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Family Support from
Prebirth thru Preschool
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Licensed Clinical Social Worker
PAMELA J.
HAEFNER
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MEET MS. PAM
Ms. Pam is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 30 years of experience working with families and children. Ms. Pam received her Bachelor of Social Work from the State University of New York at Brockport in 1986, her Masters in Social Work from The Catholic University of America in 1990, and her post-graduate training from the Washington Psychoanalytic Foundation with an emphasis on families and children. Ms. Pam is also the Founder and Executive Director of The Baby Buzz, a nonprofit focused on providing parent education for families with children 3 and under.
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PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIPS
Parent-child relationships are the foundation for each child's cognitive development, including creativity and abstract thinking skills. The nature and quality of the parent-child bond also supports a child's social and emotional development, including important abilities such as behavioral and emotional regulation, empathy, personal initiative, assertiveness, and social problem solving.
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