Center for Excellence in Children's Mental Health
2007-08 Lessons from the Field Series

Co-sponsors:
ABCDII/Great Start MN Project, MN DHS CMH Division
Center for Early Education and Development (CEED)
Minnesota Adoption Support and Preservation (MNASAP)
Minnesota Child Response Center
Minnesota Head Start Association
Washburn Center for Children
Wilder Center for Children with Reactive Attachment Disorder

February 13, 2008       
Impact of Trauma on the Developing Child
Dr. Abigail Gewirtz
8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Great Hall, Coffman Union and broadcast to Greater MN Sites
Dr. Abigail Gewirtz, Family Social Science faculty member at the University of Minnesota and Project Director of the Minnesota Child Response Center, will be leading a workshop on trauma and its impact on the developing child.
List of Host Sites
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Workshop PowerPoint:
Click Here to view Abigail Gewirtz's powerpoint (in pdf)
Click Here to view David Hong's powerpoint (in pdf)
Watch Video:
Watch video of of Workshop #1
Order DVD:
Click Here to order a DVD of Workshop #1

March 24, 2008      
Impact of Family Violence
Dr. Oliver Williams
8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (8:30 - 9:00 Check-in and networking)
Great Hall, Coffman Union and broadcast to Greater MN Sites
Dr. Oliver Williams, Director of the Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community and professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Minnesota, will lead a workshop on family violence and cultural influence as they impact the parent-child relationship.  The presentation will also include a focus on implications for fatherhood.
List of Host Sites
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Workshop PowerPoint:
Click Here to view Oliver Williams's powerpoint (in pdf)
Click Here to view Brownell Mack's powerpoint (in pdf)
Order DVD:
Click Here to order a DVD of Workshop #2

May 7, 2008 (Morning Session)
Intergenerational Consequences of Attachment
Dr. Miriam Steele
8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (8:30 - 9:00 Check-in and networking)
Great Hall, Coffman Union and broadcast to Greater MN Sites
Dr. Miriam Steele, Assistant Director of Clinical Training at The New School for Social Research in New York, will lead a workshop focusing on the intergenerational consequences of attachment as well as issues specific to adoption and foster care.
List of Host Sites
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Register for Workshop
Pre-registration is now closed.

May 7, 2008 (Afternoon Session – metro only)
Advanced Practice Seminar
Dr. Miriam Steele
Anne Gearity, Ph.D.
1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Mississippi Room, Coffman Union
Dr. Miriam Steele and Anne Gearity, Ph.D., LICSW, senior fellow in the School of Social Work at the University of Minnesota and clinical social worker, will lead this session geared for a smaller audience of clinicians, providing an interactive opportunity to focus more in-depth on the application of the morning session's content.  Metro site only.  Pre-Requisite: Attendance at morning session required.
Register for Workshop
Pre-registration for this workshop is now closed.

CEU Statement: Application for 3 CEU’s per workshop has been made to the Boards of Social Work, Psychology, Marriage & Family Therapists, and Certified Family Life Educators.   Certificates of Attendance will be available upon completion of each workshop.  The Certificate of Attendance can also be used for nursing and teaching CEU’s which do not require pre-approval.

For questions or more information: Please contact Ellen Lepinski at 612-625-6527 or lepin008@umn.edu.