Fonthill Counseling Founder and Clinical Director Rob Danzman will be keynoting at the annual Utah Regional NATSAP conference June 7, 2013 at The Heritage School in Provo, UT. The National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs (NATSAP) was created in January of 1999 to serve as a national resource for programs and professionals assisting young people beleaguered by emotional and behavioral difficulties. The Association is governed by an elected, volunteer Board of Directors comprised of representatives from the NATSAP membership.
Rob will presenting The Paradox of Wealth: How Affluence Complicates Families and What We Can Do to Help. He will be sharing some of the research, expertise and anecdotes from the field.
To learn more about the conference or become an exhibitor go to the Utah Regional Conference site. Below is the most current conference agenda. Check the website over the coming weeks for any changes.
Conference Agenda
Friday, June 7, 2013
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM – Registration and Continental Breakfast (Activity Center – Lobby)
9:00 AM – 9:30 AM – Welcome and NATSAP Update (Performing Arts Center)
Brent Hall, Discovery Academy & Cliff Brownstein, NATSAP
9:30 AM – 10:45 AM – Keynote Presentation
Presented by: Rob Danzman, Fonthill Counseling
10:45 AM – 11:00 AM – Break
11:00 AM – 12:15 PM – Breakout Sessions: A
Session 1 – Success Is An Option – Options For Success
Presented by: Carol Foster, American HealthCare Lending
Session 2 – Out With The Old, In With The New: Asperger’s Disorder Is No More
Presented by: Tracine Smoot, Ph.D, Psychological Solutions
Session 3 – Good Grief
Presented by: Darlene Gersch, Good Grief Guidance
Session 4 – Cracking The Social Code: Social Thinking In Middle School Boys
Presented by: Amee Hardy, LPC and Hanna Young, LCSW, Cherry Gulch Inc.
12:15 PM – Lunch (Activity Center – Gym)
1:15 PM – 4:15 PM – Academic Block
Teaching in a Residential Treatment Center
Presented by: Laurie Laird, M.Ed and Larissa Taylor, M.Ed, New Haven RTC
1:15 PM – 2:30 PM – Breakout Sessions: B
Session 1 – Overcoming The “Fix My Kid” Syndrome
Presented by: Dayna Buxton, MA, LMFT, New Haven RTC
Session 2 – “We Need To Talk”
Presented by: Todd Spaulding, LCSW and Shawn Brooks, LCSW, Oxbow Academy
Session 3 – SMART Recovery: A Smart Alternative To Treating Adolescent Addictions
Presented by: Brad Simpson LCSW, Sunrise RTC
Session 4 – As It Is Here, So It Is There: Maximizing Treatment Effect
Presented by: Kevin L Randall, MS, MFT and Nevin G Alderman, MA, CHMC
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM – Community Meetings
Topics: Bullying, Student Dress Code Compliance, Utah Department of Licensing, Stealing in the Dorms
3:00 PM – 4:15 PM – Breakout Sessions: C
Session 1 – Panel Discussion: Program Administrators Discussing Level Systems
Moderator: Jared Balmer
Session 2 – Getting On Their Level: Understanding and Clarifying The Effects of Spectrum, Learning, And ADHD Disorders
Presented by: Chris McRoberts, Ph.D and Jeremy Chiles, Ph.D, Psych Testing Services
Session 3 – Agency, Steps, And Increasing Connections
Presented by: Josh White, MA, LPC, CGP, CADC and Shayne Gallagher, WinGate Wilderness Therapy
Session 4– Mastery: Maintaining Self Care Within The Therapeutic World
Presented by: Steve Sawyer, LCSW, CSAC and Elizabeth Deardorff, New Visions Wilderness
4:15 PM
Conference Ends