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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 Cambridge Health Alliance) come together to participate in a 3-hour didactic session made up of two core seminars, Normal Development and Developmental Psychopathology.

First-Year Summer Seminars

Introduction to Scholarly Activities - Nick Carson, MD
Systems Issues - Joel Goldstein, MD
Normal Development - Susannah Sherry, MD
Introduction to Child Psychiatric Illness - Christine Wittmann, MD, and second-year fellows
Pragmatics of Child Psychiatry - Sandra DeJong, MD, and CHA Faculty
Introduction to Pediatric Psychopharmacology - Sandra DeJong, MD

First-Year Seminars: September - June

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

Harvard Consolidated Program:
Child Development - Maria Sauzier, MD, Karlen Lyons-Ruth, PhD, Enrico Mezzacappa, MD
Child Psychopathology - Maria Sauzier, MD and Harvard faculty

Introduction to Child Evaluation

• Setting the Frame - John Wechter, EdD
  
• Play - Margaret "Polly" Gean, MD
  
• Trauma - Maria Sauzier, MD
  

School C/L - Nancy Rappaport, MD
Medical C/L - Harvard Faculty
Forensics - Barbara Hauser, LICSW, Adam Rosen and JD, PhD
Parenting - Susannah Sherry, MD, and Ann Hess, MD
Family Therapy - Jill Harkaway, EdD and Carol Becker, PhD
Pediatric Psychopharmacology - Sandra DeJong, MD and visiting faculty

Second-Year Summer Seminars

Administrative Issues - Sandra DeJong, MD
Learning How to Teach - Sandra DeJong, MD
Child Psychotherapy - Peter Chubinsky, MD and Tim Dugan, MD
Culture and Community - Xenia Johnson, MD
Clinical Case Conference - Cindy Telingator, MD and Tony Bram, PhD
Infancy and Attachment: Clinical Implications - Sarah Birss, MD, and Ann Epstein, MD
Integrated Child Psychiatric Assessment - Judy Howe, LICSW

Second Year Seminars: September - June

Clinical Scholarship (with first-years) - Nick Carson, MD and Sandra DeJong, MD
School Supervision - Nancy Rappaport, MD
Group Supervision - Adele Pressman, MD
Clinical Integration and Formulation Conference - John Wechter, EdD
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy - Peter Chubinsky, MD, and Tim Dugan, MD
Play Therapy - Neal Kass, MD and Cindy Telingator, MD
Substance Abuse - Jan Kauffman, RN
Transitions to Practice - Joel Goldstein, MD
Eating Disorders - Lisa Citrin, LICSW
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy - Jeanne Strassburger, PhD
Family Therapy (elective) - Jill Harkaway, EdD

Family Therapy Training, CHA

Family Therapy is often a core component of any successful psychiatric treatment of a child or adolescent. The guidelines of the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education, the Practice Parameters of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and the recommendations of the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry Committee on the Family all underscore the role of working with families. To this end, the Child and Adolescent Training Program at Cambridge Health Alliance offers a wide range of Family Therapy training opportunities. These opportunities aim to provide residents with a basic conceptual understanding of family therapy as well as a range of experiences across treatment settings with different kinds of families and family issues.

In the first year, residents are required to participate in a year-long seminar in Family Therapy which introduces Family Therapy theory, assessment, and intervention. The seminar consists of didactics and observation of family consultations using a one-way mirror. The focus is on acquiring basic knowledge, skills, and attitudes in working with family systems. This seminar is taught by Jill Harkaway, Ed.D. and Carol Becker, Ph.D. In the second year an elective advanced seminar is available. This seminar, taught by Jill Harkaway and Cynthia Mittelmeier, Ph.D., provides clinical training in Family Therapy through case consultation and/or live supervision using a one-way mirror. In addition, an elective in clinical training, utilizing live supervision with a one-way mirror is available to second year residents. Case supervision is also offered by all members of the faculty.

Fellows also participate in inpatient Family Consultations conducted on both the Child Assessment Unit and the Adolescent Assessment Unit.

Teaching During Child Training

All our fellows are encouraged to teach during their child training. Fellows have a hands-on, interactive "Learning to Teach" seminar in the summer of their second year. Fellows are then assigned teaching responsibilities based on their interests. In the past, fellows have co-taught seminars; taught medical students and general psychiatry residents on the inpatient units; given lectures as part of standing seminars; developed curricula for public education; given talks in community settings; helped organize and teach an on-site Harvard Medical School course on interviewing patients.