Events > Child Mental Health Forum
2006-2007
Judge Baker Children's Center
Child Mental Health Forum
Director: Claudio O. Toppelberg, MD
Wednesdays 1:00 – 2:30 PM, except as indicated
by an asterisk (*)
Judge Baker Children's Center
53 Parker Hill Avenue, Boston, MA 02120
Free parking is available at JBCC.
*Friday, August 18, 2006 - 3-4:30 PM
“Treating Depression in Children Using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy”
Kevin Stark, PhD, Professor of Psychology, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Texas at Austin; Beck Institute Scholar
*Wednesday, October 18, 2006 - 7:45AM-4:45 PM
"Treating Multi-Problem Youth: Expert Perspectives"
Patricia Chamberlain, PhD, Director, Oregon Social Learning Center
Scott Henggeler, PhD, Director, Family Services Research Center; Professor, Medical University of South Carolina
Alan E. Kazdin, PhD, ABPP, John M. Musser Professor of Psychology and Child Psychiatry; Director, Yale Parenting Center and Child Conduct Clinic, Yale University
Please Note: This Judge Baker Children's Center Symposium, celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Boston Juvenile Court, is co-sponsored by Massachusetts' Department of Social Services, Department of Mental Health, and Department of Youth Services. This special event will be held at Harvard Medical School's New Research Building. Registration is required. Seating is limited and on a first come, first serve basis. To register, please visit www.jbcc.harvard.edu on or after Friday, September 22, 2006.
*Monday, November 6, 2006 - 3:30-5 PM
“RECAP: A Cost-Effective School-Based Treatment Program for Children with Co-occurring Internalizing and Externalizing Problems”
Bahr Weiss, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychology and Human Development, Vanderbilt University
November 15, 2006
“Transforming the DSS System of Care”
Harry Spence, Commissioner, Department of Social Services, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
December 6, 2006
“The Effects of Early Experience on Brain and Behavioral Development: the Bucharest Early Intervention Project”
Charles A. Nelson, PhD, Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School; Richard David Scott Chair of Pediatric Developmental Medicine Research, Children's Hospital Boston
January 10, 2007
“New Developments in the Treatment of Pediatric Anxiety and Mood Disorders”
John S. March, MD, MPH, Professor of Psychiatry; Chief of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center
February 7, 2007
“Genetics and Mental Health: What’s New, What’s Relevant?”
Jordan W. Smoller, MD, ScD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Director, Psychiatric Genetics Program in Mood and Anxiety Disorders, Massachusetts General Hospital
March 7, 2007
“Advancing Multicultural Understanding of Child and Adolescent Psychopathology: Comparisons of Findings from Many Societies”
Thomas M. Achenbach, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology, University of Vermont
April 4, 2007
“Positive Youth Development: What Clinicians, Researchers, and Educators Need to Know”
Richard M. Lerner, PhD, Bergstrom Chair in Applied Developmental Science; Director, Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development; Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development, Tufts University
May 2, 2007
“The National Comorbidity Survey Adolescent Supplement (NCS-A): Overview and Preliminary Results”
Ronald C. Kessler, PhD, Professor, Department of Health
Care Policy, Harvard Medical School
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For more information, or to be added to the mailing list, please call 617-278-4293 or email cmhf@jbcc.harvard.edu.
Harvard Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians (all specialties). This program is co-sponsored by the Psychology Division at Children’s Hospital Boston, which is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. The Children’s Hospital Boston Psychology Division maintains responsibility for the program. Continuing education credits are also offered for social workers and educators.