NEW YORK PSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIETY & INSTITUTE:
CHILD & ADOLESCENT ANALYSIS DIVISION
DIALOGUES ON CHILDHOOD
Marianne and Nicholas Young Auditorium
247 East 82nd St., between 2nd & 3rd, NY, NY 10028
212-879-6900
www.psychoanalysis.org
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013, 8 – 9:15 p.m.
Children at Every Stage:Healthy Eating or Eating Disorders?
Susan P. Sherkow, M.D.
Because there is nothing more intrinsic to development than eating, parents can become pre-occupied from the moment their child is born with how, what, and when to feed their baby. Often, the concerns about how, what, and when to feed their children persist throughout the developmental stages of toddlerhood, the grammar school years, and adolescence. What can experts teach us about how much control parents have in promoting healthy eating habits and avoid eating disturbances?
Q&A to follow.
“Dialogues on…” events are geared towards professionals and parents who are involved with the care of children in the school and home environments. Educators, school administrators, community leaders, grandparents and parents are welcome.
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Susan Sherkow serves on the child psychiatry faculties of both Mount Sinai College of Medicine and Albert Einstein College of Medicine. In addition, she is a Training and Supervising Analyst at Berkshire Psychoanalytic Institute as well as a Supervising Analyst and an Instructor in courses on Child and Adolescent Development at New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute. For a number of years, Dr. Sherkow managed an Eating Disorders Developmental Nursery as part of her private practice of psychiatry and psychoanalysis. She has presented and published widely on the topics of “normal eating,” “feeding disorders,” and “the intergenerational transmission of eating disorders from mothers to children”.
The “Dialogues on…” series is made possible by a generous donation to NYPSI from The Poses Family Foundation. Additional funding was received from The James and Judith K. Dimon Foundation in honor of Ms. Themis Dimon.
Stay tuned for these upcoming Dialogues on:
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
8 – 9:15 p.m.
“Dialogues on…the Impact of Learning Disorders on Psychological Development” with Josephine Wright, M.D.
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
8 – 9:15 p.m.
“Dialogues on…Children’s Concepts about Death and Dying” with Pat Nachman, Ph.D.
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