The Philadelphia Psychoanalytic Society will host the 8th International Congress of the International Association for Child Psychiatry and Allied Professions, July 25th through August 2nd, 1974. This Congress, the first to be held in the United States, will have as its theme: The Vulnerable Child. There will be four groups of symposia, each centering on one aspect: The Child as an Individual, The Child and the Family, The Child and the School, and The Child and the Community. Pre-Congress visits to child and adolescent mental health centers in Boston, New Haven, New York, Washington and Baltimore are planned. On Thursday evening, August 1st, a “Great Pioneers” panel will bring together an extraordinary group of creative leaders in Child Studies, including Bruno Bettelheim, Peter Blos, Rudolf Eckstein, Erik Erikson, Margaret Mahler, Fritz Redl, and the Chairman, Peter Neubauer, President of the Association for Child Analysis.

The brochure for the Congress describes planned programs of fascinating complexity. Those interested in learning more should write to Dr. Herman Staples, Congress Organizing Committee, P.O. Box 1974, Philadelphia, Pa. 19105.