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Friday, October 12, 2007
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Adelphi University
Ruth S. Harley University Center
Garden City, New York
Conference Cost: $125.00
Early registration, prior to September 7, 2007: $110.00
Working with adolescents who exhibit unpredictable high-risk behaviors, such as substance abuse, self-mutilation, violence, depression, or suicidal symptoms, can be exceedingly challenging for clinicians. Their family members are often desperate and demoralized due to many past failed attempts to help their adolescents. Frustrating family dynamics can further aggravate rather than alleviate the families' difficulties. In this workshop, Peggy Papp will present a model for working with adolescents that is rooted in the belief that family support and connection are crucial for adolescents, despite—and even because of—their burgeoning interest in extra-familial life. Although adolescents may seem disconnected and uninvolved, they are extremely sensitive to family moods, conflicts, and interactions. The way in which they adapt to the stress and pressures of the outside world will depend largely on how they learn to adapt to them at home. The goal of this approach is to repair the strained relationships between adolescents and their families so that their transition into adulthood will be a positive experience. A unique narrative of each adolescent and family is developed that takes into account the multiple context of their lives, including family beliefs and values, current peer and school relationships, and social and cultural factors. Guidelines for opening up significant areas of communication, clarifying issues, correcting distortions, and establishing positive interaction that lead to collaborative solutions will be presented. Specific concepts and techniques will be demonstrated with videotapes of treatment sessions that show the step-by-step process of change.
Participants will be able to:
- Describe components of a family-focused model for treating troubled adolescents and their families.
- Explain how to open up closed or conflictual areas of communication between adolescents and their families.
- Describe and list three ways to uncover and challenge underlying beliefs, attitudes, assumptions, and expectations that stand in the way of change.
- List three ways to motivate the adolescent to take responsibility for his or her behavior.
- Explain to parents the meaning of the adolescent’s behavior and engage them in finding new ways of helping them.
About the Instructor
Peggy Papp
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Peggy Papp is a supervising faculty member of the Ackerman Institute for the Family and founder and director of Ackerman's Depression and Gender Project. Her publications have been translated into many languages. She has also presented extensively in Europe, Japan, Argentina, and Israel. Ms. Papp has received many honors and awards for her work. She was the recipient of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy's Lifetime Achievement Award, for example, and has been honored by the American Family Therapy Academy for her pioneering work on the Women's Project for Family Therapy. In addition to her Ackerman affiliation, Ms. Papp has a private practice in family therapy in New York City.
Program Schedule
| 8:30 A.M. |
Registration and continental breakfast |
| 9:00 |
Welcome
Andrew Safyer, Ph.D
Dean, School of Social Work |
Presentation
Peggy Papp, M.S.W., C.S.W., FAPA |
| 10:30 |
Break |
| 10:45 |
Presentation Resumes |
| 12:00 - 1:30 PM |
Lunch provided |
| 1:30 |
Presentation Resumes |
| 2:30 |
Break |
| 2:45 - 3:45 |
Presentation Concludes |
| 3:45 - 4:30 |
Questions and Answers |
Registration
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Registrations can be faxed to 516.877.4392 with a note indicating that the check will be received by day of workshop.
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Download the registration form (PDF 464KB) and mail, along with appropriate registration fee, to: |
Marlene Scheer
Coordinator of Continuing Education
Adelphi University
School of Social Work
P.O. Box 701
One South Avenue
Garden City, NY 11530-0701.
Cancellation Policy: No refund can be made for cancellation seven or fewer working days before the event or for no-shows. Cancellations more than seven working days before a workshop will result in a refund less a $15.00 cancellation fee. Requests for refunds must be received in writing.
Disclaimer: The University reserves the right to cancel or modify any workshop for any reason. Registrants will be notified and full refunds will be issued if there is a cancellation.
Continuing Education Credits: 6 Continuing Education Credits will be given through the New York State Chapter of the NASW. Certificates of Attendance will be issued day of program.
CASAC Training Hours: Program information has been submitted for approval to the New York State Office of Addiction and Substance Abuse Services Education and Training for 6 credits toward earning or recredentialing the CASAC.
CE credits for psychologists: Adelphi University is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education credits for psychologists. Adelphi University maintains responsibility for the program and its content. To apply for CE credits, contact Marge Burgard at 516.877.4835 and present your Certificate of Attendance. There is a $10.00 processing charge. Attendance at the entire conference is required. No partial credit is given.
Nursing Contact Hours: Adelphi University School of Nursing is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the New York State Nurses Association’s Council on Continuing Education in Nursing by the American Nurses Credential Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Education credits: May be received at the discretion of your school.
About the School of Social Work
At Adelphi, we have been training highly skilled professional social workers throughout Long Island, the tri-state area, and across the nation for more than 58 years at the bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral levels. The School of Social Work’s Office of Continuing Education and Professional Development is dedicated to providing social workers and other human service professionals meaningful and relevant opportunities to expand their knowledge and skills to better meet the needs of their clients and organizations.
About Our Master Series
The School of Social Work initiated its Master Series in September 2005 with a two-day training on Structural Family Therapy, featuring that approach's originator and innovator, Dr. Salvador Minuchin. The following year our master was Cloe Madanes, world-renowned teacher and trainer of Strategic Family Therapy. This year we are pleased to be presenting Peggy Papp as our third master of Family Therapy.
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