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Upcoming TrainingsThe UB School of Social Work in collaboration with the New York State Office of Mental Health is offering free trainings to agency providers within the 19 counties of the western region. This workshop is targeted to those who provide services to children, adolescents, and their families. Driving Directions to Genesee Community College in Batavia Click here for directions to GCC at 1 Assemblyman R. 2009 Trainings Mark Your Calenders!
What Clinicians Need to Know About Medications and Diagnosis Related to Child and Adolescent Mental Health One Day Free Workshop-May 15, 2009 Presenter: Dr. Matthew Perkins Training Description: Clinicians working with children and adolescents have little time to devote to understanding the topic of diagnosis and medications. In a health care system that draws from many disciplines, the need for clinicians to have a familiarity and basic understanding of how psychiatrists and physicians diagnose and treat mental health issues with medications is becoming increasingly more of a necessity. With well over 150 medications that can be prescribed, having a basic understanding of how these medications effect children and adolescents and why the medications are prescribed is essential to see the full picture of their clients. This training will focus specifically on the diagnoses of Disruptive Behavior Disorders (including ADHD); Affective Disorders (including Bipolar Disorder), Anxiety Disorders, Personality Disorders, Pervasive Developmental Disorders. In addition, best practice principles for prescribing psychotropic medications to children and adolescents and how to develop partnerships with prescribers will be presented. Registration for May 15th Workshop is closed.
Evidence- Based Family Approach for Treating Eating Disorders One Day Free Workshop - June 19, 2009 Presenter: Cris E. Haltom, MA, Ph.D. Training Description: Family-Based Therapy (FBT), known as the Maudsley approach, is an innovative, evidence-based family treatment for anorexia and bulimia. FBT involves the family from the outset of treatment and sees parents as an essential resource for recovery. This workshop provides an introduction to using this approach to restore weight, normalize eating, and return youth to normal functioning. There has been little family therapy research using controlled trials of family treatment for anorexia. In 2001 four researchers, James Lock, Daniel LeGrange, W. Stewart Agras, and Christopher Dare, published a manual for a family-based treatment of anorexia nervosa in adolescents, (Treatment Manual for Anorexia Nervosa: A Family-Based Approach, 2001). Continued research has demonstrated their evidence-based model of treatment is applicable to adolescents with bulimia as well. Lock et al. pointed out controlled research trials evaluating the effectiveness of therapy have been important not just for evaluating what approaches work, but also for determining effective duration and frequency of interventions. The rationale and scientific basis for FBT will be reviewed. Case material from the presenter's clinical experience is used to demonstrate application of FBT strategies. Important similarities and differences between FBT strategies for anorexia and bulimia in youth will be discussed. Registration for June 19th Workshop is closed.
How to Improve the Effectiveness of Your Clinical Work Utilizing the Outcome Rating Scale and the Session Rating Scale One Day Free Workshop - July 16, 2009 Presenter: Scott D. Miller, Ph.D. Training Description: Regardless of which evidence-based treatment approach is being used with children, youth and their families, clinicians need to assess its effectiveness. This dynamic training will provide clinicians with a simple, valid, and reliable option for maximizing the effectiveness and efficiency of treatment based on using ongoing client feedback to empirically tailor services to the individual client needs and characteristics: the Outcome Rating Scale and Session Rating Scale. Research on this approach conducted at multiple sites across a wide range of clients and presenting complaints indicates that clinicians can improve the outcomes of those cases most at risk for failure by as much as 65% without having to change their preferred treatment approach or learn any additional treatment techniques. Registration for July 16th Workshop is closed.
Evidenced-Based Treatment for Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder One Day Free Workshop - September 18, 2009 Presenter: Lisa D. Burrows-Maclean, Ph.D. Training Description: This training workshop is intended to provide clinicians with the tools they need to deliver comprehensive psychosocial treatment to elementary school-aged children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Training will include a comprehensive overview of empirically validated treatments for ADHD and other disruptive behavior disorders. Parental psychopathology in families with ADHD children will also be discussed. Within the context of Learning Theory and utilizing cognitive attributional processes, clinicians will be coached on helping their clients learn the core skills of evidenced-based behavioral parent training programs including: positive attending, planned ignoring, Premack contingencies, transitional warnings, effective commands, appropriate punishment, and home point systems. Role-play and group feedback will be utilized. Clinicians will be taught to set up and implement daily behavioral report cards in the home and school settings, both as a behavioral treatment and as a means of providing primary care physicians with data regarding medication titration. The workshop will conclude with an overview of school advocacy, 504 plans, and Individualized Education Plans for children with ADHD. Link to Flyer & Registration Form
All Trainings for 2009 will be held at The BEST Center at Genesee Community College in Batavia, NY.
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