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Personal Best Summer Intensive: Adult Development and Sensitive Parenting for At-Risk Families with Young Children
Jun. 26, 2017 to Jun. 28, 2017
June 26, 27, 28, 2017
9:30-4:00 daily
(Monday-Wednesday)
This intensive workshop prepares participants to implement Personal Best, a 16 session group curriculum and Home Visiting Guide for individual sessions. The training will focus on adult development as well as parent-child and family relationships. Personal Best is a theory-driven prevention program that promotes parent mental health, social support, healthy coping and sense of self-efficacy in multiple roles. Sessions are divided into four modules that address different areas of role functioning: (1) role strain, (2) parenting, (3) relationships, and (4) work/productive activity.
Through a combination of lecture, discussion, videotape, role play and experiential exercises, participants will: 1) enhance their knowledge of the multiple influences on parent well-being and the parent-child relationship; 2) understand the impact of stress on parenting behavior and the developing child;3) help parents develop the social-emotional and executive function capacities to promote their child’s development; 4) learn how to individualize goal setting activities to promote mastery and family self-sufficiency; and 5) develop skills to facilitate groups.
Judy Grossman, DrPH,OTR, Associate Director of Ackerman’s Center for the Developing Child and Family and Director of Ackerman’s Resilient Families: Children with Special Needs Project. In addition to her family therapy practice, Dr. Grossman is adjunct faculty at NYU’s Department of Occupational Therapy; public health and special education consultant and policy analyst; and creator of the Personal Best prevention program for parents.
Location: Ackerman Institute for the Family, 936 Broadway, 3rd Floor, NYC, 10010
Tuition: $ 670
Contact Hours NYS: 19 (The Ackerman Institute for the Family SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #0052.)
CEUs for CT: (This program has been approved for Continuing Education Credit Hours by the National Association of Social Workers, CT and meets the continuing education criteria for CT Social Work Licensure renewal)
Registration: www.ackerman.org or contact Brenda Nikelsberg, 212-879-4900 ext. 108 or bnikelsberg@ackerman.org
Events Registration Policy
- The Ackerman Institute for the Family SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #0052.
- All workshops are held at the Ackerman Institute, 936 Broadway, New York, NY 10010
- Workshop space is limited, and registration is accepted on a pre-paid, first-come, first-served basis. Registrations will be confirmed by e-mail. You will be considered registered only if the full tuition accompanies your registration.
- Cancellation/Refund Policy: For cancellations, credit will be offered for a future workshop or for those who cancel two weeks prior a 20% administrative fee will be deducted from the refund.
For more information or to register contact:
Katie Pettick-Perez, Program Coordinator, at kpperez@ackerman.org or Martha Edwards, Founder & Director, at 212-879-4900 ext 133
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