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AAMFT-CA Division Networking District: Sacramento

AAMFT-CA Networking District: Sacramento

• Join us for A Collaborative Event by SVC-CAMFT and AAMFT-SNG
  September 17, 2010
• District Member Announcements
• Presenter application

Core Leadership Team

• Marian Sheppard, Chair
• Gabrielle Guedet, Past Chair
• Dave Clark
• Tatiana Glebova
• Christina Irizarry
• Frank La
• Kate Wilson

A Collaborative Event by SVC-CAMFT and AAMFT-SNG

An Overview of Evidenced-Based Assessment and Treatment of Child and Adult ADHD

This presentation will review current research on the nature and course of ADHD in children and adults. The presenters will discuss evidenced-based tools for identifying and evaluating the presence and severity of ADHD, various treatment modalities and their associated efficacy as well current limitations in the clinical care for ADHD. The speakers will also integrate how their research work on the cognitive, developmental, emotional and physiological functioning of ADHD affects everyday functioning and long-term outcomes at home, school and on the job. The presenters also will suggest ways for working with parents and teachers in coping with ADHD and associated impairments.

Julie Schweitzer, Ph.D., Director, ADHD Program, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, U.C. Davis MIND Institute; Licensed Psychologist; author of numerous journal articles and publications; ABC News media expert for 6 years regarding ADHD research; research featured on national and international CNN and CNN radio, and in major publications such as, Scientific America, Clinical Psychiatry Review, Los Angeles Times; research selected by the Society for Neurosciences for press release for 7 years, as well as numerous other national and international television reports and newspaper articles on an ongoing basis, will present with J. Faye Dixon, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, U.C. Davis MIND Institute; Licensed Psychologist; author; and teacher and parent ADHD behavior management trainer.

• Date: September 17, 2010
• Who: Licensed Therapists, Interns, Trainees and Students
• Time: 9:30-12:00 noon
  Pre-License Members' meeting: 8:30-9:15 am
• Where: University of Phoenix*
  2860 Gateway Oaks Drive
  Sacramento, CA 95833
  Please visit their website for map and directions:
  www.sacramentovalleycamft.org
• Includes a full breakfast and 2 CEU'S
• Cost: $15 for students and interns
  $20 for SVC-CAMFT or AAMFT members
  $30 for non-members.
  (For those of you paying at the door, please be prepared to pay via cash or check, as we cannot take credit cards on-site. A $5.00 charge will be added for “at-the-door” registrations.)
• Reservations required: You can register and pre-pay online at www.sacramentovalleycamft.org, click on the tab “monthly meetings”; click on “pay for monthly meeting”; click on “buy this” as a “Visiting Member from Another Chapter-$20”; print out your receipt to bring on September 17 or contact Anna Osborn at (916) 955-3200 or email a_ozz@ymail.com to register and pay at the door. Please help us contain the cost of presentations by making reservations in a timely manner (by Tuesday before the meeting). This is much appreciated.
  
  We expect this event to sell out.

*Disclaimer: University of Phoenix is a trade name and registered trademark of the Apollo Group, Inc. Its use herein by SVC- CAMFT to identify the event location is not intended to imply affiliation with, sponsorship or endorsement of the event by University of Phoenix or Apollo Group, Inc.

For further information, contact: Marian Sheppard, LMFT, at (916) 737-1763 or by email: lakepepl@jps.net or Olivia Loewy, Ph.D. (800) 662-2638.

Special Opportunity: We are looking for 2 AAMFT members from Sacramento area agencies and 2 members in Private Practice who are not teaching faculty to join our Sacramento Leadership Team. Interested? We need your input to serve the diversity of our membership. For more information, contact: Marian Sheppard at lakepepl@jps.net or 916-737-1763.