MeAIMH Annual Training Conference

23RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE MAINE ASSOCIATION FOR INFANT MENTAL HEALTH, INC.

“IN THE VOICES OF YOUNG CHILDREN:
HOW PLAY AND STORY CREATE A NURTURING GROUND FOR ALL"

MAY 7, 2010
8:30 a.m. --- 4:00 p.m.

NEW LOCATION: HILTON GARDEN INN, AUBURN, MAINE

FEATURING: VIVIAN GUSSIN PALEY

Pioneer on the use of the story telling technique in the classroom and
Author of these and more:

BOYS AND GIRLS: SUPER HEROES IN THE DOLL CORNER
THE BOY ON THE BEACH
THE BOY WHO WOULD BE A HELICOPTER
COMMUNITY THROUGH PLAY

Conference brochures will be available later in the spring. For more information or to be placed on the mailing list for a registration brochure, contact Debbie Nugent Johnston DebraNJ@aol.com, 207-375-8184 or 592 Sawyer Road, Greene, Maine 04236.

The first official "membership meeting" of the MeAIMH was held in November 1987, with the principal speaker being Dr. Hiram Fitzgerald, then Executive Secretary of the World Association for Infant Mental Health. Dr. Fitzgerald welcomed our arrival and subsequent admission to the international body and congratulated us on our commitment and dedication.

Annual conferences have been held by the Association in Maine every year since then, and with the exception of the first two (held in September ‘88 and April “89) have always been in May — usually on the second or third Friday of that month. The keynote speakers on these occasions are nationally or internationally-known leaders in the field — teachers, clinicians, researchers, authors, administrators, program directors.

Additional conference activities include useful varieties of workshops, panels, demonstrations, discussion groups, videotapes, displays, book sales, and raffles. Above all, they offer an opportunity for MeAIMH members to meet and share their mosts recent successes and frustrations.

The current list of past conference keynote speakers, who were sometimes paired, follows (in alphabetical order)