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15 training sessions offered throughout Minnesota.

Registration Fee: $74.00 per 1/2 day session
MACMH publications: 25% discount with registration!

Professionals, parents and caregivers are provided the knowledge they need in children's mental health.

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*Continuing Education Credits:
Sessions are designed to meet CEH credits recognized by boards of Psychology; Social Work; Nursing; Education;
Marriage & Family Therapy; Behavioral Health & Therapy.
Certificates of attendance are provided for other fields.

Hard to Handle Children with Mental Health
Disorders
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June 4, 2009
No longer available

Wednesday, July 8, 2009
12:30-3:30 p.m.
Paul & Shiela Wellstone Center
179 Robie Street East, St. Paul, MN 55107

Wednesday, August 12, 2009
12:30-3:30 p.m.
Eagan Community Center
1501 Central Pkwy, Eagan, MN 55121

Presented by:
Dr. Char Myklebust, MA, PsyD;
Education Licenses: Secondary Speech; Special Education: EBD & LD
Dr. Myklebust is the Mental and Chemical Health Supervisor in Intermediate District 287, serving thirteen member school districts in Hennepin County and Minneapolis Public Schools. She works with children, teenagers, and young adults with learning disabilities, emotional behavioral disorders, neurobiological disorders, traumatic brain injury and mental health issues. Dr. Myklebust uses PET and SPECT scans to teach students about the brain and psychotropic medication; as well as multi-modal, interactive approaches while involving students as peer teachers.

Adolescents with Chemical Dependency &
Mental Illness: Addressing Complexities of Dual Diagnosis
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Thursday, June 11, 2009
12:30-3:30 p.m.
Dodge Nature Center, Farm Educ Building
1701 Charleton Street, West St. Paul, MN 55118

Thursday, July 30, 2009
12:30-3:30 p.m.
Kroening Interpretive Center
4900 Mississippi Ct., Minneapolis, MN 55430

Thursday, August 20, 2009
12:30-3:30 p.m.
Lakeview Social Hall, Coppertop Church
First United Methodist Church
230 Skyline Parkway, Duluth, MN 55811

Presented by: Deborah Cavitt, MS
Human Services,
Minnesota Certified Teacher
Deborah Cavitt is a project coordinator for Minnesota Association for Children's Mental Health. She works with schools, children, parents, & professionals to educate and advocate for increased understanding and reduced stigma related to children’s mental health disorders. As a teacher she worked for over 20 years primarily at the White Earth Indian Reservation in Minnesota. She has also worked as a substance abuse prevention specialist in Iowa.

Observation: A Core Competency for Infant
& Early Childhood Mental Health
Professionals*
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Foundations and Principles*
8:30-11:30 p.m.
Application and Intervention*
12:30-3:30 p.m.
Wilder Center
451 Lexington Parkway North, St. Paul, MN 55104
Wilder Center, courtesy of the Wilder Foundation & Foundations for Success

Crying, Feeding, & Sleep: Infant-Parent
Work to Support Regulatory Success*
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Thursday, June 25, 2009
Foundations and Principles*
8:30-11:30 p.m.
Application and Intervention*
12:30-3:30 p.m.
Richardson Nature Center
8737 East Bush Lake Road, Bloomington, MN 55438

All About Minds: Infants, Parents & Service
Providers; Considering Multiple Perspectives
in Early Intervention*
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Monday, July 13, 2009
Foundations and Principles*
8:30-11:30 p.m.
Application and Intervention*
12:30-3:30 p.m.
Maple Grove Community Center
12951 Weaver Lake Rd, Maple Grove, MN 55369

*Training objectives advance key competencies for MAIECMH endorsement

Presented by: Developmental Partnerships, LLC

Scott Harman, MSW, LICSW, IMH-E® (IV)
Scott Harman is a licensed clinical social worker who guides both program and professional development at St. David's Center for Children and Families in Minnetonka, Minnesota. His professional interests include infant mental health, child development, and early, preventative intervention. In addition to teaching and consulting throughout the state, he also sees young children and families in his private practice.

Susan Schultz, Ph.D., LP, LICSW, IMH-E® (IV)
Susan Schultz has a private psychotherapy practice in Edina, Minnesota offering mental health services to children birth through adolescence, young adults, parents and families. She has developed curricula for professional development in infant mental health and Infant Observation. Her work includes case consultation and teaching. Therapeutic intervention with infants, toddlers and parents and the hospitalized child are special interests.

Carol Siegel, Ph.D., LP, IMH-E® (IV)
Carol Siegel is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Minneapolis. Her primary clinical focus is on parenting and the issues that parents with challenging histories encounter while they raise their young children. She also consults with home visiting programs around the state and teaches about early intervention, intergenerational parenting issues, and early childhood mental health.

*We highly recommend that participants enroll in both the morning and afternoon sessions of the early childhood workshops. Those who are only able to attend a half day should sign up for the morning session as the afternoon session builds upon the morning presentation.