2005 Conference
Issues and Challenges in Child and
Adolescent Mental Health
April 7 – 8, 2005
Thomas Great Hall - Bryn Mawr College
The Anita D. Lichtenstein Memorial Lecture
Using Play Therapy to Help Traumatized Children
Nancy Boyd Webb, D.S.W., B.C.D., R.P.T.-S.
Distinguished Professor and James R. Dumpson Chair in Child Welfare Studies
Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service
This presentation reviews the various factors influencing children's responses to traumatic events and the use of play and art therapy as helping methods in individual, parent-child, and group interventions. Detailed case examples will demonstrate a variety of treatment approaches and guidelines to prevent re-traumatization.
Keynote Address
Current Issues in the Use of Medication as an Element of Treatment for Problems in Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Peter S. Jensen, M.D.
Director, Center for the Advancement of Children's Mental Health
Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University
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Funded by The G. Mildred and A. Foster Scott Charitable
Foundation and Philadelphia Connections
_____________________________________________________________10:45 a.m. Invitational Presentations
Noon Lunch (included in registration)
1:15 p.m. Juried Paper Presentations
2:30 p.m. Break
2:45 p.m. Juried Paper Presentations