Through a contract with the Georgia Department of Human Resources, the Center for Child Well-being (CCW) is conducting a one-day interactive conference on the social-emotional development in adolescence that will take place in four regional sites in Georgia: Gainesville, Decatur, Macon, and Savannah. Some of the topics that will be covered include:
  • Promoting social and emotional development
  • Adolescent brain development
  • Adolescent risk-taking behaviors
  • Developmental Assets
  • Parent and teen perspectives
  • Common Social and Emotional Disorders
  • Assessment options and dealing with behavioral issues
  • Using Bright Futures in Practice: Mental Health

Conference Agenda:

8:30-9:00 am Registration and distribution of training materials
9:00-9:15 am Welcome and Introductions
9:15-9:45 am Keynote Speaker, Adolescent Brain Development
Dr. Marc Bornstein, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
To learn more about Dr. Marc Bornstein, click on the link below:
http://www.cfr.nichd.nih.gov/bio2.html
9:45-10:45 am Typical Social and Emotional Development and Risky Behaviors in Adolescence
Dr. Velma McBride Murry, Center for Family Research, University of Georgia
To learn more about Dr. Velma McBride Murry's work, click the link below:
http://www.cfr.uga.edu/html/murrybio.html
10:45-11:00 am Break
11:00-12:00 am How Can We Work with Children with Poor Social-emotional Development?
Speaker: Dr. Marc Mannes, Search Institute
To learn more about Dr. Marc Mannes, click on the link below:
http://www.search-institute.org/research/Mannes.html
12:00-1:00pm Networking Lunch
1:00-2:00 pm Bright Futures in Practice: Mental Health and Tool Kit
Speaker: Dr. Mary Froehle, Bright Futures Mental Health National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health
To learn more about Bright Futures, click the link below:
http://www.brightfutures.org/
2:00-3:00 pm Parent and Teen Panel
3:00-3:15 pm Break
3:15-4:15 pm Common Psychiatric Disorders in Children and Adolescence: Diagnosis, Management and Assessment
Speaker: Dr. Yolanda Graham, Inner Harbour
To learn more about Inner Harbour, click the link below:
http://www.innerharbour.org/index.html
4:15-4:45 pm Q&A/Wrap-up/Evauations/CEU’s

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Who should attend?

DHR Agencies
  • Division of Public Health (DPH) (State, District, and County Public Health)
  • Division of Mental Health Developmental Disabilities and Addictive Diseases (DMHDDAD) (Community Service Boards, Substance abuse treatment facilities)
  • Division of Family and Children’s Services (DFCS)(Child Protective Service, Foster Care, TANF)
Other state child-serving agencies
  • Department of Early Care and Learning (DECAL)
  • Department of Education (DOE)
  • Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ)
  • County Cooperative Extension Offices

Where and When:

  • Decatur: October 2, 2007, Holiday Inn, 130 Clairemont Avenue, Decatur 30030
  • Gainesville: October 3, 2007, Hall County Health Dept., 1856-103 Thompson Bridge Rd., Gainesville 30501
  • Savannah: October 18, 2007, Savannah Memorial Hospital, 4700 Waters Avenue, Savannah 31404
  • Macon: October 19, 2007, Macon State College, 100 College Station Drive, Macon 31206
To register, click here
(You will receive an electronic confirmation in approximately 1 week.)

Educational Activity Credit

Georgia Department of Human Resources, Division of Public Health, is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Georgia Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. Social Work Continuing Education Units will be provided by the University of Georgia.

Cancellation

Due to the demand to attend the conference and limited space at each site, we will maintain a waiting list. If you have registered for the conference and are unable to attend for any reason please contact Laurel Beckham (Center for Child Well-Being) at 404-592-1435 or lbeckham@taskforce.org as soon as possible. This will allow us to fill your space with someone else on the waiting list. Thank you for your cooperation.

Help

For training session information, contact Laurel Beckham at 404-592-1435 or email lbeckham@taskforce.org.