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Children and Their Care Givers: The Pleasure of Knowing One Another

The Sarah Lawrence College Child Development Institute welcomes clinical psychologist Arietta Slade (SLC ‘73) on March 25, 2026, at 5:30pm, for a lecture on on how to help parents, caregivers, clinicians, and teachers “hold the child in mind”, thus inspiring the joy and connection that come from understanding and knowing each other.

Enhancing Attachment and Reflective Parenting in Clinical Practice: A Minding the Baby Approach

by Arietta Slade

How can clinicians help vulnerable young families overcome barriers to secure, reciprocal, and joyful parent–infant relationships? This book provides a flexible framework for promoting reflective parenting "from the ground up." Described are effective ways to support safety and self-regulation in parents with histories of trauma and adversity, giving them a stronger foundation for seeing, hearing, and connecting to their children. The book distills principles of the influential Minding the Baby (MTB) home visiting program, as well as contemporary attachment and mentalization research.

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About the Author

Arietta Slade, ’73, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist and internationally recognized theoretician, clinician, researcher, and teacher.  She is currently Professor Adjunct of Child Psychology at the Yale Child Study Center, Professor Emerita in the doctoral program in Clinical Psychology at the City College of New York, and Co-Founder of Minding the Baby, an interdisciplinary reflective home visiting program for high-risk mothers, infants, and their families at the Yale Child Study Center and School of Nursing.