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Yale professor, James F. Leckman, MD, PhD, hosts a discussion with international notables, Shafiq Masalha, MD (Israel) and Prof. Ernesto Caffo (Italy) to address the transformative power of early childhood development and how it can set the stage for a more peaceful world.

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JAMES F. LECKMAN, MD, PhD is Neison Harris Professor of Child Psychiatry, Psychology and Pediatrics at the Yale School of Medicine. Dr. Leckman is a well known child psychiatrist and patient-oriented clinical investigator. For more than 20 years he served as the Director of Research for the Yale Child Study Center. Most recently, in partnership with colleagues at UNICEF and the Mother-Child Education Foundation based in Turkey, Dr. Leckman has begun to explore the question whether strengthening families and enhancing child development is a path to peace and violence prevention.

SHAFIQ MASALHA, MD has a long experience in, training and supervising both Palestinian and Israeli clinicians. He has published several articles on the Arab-Jewish encounter in psychotherapy. This encounter involves both cultural and national conflict. Being a Palestinian and Israeli citizen has allowed him to learn and write about the psychological aspects of the Palestinian Israeli long dispute.

Dr. Masalha has led the E.R.I.C.E. (Empowerment and Resilience for Children Everywhere) initiative for many years. Guided by the belief that children everywhere are to be cherished and that respect for and protection of children is a shared human value, ERICE works to promote human rights, joint action, training and interventional projects focused on children and families affected by the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. ERICE brings together child mental health professionals from Israel and Palestine to formulate and accomplish joint projects to enhance the well-being of children and families that neighbor one another in this strife-torn region of the world.

Dr. Masalha is also on the Board for the Hand-in Hand schools that bring together thousands of Jewish and Arab children in six schools and communities throughout Israel.

PROF. ERNESTO CAFFO is current President and founder and of SOS Il Telefono Azzurro Onlus and Foundation Child. He is Chair Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residency and of the Master’s degree course “Assessment and Intervention in situation of child sex abuse and paedophilia” at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy.

He is currently a board member of the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC) and of Missing Children Europe. He is also President of Children First Foundation. Professor Caffo committed his life to promote children’s rights both at a national and international level. He is author of several books and articles on child psychiatry, child abuse and children’s rights and provided professional education, training opportunities and knowledge-based interventions in the field.

Professor Caffo is also member of several scientific and international organizations. He served on the Board of Directors of the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions. He was President of the European Society for Child and Adolescents Psychiatry.

For more information: http://childstudycenter.yale.edu/fcpb/
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