52 Practical Strategies for Asperger’s Syndrome,
Nonverbal Learning Disorder, and High-Functioning Autism

John Ortiz, PhD
 

December 3, 2009            
Hilton Tucson East
Tucson, AZ 


December 4, 2009
Chaparral Suites Resort Scottsdale
Scottsdale, AZ

 

$179.00 Pre-registration (until 12:00 CST day before the program); $189.00 At the door


Program begins 8:00; concludes 3:30; 6.0 Hours

The purpose is to review and experience a bevy of strength-based, practical strategies that have proven effective in addressing some more typical concerns presented by children, adolescents and adults with Asperger’s Syndrome, Nonverbal Learning Disorder, and High-Functioning Autism.

Visit www.health-ed.com or call 800.839.4584 for more information.

Join Amy Weintraub, founder of the LifeForce Yoga® Healing Institute
and author of Yoga for Depression,
along with a distinguished faculty of trained LifeForce Yoga® Practitioners.

Come on retreat in Tucson January 11 - 17th, 2010, for a unique experiential learning program that provides level 1 LifeForce Yoga® Practitioner
certification for mental health professionals and yoga teachers.

From early morning practice, through two 3-hour program sessions to enriching evening workshops, each day offers LifeForce Yoga® tools to
dissolve the obstacles that block the flow of your own healing energy. The LifeForce Yoga® protocol is evidence-based and designed to support
mood management and therefore self-efficacy. Experience for yourself the shift in your outlook as we practice exercises that can change your life
and the lives of those you serve.

Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy sessions, nondual spiritual counseling, and massage will be available.

For more information about the Training or to register, please visit www.yogafordepression.com/Training_Registration.html
or contact Rose Kress: rose@amyweintraub.com; 520 349-2644.

50 CEUs (Yoga Alliance), 41 CEUs (pending NASW-AZ)

Full lodging and program rates range from $1,150 - $1,625. Early Bird Discount applies until October 1.
Commuter rate available.

Seeds of Mindfulness - Mindfulness Inside and Outside the Therapy Hour

by Ronald Siegel, Psy.D. Assistant Clinical Professor at Harvard Medical School

February 6 - 7, 2010

Phoenix Convention Center

Additional details at http://www.aibmcseminar.org/index.php

ASSESSMENT & TREATMENT OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE & OTHER DEMENTIAS

February 11, 2010

Chapperal Suites Resort, Scottsdale, AZ

Presented by Roy Steinberg, PhD

The goal of this dynamic, one-day program is to help psychologists, therapists, counselors, nurses, medical personnel,
and caregivers in varied settings more effectively address Alzheimer’s disease and other Dementias which affect their
geriatric patients. Attendees will examine a recipe of what works and what doesn’t with and for older adult patients and
their care providers. Dr. Steinberg will address the cognitive implications of the aging process in general, its effects on
individual patients, and the pathological changes and functional manifestations specific to Alzheimer’s Disease and other
Dementias. You will be able to differentia the diagnostic criteria for various types of Dementias seen in older adults, e.g.
Alzheimer’s disease, Vascular Dementia, Parkinson’s Disease, Fronto-Temporal Dementia.
Don’t miss this ‘one-of-a-kind’ seminar. Online registration available at www.health-ed.com

11th Annual Southwest Nephrology Conference

Friday and Saturday, Feb. 19 and 20, 2010

Join us for this two-day event at the Marriott Phoenix Airport Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona on Friday February 19 and Saturday February 20, 2010.

Social workers can register for one or two days and attend courses that address current issues in health-related quality of life assessment,
staff training on patient sensitivity, honoring cultural diversity, ethical challenges in working with living organ donors, improving outcomes
with Native American patients, the psychosocial dynamics of body image in bariatric patients, the new national kidney allocation system and
increasing awareness of professional boundaries.

For more information, call (602) 840-1644 or go to www.swnc.org

The Maze of Contemporary Mental Health Challenges in Children & Adolescents

February 26, 2010

Chaparral Suites Resort,Scottsdale

Presented by Jay Berk, PhD The goal of this program is to provide all levels of professionals with the tools necessary
to recognize underlying issues for children and adolescents dealing with contemporary mental health challenges and
effectively intervene with up-to-date, practical strategies. This is not a dry seminar with merely clinical facts. You will find
laughter as you build the solid expertise necessary for expediting rapid and effective changes in these children and adolescents!
Dr. Berk is well known for presenting treatment strategies in such a way that both the seasoned professional and the novice
leave the seminar commenting on the practical nature and usefulness of the information presented.

Online registration available at www.health-ed.com