CSU, Chico and Butte County Department of Behavioral Health Present Conference on Treating Victims of Violence
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 16, 2000
Joe Wills
530-898-4143
Joe Picard, Center for Regional and Continuing Education
530-898-6105
CSU, Chico and Butte County Department of Behavioral Health Present Conference on Treating Victims of Violence
California State University, Chico’s Center for Regional and Continuing Education and the Butte County Department of Behavioral Health present Treating Victims of Violence Conference featuring Donald Meichenbaum, a world renowned psychotherapist and educator. The conference will examine the impact of domestic and community violence on children and adolescents.
Counselors, social workers, psychologists, mental health care providers, law enforcement professionals, and others working with children and adolescents dealing with domestic violence will learn how to improve their assessments and intervention techniques. Treating Victims of Violence meets the continuing education requirements for MFT’s, LCSW’s and psychologists, and provides 6.5 hours of continuing education credit.
Treating Victims of Violence will be held Monday, June 12 8 a.m.-4 p.m. at Gordon Hall, Sierra Room in Chico. Cost is $100 for registrations received on or before June 7. Cost for registrations received after this date is $125. For more information or to enroll call the CSU, Chico Continuing Education at 530-898-6105 or visit the Web site at rce.csuchico.edu/victims.
Treating Victims of Violence aims to develop assessment procedures and a case conceptualization model of the impact of violence on children, adolescents and their family members. Participants will learn to implement specific cognitive-behavioral interventions that are sensitive to development differences, and to develop and implement school-based and community-based interventions in the aftermath of violence.
Treating Victims of Violence will be presented by Donald Meichenbaum, Ph.D., a founder of Cognitive Behavior Modification (CBM). Meichenbaum is an emeritus professor at the University of Waterloo, Department of Psychology, Ontario, Canada and director of The Melissa Institute for Prevention and Treatment of Victims of Violence, Miami, Florida. In a survey reported in the American Psychologist, North American clinicians voted Meichenbaum “one of the ten most influential psychotherapists of the century.”
Meichenbaum has lectured internationally and has been involved in numerous projects involving victimized individuals. His presentations always receive the highest evaluations for their practical clinical advice and humor.
California State University, Chico, Center for Regional and Continuing Education offers an extensive array of educational programs and services that address the varied needs of the campus and local community, and serve individuals across the state, country and around the world. For more information or to register, call 530-898-6105, or visit the Continuing Education Web site at rce.csuchico.edu.
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