The Israel WAIMH Affiliate:
"Updates on Interventions in Infant Mental Health"
Regional WAIMH Conference
Acre, Israel
September 8 - 10, 2009
Programme
Tuesday 8/9/09
09.00 – 10.00
Registration
10.00 – 12.00: Parallel Teach-Ins:
Teach-In 1: Circle of Security Group Therapy
Neil Boris (USA)
Teach-In 2: Treatment approaches for severe feeding disorders in Infancy
Dalya Benbasa (Turkey)
Teach-In 3: Using a modified Wait, Watch and Wonder therapeutic appraoch in a pediatric setting
Michael Zilibowitz (Australia)
12.00 – 13.00: Light lunch
13.00 – 15.00: Parallel Teach-Ins:
Teach-In 1: Update on therapies during pregnancy
Miri Keren (Israel)
Teach-In 2: Promoting resilience of mothers and infants in a war zone
Shlomit Kanotopsky & Najla Asmar (Israel)
15.00 – 16.00
Coffee, Posters,
Free Communication: Vicissitudes of implementing Infant Mental Health services in Maroco
Ghizlane Benjelloun(Maroco)
16.00 – 18.00
Opening Ceremony
Greetings:
Acre Mayor
Ministry of Health Deputy
Miri. Keren, WAIMH President Elect
Eli Alalouf, Rashi Foundation
Introductory Lectures:
Antoine Guedeney, WAIMH President: New directions of WAIMH
Sam Tyano: Implementing a National Network of Infant Mental Health
Guest Lecture:
Dorit Hopp: "Fairies and Witches in the Nursery"
Evening: Outdoor dinner
Wednesday 9/9/09
09.00 - 10.15
Chairperson: Shlomit Kanotopsky, Israel WAIMH president
Opening Lecture: Evidence-based interventions in infancy,
Hiram Fitzgerald (USA)
10.15 – 11.30
Maternal Insightfulness into the emotional experience of the child: Its
significance for children's development in normative and high-risk conditions
David Oppenheim (Israel)
11.30 – 12.00: Coffee Break
12.00 – 13.15
Chairperson: Tuula Tamminen (Finland)
The era of video: Uses in Infant Mental Health,
Antoine Guedeney (France)
13.15 – 14.15: Lunch & Posters
14.15 – 16.15: Parallel workshops
1.Update on interventions for sleep disorders, and debate around a clinical case,
Avi Sadeh Israel,Case presenter: Still to name
Moderator: Mark Tomlinson (South Africa)
2. Bringing in the father,
Hayuta Kaplan, Gal Meiri (Israel)
Moderator: Kai von Klitzing (Germany)
3. Direct observation versus video observation,
Elisabeth Tuters (Canada)
Moderator: Gary Diamant (Israel)
Optional tour in Acre for guests from abroad
Evening: Social event
General remarks:
- There will be simultaneous two-way translation English-Hebrew.
- Being aware that the conference is held during the Ramadan Holiday, and not having been able to change the dates, night meals will be provided to those of you who fast.
Thursday 10/9/09
09.00 – 10.15
Chairperson: Palvi Kaukonen (Finland)
Ways of how psychological interventions are perceived in the Arab society.
Shafiq Masalha (Israel)
10.15 – 11.30
The Biological Basis of Parent-Infant Bonding: Normative and High Risk Conditions and Implications for Early Intervention
Ruth Feldman (Israel)
11.30 – 12.00: Coffee break
12.00 – 13.15
Chairperson: Sam Tyano (Israel)
From Past to Present: The history of Interventions in Infant Mental Health,
Peter de Chateau (Sweden)
13.15 – 14.15: Lunch & Posters
14.15 – 16.15: Parallel Workshops
1. Choosing the modality of treatment, and debate around a clinical case
Neta Gutman-Avner, YehuditHarel (Israel)
Moderator: Rachel F:Schiffman (USA)
2. In-patient units in IMH, and debate around a clinical case
Kaija Puura (Finland), Case presenter: Still to name
Moderator: Miri Keren (Israel)
3. From research to clinical work in pregnancy and debate around a clinical case
Massimo Ammaniti (Italy), Case presenter: Still to name
Moderator: Iris Berent (Israel)
16.15 – 16.30: Closing Session
Antoine Guedeney, Miri Keren
