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Adolescents under the best of circumstances face an uphill battle on their road to maturity. Adolescents affected by prenatal exposure to alcohol endure untold additional challenges, trying to find a way to understand and interpret the stimuli that come to them from multiple directions. This webinar will analyze and discuss brain functioning in adolescents with FASD and how that functioning affects decision-making and the growing demands of school and peer relationships. Presented by Christine Schmidt, PsyD.
NTI Upstream 2012 Webinar Series
Optimal Outcomes for Children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Adolescents under the best of circumstances face an uphill battle on their road to maturity. Adolescents affected by prenatal exposure to alcohol endure untold additional challenges, trying to find a way to understand and interpret the stimuli that come to them from multiple directions. This webinar will analyze and discuss brain functioning in adolescents with FASD and how that functioning affects decision-making and the growing demands of school and peer relationships.
Presented by Christine Schimdt, PsyD
About the NTI Upstream 2012 Webinar Series
NTI Upstream’s webinars are designed to help individuals and communities translate
clinically-based research into strategies that serve families and children affected by prenatal substance exposure.
This first series of webinars focuses on advanced topics in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders. It has been developed with experienced clinicians, attorneys, child welfare, and social service professionals in mind.
Please visit www.ntiupstream.com/ntiwebinars for more information
(877) 500-5726
To Register: ntiupstream.corecommerce.com/Webinars/Webinar-5-FASD-in-Adolescents-Special-Considerations-p72.html
The conference will bring together over 300 professionals from a variety of fields including representatives of anti-domestic and sexual violence service providers, disability service providers, criminal justice professionals, self-advocates from the disability rights movement, and other allied professionals. The conference will highlight promising practices for serving survivors with disabilities; explore emerging issues at the intersection of violence and disability; and foster networking among those working to end violence against people with disabilities.
Web Site: www.lafasa.org/1/post/2010/03/oct-31-nov-1-2012-bridging-the-gap-conference.html
The Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse (AMERSA) is pleased to announce its 36th Annual AMERSA National Conference to be held on November 1-3, 2012, at the Doubletree Hotel in Bethesda, MD. The meeting will reflect on AMERSA’s interdisciplinary strengths and the commitment to disseminate the latest developments in substance abuse education, prevention, treatment and research that challenge all health care professionals. We have planned an exciting program featuring research abstracts, skill-focused workshops, and plenary speakers addressing issues of national and international importance. Both CME and CEU credits will be offered. The Call for Abstracts and Workshops is now open! (Deadline: May 25, 2012) Contact Doreen Baeder at Doreen@amersa.org for more information.
Sponsor: The Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse (AMERSA)
Web Site: www.amersa.org/
On November 2, 2012 the Coleman Institute will host its twelfth annual conference on cognitive disability and technology. The theme, State of the States in Cognitive Disability and Technology: 2012, will cover an annual review of the state of the economy, the state of federal disability policy and law, and the state of technology with projections for the future and explorations of impact on quality of life for people with cognitive disabilities.
Sponsor: The Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities
Web Site: www.colemaninstitute.org/
Topic: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder FASD
The Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities’ Suicide Prevention Program, in partnership with the Supreme Court of Georgia’s Committee on Justice for Children, is pleased to announce the 10th Annual Professional Seminar Series.
The purpose of this series is to provide individuals who work with special needs and at-risk children, including professionals and family members, with an understanding of specific diagnoses and their associated interventions, which may include pharmacological, behavioral and family interventions. Each program will reference the risk of suicide in children with the particular diagnosis being addressed and provide resources for suicide prevention.
The seminar series is designed to promote interdisciplinary dialogue and to be inclusive of all parties that support children and youth: parents, foster parents and community organizations, local government entities, state departments and their contracted provider organizations.
Application for CEU’s have been submitted for Social Workers, Professional Counselors, and Substance Abuse Professionals. There is not cost to participants for these CEUs.
Four (4) CLEs (continuing legal education units) are available per seminar at a cost of $5.00 per credit hour. (Checks should be made out to the State Bar of Georgia.)
The State Bar of Georgia has an adjacent parking deck. The fee to park in the deck is $8.00 per day.
Webinar Registration
In an era of financial cutbacks and economic uncertainty, the time is now to engage in real sustainability planning for your FDC. This webinar will explore the key components of sustainability planning, including conducting a cost analysis and the role of local evaluation in measuring goals and outcomes. Attendees will understand how outcomes are the wheels and cost savings are the engine and why you need both to drive your FDC towards sustainability. Since there is no single, off-the-shelf model that will work for all sites, this presentation will provide a framework and one FDC example of how they approached sustainability planning.
Presenters:
Sid Gardner, MPA, President, Children and Family Futures
Phil Breitenbucher, MSW, FDC Project Director, Children and Family Futures
Jocelyn Gainers, Director, Family Recovery Program, Baltimore, MD
To Register: www1.gotomeeting.com/register/631650049
This presentation will include a clinically relevant historical and epidemiological overview of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and plans for inclusion of prenatal alcohol exposure in DSM-V as an etiology of childhood mental disorders.
As the quintessential neurodevelopmental teratogen, a patient’s history of in utero alcohol exposure has a number of clinical implications for psychiatrists. Alcohol-related neurodevelopmental disorder is a brain-based condition with co-morbid medical issues that impact treatment decisions, confound psychopharmacologic management, and necessitate a multidisciplinary team approach. A neurodevelopmental paradigm to formulation, diagnosis, treatment planning, and long term management can prevent unnecessary morbidity, improve prognosis, and prevent recidivist juvenile behaviors. Relevant case studies will augment the discussion.
This presentation is appropriate for clinicians and professionals working with children of adoption, families affected by alcohol abuse, and those serving high risk populations. As the most prevalent and preventable cause of learning disabilities, cognitive impairment, and executive functioning issues, this topic is particularly relevant to clinicians working with children and adolescents who may have inadvertently been exposed to moderate to heavy social drinking.
Learning Objectives:
(1)
Discuss the historical shifts in nomenclature from dysmorphic Fetal Alcohol Syndrome to non-dysmorphic Alcohol-related Neurodevelopmental Disorder.
(2)
Explain population-based differences in prenatal exposure rates (US and international).
(3)
Highlight the neurodevelopmental sequellae associated with prenatal alcohol exposure.
(4)
Review common medical co-morbidities in FASD that may be contraindications to medications.
(5)
Outline a neurodevelopmental formulation and treatment model for long term clinical management.
Please RSVP by Wednesday, November 7. If you make a reservation and cannot attend, you must cancel no later than noon on Friday, November 9 to avoid a cancellation charge of $25.
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