Professional Development Opportunities

PESI Presents:

Screening, Assessment and Treatment of Dementia

Don’t miss this opportunity to get the very latest on the effective assessment and treatment of dementia. Learn how to recognize, assess, treat, and provide realistic accommodations. Take home effective strategies from the initial identification of the disease into the later stages. In addition, you will learn the causes of dementia, its different manifestations, multiple disguises and varying evolutionary course.

This practical hands-on seminar will provide you with a variety of screening tools you can implement and develop a full understanding of the strengths and limitations of each. Learn to become adept at identifying abnormal patterns of thinking and behaving early in the disease process. Considerable time will be spent discussing cognitive, vocational and social strategies that will add to your clinical arsenal.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Simon Tan, Ph.D., a neuropsychologist, is a Clinical Assistant Professor (Affiliated) in the Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences at Stanford University Medical Center. Dr. Tan has expertise in behavioral neurology and dementia-associated disorders. He completed two postdoctoral fellowships in clinical neuropsychology at Harvard Medical School and a clinical internship at Massachusetts Mental Health Center. Before coming to Stanford, he was a rehabilitation neuropsychologist at NYU Medical Center.

For more information, go to: http://online.pesi.com/catalog.asp?ItemID=20100610-199150-101944

MD Evidence-Based Steps to the Effective Treatment of Difficult Clients Seminar

When: Monday, August 09, 2010 at 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Where
SHERATON BALTIMORE NORTH903 DULANEY VALLEY RDTOWSON, MD 21204

For more information go to: http://www.pesi.com/search/detail/index.asp?eventid=77091


MD The Best Assessment & Treatment Strategies for the Co-Occurrence of Mental Illness & Substance Abuse Seminar.

When: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 at 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Where
SHERATON BALTIMORE NORTH903 DULANEY VALLEY RDTOWSON, MD 21204

For more information go to: http://www.pesi.com/search/detail/index.asp?eventid=77059


NACADA Annual Conference

October 3-6, 2010

Coronado Springs Resort at Walt Disney World, Florida
Conference Overview

* The conference runs from Sunday, October 3, 7:00 p.m.-Wednesday, October 6, 12:00 p.m.

*A variety of optional pre-conference workshops will be held on Sunday from 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Additional fees apply.

*There are opportunities for formal and informal networking with 2,500 advising colleagues.

* Professional development for advisors is available through more than 350 workshops, individual concurrent and panel sessions and poster presentations on relevant topics

*Hot Topics (critical issues in academic advising) will be discussed.

*Presentations are offered in a range of theoretical, practical and interactive formats.

*Commission and Interest Group meetings bring together colleagues with similar concerns in over 35 specific advising areas.

* Region meetings introduce you to advisors from institutions in your geographic area.

For more information go to: http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/annualconf/2010/index.htm

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