TREATING TROUBLED YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES
(Approved for 6 LMSW/LCSW/LMFT/LMHC Contact Hours) 

When

Friday, March 24, 2017 from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM EDT
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Where

Radisson Long Island Hotel
(formerly the Upsky Long Island Hotel) 
110 Vanderbilt Motor Parkway
Hauppauge, NY 11788  

 
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Contact

Alexis Rodgers, LMSW 
Association for Mental Health and Wellness 
631-471-7242 ext 1315 
arodgers@mhaw.org 

Issues in Children's Mental Health Series Conference

Participants of this conference will be given an overview of family systems work, a Four-Step Model for Family Assessment, and tools on beginning work with the families of children and adolescents.


Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

  • Understand the rationale for Systems Approach and understand the strength of using the family.
  • How to effectively conduct meetings with families.
  • How to create a working assessment.
  • How to link symptoms to system, creating a road to change.
  • Learn resources on best parenting practices and how to facilitate parental teamwork. 
Continental Breakfast and lunch will be served.

Certificate of Completeion will be awarded at the end of the workshop.

 

 

Association for Mental Health and Wellness is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers. (Provider #0156)

Association for Mental Health and Wellness is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. (Provider #MHC-0014)

Association for Mental Health and Wellness is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists. (Provider #MFT-0010)
 
*New York State Office of the Professions (NYSED) regulations require that participants attend the entire approved educational activity in order to receive continuing education credits, from 9:00am-4:00pm.


NOTE:
No refunds will be issued for cancellations.
Be sure to dress in layers as the venue's temperature can vary throughout the day.

Participants will gain an understanding of the cognitive model, receive guidance in conducting assessments, and learn about developing case conceptualizations with youth who are depressed. 

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No Refunds will be issued for cancellations.

Featured Presenter: Patricia C. Dowds, Ph.D

Patricia C. Dowds, Ph.D. is a Clinical Psychologist and Co-Director of Family Therapy Institute of Suffolk, and the past Executive Director of the Minuchin Center for the Family in New York City. Through these two agencies she has worked on developing programs to keep children out of the court system and to reduce conflict in divorce. 

Dr. Dowds began her professional career working in a Community Mental Health Center. As most women were at the time, she was assigned primarily child and adolescent cases. Fairly quickly, she realized that she was asking the children, who happened to be the family members with the least power and resources, to effect positive change in a complex family system. This insight led to a long process of becoming trained in systems thinking that would take her from working with families to increasingly working with organizations and mental health agencies to effect constructive change.

Fee Structure

  • General Registration (NO LMSW/LCSW/LMHC/LMFT CE needed): $65.00 (Choose this registration if you DO NOT require CE Hours)
  • General Registration (SW CE needed): $85.00 (Choose this registration if you DO require LMSW/LCSW/LMHC/LMFT CE Hours)
  • MHAW Member Registration (NO CE needed): $55.00
  • MHAW Member Registration (LMSW/LCSW/LMHC/LMFT CE needed): $75.00
  • Walk-In (space permitting): $100.00
NOTE: MHAW Member Registration is exclusively for members of the Association for Mental Health and Wellness. If you wish to become a member, click here. 

No Refunds will be issued for cancellations