November 23-27, 2009: Training and educational project for residents and young specialists in child psychiatry and psychiatry
Fondazione Child
for Study and Research into Childhood and AdolescentMeetings
Venue of the Training Seminar: Villa La Stella – Fiesole (FI)
3° E.R.I.C.E. Workshop
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[August 25-27 2007, Firenze]
In 2007 the group met again in Florence (Italy) during the XIII European Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (ESCAP) congress. In that occasion the results of the researches done by ERICE group was presented to the international public of child psychiatrist through a big symposium.
XIII Congress European Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (ESCAP)
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[August 25-29, 2007]
The Congress was the most important meeting in Europe of Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists in 2007. It presented a unique opportunity to develop European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and to strengthen the links between European and World Societies. During ESCAP the Foundation Child promoted symposia and training courses on:
- Symposium New Perspectives on Trauma and disaster intervervention
- Symposium ERICE
- Symposium POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY AND WELLBEING PROMOTION IN ADOLESCENCE
- Symposium DIVERSE APPLICATIONS OF THE ACHENBACH SYSTEM OF EMPIRICALLY BASED ASSESSMENT (ASEBA)
- Symposium HELPLINES AND INTERNET: INNOVATIVE INTERVENTION IN CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH
- Training course “Understanding and intervening with children, families and communities exposed to trauma and disaster “, chaired by W.Yule and N.Laor- Training course “BULLYING AND HEALTH RISKS” chaired by J. Srabstein
2° E.R.I.C.E. Workshop
[July 22-24 2006, Rome (Italy)]
Second meeting for the E.R.I.C.E group, in Rome, to discuss the first results came out from researches. The picture of the situation was really worrying: researches underlined that children exposed to conflict – Israeli, Palestinian or Arabic-Israeli – presented a severe compromising of their psychological wellbeing. As demonstrated by Ruth Feldman, expert of the group, even if a relatively low number of children involved in the research had developed a real Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, 70 % of Israeli and Palestinian children in prescholar age (until 7 years old) presented aggressiveness, sleep disorders, anxiety and alimentary disturb. These are not always recognized, and even if they are individuated they are not adequately treated and become chronicle.
6th European Research Seminar in Child and Adolescent psychiatry “Clinical Studies: Design, Assessment and Evaluation”
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[May, 7 - 12, 2006 - Bocca di Magra (SP), Italy]
The 6th edition of the European Research Seminar in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry was organized by Foundation Child in collaboration with IACAPAP and ESCAP. The 30 selected participants had the opportunity to exchange knowledge and expertise both with the Professors of the Faculty and among themselves. This year for the first time was organised a writing workshop which aimed at offering the young researchers the tools to structure and write a scientific article.
The meeting was also a wonderful opportunity for young researchers to meet their colleagues from different countries and establish connections that will surely lead to future collaborations. The experts that formed the faculty were: Prof. Caffo (Fondazione and ESCAP President), Prof. Belfer (IACAPAP President), Prof. Remschmidt (IACAPAP past president), P. Graham (UK), P.Lombroso (Yale), J. Hebebrand (Essen), J. Naegele (Wesleyan), E. Garralda (London), A. Warnke (Wuerzburg), B. Falissard (Paris), B. Leventhal (Illinois), B. Nurcombe (Adelaide), H. van Engeland (Utrecht).The participants, selected by an international commission, came from the following countries: Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Nederland, Norway, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Swiss, Turkey, and UK.
3rd EMACAPAP Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Training Seminar “Autism Spectrum Disorders and Research Design”
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[April, 3th - 7th 2006 - Djerba, Tunisia]
Foundation Child, in collaboration with EMACAPAP and IACAPAP, supported the 3rd Training Seminar in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. The seminar was a wonderful opportunity for young researchers to spend a week in close contact with important experts in the field of child and adolescent psychiatry coming from European, American and, this year for the first time, Israeli Universities. They were given the opportunity to present their research projects and be advised by senior psychiatrists and researchers on how to further develop the project.
1° E.R.I.C.E. Workshop
[24-26 July 2005, Erice (TP)]
In this meeting the group adopted the name E.R.I.C.E., not only in honour of the name of the place but also as acronyms of the common goal (Empowerment and Resilience in Children Everywhere), which is promoting the rights of children and bring them back to a normal life through the necessary cares, everywhere they live and apart from their citizenship. From here Foundation Child decided to fund other projects, to extend them, gradually, to all Israeli and Palestinian people.5th European research seminar in child and Adolescent Psychiatry “Clinical Research: Design, Assessment and Evaluation
[April, 10 - 15, 2005 - Bocca di Magra (SP) - Italy]
The seminar organized by Foundation Child, IACAPAP and ESCAP involved a group of researchers among the major international experts. The main topic of the seminar was Treatment Evaluation in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the purpose of the meeeting was to train participants in treatment evaluation in child and adolescent psychiatry both at a scientific and cultural level in order to establish a network of research without cultural or geographic boundaries.
2nd Research Seminar in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health in Eastern Mediterranean: “Anxiety Disorders Diagnosis and Treatment, and Research Project Design”
[February, 26 - March 2, 2005 - Sharm El Sheik, Egypt]
The Second Edition of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Research Seminar supported by Foundation Child in collaboration with IACAPAP and EMACAPAP this year focused on anxiety disorders. The meeting allowed 30 young researchers coming from 11 countries in the Eastern Mediterranean area to compare their practices with the most well-known international experts in the field of Child Psychiatry. The Seminar offered the possibility to people coming from countries that are historically in conflict to exchange views and open a dialogue that goes beyond scientific boundaries and that we hope will lead to future collaborations.
XXI S.I.N.P.I.A. National Congress “Clinical Treatment in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry”
[7 - 11 November, 2004 - Modena]
This meeting aims at offering an opportunity to child psychiatry professionals to discuss on methodology, epistemology, current knowledge and new perspectives for child and adolescent psychiatry. During the SINPIA Congress the Foundation promoted the Psychopharmacology course on: New Perspectives on Child and Adolescent Development Psycopharmacology attended by the major experts of the field such as R. Klein (New York University, USA), B. Leventhal (Chicago University, USA), B. Birmaher (Pittsburgh University, USA) and L. Scahill (Yale University, USA).
XVI World Congress of IACAPAP Congress: “Facilitating Pathways – Care, Treatment and Prevention in Child and Adolescent Mental Health”
[22 - 26 August, 2004 - Berlin, (Germany)]
The main theme of the congress is a thorough review of all measures of care, treatment and prevention in an international perspective, thanks to participants from all over the world. During the IACAPAP Congress, the Foundation Child sponsored a list of symposiums:
- The Impact of Trauma and Disaster on Children, speakers: Prof. E. Caffo, Prof. J. Leckman, Massimo Ammaniti, Hans Steiner, Alexamder McFarlane.
- Child and Family Focused Interventions after Trauma and Disasters, speakers: Prof. L. Wolmer, prof. J. Fayyad, Prof. I. Zaqout, Prof. E. Galili-Weisstub.
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Interventions in the Disability, with Particular Regard to the Mental Retardation, speakers: Dr. M. Belfer, Dr. C. Ruggerini, Prof. C. Barnes, Dr.E. Pupulin, Dr. W. Eigner, Dr. A. Guidi.
- ESCAP Symposium hosted by the 16th World Congress of IACAPAP on “Pharmacotherapy in Children and Adolescents in Europe, speakers: Dr. A. Martin, Prof. J. Fuentes, Prof. A. von Knorring, Prof. Dr. E. Schulz.
Two days’study seminar on “New perspectives in Pediatrics and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry”
[March 10 - 11, 2004 - Parma]Foundation Child sponsored a symposium held by italian pediatric and child and adolescent psychiatric professionals in order to share common areas of study in research and education.
Career Prize to Professor Giovanni Bollea
[24 August, 2004 - Italian Embassy in Berlin, (Germany)]During the IACAPAP Congress, H. E. the Italian Ambassador Silvio Fagiolo, kindly permitted to organise at the Italian Embassy in Berlin the reception sponsored by the Foundation Child, to celebrate Giovanni Bollea, Emeritus Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Rome University “La Sapienza”.
4th European Research Seminar in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: “Treatment Evaluation in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry”
[March 14 - 20, 2004 - Camposampiero (PD)]
Fourth research seminar on mental health in child and adolescence, organized by the Foundation Child, IACAPAP and ESCAP. The main topic of the seminar was Treatment Evaluation in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Participants had the opportunity to show and discuss the research projects they were working on in their own countries with the supervision of the senior experts.
2nd Research Seminar in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health in Eastern Mediterranean: “Depression and Related Disorders”
[February 27 - March 4, 2004 (Egypt) - Sharm El Sheik]
Second research seminar on mental health during developmental age in the Arabian world, sponsored by the Foundation Child, IACAPAP and EMACAPAP. The organisation of this meeting reveals the true desire of the foundation to promote and support intensive international research seminars to young postgraduate Arabian students in child psychiatry and psychology.
Tributo a Giovanni Bollea: evento celebrativo nel 90° compleanno
[Campidoglio - Roma, 9 dicembre 2003]
La Fondazione, in collaborazione con la municipalità di Roma, ha organizzato questo evento celebrativo in occasione del 90° compleanno di Giovanni Bollea. L’incontro si è svolto al Campidoglio, sede del Municipio di Roma, alla presenza del Sindaco di Roma e del Sottosegretario alla Presidenza del Consiglio. Giovanni Bollea, Emerito Professore di Neuropsichiatria Infantile dell’Università “La Sapienza” di Roma, fa parte del Comitato Scientifico della Fondazione Child dalla sua fondazione.
”Children Protection in times of War, Terrorism and Natural Disasters”
[July 16 - 19, 2003 - Rome]The meeting aimed at discussing the main aspects and the current developments of trauma in children and adolescents as a consequence of war, terrorism and natural disasters. The event was joined by the major experts of the world such as Claude Chemtob (Univ. of Hawaii, USA), Nathaniel Laor (Univ. of Tel-Aviv, Israel), Alexander McFarlane (Univ. of Adelaide, Australia), Robert Pynoos (UCLA, USA), Helmut Remschmidt (Univ. of Marburg, Germany) and Lynne Jones (UK). The end of the meeting resulted in the creation of “The Rome Declaration on Caring for Children in Wartime, Terrorism and Natural Disasters”.
”Autism: From Research to Clinical Practice”
[March 17 - 21, 2003 - Rome] One week long of study and analysis of the main aspects of autism, structured in two main appointments: -International conference opened to a close group of selected participants held at the Istituto Superiore di Sanità in Rome in collaboration with the Yale Child Study Center (Yale University, USA), IACAPAP, the Chair of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, the associations Autism Italy and Autism Europe and the kind support of SINPIA. The event was an important opportunity for discussing and comparing the different methodologies of intervention, with the participation of many CSC members such as Fred Volkmar, Sara Sparrow, Emily Rubin, Michael Powers, Peter Doehring and Matthew State.-International Course on the main aspect of autism and pervasive developmental disorders. The course, organised in collaboration with Autism Europe Association, was attended by the main European and North American professionals in order to build new models of intervention in child and adolescent psychiatry common to the international scientific world.
3rd European Research Seminar in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: “Design and Assessment”
[September 29 - October 4, 2002 - Camposampiero (PD)]The seminar was organised together with ESCAP (European Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry) and IACAPAP. The seminar was divided into three workgroups, each one dealing with current topics such as neurobiology, epidemiology, research, observation and critical evaluation of the clinical research studies presented by the 31 young child psychiatrists coming from 16 different countries.
”Children and War: the Effects of War Conflicts on Developmental Age”
[October 2, 2002 - Venice]The Foundation Child, in association with Telefono Azzurro, organised this international meeting in memory of Donald Cohen, Sterling Professor of Child Psychiatry and Psychology at Yale University (USA). During the meeting, the psychological and traumatic aspects of developmental age in the Arabic-Israeli conflict context were thoroughly discussed thanks to the important contribution brought by J. F. Leckman, Jocelyn Yosse Hattab and Amira Seif El Din.
”Research and Assessment in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry”
[September 30, 2002 - Treviso]A day’s study organised by the Foundation in association with ESCAP and IACAPAP, with the kind participation of Prof. Helmut Remschmidt, Paul Lombroso and Andrew Pickles, major international experts on child and adolescent psychiatry who discussed about genetics studies and difficulties in developmental age data analysis.
A day’s study dedicated to Prof. Donald J. Cohen “Child and Adolescent Care: from the Institutions to Scientific Communities”
[June 5, 2002 - Treviso]The Foundation supported this meeting dedicated to the memory of Prof. Donald Cohen, Sterling Professor of Child Psychiatry and Psychology at Yale University (USA). The technical and professional contributions brought by Prof. Donald J. Cohen to these important topics were deeply discussed and analysed. It was an important opportunity for investigating the institutional network for children care and for the collaboration with the scientific community.
”Caring for Children and Adolescents with Mental Disorders: Setting WHO Directions”
[January 31 - February 1, 2002 - Geneva (Swissland)]The Foundation supported the meeting organised by the WHO – World Health Organisation, which involved the major worldwide experts on child and adolescent disorders.
2nd European Research Seminar in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: “Development Psychopathology and Treatment Evaluation”
[September 3 - 8, 2001 - Camposampiero (PD)] The Seminar was organised in association with ESCAP (European Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions) and IACAPAP. It was structured as an intensive one-week workshop during which the most recent studies and research models on developmental psychopathology were discussed. Participants came from more than 18 countries.”Traumas in Developmental Psychopathology”
[September 4, 2001 - Treviso]
The Foundation Child organised an international conference with major child and adolescent psychiatry experts, on the topic of violence and trauma impact on child and adolescent development. This was also an opportunity for the official establishment of the International Child and Research Center connected to IACAPAP , ESCAP and many other international associations.
”New Perspectives in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry”
[29 agosto - 1 settembre 2001, Dozza (BO)]
Incontro di studio organizzato da IACAPAP (International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions) con l’autorevole presenza di psichiatri infantili di livello internazionale per affrontare il futuro della psichiatria dell’infanzia e dell’adolescenza nel mondo.
”Child Abuse and Neglect: Prevention Strategies and Intervention’s Network”
[July 4 - 5 2001 - Parma] Two days’ study organised in collaboration with the Italian Pediatrics Society, the Social and Prevention Pediatrics Department (University of Parma), the Department of Psychiatry and Mental Healt (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia). The meeting was organised in order to define and to share the most effective work methodologies and guidelines for pediatricians’ training on child and adolescent abuse and neglect.“Le Nuove Conoscenze in Neuropsichiatria dell’Infanzia e dell’Adolescenza”
[21-23 settembre 2000, Bellaria (RN)]
La Fondazione, in collaborazione con la Società Italiana di Neuropsichiatria dell’Infanzia e dell’Adolescenza, ha organizzato un importante evento scientifico per l’intero settore disciplinare della Neuropsichiatria Infantile. L’obiettivo del convegno è stato di permettere un proficuo confronto sulle principali tematiche di ricerca ed intervento relative al mondo dell’infanzia e dell’adolescenza, con particolare attenzione alle problematiche dell’abuso e del maltrattamento.
”Genetics of autism”
[March 17 - 23, 2000 - Modena/Bologna]
The most qualified international scientists were invited by the Foundation Child to discuss the genetics of autism in order to share, develop and integrate the research studies and methodologies. Work sessions were dedicated to child and adolescent psychiatry, to genetics and definition of phenotypes. To name a few:
- Nature and Culture. Challenges and Possible Solutions. An international conference with the opening lecture held by Prof. Sir Michael Rutter.Autism and Pervasive Development Disorders.
- New Knowledge and new Interventions. An international meeting on ethics and social issues related to autism and other forms of mental disorders.
- Training Workshop on Assessment, Intervention and Neurobiology of Autism and Related Conditions. The meeting was attended by the major world-wide experts and the most active Italian child and adolescent psychiatrists on research and clinical activities.
”Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health in Eastern Mediterranean”
[February 10 - 15 2000, Sharm El Sheikh (Egypt)]The most leading experts on child mental health from the East Mediterranean area joined in this meeting to discuss on child and adolescents mental health. During the congress was founded the EMACAPAP association in order to promote child and adolescent psychiatry study and research in the Middle East.
”Trauma, Emergency and Development in Child and Adolescence”
[June 28 - 29, 1999 - Treviso]The meeting was an important forum for study and discussion on trauma and emergency issues. On this occasion was officially established the new “Research and Crisis Intervention Center” inspired by the work and methodology of the Child Development and Community Programme developed by the Yale University’s Child Study Center, New Haven, USA.