PROBLEMATIC ABSENTEEISM

9:00 am to 3:30 pm

Check-in and Continental Breakfast from 8:15 am

At the Southeastern Regional Education Service Center (SERESC)

29 Commerce Drive

Bedford NH 03110

www.seresc.net 603 206-6800

Christopher A. Kearney, Ph.D. is Distinguished Professor and Chair of Psychology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He is also the Director of the UNLV Child School Refusal and Anxiety Disorders Clinic. Dr. Kearney received his B.A. in psychology and sociology from the State University of New York at Binghamton and his M.A. and Ph.D. in psychology from the State University of New York at Albany. He completed his internship at the University of Mississippi Medical Center before moving to Las Vegas.

A Partial List of Publications by Dr. Kearney:

Kearney, C.A. (2013). Casebook in child behavior disorders (5th ed.). Belmont, CA: Cengage Learning/ Wadsworth.

Kearney, C.A. (2008). Helping school refusing children and their parents: A guide for school-based professionals. New York: Oxford University Press.

Kearney, C.A., & Albano, A.M. (2007). When children refuse school: A cognitive-behavioral therapy approach/Parent workbook (2nd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.

Kearney, C.A., & Trull, T.J. (2015). Abnormal psychology and life: A dimensional approach (2nd ed.). Belmont, CA: Cengage Learning/Wadsworth.

Co-Sponsored by NHPA and SERESC. NHPA is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. NHPA maintains responsibility for the program.

NH Psychological Association

72 North Main Street

Concord, NH 03301

603 415-0451 office@nhpaonline.org nhpaonline.org

This program offers continuing education credits which are accepted by the State Board of Mental Health Practice for all N.H. licensees.

5.5 CE Credits

Instructional Level: Intermediate

Providers who will be developing collaborative intervention plans that result in students' return to school with less distress: School administrators, school psychologists, clinical psychologists, community health and mental health providers, school nurses, school based clinicians, guidance counselors.

Instructional Level: Intermediate

The conference program will build on details of Dr. Kearney's presentation on September 21. It will offer three sessions within the day for participants to hear a variety of cases presenting different symptomatologies of problematic absenteeism, and to consider strategies and interventions for problem-solving.

The three sessions include:

Responses to questions sent ahead of time relating to Dr. Kearney's initial presentation on September 21, 2015;

Case studies presented by Dr. Kearney for problem solving;

Case studies presented by the participants for review.

As a result of attending, participants will:

1. be able to describe five symptomatologies of problem absenteeism/school refusal;
   
2. be able to list five components of assessment procedures for determining etiologies of problematic absenteeism/school refusal;
   
3. be able to list five key resources for assessing problem absenteeism;
   
4. be able to describe three case plans that resulted in success, listing reasons for success; and
   
5. be able to list three key resources for developing case plans that result in students' return to school with less distress.
   

8:15am: Check-in and Continental Breakfast

9:00am to 3:30 Program in three sessions

12:00-12:45 Lunch at SERESC

9:00 am to 3:30 pm

Check in starts at 8:15am

Continental Breakfast and Lunch at SERESC

Certificate of Attendance available for 5.5 Contact Hours

$240.00 per participant

$215.00 early registration by September 10, 2015---Enter discount code: early*registration

For Member District Discount: See your school district administrator for a code to use when you register online.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Registration closes 7 days before event date. To inquire about available seats after this deadline, contact sabrina@seresc.net Every effort will be made to accommodate your need.

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**All received registrations are subject to Cancellation/Refund policy. A full refund will be made for cancellations sent via email 7 days before the event.

**Refunds will not be given if the request is received less than 7 days prior to the event.

**Refunds will not be given for “no shows”.

**SERESC does accept substitution of another person with 24 hours of advance notice.

**Registration fee or signed Purchase Order is due on or before the event.

**SERESC reserves the right to postpone or cancel events.

SERESC Conference Center

29 Commerce Drive

Bedford, NH 03110

603-206-6800

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Email: pdservices@seresc.net
Website: www.seresc.net
Location: 29 Commerce Drive, Bedford, NH, United States
Phone: 603-206-6800