Infant Mental Health Through the Lens of Speech and Language Therapy

Westside Infant-Family Network (WIN) presents Infant Mental Health through the Lens of Speech and Language Therapy.  Presented by Connie Lillas, PhD, MFT, RN, and Richard Perkins, MA, CCC-SLP, Speech and Language Pathologist and Psychoanalyst, Newport Psychoanalytic Institute.

CONTENT WILL INCLUDE:

• Introduction and review of the Neurorelational Framework (Lillas & Turnbull, 200
• The importance of speech and language and their distributed qualities across the four brain systems
• Speech and language processes from a developmental perspective
• Understanding how to assess for speech and language difficulties
• Integrating speech and language principles into the application of the four brain systems and socio-emotional milestones
• Video clips intersecting with arousal regulation and socio-emotional milestones
• A case presentation from Richard Perkins, Speech and Language Pathologist

Event date: September 25, 2009

Event time: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

This event will be held at the Courtyard by Marriott, 6333 Bristol Parkway, Culver City, CA 90230.

For more information contact Rachel Ford at RachelF@winla.org or (310) 846-4100 x 6131, or click on flier below.

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