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American School Counselor Association Georgia School Counselor Association American Counseling Association Counselors for Social Justice International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors Association for Specialists in Group Work Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development Council for Exceptional Children
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Buchheit, J. (Under Review). Gifted children and their handicapped siblings: A case study of four teenage male siblings. Gifted Child Quarterly.
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Girl Power: A Body Image Group for High School Girls, American Counseling Association 2002 Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, 3/24/02 Girl Power: A Body Image Group for Adolescent Females, Georgia School Counseling Association GSCA Fall Conference 2001- "Guiding Students Toward Success", Athens, GA, 11/15/01 Enhancing School Counselor Accountability Through Technology, The Education Trust 12th Annual National Conference, Washington, D.C., 11/01/01 Use of Technology in Program Delivery, Transforming School Counseling Academy--The Education Trust, Atlanta, GA, 07/20/01 Gifted Children and Their Handicapped Siblings: A Case Study of Four Teenage Male Siblings, Georgia Association for Gifted Children 23rd Annual Conference, Athens, GA, 3/9/01 Creating Web-based Portfolios, The University of Georgia, Department of Counseling & Human Development Services, Athens GA, 10/00 FrontPage Web Design, The University of Georgia, Department of Counseling & Human Development Services, Athens, GA 10/00
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Georgia
School Counseling Association - 11/ 15-16/00
Annual
Conference
The
Educational Trust National Conference - 12/2/00
Ed Trust
works for the high academic achievement of all students at all
levels, kindergarten through college. Ed Trust focuses on
the institutions most often left behind in plans to improve
education — those serving concentrations of low-income, Latino,
African American or Native American students.
Peer Mediation Training - 1/19/01
Presenters: Dr. Debbie Staniszewski & Ms. Heather Jarboe -
Clarke County Schools
Teaching Peer Mediation techniques to 4th & 5th Grade students.
Marriage and Family Therapy Institute - Pathways to Change:
Solution-Oriented Brief Family Therapy with Adolescent Substance Abusers
- 1/26/01
17th Annual Institute on Marriage and Family
Therapy. Presenter: Matthew D.
Selekman, MSW
Through this practice-oriented workshop, participants learn a family
wellness approach to adolescent substance abuse problems that is
collaborative and capitalizes on the strengths and resources of the
adolescent, family, peer group, and concerned helping professionals from
larger systems to rapidly stabilize the presenting problem. The main
therapeutic emphasis is on what is right with the adolescent and his or
her family, not on what is supposed to be wrong with them. As a
result of attending this workshop, participants learn the following
practical "how-to's": (1) Solution-oriented brief
family therapy: A family wellness approach, (2) Interviewing for
change: Co-creating compelling future realities with families, (3)
Angry and pessimistic parents: Research-based parental empowerment
tools, (4) Effective engagement strategies with challenging
substance-abusing adolescents, and (5) Solution-enhancement strategies for
constructive management of client slips or setbacks.
Breaking Cultural Myths-Domestic Violence Interventions with
Immigrant and Refugee Populations -2/09/01
Continuing
Education Program -School of Social Work.
Presenter:
Dr. Julia Perilla
This workshop addressed the issue of domestic violence in immigrant and
refugee communities and explored ways in which culture affects
interventions and programs directed to these populations. The
presenter comes from a human rights, ecological perspective of domestic
violence that uses culture as a framework from which to dialogue
regarding this urgent social issue. Drawing on her experience of
over 10 year with Latino immigrant families affected by domestic
violence, Dr. Perilla presented an intervention that draws from the
ideas of liberation psychology, third world feminism, and community
wisdom.
An Adlerian Approach to High-Impact Interventions in a Time
Limited Setting - 2/25/01
Student Assistance Professional Association of Georgia.
Presenter:
Dr. Francis Walton
Dr. Walton provided a brief overview of principles and
techniques based upon the psychology of Alfred Adler. He demonstrated an
efficient approach to helping parents and children understand how they
contribute to troublesome behavior including poor achievement. The first
demonstration was conducted with parents and a child. The second
demonstration involved brief life style formulation designed to help an
adolescent understand how his approach to life takes him to his
successes as well as to his difficulties. Participants were trained in
the brief intervention techniques and then observed their implementation
first-hand.
ABC's of Over the Counter Herbals, Supplements and Look-a-likes -
2/26/01
Student Assistance Professional Association of Georgia.
Presenter:
Isabel Burks, MS
Compared and contrasted the different categories of products and examine the risks and health consequences, safety and legality. Effects, interactions and overdose issues will be discussed, along with regulatory concerns, abuse, and marketing.
Children in Crisis - Rethinking Parenting
- 3/16/01
The Alene Uhry Family Forum
sponsored by Families
First and Georgia
CASA.
Presenter: Dr. Ron Taffel, Director of Family Treatment,
Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy, New York.
Getting Through to Difficult Kids and Parents
The morning workshop provided both the concrete tools to get parents/kids
to cooperate, spotting psychiatric/developmental problems early on,
handling the professional's own intense emotional reactions, getting
resistant, uninvolved parents "hooked in" and helping
kids/parents to repect the rol/boundaries of professionals and getting
kids to open up and parents to listen
The Second
Family: Facing Adolescent Power
The afternoon session focused on helping parents handle "hooking up,
acting out" peers networks. Particularly of interest for
parents and communities trying to counter th influences of pop culture.
Athens-Clarke County Child
Watch 2001: A Walk in Their Shoes - 5/10/2001
Junior League of Athens, Athens, GA
The National Child Watch initiative was developed by the Children's Defense Fund in 1990 to prompt community-based action and to improve the lives of children. The mission of the 2001 Athens-Clarke County Child Watch initiative was to make community leaders aware of the needs of teenagers in the Athens community, to help leaders experience Athens through the eyes of a teenager, and to encourage leaders to act on behalf of the children in Athens-Clarke County.
The Pre-Professional Graduate Certificate Program in Marriage and Family Therapy is designed to provide an interdisciplinary program for graduate students interested in the applied field of marriage and family therapy. Completion of the requirements of the program will provide a strong basis preparing the student to undertake further supervised clinical training in marriage and family therapy. (Coursework & Detailed Description)
