Enhancing Child-Parent Relationships:
Why Primary Relationships Are Important
to the Child's Development

This workshop has been rescheduled for Friday, September 11. 

The Tulane School of Social Work is proud to present a 3-hour social work CEU event entitled  "Enhancing Child-Parent Relationships: Why Primary Relationships Are Important to the Child¹s Development" by Dr. Erin Dugan, a Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor and a Registered Play Therapist Supervisor. The event will be held on Friday, Sept. 11 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. in the fifth floor conference room at the Tulane School of Social Work located 127 Elk Place. Registration will begin at 12:30 p.m.

The purpose of this workshop is to present to professionals, the need for enhancement of the child parent relationship. This workshop will promote the use of therapeutic goals for children and parents. The overall purpose for the workshop is to provide professionals with a tool whereby parents and children can enhance and strengthen their relationships through a 10-sesison modular format.

The child parent relationship should be initially considered when professionals begin working with children and their families. By becoming aware of the child parent attachment style, the clinician enables and obtains the possibility to enhance the overall development of the child parent relationship before integrating play therapy interventions. It is the clinician¹s responsibility to ensure the child parent relationship is secure before implementing any type of therapeutic interventions. The child parent relationship is viewed as the foundation by which most children lean to relate not only to their self, but to the rest of the world (i.e., their environments in which they interact). Many behavioral and emotional disorders are influenced by an insecure attachment style between the child and the parent. The development of the child parent relationship can foster the overall development of the child¹s view of not only himself, but also himself in relation to his peers and his world.

Participants will be able to:

• Review theoretical foundations related to conceptualizing child parent relationships;
• Discover the influence intergenerational attachment styles have upon the development of the self and self and others when working with family systems;
• Learn how the development of secure vs. insecure attachment styles influence the parent-child relationships;
• Discover the impact of insecure attachment styles upon children and the development of other disorders; and
• Discover methods and approaches used in enhancing the parent child relationship.

About the Presenter

Dr. Erin Dugan is a Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor and a Registered Play Therapist Supervisor. In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Dugan is the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs in the School of Allied Health Professions at LSUHSC, an Associate Professor and the Interim Department Head in the Clinical Rehabilitation and Counseling Department. She specializes in children (ages 2-12), attachment disorders, and child-parent relationship therapy. She also provides counseling services to adolescents and families, offering parent training and child-parent relationship therapy classes. Dr. Dugan conducts workshops and training seminars to promote play therapy to students, professionals, and the community. She has presented both nationally and internationally at professional conferences. She is committed to serving the children and families for whom she provides counseling services.

Registration Fees and Payment
The registration form is $75. Please fill out the online form to register. Payments can be made via credit card or via check or money order (payable to Tulane School of Social Work). If you pay by check, payment should be mailed immediately after completing the online registration form. Your registration is NOT complete until we have received your payment.  Please mail your payment to:

Tulane School of Social Work -- 8906
ATTN: Erin Dugan Workshop
127 Elk Place
New Orleans, LA 70112-2627

Please fill out the registration form, but your final registration is predicated on receiving your payment. Once your payment is received, you will receive an e-mail confirming your registration into the program, and you will be guaranteed a spot at the workshop.

CANCELLATION POLICY -- In the event you cannot come to our program, it is important for you to notify us before the program begins, either by email (preferred) at blrl@tulane.edu or via phone at 504-865-5314.  We will refund the registration fee if notified before the event begins; after the event begins there are no refunds.  

Parking Information
The Tulane School of Social Work is located at 127 Elk Place. Please see the location map.

There are two entrances to the school. You can enter through the main entrance located at 127 Elk Place or via the second floor skywalk from the Saratoga Parking Garage, located at 111 S. Saratoga St.

There are various surface lots in close proximity to the school that you can use if you would like. The average price to park in a ground level lot is $4 per day. If you park in a ground lot, please use the school’s main entrance located at 127 Elk Place and take the elevator to the fourth floor. The Saratoga Parking Garage is the closest parking garage and is located at 111 S. Saratoga St. The daily rate for the garage is $7, but the garage does have direct access to the school via the skywalk on the second floor. To find the skywalk, just follow the yellow posts in the parking garage once you exit the elevator lobby on the second floor in the garage. Once you enter 127 Elk Place, go down the hall to the elevators and take them to the fourth floor. 

Questions?
For more information, contact Bonnie Lister (blrl@tulane.edu) or Kathy Smith (krshiv@tulane.edu) at 504-865-5314.

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