Development II: 6 to 12 Years

Fourth Year Adult Psychoanalytic Training (APT)
2021-22, 2nd Trimester — Fridays, 1:45-3:15pm
Ashley Harmon, MD

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January 21, 2022 — Developmental Features of Middle Childhood and Implications for Separation and Growth

[37 pages]

This class will focus on how the cognitive maturation of the child influences their capacity to have more autonomy, move their focus away from parents and toward the larger community (peers, other adults, school), engage in friend making, become independent learners, endure life’s challenges, and build resilience.

Mid-term evaluations should be conducted in the closing minutes of your classes today. This is a discussion that should be allowed at least 10 minutes, but no more than 30 minutes. No written records are necessary.

Midterm Class Evaluation Discussion Questions

Spires, A. (2014) The Most Magnificent Thing. Kids Can Press.

Gilmore, K. and Meersand, P. (2014). “The Latency Phase: Cognitive Maturation, Autonomy, Social Development and Learning”, in Normal Child and Adolescent Development: A Psychodynamic Primer. Ch6, pp141-177.