Complex Trauma: Overview and effect on Child Development

Thursday May 20, 2021

1pm – 2pm

 

Tickets

WCPA Members - Free     Non-members- $20
1 continuing education credit hour - $5 for WCPA Members $10 Non-Members

Complex Trauma refers to chronic early maltreatment within a care-giving relationship. Complex Trauma is associated with pervasive disruption across multiple domains of functioning and child development, including attachment. This presentation will provide an overview of Complex Trauma and the development and importance of attachment. There will be a discussion and overview of how complex trauma affects brain development and seven domains of functioning.

You will learn:
1)    Summarize definition of Complex Trauma
2)    Summarize how seven domains are affected by Complex Trauma
3)    Conceptualize how attachment develops and it’s importance in child development

Brief Bio:
Emily Becker-Weidman, Ph.D. is the Director of The Child & Family Institute’s Adoption and Attachment Treatment Center in Westchester County and Bergen County. She is also clinical director of the New York City Division of the Center for Family Development., and on the faculty at New York University, where she teaches an undergraduate course in Attachment and Loss. Dr. Becker-Weidman is a member of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), the American Psychological Association (APA), the New York City Adoption/Foster Care Therapist Network, the New York City Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Association (NYC-CBT), and the New Jersey Psychological Association. She has presented research at several national conferences, co-authored three book chapters on child and adolescent psychopathology, and published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals.

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Cancellation policy: A full refund will be given if cancellation is made 3 business days before the presentation.

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