We intervene early,
as the brain is wiring up.

Autistic Spectrum Disorder School Conferences & Workshops

2009	11 Models of Parent Infant Psychotherapy. Opening Lecture in Rome, for the Association of Parent Infant Psychotherapists SHAFALLAH FORUM 2009 - 21st to 23rd April Conference Presentation: "Working with Siblings of Children with Special Needs: an intensive family treatment model" Shafallah Center for Children with Special Needs, Qatar.   Signs of Autism and Intensive Infant Program 30th May to 31 May 3 day Training Program An introduction to early mental development in the first year of life, communication, parenting, detection, interpretation and utilisation of early signs (both negative and positive) and the screening and monitoring of emotional development using the Acquarone Scale    Lucie Zwimpfer, MA in Child Psychotherapy and Dipl. In Parent Infant Psychotherapy Stella Acquarone, PhD, Director of Parent Infant Clinic, London NW3, UK    ARICD AGM Meeting 8th May 2009 Signs of Autism in Infants: Recognition and Treatment Opening Lecture in London, for Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.
2008	Infant Family Intensive Program for Health Professionals Bologna, Italy.
2007	Infant Family Program: Preventing Autism. 3 day Workshop in Finland : Three professionals from the Parent Infant Clinic’s team  attended to teach  Professionals working with infants how to screen and treat in the first year of life.
2006	Understanding the Pre-Autistic Baby University College, London  “Early Signs of Autism, Recognition and Treatment”. Organizer & Speaker: International Conference at University of California in Los Angeles.USA Hell, is other people Conference in New York in the Psychoanalytic Association.
2005	Success with Special Needs 2 day workshop: School of Infant Mental Health. UK Helping the helpers 2 day workshop School of Infant Mental Health. UK The psychodynamics of the parent-infant Space. Working with Vulnerable mothers Conference organized by the Royal College of Midwifes in Canterbury The importance of Early Interventions Conference organized by Sure Start in Belfast, Northern Ireland The ways about working psychoanalytically with infants and their families. Workshop organized by Child and Adolescent Team in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Early Signs of Autism in Infants. Recognition and Treatment. Conference Organized in London University College. 2 days. “The battle is far away but still at war” work with refugees. Workshop: School of Infant Mental Health. London Understanding the pre-autistic Baby. Treatment of 2 cases.  Conference organized by Mifne Centre, Rosh Pinnar, Israel.
2004	Infant Observation and the relationship to Adult and Child Psychoanalysis. Phoenix Psychoanalytic Association, Arizona,USA. Parent Infant Psychotherapy with disturbed mothers and their babies. 1 day workshop: Birmingham Ladywood, Sure Start. Infant Observation, and its applications in home visits and early interventions. 1 day workshop: Birmingham, Ladywood Sure Start. Diagnostic classification 0-3. 2 days workshop: School of Infant Mental Health. Parent Infant Psychotherapy 2 day workshop School of Infant Mental Health. UK. Effective Home Visiting 2 day workshop: School of Infant Mental Health. UK Mothers at Risk 2 day workshop. School of Infant Mental Health. UK Early Trauma 2 day workshop. School of Infant Mental Health. UK Infant Observation and Clinical Applications for Infant Parent Work Infant Toddler Mental Health Coalition, Arizona. USA The neurophysiologicak importance of play Conference organized by Playmatters in London, UK Early Intrerventions with parents at risk Conference organized by Sure Start , Swindon, UK Effective Home Visiting Sure Start, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK The neurophysiologicak importance of play Conference organized by Playmatters in London, UK Early Intrerventions with parents at risk Conference organized by Sure Start , Swindon, UK Effective Home Visiting Sure Start, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK Early Signs of Autism 1 day workshop at the School of Infant Mental Health. Presentation: From the Distance. London.
2003	Infant Observation and the relation to Psychotherapy School of Nursing, Davies University, San Fransisco. California Effective Home Visits Norforlk NHS Trust. England
2002	Parent Infant Psychotherapy. Neurocience .Adolescent mothers and their babies Esproo. Finland
2001	Parenting and the effect in Babies Brain growth North Dakota, USA
2000	Early Difficulties and its consequences in later life Barcelona. Spain
1999	Fostering Attachment in twins with special needs and their parents Tavistock Clinic . London Clinical Applications of Infant and Child Observation Centre for Psychoanalytical Studies. New York. USA.
1998	How Early can we intervene BABY BRAIN I Conference in London, England. Feeding Difficulties and Failure to Thrive in Babies Conference organized by South Buckinghamshire Health Authority, England.
1997	Whistling in the Dark.The traumatic origin of autistic behaviour in an 11 years old NAAP , at the United Nations in New York, USA. Meaning in feeding difficulties in babies and their parents and “Helping failure to Thrive babies” Lectures at the5 day encounter of : United front of Palestinian-Israel and Arab communities in Haifa Israel.
1995	Psychotherapeutic interventions with crying infants and their parents Adriana Grotta Institute. Bologna.Italy. Alarm signals of disturbed emotional development Presented for the Medical Faculty at the Austral University in Valdivia, Chile, at the Leo Kanner Center in Porto Alegre, Brazil and for the Association of Psychologists in Salto, Uruguay. Starting Again  Surviving the treatment of an autistic boy Open meeting of the Handicap Workshop at the Tavistock Clinic, London ,England
1995	Understanding and treating excessive crying in infancy and Different kinds of therapies for different kind of problems in parents and their children Presented at a Conference in Capetown, South Africa. But, why does he do it? Psychodynamic thinking in mother infant disturbances Presented at the Institute of Research in Family and Adolescent Disturbances. Rome. Italy.
1994	Starting again: Long-term therapy with an adolescent with autistic behaviour, and Roles of the father and the mother in the emotional development of the child Presented at the Congress on the Isolated Child, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1993	What is Mother-Infant Psychotherapy?  Lecture given at the Berlin Psychoanalytic Institute, Berlin, Germany. Three methods to help professionals to understand their emotional reactions in working with parents and their infants, and Assessing difficulties in mother-infant relationships and behaviours. Presented at the World Association of Infant Mental Health Regional Conference in Graz, Austria. The emotional life of the child: Psychotherapeutic intervention with excessively crying infants and their parents: mourning, fragility, annoyance or complaint? Cultural variation in infant’s feeding difficulties: Repression or adaptation Presented at the C.G. Jung Institute and Institute of Analytical Psychology and Developmental Studies, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
1992	The Emotional Life of the Infant: Introduction to Infant Psychology. Plan of Intervention. Towards better understand of mother-infant psychotherapy Presented at the C.J. Jung Institute of New Mexico and the Institute of Analytical Psychology and Developmental Studies, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. Depression in infancy Presented at the Centre Oro, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Psychotherapy with extremely disturbed children: Cultural influence in feeding difficulties 5th World Congress World Association of Infant Mental Health, Chicago, Illinois USA.
1991	The extra burden of handicap on cognitive emotions in children: Importance of early detection Presented at the Scottish Institute of Human Relations and the Association of Child Psychotherapy, Glasgow, Scotland. Infant psychotherapy with handicapped babies Presented at the Tavistock Clinic, Mental Handicap Section, London. Skin identity and object relations: The psychotherapy of a 9 month old, cerebral palsy infant Presented at the Association of Child Psychiatry and Psychology  Conference, Glasgow, Scotland.
1990	Variations on mother-infant psychotherapy with cerebral palsy babies and their parents Presented at the Tavistock Clinic, Mental Handicap Section, London.
1989	Warning signs of emotional disturbance in neonates Presented at the 4th World Congress of WAIPAD in Lugano, Switzerland. Mens sana in corpore insano, psychotherapy with cerebral palsy infants Presented at the I.L.E.N.S Conference in Glasgow, Scotland. How shall I stop him crying? Psychoanalytic thinking in the treatment of crying infants Presented at the Cry-sis Conference in Derbyshire, England.
1987	Early Intervention in cases of disturbed mother-infant relationships Presentation of  personal research: Intensive Weekend workshop for the Child Psychotherapists Association. Psychodynamic early intervention on impaired mother-infant relationships Paper presented at the Child Development Centre, St Ann’s Hospital, London. Psychodynamic assessment of the infant.  Organizer and presenter: Interdisciplinary Assessment of the Infant, St Ann’s Hospital, London. Good enough parenting Presented at the Brookside Centre, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England.
1986	Warning signals on emotional disturbance in infants Presented at the Association of Child Psychiatry and Psychology Conference in Plymouth, England     Developing the use of emotional awareness in the assessment of children Presented at the 4th World Congress of World Association of Infant Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines in Lugano, Switzerland.
1972	Contributions to the unconscious fantasies in women who use an intra-uterine device Done in collaboration with Mrs Sylvia Sunblad, presented at the Fourth Symposium at the Research Centre in Psychosomatic Medicine, Buenos Aires.
1971	Psychoanalytic consideration on play with a ball in the psychoanalysis of a seven year old girl. Presented at the Third Symposium at the Research Centre in Psychosomatic Medicine, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Traumatic genesis of the transference Done in collaboration with Dr Aizemberg and others. Presented at the Third Symposium at the Research Centre in Psychosomatic Medicine, Buenos Aires, Argentina.