stress management in infants and young children and identify ways to assess one’s own “window of tolerance”. 
List three social/emotional challenges for infants and young children in early education settings during and following the COVID pandemic.
Identify three social, economic, or racial inequities in the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic as experienced by families with young children. 
Identify two strategies for meeting the children impacted by COVID-19 at their developmental level, to promote social and emotional development.

The target audience for this program is childcare workers, early childhood educators, students, & parents, and mental health clinicians at all levels of training.

This program is made possible by the generous support of BPSI members and friends.

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Continuing Education

Early Childhood Education Credits: Certificates of attendance for 2.5 hours for the professional development portfolios of early childhood educators will be awarded at the conclusion of the

program.

Physicians: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint provider ship of American Psychoanalytic Association and The Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.”

The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 2.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE INFORMATION FOR ALL LEARNERS: None of the planners and presenters for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s)* to disclose with ineligible companies* whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

*Financial relationships are relevant if the educational content an individual can control is related to the business lines or products of the ineligible company. -Updated July 2021-

Psychologists: The Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its content. This course offers 2.5 hours of CE credits for psychologists.

Social Workers: Application for social work continuing education credits has been submitted. Please contact us at team@bpsi.org or 617-266-0953 for the status of social work CE accreditation.

Please note: Per NASW requirements, social workers must attend 80% of a course in order to be eligible for continuing education credit.

Licensed Mental Health Clinicians: The Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute (BPSI) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6913. BPSI is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. This program offers 2.5 NBCC Clock Hours.

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