BHN Child & Adolescent Education Series

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Apr. 16, 2025
11:00 AM

Topic: Exploring Mutual Care/Mutual Respect in Child and Adolescent Care Settings

Presented by Elizabeth Begley MS, RN, LNC, CPXP, Senior System Director of Customer and Patient Relations and Language Services Logistics at Hartford HelathCare.

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Mar. 19, 2025
11:00 AM

Topic: Autism Spectrum Disorder: Assessment, Treatment Interventions, and Medication Management

Presented by: Robert Sahl, MD, Elisabeth Scherpenisse, PhD, and Kimberly Dorsett, PhD. Robert Sahl, MD is a board-certified child/adolescent psychiatrist who has been a full-time employee at the Institute of Living for the past 26+ years. Dr. Scherpenisse is alicensed clinical psychologist on staff at The Webb Schools at the Institute of Living. Dr. Dorsett has recently joined the Mary W. Parker Autism Center team at the Institute of Living as a staff psychologist.

Feb. 26, 2025
11:00 AM

Topic: Psychosis in Child and Adolescent Populations 

Presented by: Patty Graham, LCSW and Jennifer Zajac, MD. Patty is the Manager of Child and Adolescent Ambulatory Services at the Institute of Living at Hartford Hospital. Jennifer Zajac is a Child & Adolescent psychiatrist at the IOL in the Advanced Services for Adolescents with Psychosis Intensive Outpatient Program and thegeneral Partial Hospital Program.

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Jan. 15, 2025
11:00 AM

Topic: Understanding Gaming Disorder: A Mental Health Provider's "Call of Duty"

Presented by: Paul Weigle, MD, Associate Medical Director for Ambulatory Services at Natchaug and oversees Joshua Centers Shoreline, Southeast and Mansfield; Young Adult and Adult Programs at Sachem House and Care Plus. He is Board Certified in both Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

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Dec. 18, 2024
11:00 AM

Topic: Disordered Eating: An Innovative Approach Within the IOL

Presented by: Cheryl Grezlik, LCSW,  Clinical Psychologist; Jennifer Downs, MD, Assistant Medical Director of Integrated Child and Adolescent Care, BHN; Brianna Pollock, PhD, Resource Coordinator, IOL

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Nov. 20, 2024
11:00 AM

Topic: Motivational Interviewing with Child and Adolescent Populations

Presented by: Marilyn Finkelstein, DSW, LCSW, Program Manager of Addiction Services, Institute of Living

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Oct. 16, 2024
11:00 AM

Topic: Substance Use in Adolescent Populations  

Presented by: J. Craig Allen, MD, FASAM, Medical Director of Rushford, Chief of Psychiatry at Midstate Medical Center, and Vice President of Addiction Services for the Behavioral Health Network at Hartford Healthcare

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