13th International Congress of APPPAH

Wednesday, February 21, 2007

9:30am - 4:30pm

• Myriam Szejer, MD (France), "Healing Words with Newborns in Crisis"
• Ray Castellino, DC, & Mary Jackson, RN "About Connections: from Pregnancy to Three Months of Age"
• Kelduyn Garland, PhD "Ties that Bond: Origins and Dynamics of the Bonding & Attachment Process"

4:30 - 7:00 pm Break

7:-10:00 pm

Cinema Recongnition Award(The beautiful South African fil Tsotsi)

Presenters: Thomas Verny, MD, & Marcy Axness, PhD and Guests

Thursday, February 22, 2007

9:30am - 4:30pm

• Michel Odent, MD (UK) "New Ways to Talk about Birth and Love"
• Robbie Davis-Floyd, PhD "Anthropology of Reproduction"
• Jennifer Tow, IBCLC & Sharon Vallone, DC, FICCP "Healing Human Potential Through Infant Feeding: The Synergy of Maternal and Infant Physiology, Function and Psychology"
• Thomas Verny, MD (Canada) "Uses and Abuses of Prenatal and Perinatal Material in Psychotherapy"

4:30 pm End of Pre-Congress Workshops

Main Conference schedule

Thurday, February 22, 2007

7:00 - 8:15 pm

Welcoming Addresses: Laura Uplinger & Rene Van de Carr, MD, Thomas Verny, MD, Barbara Findeisen, President

8:15 - 9:15 pm

The Thomas R. Verny Award

Lecture: Peter Hepper, PhD (Belfast, Ireland) "The Behavior of the Human Fetus"

9:15 - 10:15 pm Presidential Reception

Friday, February 23, 2007

7:45 - 8:45 am Breakfast Speaker:

Joel Evans, MD "Sacred Dimensions of Pregnancy

8:45 - 9:00 am Break

9:00 - 10:00 am

Myriam Szeje, MD, (Paris, France) "Talking to Babies"

10:00 - 10:15 am Break

10:15 - 12:30 Panel: "Very Early Parenting"

David Chamberlain, PhD, Judith Simon Prager, PhD, and Editor Jody McLaughlin