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Conference on Child & Adolescent Mental Health
The Concentration on Children and Families of Adversity and Resilience and the Department of Clinical Psychology Presents
The Transition from Adolescence to Adulthood:
A Time of Risk and Opportunity
Co-Sponsors: Parent Professional Advocacy League; Boston Youth Sanctuary, Newton Health and Human Services, Center of Excellence for Children, Families and the Law; Freedman Center for Child and Family Development, School Psychology Department at William James College
Friday, April 29, 2016 | 8:30 am – 4:30 pm at William James College
PLEASE NOTE: 8:30 am start time.
Conference Coordinators:
Bruce Ecker PhD, Gemima St. Louis, PhD, Robert Kinscherff, PhD, JD, and Margaret Hannah, MEd
Plenary Speakers:
Maryann Davis, PhD, is Research Professor and Director of the Learning and Working during the Transition to Adulthood Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (Transitions RTC) at the UMASS Medical Center.
Larry J. Seidman, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Commonwealth Research Center.
The transition from adolescence to adulthood, between the ages of 18 and 25, is a period of broad risks and robust opportunities. Many youth transition successfully while others struggle with alienation, substance use, psychiatric illness, or violence. In this third annual conference on youth resilience, we will survey these problems but more importantly review programs that work in terms of mental health intervention, education, employment and college counseling support.
This third annual conference, sponsored by the Concentration on Children and Families of Adversity and Resilience at William James College, will integrate the contributions of researchers, public and private service providers, and service users in a day-long conference that is sure to inform and enlighten.
The presentations will include:
Biopsychosocial Development in Transition-Age Youth; Implications for Treatment, presented by Dr. MaryAnn Davis. Dr. Davis is an internationally recognized expert on services for transition age youth and young adults. She is Research Associate Professor in the UMass Medical School Systems and Psychosocial Advances Research Center within the Department of Psychiatry and Director and Principal Investigator of the Learning and Working during the Transition to Adulthood Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (Transitions RTC).
A Developmental Perspective on the Evolution from High Risk to First Episode Psychosis: Strategies for Prevention and Early Intervention presented by Dr. Larry Seidman. Dr. Seidman has spent more than 35 years studying the causes of psychotic disorders and mapping the components of prefrontal cortex and executive control in schizophrenia and ADHD. He is Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health sponsored “Center of Excellence in Clinical Neuroscience and Psychopharmacological Research.” Dr. Seidman will be joined by both clinical staff and service users from PREP, a program of expert diagnostic evaluation and comprehensive, developmentally attuned treatment for older adolescents or young adults who are grappling with the early stages of psychotic illness at Beth Israel/Deaconess Medical Center and CEDAR, a center committed to advancing our understanding and ability to help young people at risk for psychosis and their families.
It Takes a Committed Campus: How to Support College Students with Mental Health Challenges presented by Dr. Marsha Langer Ellison. Dr. Ellison is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and serves as Deputy Director for the Learning and Working During the Transition to Adulthood Research and Training Center at the Transitions RTC, funded by the federal National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR).
Additional presentations will be made by representatives from Youth Move, a program of the Parent/Professional Advocacy League that offers peer support, youth training, and advocacy opportunities for youth and young adults living with mental health needs as well as the Niteo Program at Boston University, that assists students living with serious mental health challenges to develop the health, resiliency skills, and support they need to reengage successfully at college and complete higher education.
Specific learning objectives:
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Describe major aspects of normal development during the transitional period, from 18 to 25 years of age.
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Describe several challenges that occur for youth in transition in terms of employment, education, substance use, and serious psychiatric illness.
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Describe effective mental health treatment approaches for youth in this critical period.
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Describe interventions that have been shown to be effective in supporting employment and education for transition age youth who struggle.
Program Code: TAA6
6 CE Credits
Location: at William James College, Newton