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Conference Program
Back to the Future: Core Technology and Beyond promises to explore the
fields of Employee and Member Assistance Programs (EAPs/ MAPs) by
investigating the state of the EAP Core Technology from the perspective
of past practices and current trends. Presenters from a variety of
professional backgrounds/settings will engage attendees in stimulating
discussion of the diverse issues confronting our field.
Thursday, July 10, 2008:
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8:00 — 9:30 am |
Registration and Exhibit Hall Open |
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9:30 — 10:30 am |
Opening Remarks and Tribute to Laverne Washington, LMSW and the
New York State Employee Assistance Program |
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10:30 — 11:30 |
Keynote: Mickey McKay, CEAP, President, Employee Assistance
Professionals Association
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11:30 — 12:30 pm |
Lunch in Exhibit Hall. |
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12:30 — 2:00 pm |
Concurrent Sessions
- Direct Services:
Balancing Work and Elder Care; Barbara Friesner, MBA
- Addiction:
Spiritual Fitness in Addiction Recovery; John MacDougall,
D.Min.
- EAP/MAP: The
Sleepy Employee: How can we Intervene? Nancy
Dombrowski-Losinno, LCSW
- Ancillary Services:
Panel Discussion: Everyday Hypnosis in the Workplace: Jane
Parsons-Fein, LCSW, Bette-Jean Rosenhagen, LCSW and Karliese
Greiner-Laurie, LCSW
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2:00 — 2:30 pm |
Break in Exhibit Hall |
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2:30 — 4:00 pm |
Concurrent Workshops
- Direct Services:
EAP Assessment and Referral of Compulsive Gamblers; Kevin
O’Neill, LCSW, CEAP
- Addiction: What
Employees Assistance Professionals Should Know about
Self-Harm: Eating Disorders and Self-Injury as Addictions;
Sharon Farber, Ph.D.
- EAP/MAP:
Traumatic Incidents on the Railroad: Tracking EAP
Interventions; Veronica Owens, Ph.D.
- Ancillary Services:
Mindful Based Stress Reduction Therapy (MBSR) and Addiction
Recovery; Joseph DiVincenzo, M.D.
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4:00 — 4:30 pm |
Break in Exhibit Hall |
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4:30 — 6:00 pm |
Concurrent Workshops
- Direct Services:
Pennsylvania State Police Member Assistance Program/Response
to the Amish School Shooting: Cpl. Govan Martin & Shawn
German
- Addiction;
Understanding sex, love and relationship addictions; Terra
Holbrook, LCSW
- EAP/MAP:
Recapturing the Passion of the Work We Do; Beverly Liff, MS,
CEAP and Frank Pouliot, MHS
- Ancillary Services:
Relationship Matters: Helping couples transform conflict
into connection with Imago Relationship Therapy; Steffi
Brandenburg, LCSW, CEAP
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6:00 |
Conference Day Ends: Dinner on Your Own |
Friday, July
11,
2008:
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7:00 — 8:00 am |
Breakfast- Exhibit Hall Open |
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8:00 — 9:00 am |
Key Note Address: Dr. Johanna O’Flaherty, Vice President,
Treatment Services, Betty Ford Center |
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9:00 — 10:30 am |
Concurrent Workshops
- Direct Services:
Cultural Sensitivity in the Workplace: The Well Intentioned
Racist; Allyne Spinner, LCSW
- Addiction:
Addiction, Attachment Disorders and Referral to 12 Step
Programs; Ellyn Kravette, LSW, CEAP
- EAP/MAP:
Incorporating a Solution Focused Framework in Employee
Assistance; Joseph Goldfield, LCSW
- Ancillary Services:
The New Trauma Recovery: Techniques & Perspectives on What
Works & What Doesn’t to Heal Trauma; Richard Lawless, Th.D.
and Bonnie Owens, LCSW
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10:30 — 11:00 pm |
Break in Exhibit Hall |
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11:00 — 12:30 am |
Concurrent Workshops
- Direct Services:
What’s Going On Here? Identifying and Helping Employees with
Personality Disorders; Lala Straussner, DSW/Ph.D.
- Addiction:
Understanding Innovative Biological Therapies for Alcoholism
and Chemical Dependencies; Jeffrey Berman, M.D., FASAM
- EAP/MAP:
Elevating Ethical Awareness; Michael Cipressi, LCSW, CEAP
- Ancillary Services:
Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD): A Primer for the EAP
Professional, Virginia Hill, LPC, CEAP
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12:30 — 1:30 pm |
Lunch in Exhibit Area |
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1:30 — 3:00 pm |
Closing Presentation and Conference Wrap-Up and Raffles
Closing Presentation: “All Alone on the Mound”, Dickie Noles
CEAP, Philadelphia Phillies Baseball Club |
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