Spring Conference 2010
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APRIL 1-2, 2010
OKLAHOMA CITY, MARRIOTT
Registration begins at 8 AM on April 2nd. No registration required for the special event on Thursday Evening.
Thursday, April 1st @ 6PM
NASP President
Dr. Patti Harrison
Ethics & Professional Issues for School Psychologists
Friday, April 2nd @ 8:30 AM
Dr. Jeannie Golden, BCBA
Lack of Internalization & Conscience Development in Children:
Assessment & Treatment
Many children develop symptoms of childhood psychiatric disorders, such as ADHD, ODD, conduct disorder, bipolar disorder and RAD, due to early abuse/neglect and multiple placements/caregivers. Often, the treatment focus follows the medical model with the assumption that behavioral symptoms are the result of underlying psycho-pathology. As an alternative, practitioners can conduct observations of behavior in a variety of settings to determine the effect of various stimulus conditions and setting events, functional assessments to determine the causes and maintainers of various behavioral symptoms, and careful analysis of learning histories to determine the efficacy of various reinforcers and punishers. School Psychologists are able to provide assessment-driven treatment approaches, to design therapeutic environments that support the learning of appropriate replacement behaviors and to facilitate typical emotional development rather than psychopathology. Although these children function well within these structured settings, once this structure is removed they often fail to maintain or generalize their behavioral changes. Problems arise when these children fail to internalize the values of their parents or the rules of society. Although they know the difference between right and wrong, they fail to act appropriately when the external controls in the environment are removed. Several techniques that can be used to increase maintenance and generalization of treatment gain by focusing on internalization and emotional, moral and conscience development will be presented in this work-shop. Case examples will be provided, along with opportunities to get feedback on the cases of participants.
Dr. Jeannie Golden, BCBA
Dr. Golden is a Licensed Psychologist who received her Ph.D. in School Psychology from Florida State University in 1981. Dr. Golden has worked as a teacher and school psychologist and had a private practice in Greenville, NC, where she worked with children and adolescents with behavior problems and their families for over 15 years. Dr. Golden has taught in the Psychology Department at East Carolina University for 28 years, where she teaches courses in Applied Behavior Analysis and conducts Behavior Therapy seminars for child psychiatry residents at the ECU School of Medicine. She is a recipient of the Florida Association for Behavior Analysis Honorary Life-time Membership Award, the North Carolina Association for Behavior Analysis Fred S. Keller Excellence in Behavior Analysis Award, the East Carolina University Alumni Association Teaching Excellence Award, and the Board of Governors Distinguished Professor for Teaching Award. In 2008 Dr. Golden was awarded a $298,000 grant from the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust entitled ECU-Greene County Partnership to Im-prove School-Based Mental Health Services. Dr. Golden has been a presenter throughout the United States, as well as in Belgium, Italy, England and Australia.