The Harlem Family Institute continues its Saturday Talks series The State of the World, with the eminent child psychoanalyst Dr Gilbert Kliman speaking on the entrenched prejudice against children in society and its traumatic effects, with case studies from abuse in the foster system.
Saturday, December 7, 11:00 AM – 1:30 PM EST via Zoom
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Dr. Kliman is one of the nation’s most effective voices for children in courts. He has given detailed opinions about the systematic abuse of children, with results costing state governments and private foster care agencies many millions of dollars in jury awards and settlements for psychological damage to children. Now he reports on a related series of residential group home cases in which many children were beaten, raped, and encouraged to rape each other. They lost much of their childhoods in the false hope of institutional foster care bringing growth and sanity to their already damaged lives.
This program offers 2.5 New York State continuing-education contact-hour credits for New York State Licensed Psychoanalysts, Social Workers and Psychologists. It also offers non-credit Certificates of Attendance to anyone interested. See Eventbrite link for complete details.
Learning Objectives:
As a result of attending this presentation, participants will be able to:
1. Explain the concept of “childism” as a form of prejudice and dehumanization.
2. List three ways in which group care institutions have added to the adverse childhood experiences of their client children.
3. Give illustrations of moral injury and institutional betrayal.