CONTINUING EDUCATION       November 17, 2006 MENTAL HEALTH AND SENSORY INTEGRATION/MODULATION DISORDERS LYNN A. BALZER-MARTIN, PH.D., OTR   Lynn A. Balzer-Martin is a pediatric occupational therapist with a doctorate in special education.  Her workshop will focus on the connection between mental health issues, sensory integration dysfunction, and sensory modulation disorder.  It will explore strategies mental health practitioners can incorporate in their practice, and the ways they can collaborate with OTs.  The workshop will include general background on sensory integration dysfunction and sensory modulation disorders.  Dr. Balzer-Martin specializes in evaluating children with problems in nonverbal skills and/or attention and behavior.  She also screens children at preschools and upon referral from pediatricians.  She has a private practice in Chevy Chase.   December 1, 2006  SELF-REGULATION IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS:  HOW UNDERSTANDING BRAIN FUNCTIONING AND DEVELOPMENT CAN BE HELPFUL TO THERAPISTS WILLIAM R. STIXRUD, PH.D.   William R. Stixrud, Ph.D., a clinical neuropsychologist, assesses children, adolescents and adults with learning, attentional and/or emotional disorders. He will focus on aspects of brain functioning and development that appear to be most important in fostering self-regulation in children and teens.  Effects of stress, sleep deprivation, and chemicals on the developing brain as well as developmental changes in brain functioning that are relevant to sleep/wakefulness, attention, emotional reactions and behavior will be discussed.  He will present therapeutic strategies from cognitive behavioral therapy and Neuro-Linguistic programming, and techniques from Brain Gym, solution oriented therapies and the meditative traditions.       REGISTRATION FORM   I AM PLANNING TO ATTEND:   November 17, 2006 – Balzer-Martin   December 1, 2006 - Stixrud    Name: ____________________________ Address ___________________________ City: ______________________________ State: _______  Zip: ____________ Organization:  ______________________ Home Phone:  ______________________ Work Phone:   ______________________ Email Address:  _____________________   I am a: Counselor ___  Ph.D. ___  LCSW ___ Other (specify) __________________ Fee per workshop:  $40.00 Total amount enclosed: ___________ Cancellations/refunds: 48 hours notice     Please send registration form and check payable to Child Center and Adult Services to: Child Center and Adult Services, Inc. Attn:  Continuing Education 16220 So. Frederick Avenue, #502 Gaithersburg, MD   20877     FALL  2006 CONTINUING EDUCATION     THREE WORKSHOPS:   WORKING WITH PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC ILLNESS AND OTHER SERIOUS HEALTH ISSUES MENTAL HEALTH AND SENSORY INTEGRATION/MODULATION DISORDERS SELF-REGULATION IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS:  HOW AN UNDERSTANDING OF BRAIN FUNCTIONING AND BRAIN  DEVELOPMENT CAN BE HELPFUL TO THERAPISTS   Each workshop provides three hours of continuing education credit.  The Child Center and Adult Services is approved by the Maryland Board of Examiners in Psychology and the National Board for Certified Counselors.  The Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners certifies that each workshop meets the criteria for three credit hours of Category 1 continuing education for social workers and associates licensed in Maryland.   Child Center and Adult Services, Inc. 16220 So. Frederick Avenue, #502 Gaithersburg, MD   20877 Tel.: 301-978-9750   --------   Fax: 301-978-9753 E-mail:  ccas1@verizon.net www.ccascounseling.org   PROGRAMS HELD AT: Johns Hopkins University Montgomery County Center - Gilchrist Hall 9601 Medical Center Drive Rockville, Maryland   Getting there from I-270: Take Exit 8 (Shady Grove West). Once on the exit ramp, stay in the left lane.  At the light make a left turn onto Shady Grove Road.  Proceed approximately 0.4 miles to Key West Avenue.  Turn right at Key West and follow to first intersection.  Make a left on Medical Center Drive.  The Montgomery County Campus is on the right at 9601 Medical Center Drive.   Getting there from Route 355:  Take Shady Grove west (turn right onto Shady Grove if you have been traveling south on 355; turn left onto Shady Grove if you have been traveling north on 355).  Turn right at Key West Highway.  Turn left at Medical Center Drive to 9601.  Please do not park in reserved spaces.     SIGN-IN AND COFFEE:  8:30 A.M. PROGRAM:  9:00 A.M. – 12:15 P.M.   The Child Center and Adult Services, Inc. (CCAS) is a private, non-profit agency in its 27th year of providing mental health services to children, adults and families.  CCAS also offers clinical services to women with post-partum depression and has recently started a Positive Aging Program for older adults at Holiday Park Senior Center.

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