Previous Workshops

2007

• March 2 -Nonverbal Learning Disabilities:  From Diagnosis Through Interventions for Home and School with Dean Mooney, PhD - Freeport, ME
• March 22-23 - Exploring Perspective Taking and a Social Thinking Curriculum with Michelle Garcia Winner, CCC-SLP - Freeport, ME  
• May 10-11, 2007 - Yoga for the Child with Developmental Challenges Including Autism, ADHD, Learning Disabilities, and Anxiety Disorders  with Anne Buckley-Reen, OTR, RYT - Yarmouth, ME
• May 18 -Attention Deficit Disorders in Women with Sari Solden, MS, LMFT and Ellen Littman, PhD - Freeport, ME

2006

• March 17 - Building and Strengthening Parent Professional Partnerships with Shelley Cohen-Konrad, Ph.D. - Freeport, Maine
• April 7 - Working with Angry, Resistant Youth: Strategies for Fostering Motivation, Self-Discipline, and Resilience with Robert Brooks, Ph.D. - Freeport, Maine
• April 21 - Right-Brained Children in a Left Brained World: Unlocking the Potential of Your ADD Child with Jeffrey Freed, M.A.T. - Freeport, Maine
• May 18-19 - The Whole Child: The S.A.N.E. System of Pediatric Assessment and Treatment with Ann Buckley-Reen, OTR - Freeport, Maine
• October 27 - The Collaborative Problem Solving Approach: Treatment for Explosive Noncompliant Children and Adolescents with Ross Greene, Ph.D. - Freeport, Maine
• December 8 - It's So Much Work to Be Your Friend: Helping the Child with Learning Disabilities Find Social Success with Rick Lavoie, Ph.D. - Freeport, Maine

2005

• October 20-21 - Social Thinking Across the Home and School Day: Treatment Strategies for Children with Social Cognitive Deficits including Asperger's, Autism, PDD, NLD, ADHD with Michele Garcia Winner, MA, CCC - Freeport, Maine
• October 14 - The Collaborative Problem Solving Approach: Treatment for Explosive Noncompliant Children and Adolescents with Ross Greene, Ph.D. - Concord, New Hampshire
• September 30 - The Collaborative Problem Solving Approach: Treatment for Explosive Noncompliant Children and Adolescents with Ross Greene, Ph.D. - Freeport, Maine
• June 3 - Upside Down Brilliance: The Visual Spatial Learner with Linda Silverman, Ph.D. and Alex "Allie" Golon - Freeport, Maine
• May 20 - Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls with Rachel Simmons, Ph.D. - Freeport, Maine
• March 11 - Working with Youth and Adults: Strategies to Foster Hope and Resilience in Others and Ourselves with Robert B. Brooks, Ph.D. - Freeport, Maine
• February 11 - The Collaborative Problem Solving Approach: Treatment for Explosive Noncompliant Children and Adolescents with Ross Greene, Ph.D. - Freeport, Maine

2004

• October 1 - "Assessing Memory in School Aged Children: The Wide Range Assessment of Memory and Learning (WRAML2)" with Wayne Adams - Freeport, Maine
• May 17 - "Pediatric Sleep and its Disorders; New Research and Intervention Strategies" with Marie J. Hayes, PhD and Michio Fukumizu, MD, PhD - Freeport, Maine
• May 10 - "Selective Mutism" with Robert C Thompson, Ph.D. - Freeport, Maine
• February 27 - "Explosive/Noncompliant Children and Adolescents: Implementing the Collaborative Problem Solving Approach" with Ross Greene. PhD - Portland, Maine

2003

• September 26 - "The Neuropsychology of Learning Disabilities Across the Lifespan" with Jan Culbertson, Ph.D. - Freeport, Maine
• September 12 - "Explosive/Noncompliant Children and Adolescents: Implementing the Collaborative Problem Solving Approach" with Ross Greene. PhD - Bangor, Maine
• June 9 & 10 - "Early Indicators of Learning Difficulties in Young Children 3 - 5 Years of Age: Assessment and Treatment Strategies" with Barbara Freethy, M.ED. - Freeport, Maine
• February 3 - "Explosive/Noncompliant Children and Adolescents: Implementing the Collaborative Problem Solving Approach" with Ross Greene. PhD - Augusta, Maine

2002

• November 1 - "From Eye Contact To Nurturing Touch" with Dan Hughes, PhD and Sylvie Hetu, BSc -
• September 27 - "New Developments In The Field Of ADHD/LD" John J. Ratey, MD and Jonathan Mooney, BA - Freeport, Maine
• June 14 - "Relational Recovery: Reclaiming Wholeness and Connection for Men and Women" with Terrence Real, LISCW - Freeport, Maine
• April 22 - "A USER’S GUIDE TO THE BRAIN - Exploring Exercise & Activity for Brain Health, ADHD & Other Disorders, The Social Brain and Care & Feeding of the Brain" with John J. Ratey, M.D. - North Hampton, Massachusetts
• March 1 - "Treatment of Early Onset Bipolar Disorder in Children" with Steve Berk, Ph.D. Director of Bond and Berk Associates - Freeport, Maine

2001

• December 7 - "The Importance of Movement and The Brain: Exploring the Attention System, Executive Functioning, The Social Experience, ADHD and Other Developmental Disorders" with John J. Ratey, M.D. - Bangor, Maine
• November 16 - "Self Mutilative Behavior in Teens" with Barent Walsh, PhD, The Bridge Center of Central Massachusetts - Freeport, Maine
• September 24 - "Auditory Processing Disorders" with Kristine Strand, EdD., CCC-SLP, Kathleen Loftus West, M.A., CCC-A - Freeport, Maine
• September 21 - "The User's Guide to the Brain: Looking at the Brain Through the Lens of Attention" with John J. Ratey, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Co-Author of Driven to Distraction, Answers to Distraction and Shadow Syndromes - Freeport, Maine
• July 20 - "Selective Mutism: Successful Management" with Robert C. Thompson, Ph.D. - Freeport, ME
• May 18 - "Comprehensive Developmental Evaluation: of Children Birth to Five" with Barbara B. Freethy, M.ED. - Freeport, Maine
• April 6 - "The Bipolar Child: Diagnosis and Treatment" with Demitri Papolos, MD - Freeport, Maine
• March 12 - "Developmental Verbal Dyspraxia: A Phonological Approach" with Kristine Strand, Ed.D., CC-SLP - Freeport, Maine

2000

• December 15 - "Treating Explosive and Noncompliant Children and Adolescents: An Advanced Training" with Ross Greene, Ph.D. - South Portland, Maine
• October 23 & 24 - "Innovative Interventions for the Treatment of Children with Attachment Disorders" with Daniel Hughes, Ph.D. and Phyllis Booth, MA. - Freeport, Maine
• October 16 - "Confronting Teasing and Bullying in the Elementary Grades" with Nancy Mullin-Rindler, Associate Director of the Project on Teasing and Bullying, Center for Research on Women, Wellesley College.
• May 15 - "Brief Psychotherapy with Couples" with Joseph Zinker, PhD and Stephanie Backman, LCSW - Freeport, Maine
• April 7 - "Distinguishing ADHD from Child Abuse/PTSD in Children & Adolescents" with Steven Berk, PhD - Freeport, Maine
• March 31 - "Developmental Evaluation of Preschool Children Using the Mullen Scales of Early Learning" with Barbara B. Freethy, MEd - Freeport, Maine
• February 28 - "Limit Setting and Anger Management with Children & Adolescents" with Kevin Creeden, MA - Freeport, Maine
• January 7 - "Impact of Placement on Children of Different Ages: A Developmental Perspective" with Robert Kinscherff, JD, PhD - Freeport, Maine

1999

• October 18 - "Dance of Development Through Movement" with Beverly Stokes, Body Mind Center - Freeport, Maine
• October 5 - "Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys" with Michael Thompson, PhD - Portland, Maine
• June 28 & 29 - Self-Regulation: The Alert Program for Use in Schools and Homes, "How Does Your Engine Run?" with Sherry Shellenberger, OTR, and Mary Sue Williams, OTR - Portland, Maine
• April 30 - "Boundaries & Countertransference in Treatment" with Elizabeth P. Hess, PhD - Freeport, Maine
• March 26 - "Working with Children & Adolescents: Enhancing Self-Esteem and Managing Resistance" with Robert Brooks, PhD - Freeport, Maine
• March 5 & 6 - "Filial Family Therapy" with William Nordling, PhD, National Institute of Relationship Enhancement - Yarmouth, Maine

1998

• November 6 - "Self-Mutilative Behavior & Suicide" with Barent Walsh, PhD - Freeport, Maine
• October 16 - "Ethical Obligations & Dilemmas with Children and Families" with Robert Kinscherff, JD, PhD - Freeport, Maine
• September 21 & 22 - "Assessing Young Children using the Mullen Scales of Early Learning" with Barbara Freethy, M.Ed. - Freeport, Maine
• June 1 - "Diagnosis and Treatment of Eating Disorders" with Sara F. Levite, MS, LCPC - Freeport, Maine
• May 1 - "Childhood & Adolescent Depression" with Robert Kinscherff, JD, PhD - Augusta, Maine

1997

• November 7 - "Borderline Personality Disorder: Treatment Challenges" with Judith Bralove, MSW - Augusta, Maine
• September 5 & 6 - "Child Centered Play Therapy" with William Nordling, PhD - Portland, Maine
• August 11 - "The Key to Effective Intervention in Autism and PDD" with Dianne Twachtman, PhD, CCC/SLP, and Stacey Szklut, MS, OTR/L -Freeport, Maine
• June 27 - "Emotional Development: Issues in Treating The Multi-Placed Adolescent" with Gregory Keck, Ph.D. - Augusta, Maine
• May 3 - "Social Stories and Comic Strip Conversations: Teaching Social Understanding & Social Skills to Students with Autism and Related Disorders" with Carol Gray - Auburn, Maine
• April 29 - "Successful Communication Skills for Women" with Ellen Toothman - Freeport, Maine
• April 11 - "Trauma & Dissociation in Childhood & Adolescence" with Robert Kinscherff, JD, PhD - Augusta, Maine
• February 27 & 28 - "Infants & Families: Following Premies from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit" with Jan Hunter, MA, OTR, and Jane Case-Smith, Ed-D, OTR - Freeport, Maine

1996

• December 4 - "Assessing Young Children (Birth to Five) using the Mullen Scales of Early Learning" with Barbara Freethy, M.Ed. - Freeport, Maine
• November 19 - "Educating Young Children with Autism and PDD Using Applied Behavior Analysis" with Stephen B. Anderson, PhD - Augusta, Maine
• October 2 - "Social Problems of Learning Disabled and ADD Children" with Betty B. Osman, PhD - Portland, Maine
• June 28 & 29 - "Self Regulation: The Alert Program for use in Schools, Homes and Clinics" with Sherry Shellenberger, OTR and Mary Sue Williams, OTR - South Portland, Maine
• May 13 - "Learning Disabilities and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder" with Larry Silver, PhD - Augusta, Maine
• April 25 - "Treatment of the Hurt Adoptive Child: Diagnosing and Treating Attachment and Bonding Difficulties" with Gregory Keck - Brunswick, Maine
• March 29 & 30 - "Educating Children with Autism and PDD" with Kathleen A. Quill, EdD - Freeport, Maine

1995

• December 1 - "ADHD & Oppositional Defiant Disorder" with Gwenyth Edwards, PhD , Russell Barkley Clinic - Portland, Maine
• November 6 - "Children with Difficult Behaviors: Treatment & Management in the Home & Classroom" with Margaret Bauman, MD and Michael Solomon Weiss, PhD - Portland, Maine
• November 29 - "Creating Supportive Environments for Premature and At-risk Babies" with Katherine M. Jorgensen, RNC, BSN, HonD - Augusta, Maine
• July 14 - "Neurobehavioral Assessment of Infants & Young Children" with Jean Gardner Coles, MS - Augusta, Maine
• April 25 - "Treatment of the Hurt Adoptive Child" with Gregory Keck, Attachment & Bonding Center - Brunswick, Maine
• April 7 - "Developmental Care of the Neonate: Identifying Behavioral Cues" with Katherine Jorgensen, RNC, BSN, HonD - Augusta, Maine