Institute for Infants, Children & Families
A Postgraduate Training Program of the Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services
One- and Two-Year Certificate Programs
Infant-Parent Study Center
- Post-degree, in-depth training which inspires creative, transdisciplinary, relationship-centered leadership and practice in programs for babies, toddlers and their families within a wide range of community-based programs.
- Enables graduates to pass knowledge and training, and improved program design on to others.
An opportunity to enhance your career and upgrade your infant/toddler-family services, these programs are designed for:
- Program directors, trainers and other senior personnel in infant, toddler-family agencies
- Experienced professionals to further specialize their clincial work with infants, toddlers and parents
In just one afternoon - evening per week, the Institute offers:
- State-of-the-art, transdisciplinary faculty/coursework
- Observationally-based infant assessement and intervention
- Parent development, outreach, assessment and intervention
- Emphases on social-emotional and physiological-sensory developmental lines
- Infant-parent psychotherapy
- Intervention with PDD-autistic spectrum children and their families
- Trauma identification and treatment
- Relationships as a unit of study
- Leadership, consultative and program design skills
- Intensive, reflective supervision
The programs are offered by the Institute for Infants, Children & Families, a postgraduate training program of the Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services. Qualifications: MSW, MS, PhD, MD or other commensurate degree including nursing, occupational/physical/language and arts therapies, early childhood and special education. [more information...]
Apply now for fall entry. (Please inquire about our other training opportunities.)
Dorothy Henderson, LCSW
Assistant Director
Infants - Parent Study Center
120 West 57th Street, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10019
Tel: 212-632-4497
Fax: 212-632-4534
Email: dhenderson@jbfcs.org
Two Year Postgraduate Fellowships in Early Childhood Group Therapy (ECGT) with Children Ages 2 1/2 to 7.
- Advanced, in-depth training for all related disciplines in improving outcomes for at-risk, diagnosable and traumatized children ages 2 through 9 and their families, teachers and schools.
- ECGT is therapeutic system integrated into preschools targeting children with emotional, social, language, or learning difficulties; improving classrooms; and reaching a wide range of parents.
The fellowship is offered by the Institute for Infants, Children & Families, a postgraduate training program of the Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services. Qualifications: MSW, MS, PhD, MD or other commensurate degree including nursing, occupational/physical/language and arts therapies, early childhood and special education. [more information...]
Apply now for fall entry. For an application or more information:
Marybeth Logan, LCSW
Institute for Infants, Children & Families
120 West 57th Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10019
tel: 212-632-4745, fax: 212-632-4534; email: mlogan@jbfcs.org
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