Winter/Spring 2012
Early Development, Psychopathology and Treatment of Infants and Young Children
Family Treatment Program
Early Development, Psychopathology and Treatment of Infants and Young Children
6 session, 18 CEUs
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: JANUARY 24
Participants will:
- Become familiar with the Diagnostic Classification: 0-3 Revised (DC: 0-3R) as a diagnostic tool that guides understanding and treatment of young children aged birth to five years and their families.
- Understand the meaning of child-specific disruptive behaviors using the DC: 0-3R with special focus on how co-occurring diagnoses guide understanding and treatment.
- Become familiar with new research in neurodevelopment that guides understanding and treatment of children with typical development and those with behavior disorders
- Gain a better understanding of the diagnosis and treatment of six subtypes of feeding disorders
- Understand and treat young children with problems in self-regulation, feeding and sleep. The faculty will provide select reading materials prior to each seminar and will use a didactic case study and discussion format.
Selection of students:
This training program is designed for social workers, counselors and psychiatric nurses. Applicants are asked to submit a resume. A phone interview is also required.
CEU Credits: This program is eligible for 18 CEUs.
When: Tuesdays, 6:30-9:30 p.m.; January 31, February 21, March 13, April 17, May 22, June 5
Where: JSSA, 6123 Montrose Road, Rockville, MD 20852
Cost: $425 for the 6-session program
Faculty
Irene Chatoor, M.D., professor of psychiatry and pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine; vice chairman, Department of Psychiatry, Children’s National Medical Center, co-director Infant and Toddler program, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
Jean Thomas, M.D., Integrated Therapy Services for Children and Families (ITS), clinical professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The George Washington University, Children’s National Medical Center
Laurence Fabre-Welmond, LCSW-C, MSPH, JSSA earlychildhood specialist
To register for this program, please contact: Susan Loughman, LCSW-C, Clinical Director at: 301-816-2617 or traininginstitute@jssa.org
Family Treatment Program
4 Sessions, 12 CEUs
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 6
CEU Credits: This program is eligible for 12 CEUs
This program will include sessions covering new ideas in systems family therapy; psychoeducational family therapy and cognitivebehavioral family therapy with children, adolescents, seniors and their families.
Selection of Students
This training program is designed for social workers, counselors and psychiatric nurses. Applicants are asked to submit a resume. A phone interview is also required.
Participants will learn:
- Which family therapy concepts and techniques can serve as powerful tools for assessing and working with the family context when it plays a major role in creating or maintaining serious symptoms in family members.
- The key elements of family systems, family psychoeducational and cognitive-behavioral family therapy, and how to integrate techniques from these different family models into an ongoing clinical practice.
- Faculty provides select reading materials prior to each seminar, and will use a didactic case study and discussion format.
When: Mondays, 6:30–9:30 p.m. February 13, March 19, April 23, May 14
Where: JSSA, 6123 Montrose Road, Rockville, MD 20852
Cost: $300 for the 4 session program
Faculty
Roger Friedman, Ph.D., psychologist, private practice, adjunct faculty, University of Maryland School of Social Work
Ruth Goldfinger Golomb, M.Ed., LCPC, senior clinician, supervisor and co-director, doctoral training program at the Behavior Therapy Center of Greater Washington, Silver Spring, Maryland
To register for this program, please contact: Susan Loughman, LCSW-C, Clinical Director at: 301-816-2617 or traininginstitute@jssa.org
JSSA is authorized by the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners to sponsor Category 1 continuing education programs. The D.C. and Virginia Boards of Social Work usually recognize the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners' approval. Please contact your state Board for verification. JSSA is an approved NBCC provider of continuing education activities (Provider #6457). JSSA maintains responsibility for its program content.
Training Institute Policies
Tuition payment for each course is due either the week before the commencement of the course or at the first class. In the event that an enrolled student requests a withdrawal from the course before the first session of the program, tuition will be refunded less a $50 processing fee.If a student enters training and withdraws or discontinues attendance in the training prior to completion of the scheduled program, the Training Institute shall refund the student a prorated amount of the remaining tuition less 10%. If seventy-five percent (75%) of the scheduled program has already been completed no refund will be made. In order to receive CEU credits and to complete the course, attendance at 80% of the sessions is required. JSSA reserves the right to cancel any course, seminar or workshop that does not reach minimum enrollment. In such cases, registrants will be notified, and all fees submitted will be refunded in full.
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