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A unique feature of our didactics is the Harvard Consolidated Program. In this program, for both the first and second years of training, all the fellows in the Harvard-affiliated child psychiatry training programs (MGH/McLean, Children's Hospital and CHA) come together to participate in a 3-hour didactic session made up of a variety of core seminars.

FIRST-YEAR SUMMER SEMINARS

Research and Scholarly Activities - Nick Carson, MD

Systems Issues - Joel Goldstein, MD

Normal Development - Susannah Sherry, MD

Introduction to Child Psychiatric Illness - Jenni Jenks, MD

Introduction to Pediatric Psychopharmacology - Jean Frazier, MD

FIRST-YEAR SEMINARS: September- June

Clinical Scholarship (with second-years) - Nick Carson, MD, Sandra DeJong, MD

The Relationship Between Theory and Practice (with second years) - Anna Ornstein, MD

Harvard Consolidated Program:

• Normal Development - Maria Sauzier, MD, Karlen Lyons-Ruth, PhD

• Introduction to Pediatric Psychopathology - Maria Sauzier, MD and Harvard faculty

Introduction to Child Evaluation

• Play - Polly Gean, MD
  

• Motivational Interviewing - Kathy Guevara, LICSW, LADC
  

• Trauma - SANE Team

School C/L - Nancy Rappaport, MD

Medical C/L - Kristine Girard, MD, and Bina Patel, MD

Forensics - Barbara Hauser, LICSW and Adam Rosen, JD, PhD

Parenting - Susannah Sherry, MD, and Ann Hess, MD

Family Therapy - Jill Harkaway, EdD and Cynthia Mittelmeier, PhD

Pediatric Psychopharmacology - Sandra DeJong, MD and Harvard Faculty

SECOND-YEAR SUMMER SEMINARS

Administrative Issues - Sandra DeJong, MD, and Deborah Weidner, MD

Culture and Community - Xenia Johnson, MD, and Ulrich Vieux, Jr., DO, MS

Child Psychiatric Assessment - Judy Howe, LICSW

Infancy and Attachment: Clinical Implications - Sarah Birss, MD, and Ann Epstein, MD

SECOND YEAR SEMINARS: September-June

Clinical Scholarship (with first-years), Nick Carson, MD, Sandra DeJong, MD

The Relationship Between Theory and Practice (with first years) - Anna Ornstein, MD

School Supervision - Nancy Rappaport, MD

Group Supervision - Adele Pressman, MD

Substance Abuse - Kathy Guevara, LICSW, LADC

Play - Peter Chubinsky, MD, and Tim Dugan, MD

Families in Transition - Cindy Telingator, MD

Harvard Consolidated Program:

• Quantitative Methods - Michael Murphy, PhD

• Developmental Neuroscience - Enrico Mezzacappa, MD

Continuous Psychotherapy Case Conference - Neal Kass, MD and Cindy Telingator, MD

Forensics Seminar: Divorce - John Baker, PhD and Sherry Moss, MA

Transitions to Practice - Joel Goldstein, MD

Psychotherapy Seminar:

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - Heidi Webster, PhD

• Psychodynamic Psychotherapy - Peter Chubinsky, MD, Timothy Dugan, MD

In addition to the above seminars, fellows meet at least monthly with the training directors to discuss training issues and meet monthly for a peer support group.

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