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GRAND ROUNDS
Friday, May 18, 2012 • 9:00 - 11:00 am
"Integrating Sleep Management Into Clinical
Practice: Cognitive Behavioral Treatment
for Adolescents and Adults"
Presenter: Catherine Schuman, Ph.D., Private Practice, Catherine Schuman, Ph.D., Director, Behavioral Medicine and Behavioral
Medicine Training, Cambridge Health Alliance and Assistant Professor of
Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Overview and Objectives: Sleep affects every aspect of health, daily
functioning and well-being. The purpose of this presentation is to provide
practitioners with up-to-date information about sleep as well as the etiology,
clinical assessment tools and management of two or more sleep disorders
in adolescents and adults. This program will help you:
- Better understand normal sleep verses problematic sleep in
adolescents and adults.
- Be able to identity three common adolescents and adult sleep
disorders.
- Gain an understanding of cognitive-behavioral treatments and
their empirical support for treating three common adolescent
and adult sleep disorders.
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A Special Eveneing Event for Parents
Co-Sponsored by Parent University of Saratoga Springs
“There’s No Such Thing as a Bad Kid
(Or Bad Parent)”
Thursday, May 31, 2012
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m
Presenter:Charlie Appelstein, M.S.W., is a national and international speaker and
consultant to public and private schools, mentoring programs, parent groups,
and treatment facilities. He has authored three critically-acclaimed books
and created two innovative CDs
that help kids and parents make better
choices and lead happier lives.
Overview and Objectives: When parents focus on what their children do
right, when they cultivate their children’s strengths, when they practice the
golden rule - children become all that they can be. This engaging workshop
will present principles and techniques to help parents maximize the greatness
that exists in every child and family. Throughout this program, parents will
become familiar with ‘strength-based parenting’, as well as:
- Learn verbal interventions that inspire and help parents engage
their children.
- Discover strategies for enhancing self-esteem in their children.
- Become familiar with the art of respectful limit-setting.
- Learn how parents can manage their own emotions and responses.
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GRAND ROUNDS
Friday, June 1, 2012 • 9:00 am - 11:00 am
“
The Glass Ain't Half Full, Heck It's Overflowing!
The Power of a Strength-Based Approach in
Reshaping the Lives of Troubled Children and Youth”
Presenter:Charlie Appelstein M.S.W., President, Appelstein Training Resources, Salem,
MA and Author of four books including, “The Gus Chronicles” and “No Such
Thing As a Bad Kid”
Overview and Objectives: Strength-based practice is an emerging approach to
helping at-risk children, youth, and families that is exceptionally positive and inspiring.
Focusing on strength-building rather than flaw-fixing, it begins with the belief
that every individual can develop strengths and utilize past successes to mitigate
problem behavior and enhance functioning. In addition to learning a host of creative
cognitive behavioral strategies during this program, participants should also:
- Gain an understanding of the strength-based practice and the power
of a positive attitude.
- Become familiar with strength-based communication principles and
techniques, including: self-esteem building; activities for at-risk
children and youth; and reframing by using solution-focused
questions and inspirational metaphors.
- Learn strategies to help cognitively inflexible young people: why, how,
and when to use incentive plans.
- Understand the importance of controlling personal emotions
(i.e. managing number one first).
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GRAND ROUNDS
Friday, June 8, 2012 • 9:00 am - 11:00 am
“
Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy:
Current Practice, Future Directions”
Presenter:Steven Sandler, M.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Albany Medical
Center, Albany, NY and Author, “Remembering With Emotion in Dynamic
Psychotherapy”
Overview and Objectives: Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (STDP) techniques
were developed in the 1960s, but more recently researchers have
established that STDP is effective for a wide range of issues, including depression,
anxiety, somatic disorders, and some personality disorders. Using video
of patients, the concepts of STDP will be explained and demonstrated. A new
approach that utilizes positive attachment memories to help patients resolve
symptoms will also be discussed. At the end of this presentation, the attendee
will be able to:
- Discuss current research and findings on STDP that support its effectiveness
and cost-effectiveness.
- Understand the importance of working with a patient’s defense mechanisms.
- Describe the rationale and explore a new focus in STDP that works with
early attachment memories in order to help patients achieve a fuller
resolution of symptoms.
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The 18th Annual Xavior (Sam)
Mastrianni, M.D. Scholarship
Awards and Lecture
“The Diagnostically Homeless:
Identification and Management of
Irritable and Aggressive Children”
Friday, June 15, 2012 • 9:00 am - 10:30 am
Please join us for a breakfast reception, beginning at 8:15 a.m.
Presenter:Mary Ahn, M.D., Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residency
Training Program; Psychiatrist, Child and Adolescent NeuroDevelopment
Initiative (CANDI); and Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry,
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
Overview and Objectives: Irritable and aggressive children are often
difficult to diagnose as they do not fit neatly into one specific DSM-IV
category. Assessing the full-range and severity of symptoms is a practical
strategy for diagnosing and treating these children. By the end of this
presentation, participants should be able to:
- Understand the limitations of DSM-IV in diagnosing children with
mood and behavioral issues, including addressing the “Bipolar
Disorder” construct.
- Explain a pragmatic, dimensional assessment of children with mood
and behavioral issues.
- Based on the dimensional assessment, be able to identify potential
therapeutic strategies to address the mood and behavioral issues.
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Reservation Information
Grand Rounds programs are held on the Four Winds Campus in Mastrianni Hall, and are free of charge. However, on occasion, reservations are required. Please read each program description carefully to ensure your reservation, when required, as seating is limited. Every effort will be made to accommodate all guests in the main lecture room. In the event of overflow attendance, guests may be seated in an adjoining room equipped with a simultaneous remote broadcast. If you are traveling from a distance,we encourage you to call 518-581-5015 ext. 3115, should inclement weather be predicted.
For persons requiring special services, please call no later than two weeks prior to the program date so that the appropriate arrangements can be made.
Unless otherwise indicated, presentations will be in Mastrianni Hall at Four Winds Hospital Saratoga, 30 Crescent Avenue,Saratoga Springs, NY. |
