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MORNING SESSION
  8:15-9:15am Continental Breakfast/Registration
9:15-9:30am Welcoming And Opening Remarks
James Lape, VP/Behavioral Health, Trinitas Hospital
9:30-9:45am Introductory Remarks
Kenneth Ritchey, Assistant Commissioner, DDD
9:45-10:30am Keynote Address
"Making Individuals With Challenging Behaviors Famous For Something Else"
Regis Lazor, M. Ed.
10:45-11:45am "Safety Awareness: Communication, Communication, Communication"
Caroline Eggerding, M.D. and Dan Keating, Ph.D.
11:45-12:30pm "Pharmacologic Management of Agression"
Kimberly Whitesell, M.D. and James Taylor, Ph.D.
12:30-1:15pm LUNCH

AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS
Session A workshops are held from 1:15-2:45pm
Session B workshops are held from 3-4:30pm
  Session A1: "Conflict Resolution For Staff"
Helen Blank, Ph.D.
Session A2/B2
(double session)		 "Functional Analytic Approaches To Case Formulation: Promoting Client Gains And Reducing Restricting Procedures"
Peter Sturmey, Ph.D.
Session A3 "Securing the Future: Teaching Anger Management Skills To Adolescents And Adults With Developmental Disabilities"
Millicent Kellner, Ph.D., M.S.W.
Session A4 "Therapeutic Options"
Michael Partie
Session A5 "Lessons Learned From School-Wide Positive Behavior Support"
Sharon Lohrmann, Ph.D.
2:45-3pm AFTERNOON BREAK
Session B1 "Dance Of the Broken Brain"
Bob Ellis, Ph.D.
Session B2 "Functional Analytic Approaches To Case Formulation: Promoting Client Gains And Reducing Restricting Procedures" (combined with session A1 above; starting time 1:15pm)
Peter Sturmey, Ph.D.
Session B3 "Team Management Approach To Agressive Behaviors of DD/MI Patients In An Acute Care Setting"
Purabi Bharatiya, M.D.; Michael Guglielmino, L.C.S.W.; Julie Cortes, R.N.; Jatin Shah, L.C.S.W.; and Maureen Ndu, M.S.
Session B4 "Communication Techniques That Reduce Adult Problem Behaviors"
Terence Blackwell, Jr., Board Certified Behavioral Analyst
Session B5 "Family Advocacy For Systems Change In the Support Of Individuals With Dual Diagnoses"
Donna Icovino



CONFERENCE FACULTY
 
Terence Blackwell, Jr.
Board Certified Behavioral Analyst
NY Licensed School Principal

Purabi Bharatiya, M.D.
Medical Director, DD Services
Director of Psychiatric Residency
Trinitas Hospital

Helen Blank, Ph.D.
Director of Clinical Ethics
UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School

Julie Cortes, R.N.
Nurse Manager for Adult Inpatient Services
Trinitas Hospital

Caroline Eggerding, M.D.
Executive Vice President
Chief Medical Officer/Pediatric
and Adolescent Services
Bancroft NeuroHealth

Bob Ellis, Ph.D.
Senior Psychologist
The Resource Center
Jamestown, NY

Michael Guglielmino, L.C.S.W.
Director of Adult Inpatient Services
Trinitas Hospital

Donna Icovino
Patient Advocate

Daniel Keating, Ph.D.
Executive Vice President
Life Span Services
Bancroft NeuroHealth		 Millicent Kellner, Ph.D., M.S.W.
Project Director
CPC Behavioral Health

Regis Lazor, M. Ed.
Professor, Special Education Department
California University, Pennsylvania

Sharon Lohrmann, Ph.D.
UMDNJ-RWJMS

Maureen Ndu, M.S.
Behavior Specialist
Trinitas Hospital DD/MI Unit

Michael Partie
Therapeutic Options, Inc.,
Newark, Delaware

Jatin Shah, L.C.S.W.
Social Worker and Discharge Planner
Trinitas Hospital DD/MI Unit

Peter Sturmey, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Psychology
Queens College/The Graduate Center
City University of NY

James Taylor, Ph.D.
Director of Youth Services
Lakeview NeuroRehabilitation Center
Effingham, New Hampshire

Kimberly Whitesell, M.D.
Consulting Psychiatrist
Lakeview NeuroRehabilitation Center
Effingham, New Hampshire