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The papers that appear in this issue were presented at the Annual Cape Cod Summer Institute of the Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis, held August 2-9, 1997, in Wellfleet, Massachusetts. The program, entitled Becoming Themselves: What Kids Really Need, brought together conferees from the United States and abroad with modern psychoanalysts and guest speakers to examine the interaction of temperament and environment in the course of development.
The Summer Institute celebrated its thirteenth session, the tenth year welcoming health care professionals, educators, students, youth workers, court and law enforcement personnel, social scientists, parents, community members, and others interested in learning about psychoanalytic knowledge and its applications. Early meetings were co-sponsored with other training institutes, including the Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies. Psychoanalytic educators gathered to review and enhance curriculum, develop teaching methods, and establish standards for instructional programs in the United States. (See Vol. XIII, No. 2, Emotional Education: The Theory and Process of Training Psychoanalysts.)
The Institute provides an annual forum for psychoanalysts, students of psychoanalysis, and the broader academic and social community.
Becoming Themselves: What Kids Really Need begins with a modern psychoanalytic introduction by Phyllis Meadow to the study of biological and psychic functioning at the formative stages of life. The