Educational Objectives:
Introduction to the IARPP 2008 Baltimore Conference and Pre-Conference Learning Objectives
- At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to define and evaluate the links between Relational Theories and Attachment Theory in clinical practice as well as recognize their implications with respect to the larger issues of Society and Spirit.
- This conference is intended for psychoanalysts, psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, psychiatric nurses, marriage and family counselors, and clinical professional counselors.
- The conference is organized to facilitate maximum opportunity for questions, comments and dialogue between the audience and the presenters, allowing clinicians to engage in an extensive variety of topics relevant to the field.
Learning Objectives for the IARPP 2008 Baltimore Conference:
At the conclusion of the conference, participants will be able to:
- Summarize the relationship between a Relational Perspective and Attachment Theory and be able to identify at least one area of similarity and one area of dissimilarity.
- Describe at least one aspect of what each theory contributes to our ordinary clinical work.
- Describe at least one aspect of what each theory contributes to our clinical work with very troubled traumatized patients.
- Recognize at least one aspect of each theory which opens the other to reconsideration and augmentation.
- Describe the synergy that develops as each theory is brought under consideration in conjunction with the other.
Learning Objectives for the IARPP 2008 Baltimore Pre-Conference:
- At the conclusion of Pre-Conference Master Class A, participants will be able to describe three of the basic principles that illuminate the theory and practice of the relational perspective.
- At the conclusion of Pre-Conference Master Class B, participants will be able to identify at least two of the principal theorists and researchers who developed attachment theory and describe their contributions.
- At the conclusion of Pre-Conference Master Class C, participants will be able to identify how at least two aspects of attachment theory and two aspects of relational theories can be made operational in clinical practice.
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