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Save the Date – Annual Youth Conference
EssentialSPACE:
Therapeutic Parenting and Treatment of Attachment and Trauma in Children & Youth
Parenting and treating traumatized children and those with attachment disorders is challenging – it often feels like a lonely journey into the “final frontier.”EssentialSPACE helps caregivers, and the professionals who help their children, to learn additional trauma-sensitive, attachment-focused strategies and interventions related to the essential elements of therapeutic parenting. The workshop, conducted by Billy Kaplan, a Clinical Social Worker, and Christine Moers, a therapeutic parent, will be like sitting in on a conversation with these two leaders in the field as they discuss some very practical ways to implement therapeutic parenting every day. As Dan Hughes said about their work together, “First they help us to understand the tremendous challenges that children face after first having experienced neglect and abuse at the hands of their original parents. Then Christine and Billy let us know that they “get” the tremendous challenges facing parents who are trying to raise these children. They do not give us magical techniques or parenting cookbooks. They direct our minds to the basics: an attitude of playfulness, acceptance, curiosity, and empathy (PACE) along with the value of developing a home that provides these children with safety, supervision, structure, and support. They leave us with hope and renewed energy to provide these children with what they desperately need.”
Download the EssentialSPACE Flyer for more information.
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SCCCMH 2015 Citizen of the Year
At the annual “Mental Health Matters” Benefit Dinner Peggy Lounsbury presented Beverly Lazar, a licensed clinical social worker at the Saratoga County Mental Health Center, with the 2015 SCCCMH Citizen of the Year. Lazar was recognized for over 30 years of dedication to serving, promoting and advocating for the needs of people living with mental illness, especially children. In addition to her work at the Center, Lazar has spearheaded a number of programs in the community. In 1976, she co-founded, with Judy Ekman, the Saratoga Task Force on Child Abuse and Neglect, which is now the Saratoga Center for the Family. She also founded Youth2 – Youth Helping Youth, a foundation that helps young people learn the art and practice of community volunteering and philanthropy. Lazar has also been involved with the Living in Harmony Festival, World Quilt Project of the Saratoga Mentoring Program, and the Dance Flurry. She has also served on the boards of the SCCCMH, the Waldorf School of Saratoga Springs, and Children and Nature Saratoga.
Assemblyperson Carrie Woerner attended the benefit and presented Lazar with a citation recognizing her contributions to the mental health community.
In her acceptance speech, Lazar shared the stage with “Annie and the Hedonists” who helped to express her sentiments and gratitude through song.
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2015 Annual Dinner “SCCCMH Mental Health Matters Benefit”
This year’s Annual Dinner, “SCCCMH Mental Health Matters Benefit” will be held on May 13, 2015.
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SCCCMH Mental Health Matters Benefit
“SCCCMH Mental Health Matters Benefit” will be held on May 4, 2016 at 6:00 pm at Longfellows Restaurant in Saratoga Springs. For more information or for tickets, please download the Registration Form.