Continuing Education (Virtual): The Impact Of Trauma And Neglect On The Developing Child

Presented by Dr. Bruce Perry, M.D., PH.D. This event is virtual and free to participants.

Presentation Objectives:

1. Understand the effects of trauma and neglect from a neurodevelopmental perspective.

2. Identify signs and symptoms of trauma and neglect in young children.

3. Learn new strategies for care, program development, and policy as related to developmental trauma.

To qualify for CE, participants must:

Attend entire session

Complete course evaluation and assessment with a score of 80%

Presentation Description:

The development of a young child is profoundly influenced by experience. Experiences – good and bad – shape the organization of the brain which ultimately impacts emotional, social, cognitive and physiological functioning. Insights into this process come from understanding brain development. Trauma and neglect, which is the absence of essential developmental experiences required to express a fundamental potential of a child, are both pervasive problems in our culture. Similarly, chaos, threat and abnormal patterns of emotional, social, cognitive and physical interactions with young children lead to an array of brain-related problems with life-long implications for mental and physical health. This presentation will review clinical work and research that can help us better understand developmental trauma, neglect and the relational problems that arise from adverse experience and then suggest new directions for clinical practice, program development and policy.

Biography:

Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D. is Principal of The Neurosequential Model Network, LLC and Senior Fellow of The ChildTrauma Academy, a Community of Practice based in Houston, TX. He is also Professor (Adjunct) in the Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago and the School of Allied Health, College of Science, Health and Engineering, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Dr. Perry is the author of over 500 journal articles, book chapters and scientific proceedings. His clinical research over the last ten years has been focused on integrating emerging principles of developmental neuroscience into clinical practice. This work has resulted in the development of innovative clinical practices and programs working with maltreated and traumatized children, most prominently the Neurosequential Model©, a developmentally sensitive, neurobiology-informed approach to clinical work (NMT), education (NME) and caregiving (NMC).

Outline:

12 – 12:30 PM: Principles of Brain Organization and Development

12:30 – 1 PM: Relational Health and Development

1 – 1:30 PM: The Impact of Abuse, Neglect and Chaos

1:30 – 2:00 PM: Implications for Assessment and Intervention

 

References:

Perry, B.D. (2020) The Neurosequential Model: a developmentally-sensitive, neuroscience informed approach to clinical problem solving in (Janise Mitchell, Joe Tucci & Ed Tronick, Eds),

The Handbook of Therapeutic Child Care: Evidence-informed Approaches to Working with Traumatized Children in Foster, Relative and Adoptive Care. pp 137-158, Jessica Kingsley, London

Perry, B.D., Hambrick, E. & Perry, R.D (2016) A neurodevelopmental perspective and clinical challenges. In Trauma Related to Intercountry and Transracial Adoptions

(Rowena Fong & Ruth McCoy, Eds) pp 126 – 153, Columbia University Press, New York Jackson, A., Frederico, M., Cox, A. & Black, C. (2019) The treatment of trauma: the Neurosequential Model and “Take Two”. In Approaches to Psychic Trauma: Theory and Practice

(ed. Bernd Huppertz) Rowman & Littlefield Press, Lanham, Maryland. pp 423-456.

Neurosequential Model and “Take Two”. In Approaches to Psychic Trauma: Theory and Practice

*This program includes 2.0 CE. The University of Denver, Graduate School of Professional Psychology (GSPP) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. GSPP maintains responsibility for this program and its content.