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CURRENT AND PREVIOUS TRAINING, CONSULTATION & OUTREACH   SCHOOLS Watertown Public Schools Direct service to students on IEPs, consultation with Special Ed.Dept. (elementary and middle school) Beaver Country Day School Inservice training: Development in adolescent adoptees Fayerweather Street School Consultation around challenging students Bartlett School Assessment of students and classroom behavior Southboro/Northboro Groups in schools – 2 day workshop on mental health in schools Watertown Public Schools Design & implement summer program for special ed. students Boston College High School Support and supervision of the adjustment counselor and guidance staff Conservatory Lab Charter Provide social work staff for school NHCS Adaptive PE for grades K1, K2 & 1 CLCS Adaptive PE for grades K-5 Needham Public Schools Hired through grant for social and recreational enhancement Watertown Middle School Conduct therapy groups after-school for parents and students Milton Public Schools Train pupil personnel staff on conduct pragmatic social skills groups Bishop Feehan High School   Adolescent depression training Les Petit Nursery School Behavior management of "difficult" children Timony Grammar School "Piecing Us Together" - topic of bullying LEAP Schools Positive play with preschoolers Fuller Middle School Train intern staff on running groups Marshfield Public Schools Social skills groups with Aspergers children Devotion School Management of playground; rules, safety, design Provincetown Public Schools Social skill groups with Autism spectrum disorders Newton Public Schools Assist social work staff design and implement group programs Brookline Public Schools "Unity Through Community Day" Watertown After School Curriculum design and implementation, supervision with staff Lextended Day Program Staff training Shirley Public Schools Hired through grant for social and recreational enhancement PROFESSIONAL GROUPS Harvard Med School Cambridge Hospital Services Lecture: Pervasive Developmental Disorder LD Network   Conference presenter: Social skills training with the NLD child Children's Group Therapy Assoc. Conference presenter: Learning life skills through play CGTA Conference presenter: Stages and roles in groups CGTA Conference presenter: Effective group leadership LADDERS Consultation: Social skills and self-esteem Dana Farber Training: Social / Emotional development with children Judge Baker Children's Center Training: Early childhood prevention project Charles River Training: Group structure and organization MSPCC Design and implementation of summer program Boston Area Nannies Consultation: Limit Setting Academy Group leadership training / 1 week intensive and 12 week course PARENT GROUPS Beaver Country Day School Influences on the lives of middle school students BCHS Mother's Guild   Contemporary Adolescent Issues Ripple Effect Influences on emotional life of children Needham PTC Understanding the emotional life of children NLD Parent Support Social / emotional life of children with NLD Bright School PTO Bullying Needham SPED PAC Social skill development Braintree SEPAC Social skill development Braintree SEPAC Parent / child night bullying and teasing Newton SPED PAC Panel discussion on resources Mitchell School PTO Social skill development Mendon-Upton PAC Social skill development Watertown PAC Social skill development Adoptive Families Together Anger and adoption ADD-IN Limit setting with ADHD children and adolescents Academy Parent Groups Limit setting / understanding anger / sibling issues ACADEMIC Boston College School of Education Seminar in group counseling Boston University Medical School Psychopathology of childhood

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