Maternal Neglect: Risk Factors, Consequences and the Neurobiology of Mother-Infant Attachment

This is our Fourth Annual Conference on the early years of life. Previous conferences have both been well attended and very
well reviewed. In the light of the current economic climate we
have worked very hard to price this conference at an
affordable fee of £75.00 plus vat. (Total - £86.25)

We are very pleased to announce that this year our conference will take
the form of a study day with Dr Lane Strathearn, a developmental
paediatrician currently working in Houston, Texas. This conference will
provide a rare opportunity to hear Dr Strathearn presenting his cutting
edge research into the neurobiology of mother-infant attachment and
neurodevelopmental disabilities such as autism.

The consequences of child maltreatment are of increasing concern to
professionals working with children and adults. Maltreatment can impact
upon an individual’s development in the most destructive way. Neglect is
one of the most common and most rapidly increasing forms of
maltreatment with some of the most serious long term effects on
development.

At this conference Dr Strathearn will be examining -
1) Risk factors and outcomes of maternal neglect
2) The neurobiology of mother-infant attachment
3) Addiction and disordered attachment: what leads to what?
4) The Aetiology of Autism: Nature and Nurture?