National Association for Mental Health Forthcoming Activities
Health Visitors and School Nurses Course of Ten Lectures being given weekly by Miss Ruth Thomas, Chief Educational Psychologist, National Association for Mental Health, on ‘ Problems of Parents and Young Children This is a repetition of a similar Course given on a Previous occasion and found to meet a real need. F?r School Medical Officers (in conjunction with the University of London). . Owing to the great demand, which made it ^possible to accept all the applications for the Course held in September, 1946, two additional Courses are being arranged?the first from February 3rd to 21st, the second from April 28th to May ]8th. Both Courses to be held at the London School of Hygiene.
^?r Children’s Welfare Officers Four Weeks’ Course from March 3rd to 29th, *947, at 39 Queen Anne Street, W.l, for officers of Local Authorities and Voluntary Associations concerned with the boarding out of children. fhe Course will follow the lines of the experimental ?ne organized a year ago, which aimed at giving some insight into the problems presented by ^ePrived children and into modern methods of baling with them. (See page 78.)
^?r Staffs of Occupation Centres and ” School ” UePartments of Institutions and for Home Teachers Residential Refresher Course to be held at King’s ^-ollege Hostel, Vincent Square, Westminster, ?W.l, from April 19th-26th, 1947. Candidates 0r admission should have had at least two years’ e*Perience in the training of mentally defective Children and priority will be given to those who . ere unable to attend the Refresher Course held n Birmingham last summer.
.further particulars of these Courses may be A tained from the Education Secretary, 39 Queen ^nne Street, W.l.
^?r Teachers At the request of the Ministry of Education, two ^allel Short Courses for teachers of educationally ^normal children, each lasting three weeks, will e organized by the Association.
P |he first Course is to be held at St. Gabriel’s ?llege, Camberwell, London, from July 10th to ti st- The second Course it is hoped to hold in e North or Midlands in September.
For admission, teachers should apply to their own authorities by whom applications will be forwarded to the Ministry of Education.
Tnternational Congress on Mental Health, 1948 Plans are actively in hand for the holding of an International Congress on Mental Health to be held at the Central Hall, Westminster, from August 12th-21st, 1948. The Congress will comprise: August 12th-15th, 1948. Morning Sessions. International Conference on Child Psychiatry (under the auspices of the International Committee for Child Psychiatry).
August 12th-15th, 1948. Afternoon Sessions. International Conference on Medical Psychotherapy (under the auspices of the International Federation for Medical Psychotherapy). August 16th-21st, 1948.
International Conference on Mental Hygiene (under the auspices of the International Committee for Mental Hygiene with its incorporated and allied bodies).
The organization of the Congress is being undertaken for the International Committee for Mental Hygiene by the National Association for Mental Health.
The two Conferences of professional groups?The International Committee for Child Psychiatry and the International Federation for Medical Psychotherapy will deal with psychiatric problems, the main theme to be ” Foundations of Mental Health in Childhood ” and ” Guilt Membership of these two Conferences is limited to those who are medically and technically qualified and recognized non-medical psychotherapists nominated as Associates by national groups.
The Conference on Mental Hygiene, the theme of which will be Mental and World Citizenship, is open to members of all Mental Hygiene organizations and any other bodies whose interests are in any way related to this field, and will include for instance, psychiatrists, psychologists, sociologists, clergy, teachers, anthropologists, and those associated with public administration. In the case of individuals who wish to attend, but who are not members of any of these bodies, the Organizers of the Congress would like to be informed of their specific interests. Public meetings will be held in addition and will be open to those who are not actually members of any of the Conferences.
Keen interest in this project is being taken in a number of countries throughout the world, and it is expected that there will be large delegations from abroad. Special Committees have” been formed sto deal with the arrangements, and technical groups, or ” Commissions “, are to be appointed to be responsible for each day’s special topic. A printed brochure giving preliminary information regarding the programme arrangements will shortly be available and copies may be had on application to the Organizer, International Congress on Mental Health, 39 Queen Anne Street, London, W.l.
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