2008-2009
Judge Baker Children's Center
Child Mental Health Forum
Claudio O. Toppelberg, MD
Director, CMHF and Continuing Education, Judge Baker Children’s Center
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
John R. Weisz, Ph.D., ABPP
President, Judge Baker Children's Center
Professor of Psychology
Harvard Faculty of Arts & Sciences and Harvard Medical School
Wednesdays 1:30 –3:00 PM, **NEW TIME**.
Limited Free Parking Available at JBCC
Judge Baker Children's Center, 53 Parker Hill Avenue, Boston, MA 02120
October 1, 2008
"Integrating Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Applied Behavior Analysis: Partners in the Care of Children with Mental and Developmental Disorders"
Joseph N. Ricciardi, PsyD, ABPP, BCBA
Clinical Director, Seven Hills Clinical Associates, Seven Hills Foundation
November 5, 2008
“Prevalence and Socio-Emotional Consequences of Violence and Other Traumatic and Stressful Life Exposure in Very Young Children”
Alice S. Carter, PhD
Professor and Director of Clinical Training, Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston
December 3, 2008
“Mental Health Care of Children and Human Capital Formation”
Richard S. Frank, PhD
Margaret T. Morris Professor of Health Economics,
Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School
January 7, 2009
“Child Psychiatric Diagnosis–Is it Universal or Relative to Culture?”
Margarita Alegría, PhD
Director, Center for Multicultural Mental Health Research, Cambridge Health Alliance; and, Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
February 4, 2009
"The Influence of Commercial Interests on Clinical Practice and Research: Eliminating or Managing Conflicts of Interest in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry"
Laurence L. Greenhill, MD
Ruane Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Columbia University;
Director, Research Unit of Pediatric Psychopharmacology, and, Research Psychiatrist II, New York State Psychiatric Institute; President-Elect, and Chair, Consensus Panel on Conflict of Interest,
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
March 4, 2009
“Children’s Behavioral Health Initiative, A Plan for the Future”
Barbara A. Leadholm, M.S., M.B.A.
Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Mental Health
April 1, 2009
“Breakthroughs in the Neuroscience of ADHD: Variability and Resting State Functional Connectivity”
F. Xavier Castellanos, MD
Neidich Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, NYU School of Medicine; Director, Phyllis Green Randolph Cōwen Institutes for Pediatric Neuroscience; NYU Child Study Center; and, Research Psychiatrist, Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research
May 6, 2009
“Learning a New Land: Longitudinal Case Studies of Diverse Immigrant Youth”
Carola Suárez-Orozco, PhD
Professor of Applied Psychology and Co-Director, Immigration Studies, NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, & Human Development
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617-278-4284 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.
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Revised: 9/8/2008