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Wednesday, Apr. 23 | Thursday, Apr. 24 | Friday, Apr. 25 | Saturday, Apr. 26
Pre-Conference Workshop Registration
Wednesday April 23, 2008, 8:00AM - 4:00PM
| 8:00AM - 8:30AM |
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Pre-Conference Workshop Registration |
Meets ETHICS Licensing Requirements-6 hours
Legal and Ethical Considerations when using the DSM-IV-TR: Best Practices |
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Therapists struggle with the DSM-IV-TR system and ethical diagnosing of clients. This presentation addresses the Five Axial System with a full review of major diagnoses, informed consent, proper billing, and multicultural and gender bias challenges. Relevant Ethical Principles will be used to highlight ethical and legal issues.
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| 8:30AM - 10:30AM |
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Pre-Conference Ethics Workshop |
Presented By:
Pamela H. Harmell, Ph.D.
Permanent Lecturer, Pepperdine Graduate School of Education & Psychology,
Psychologist, Private Practice, Los Angeles, CA, Chair, CA State Ethics Committee
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Introduction to Law and Ethics and DSM System; Substance Related Disorders; Schizophrenia and other Psychotic
Disorders |
| 10:45AM - 11:45AM |
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Pre-Conference Ethics Workshop |
Presented By:
Pamela H. Harmell, Ph.D.
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Childhood Disorders; Accuracy vs. Misrepresentation in Diagnosis; Sexual Disorders; Mood Disorders; Tarasoff Update |
| 11:45AM - 12:45PM |
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Pre-Conference Ethics Workshop |
Presented By:
Pamela H. Harmell, Ph.D.
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Anxiety Disorders, Eating Disorders, Multicultural Challenges |
| 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
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Pre-Conference Ethics Workshop |
Presented By:
Pamela H. Harmell, Ph.D. |
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Personality Disorders; Breaking Fee of Managed Care; Proper Billing; Multi-Client Situations; Informed Consent |
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Conference Registration
Thursday April 24, 2008, 8:15AM-5:30PM
| 8:15AM - 9:15AM |
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Conference Registration |
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Early Conference Registration at
The Las Vegas Hilton
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| 9:15AM - 11:00AM |
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Opening Keynote |
Presented By:
Howard A. Liddle, Ed.D., ABPP (Family Psychology)
Professor, Departments of Epidemiology and Public Health, and Psychology
and Director, Center for Treatment Research on Adolescent Drug Abuse,
University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
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10 Research—Proven Ways to Improve Adolescent Treatment Outcomes |
| 11:15AM - 12:45PM |
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General Session |
Presented By:
Lisa Boesky, Ph.D
Clinical Psychologist, Speaker & Author of WHEN TO WORRY:
How to Tell if Your Teen Needs Help—and What To Do About It
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Teens with Mental Health
Disorders: Who They REALLY Are |
| 2:00PM - 3:30PM |
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Skill Building Workshop |
Presented By:
Howard A. Liddle, Ed.D., ABPP (Family Psychology)
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Multidimensional Family Therapy for
Adolescent Drug Abuse and Behavior Problems: Research and Clinical Foundations |
| 2:00PM - 3:30PM |
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Skill Building Workshop |
Presented By:
Lisa Boesky, Ph.D
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Self Injury: What you NEED To Know About
Teens Who Cut or Burn Themselves
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| 4:00PM - 5:30PM |
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Skill Building Workshop |
Presented By:
Howard A. Liddle, Ed.D., ABPP (Family Psychology)
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Multidimensional Family Therapy:
Critical Clinical Skills |
| 4:00PM - 5:30PM |
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Skill Building Workshop |
Presented By:
Lisa Boesky, Ph.D |
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Teens and Meds: Key Issues you NEED to Know
About Psychotropic Medication
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| 4:00PM - 5:30PM |
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Skill Building Workshop |
Presented By:
Patti Ochoa, MA
Program Director, Touchstones, Social Model Recovery Systems, Inc.
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Adolescent Alcohol/Other Drug Treatment—
There is a Difference |
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Friday April 25, 2008, 9:00AM-5:00PM
| 9:00AM - 10:30AM |
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Keynote |
Presented By:
Mark Sanders, LCSW, CADC
CEO, On the Mark Consulting, International Speaker, Trainer and Author,
Faculty, Governors State University, Chicago IL
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The Father Daughter Relationship |
| 11:00AM - 12:30PM |
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Skill Building Workshop |
Presented By:
Jerry Moe, MA
Lecturer and National Director, Children’s Program, Betty Ford Center, Author, Understanding Addiction and Recovery Through a Child’s Eyes
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Understanding Addiction and Recovery
Through a Child’s Eyes |
| 11:00AM - 12:30PM |
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Skill Building Workshop |
Presented By:
Mark Sanders, LCSW, CADC
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Unfinished Business |
| 1:45PM - 3:15PM |
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Skill Building Workshop |
Presented By:
Mark Sanders, LCSW, CADC
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Let Them Eat Cake: The Impact of
Poverty and Privilege on Adolescents And Implications for Counseling
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| 1:45PM - 3:15PM |
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Skill Building Workshop |
Presented By:
Cheryl D. Knepper, MA, LPC, ATR-BC
Board Certified Art Psychotherapist and Certified Co-Occurring Disorders Professional, Director of Special Projects and Adolescent Staff Training Programs, Caron Treatment Centers, Wernersville, PA
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The Use of Art Therapy in the Treatment
of Adolescent Addiction |
| 1:45PM - 3:15PM |
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Skill Building Workshop |
Presented By:
James ‘Buck” Runyan, MS, LMFT
COO, Center for Discovery, Whittier, CA, Eating Disorder Recovery Services
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A Developmental Approach to Treating Eating Disorders and Self-Injurious Behaviors
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| 3:30PM - 5:00PM |
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Skill Building Workshop |
Presented By:
Mel Pohl, MD, FASAM
Medical Director. Las Vegas Recovery Center
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Drug abuse in adolescents:
The Good News and the Bad News |
| 3:30PM - 5:00PM |
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Skill Building Workshop |
Presented By:
Jerry Moe, MA
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Tools for the Journey |
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Saturday April 26, 2008, 9:00AM-5:00PM
| 9:00AM - 10:30AM |
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Keynote |
Presented By:
James Garbarino, Ph.D.
Internationally Recognized Expert in Child Abuse Issues, Youth Violence,
Education and Families, Maude C. Clarke Chair in Humanistic Psychology and Director, Center for the Human Rights of Children, Loyola University, Chicago, IL, Author, See Jane Hit, Why Girls are More Violent and What We can Do About It and Lost Boys
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Pathways from Childhood Trauma
to Adolescent Violence |
| 11:00AM - 12:30PM |
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Skill Building Workshop |
Presented By:
James Garbarino, Ph.D.
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Creating and Sustaining Emotionally
Safe Schools |
| 11:00AM - 12:30PM |
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Skill Building Workshop |
Presented By:
Brian Luke Seaward, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Inspiration Unlimited, Longmont, CO
Author, Stand Like Mountain, Flow Like Water, Managing Stress and Hot Stones & Funny Bones
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A Good Night’s Sleep: Teen Stress
and Insomnia |
| 1:45PM - 3:15PM |
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Skill Building Workshop |
Presented By:
Brian Luke Seaward, Ph.D.
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Coming Up for Air: Care for the Counselor
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| 1:45PM - 3:15PM |
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Skill Building Workshop |
Presented By:
Charlie Appelstein, MSW
Youth Care Specialist, President, Appelstein Training Resources, (ATR) Author, No Such Thing as a Bad Kid and The Gus Chronicles
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No Such Thing as a Bad Kid: The Power
of a Strength Based Approach in Reshaping
the Lives of At Risk Youth |
| 3:30PM - 5:00PM |
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Skill Building Workshop |
Presented By:
Brian Luke Seaward, Ph.D.
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The Low Stress Diet: Teen Stress, Nutrition
and the Immune System
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| 3:30PM - 5:00PM |
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Skill Building Workshop |
Presented By:
Charlie Appelstein, MSW
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You’ve Done It Before and Will Do It Again:
Using Strength Based Communication, Principles and Techniques with At Risk Youth |
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