The International Psychoanalytic Association Fellowship for Research and Service in the Cornerstone Preschool Method: Reflective Network Therapy
http://www.ipa.org.uk/Default.aspx?page=154 An IPA Fellowship for Research and Service in the Cornerstone Preschool Method was established in May 2004. The Cornerstone Method of Reflective Network Therapy is a form of psychoanalysis applied in a therapeutic classroom. It involves a synergy between dynamic treatment and education, as well as parent guidance, creating a psychoanalytic orchestrated network of therapeutic influences on disturbed children. Results have now been followed for as long as 37 years. …The IPA's Fellow conducting the Buenos Aires Cornerstone project will augment an applied psychoanalysis research database as well as provide an important clinical and educational contribution to the treatment of disturbed and/or developmentally disordered young children in Buenos Aires. A particular emphasis of the outcome study will be on combinations of cognitive growth and global clinical changes, as measured by changes in Intelligence Quotients and Children's Global Assessment Scores. …
WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES http://www.family-services.org Wellspring Family Services (formerly Family Services of King County) is treating homeless and recently homeless children right in their Seattle classrooms using the Cornerstone Method of Reflective Network Therapy as well as a derivative: the psychoanalytically informed Personal Life History Book Method (PLHB). The original PLHB was adapted as My Personal Life Story About Being Homeless for this service site. Fourteen teachers and mental health professionals have already received their initial intensive 4-day training which included classroom demonstration of the method with child patients living in the current facility. In 2009, Wellspring Family Services (in their new, larger facility) plans to address the needs of behaviorally challenged preschoolers in the community who are not homeless but whose parents are interested in this evidence-based enrichment for their emotionally and developmentally disturbed children. Additional therapists and teachers are being trained in Reflective Network Therapy to support additional classroom groups. Family Services partnered with The Seattle Psychoanalytic Institute as well as The Children’s Psychological Health Center to create this enrichment to their already impressive and successful services which include: helping homeless families find safe, permanent homes, providing mental health support for individuals, helping abusive men learn new behaviors to end domestic violence. We are grateful for the enthusiasm and dedication of Family Services staff who continue to receive remote training and supervision via video conferencing and ongoing periodic on-site visits from CPHC senior staff. Since 1892, Family Services has been a private, non-profit organization helping families achieve self-sufficiency. Please visit the website link to learn more about this state-of-the-art community resource. See also the link below regarding Cornerstone Reflective Network Therapy posted on the Wellspring site:
Was your child asked to leave preschool because of behavior problems? In our Cornerstone Classrooms we can help your child grow and develop healthy life skills by creating a unique network of support between children, teachers, parents and our in-classroom therapists.
Cornerstone Argentina www.cornerstoneargentina.org Alicia Asman Mallo, MD, child psychiatrist and psychoanalyst , directs “Cornerstone Argentina” in Buenos Aires. She has been trained in the Cornerstone Method of Reflective Network Therapy and collaborates in review of her treatment videos, and provides assessment of her treatment outcomes to the Children’s Psychological Health Center. Using Reflective Network Therapy, Dr. Mallo directs “Cornerstone Argentina” for severely disturbed preschoolers in Buenos Aires. This therapeutic preschool has had a population of over a dozen very severely autistic and retarded children, currently serving ten children five part-days a week.They children are often so developmentally delayed or regressed that they cannot be IQ tested. Dr. Mallo recently reported IQ progress for those who could be tested and noted that she is now receiving referrals of children who are or who become testable by IQ. Dr. Mallo reports significant mental health gains for twice-tested child patients treated by using the standard Children’s Global Assessment measure as well as rises in IQ. A grant from IPA supports this Cornerstone service site. Dr. Mallo is frequently asked to present the Cornerstone Method and discuss her positive clinical results at professional meetings and conferences. Ann Martin Center http://www.annmartin.org/cornerstone.html
The Cornerstone Method of Reflective Network Therapy is practiced in our service site at the Ann Martin Center in Piedmont, California. [The Ann Martin Center is a nonprofit community organization providing psychotherapy, educational therapy and psychological and educational testing. The Center is distinguished by its emphasis on both emotional and educational support.] In "A Cornerstone Conversation" (DVD available upon request) Linda Hirshfeld, PhD talks about clinical improvements and strong results in development including IQ rises among the children she works with as the therapist at this service site. Two of the children in her experience using Reflective Network Therapy who had selective mutism and serious developmental delays recovered from their selective mutism very quickly during Reflective Network Therapy sessions; one of these children recovered during the debriefing following a single therapy session. Ann Martin Cornerstone has become a valuable demonstration laboratory for mental health professionals who visit to see The Cornerstone Method of Reflective Network Therapy in action. Child focused Forensic Help Forensic child psychiatric help is no longer available from this agency and has not been provided by The Children’s Psychological Health Center since 2004, when the agency and the CPHC Board of Directors decided to focus our mission on research, training and service using the Cornerstone Method of Reflective Network Therapy. Gilbert Kliman, MD continues to provide forensic child psychiatry testimony and comprehensive forensic services as part of an interdisciplinary team focused on children's civil litigation issues. His forensic work is under the auspices of a medical professional corporation, The Psychological Trauma Center, A Division of Preventive Psychiatry Associates, Medical Group, Inc. For more information, see www.expertchildpsychiatry.com If you are seeking expert forensic child psychiatric testimony, or other child-focused forensic help, we encourage you to contact any of the following organizations to request recommendations: your local Mental Health Association, a Psychiatric Society in your state, The American Academy of Psychiatry and Law, The American Psychiatric Association and The American Psychological Association.
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