Parental Insightfulness: The Importance for Healthy Emotional Development - 2024 Fall Webinar Series
When & Where
Date and Time
Location
Zoom
About This Event
Parental insightfulness involves "seeing things from the child's point of view" and is thought to underly sensitive parental care and to support the development of a secure bond between the child and the parent. This session will discuss the various components of insightfulness and the procedure developed for its assessment. This session will review key findings that show the importance of insightfulness for children's development based on findings regarding typically developing children, children at psycho-social risk, and children with atypical development such as those with autism.
In this session, participants will:
- Familiarize with the concept of insightfulness, its components, and how it is assessed.
- Review key findings that demonstrate the importance of parental insightfulness for healthy development.
This event is directed toward clinicians, case workers, attorneys, Head Start workers, and early childhood professionals.
Continuing Education: Attendees will receive a certificate of attendance, agenda, and handouts, which can be used for submitting and requesting CE credit on their own.
Speaker(s)
David Oppenheim, Ph.D. is a Professor of Psychology and former Chair of the Department of Psychology at the University of Haifa, Israel. He is also the head of Center for the Study of Child Development in that University. Dr. Oppenheim’s studies the role of parental Insightfulness and parent-child open communication in the organization of attachment relationships throughout childhood. Dr. Oppenheim’s studies these questions in longitudinal studies including typically developing children, children with atypical development such as Autism and Intellectual Disability, and children at high risk such as those in foster care and those whose parents experienced trauma.
Questions?
Contact Haifaa Al-saadi at hal-saadi2@unl.edu