Wednesday 26 October, 4pm – 5pm
Associate Professor Jane Kohlhoff
Childhood mental health conditions occur commonly and if left untreated, can represent the start of a trajectory towards lifelong mental health concerns. This talk will provide an overview of evidence about the benefits of ‘very’ early mental health intervention and prevention, followed by a description of the theoretical rationale, content/approach and evidence-base for a new attachment-focused parenting intervention designed for delivery in the early toddler years called Parent-Child interaction Therapy –Toddlers (PCIT-T).
Jane Kohlhoff is an Associate Professor in the Discipline of Psychiatry & Mental Health UNSW, Karitane Research Fellow, and Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Research Award (DECRA) Fellow. With research and clinical interest in perinatal, infant and early childhood mental health, her work focuses on the development, evaluation and implementation of early interventions for children and families, and investigation of the roles of attachment, early environmental and biological factors in the intergenerational transmission of parenting and psychological outcomes for children.
