JBFCS > Postgraduate Certificate Programs in Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health

JBFCS training program, offers advanced learning opportunities for postgraduates seeking experience with children and families. The Institute offers One- and Two-Year Certificate Programs with the Infant-Parent Study Center as well as Two Year Postgraduate Fellowships in Early Childhood Group Therapy (ECGT).

Infant-Parent Study Center
One- and Two-Year Certificate Programs

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.

Apply now for entry in Fall 2010. (Please inquire about our other training opportunities.)

Click here for our latest brochure.

Dorothy Henderson, LCSW
Associate Director
Infant-Parent Study Center
34 W. 139th Street
New York, NY 10037
Tel: (212) 690-7234 ext. 205
Fax: (212) 690-7180
Email: dhenderson@jbfcs.org

Relationships for Growth & Learning (RfGL)
Two Year Postgraduate Fellowship for Training Program for 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.
RfGL 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. Click here for our latest brochure.

Apply now for programs in September 2010. For an application package or more information:
Marybeth Logan, LCSW
Associate Director
Relationships for Growth & Learning
34 W. 139th Street
New York, NY 10037
Tel: (212) 690-7234 ext. 204
Fax: (212) 690- 7180
Email: mlogan@jbfcs.org