Past Events

SAU #70 Special Education Educational Series

with Dr. Raymond Chin

• October 5, November 2 & 30. All three workshops will be held at the Richmond Middle School auditorium from 6:00-7:30 pm
• Workshops are open to everyone, but space is limited. To sign up email Jean Patten, SAU 70 Special Education Administrative Secretary, at jean.patten@sau70.org.

The workshops will focus on supporting students with executive function, social cognition, and behavioral concerns. The purpose of the workshops will be to:

- Clarify often confusing concepts so that educational team members can be on the 'same page' before planning any intervention
- Give examples of successful team interventions that employ neurodevelopmental models (as opposed to pathology models)

The first session will focus on behavior disorders. The term 'behavior' is something of a red herring in so far as it can mask the neuropsychological substrates of all of our actions. Therefore, in order to treat the 'behavior' one must understand the brain function first.

The second topic in the series will focus on executive functions (EF). EF are the regulatory and reasoning abilities that affect our attention, emotions, organization, planning, memory and decisive actions. EF are most often associated with the frontal lobes of the brain that act as the CEO of the rest of the brain.

The last topic in the series will be social cognition, that is, the ability to consider others' points of view, subtle emotions, thoughts, and beliefs, and intentions. According to Vygotsky "all learning is social" and children who have social cognition deficits do poorly on the playground as well in the classroom when engaged in turn-taking, negotiation, debates, and group activities.

A Team Approach to Mental Health, Support, Life Skills and Healthy Transitions

with Mark Detzer, PhD and Marguerite Monet, MSW

• June 3, 2009 | Nashua, NH

As part of the 12th Annual Summit on Adolescents and HIV: The Impact on Youth, Families, Schools and Communities

Positive Psychology Strategies for Managing Diabetes

with Mark Detzer, PhD

• May 10, 2009 | DHMC, Lebanon, NH

As part of Diabetes Tune Up: The Road to Good Diabetes Managerment

Hemophilia: Adolescence and Risk Taking

with Mark Detzer, PhD and Jennifer Maahs, MSN

• October 11, 2008 | Birmingham, AL

As part of National Hemophilia 2008 Inhibitor Education Summit

Training Brains to Become Minds:
Neuropsychology for Teachers

Vermont Schoolhouse Seminars presents a one day-seminar with Dr. Raymond Chin

• Oct. 23 at the Executive Court Conference Center, Manchester, NH
• Nov. 6 at the Hampton Inn, Colchester, VT

The explosion of knowledge in the neurosciences has been phenomenal in the last ten years. The new discoveries of brain dynamics based on neuroimaging are replacing older static brain models. Likewise, education is on the verge of changing from pedagogy to a brain-based learning model. For example, teachers routinely take courses in how to teach, but few have ever taken a course in memory, the process of all learning. Dr. Chin will give teachers an accurate and useable neuropsychological model of brain functioning that can be applied to many types of learning, emotional and developmental disorders. These strategies can be used by all teachers with whole classes or individual students.

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Health Psychology for Mental Health Practitioners

with Dr. Mark Detzer

• September 19, 2008 | 9am – 4pm
• Highlander Inn & Suites, Manchester, NH
• Six Continuing Education Credits

Presented by the New Hampshire Psychological Association (NHPA).

Autism Spectrum Disorders:
Parent-Teacher Team Treatment Strategies

• April 30, 2004
• May 28, 2004

How to survive life in the trenches II:
Grizzled veterans share their outstanding practices

• November 3, 2000

How to survive life in the trenches:
Grizzled veterans share their outstanding practices

• October 29, 1999

Alternative Educational Strategies Conference

• October 30, 1998

First Annual Biopsychosocial Conference

• November 14, 1997