Welcome Back to the FCP Workshops! The Foundations Community Partnership, Spring workshop series will kick-off on March 5, 2014 with a workshop titled: Understanding Social Skills Deficits in ASD: Implications for Treatment The workshop will review the clinical manifestations of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), causes, and epidemiology. The focus will be on social difficulties in ASD,…
An Interesting, Informative Presentation — With a Twist… Today’s workshop “Selective Mutism & Social Anxiety: A Great Paradigm for Innovative Treatment,” was presented by Dr. Steven Kurtz. Dr. Kurtz is the Director of the Selective Mutism program at the Child Mind Institute in New York. The Workshop was informative, dynamic, and fun. Dr. Kurtz used…
Enlightening Presentation Delights Audience I enjoyed a fun 3 hours, participating in today’s Workshop presented by Carissa Perry-Parish, Ph.D. The workshop entitled, “Emotion Regulation in Children and Adolescents” had three objectives: 1. Define emotion regulation and identify its association with mental health. 2. Identify disruptions in emotion regulation in common childhood disorders. 3. Become familiar…
Welcome Back! We’re Kicking Off the Foundations Professional Education Workshop Series This fall, FCP has presents 2 exciting professional education workshops lined up. The workshops represent topics that are in high demand for mental health professionals, educators, and nurses. Unfortunately, the November 6th Workshop is already full. There is still time to register for the…
Delightful and Different Point of View at Today’s Workshop Dr. Vivian Seltzer provided an interesting perspective in her workshop entitled “The Psychological Road of Adolescence: The Indispensable Impact of Peers – Pro and Con.” Those of us who have been in practice for a while are have heard Dr. Seltzer speak in the past, and/or…
Outstanding “Mindfulness” Workshop Today Judging by the participant reaction in today’s workshop entitled, “Mindfulness for Youth: Tools for Clinical Practice and Education” Dr’s Diane Reibel and Patricia Broderick hit a home run. They presented to a full house of over 100 mental health professional and educators. There was standing room only, until more chairs were…