Marriage & Family Therapy News
Symposium on Trauma-Informed Care Scheduled for March 21-22
Conference features keynote speech, moderated film discussion by Tonier ‘Neen’ Cain
Professionals, educators, students and other community advocates for children are invited to attend “Hope, Healing & the Human Spirit,” a two-day conference and symposium on trauma-informed care March 21-22 in Syracuse. The conference begins with a free screening of the film, “Healing Neen,” the transcendent story of Tonier “Neen” Cain’s emergence from drug addiction, multiple incarcerations and two decades of homelessness to become a tireless advocate and educator on the devastating impact of childhood abuse. The film will be shown on March 21, 7:00 p.m. at the Palace Theater, 2384 James St. Cain, who currently works for the National Center for Trauma-Informed Care and presents nationally as a voice for those lost and silent due to trauma, will be on hand to moderate a question-and-answer session following the film.
On Friday, March 22, the full-day symposium at Bethany Baptist Church, 149 Beattie St., begins at 9:00 a.m. with a keynote presentation by Cain entitled, “Where There’s Breath There’s Hope.” For two decades, Cain fed an insatiable crack addiction, racking up 83 arrests. Rapes and beatings were a routine part of her life. Home was underneath a bridge or inside the locked cage of a prison. In 2004, pregnant and incarcerated for violation of parole, she was offered the opportunity to complete a community trauma and mental health and addictions program. Today travels the country giving speeches and working one-on-one with women in prisons and hospitals to help them deal with the consequences of untreated trauma.
Giovan Emmanuel Bazan, a national advocate for youth in foster care and juvenile justice custody will speak to the audience later in the morning on his experience in the system and how he overcame it. During the first 21 years of his life, Bazan persevered through one of the most unusually adverse environments and circumstances imaginable while growing up in the foster care and juvenile justice systems. Currently, he is a consultant at the Department of Family and Children Services and Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice and has served as a liaison with the White House Council for Community Solutions.
The event will include lunch and networking, with panel discussions and breakout sessions planned for the afternoon. Certificates of Attendance will be available.
The event is sponsored by It’s About Childhood & Family, in collaboration with the Onondaga Community Sexual Trauma Task Force, Syracuse University’s Department of Marriage and Family Therapy and the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, Cazenovia College, CONTACT Community Services, the McMahon-Ryan Child Advocacy Center, and Vera House.
Syracuse University Graduate Studies Expo Syracuse University Life Sciences Complex Building October 27th, 2012
On Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012, Syracuse University will sponsor a campus wide visiting day for prospective graduate students. The day will include formal presentations on our Falk College graduate programs and an afternoon expo highlighting all of SU’s graduate programs with career and financial aid presentations as well. Falk College’s morning presentation will provide information on our programs in: Addiction Studies CAS, Child and Family Studies, Global Health MS, Global Health CAS, Nutrition Science, Marriage and Family Therapy, Social Work, and Sport Venue and Event Management. Below is the agenda and registration form. Please feel free to contact us if you have questions. We are happy to help!
Schedule of Events:
8:30-10:00am – Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00-10:00am – Campus Tour Option, Presentation on Financial Aid & Housing
10:00am-12:00pm – Information Session on Falk College Programs
12:00-1:30pm – Have lunch and browse the informational tables of Syracuse University’s various schools and institutional support offices
National Children’s Mental Health Summit
Symposium aimed at clinicians, educators, researchers, students and parents
Dates: September 27-29, 2012
Times:
Thursday, 6:30 – 9:00 pm
Friday, 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Saturday, 8:45 am – 4:30 pm
Locations:
Thursday, TBD, Syracuse, NY
Friday, Hutchings Psychiatric Center Auditorium, Syracuse, NY
Saturday, Crowne Plaza in Syracuse, NY
Trauma, psychiatric medications, family therapy, nutrition, and systems reform are a sampling of topics experts from across the country will discuss at the Children’s Mental Health Summit, September 27-29 in Syracuse, NY. It’s All About Childhood & Family, Inc., along with event co-sponsors including the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics at Syracuse University, its Department of Marriage and Family Therapy, and the Gifford Foundation, have assembled a series of internationally-renowned speakers for the summit themed, “Reclaiming Childhood: A New Perspective on Improving Social-Emotional, Behavioral, and Mental Wellness.”
The symposium, designed for clinicians, educators, researchers, students and parents, begins on the evening of September 27, with a film and panel discussion. The film, Generation Rx, examines the rising use of psychiatric medications with children as well as the consequences of this approach . It is followed by two days of keynote presentations, workshops and opportunities for networking and collaboration with professionals focused on the social-emotional, behavioral and mental wellness of children. The list of featured speakers includes award-winning journalist Roger Whitaker who covers medicine and science; Peter Breggin, M.D., founder and director of the Center for the Study of Empathic Therapy; Chris Mercogliano, former educator and administrator, and current author and columnist who has been featured on NPR’s “All Things Considered,” and other nationally syndicated radio shows; along with a comprehensive set of experts on children’s mental health.
It’s About Childhood & Family, Inc. is a not-for-profit clinical and resource center dedicated to enhancing the quality of childhood and family life in communities. Its mission is to advocate for all children by providing innovative, child-centered, and solution-focused mental health programs with a commitment to a collaborative approach to change. The Department of Marriage and Family Therapy in the Falk College at Syracuse University is one of the longest-standing and most distinguished programs in the country of its kind. It is purposefully located in the Syracuse community, allowing students a unique opportunity for education in real time within and among a diverse and professionally trained mental health work force.
Graduate Studies Featured at November 5 Information Session
Falk College faculty and current students welcomed potential graduate students interested in long-standing graduate programs in child and family studies, public health, marriage and family therapy, nutrition science and dietetics, and social work during a special Fall Information Session for graduate studies on Saturday, November 5 in Shemin Auditorium, Shaffer Art Building.
Detailed information was provided on the College’s newest 36-hour graduate program: the M.S. in Global Health. Admissions was available at the information session to meet with students and provide information on academic programs, scholarships and housing.
New 60-credit M.A. in Marriage and Family Therapy Announced
Students entering the master in marriage and family therapy program beginning Fall 2011 will be the first class to complete a 60-credit hour curriculum for a M.A. in marriage and family therapy, which is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education (COAMFTE). As a 60-credit program, the M.A. in marriage and family therapy meets or exceeds the minimum credit hour requirement prescribed by state licensing boards across the country. Students must consult the licensing board in the state in which they intend to practice to determine specific course requirements. This program is designed to meet the academic requirements for clinical membership in the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.
The Department of Marriage and Family Therapy provides academic and clinical training in marriage and family therapy. Both the M.A. and Ph.D. programs focus on the family as a system and the cultural and societal frameworks within which couples and families grow and develop. The Department’s emphasis is on training student therapists and scholars to challenge themselves through fostering relationships with others who hold various and diverse worldviews. By working towards the creation of an environment of respect, honesty, and integrity, the programs serve to increase cultural sensitivity, heighten students’ awareness of self in relation to others, and generate an understanding of the role played by context in issues presented in therapy.
Marriage and family therapy (MFT) students gain hands-on experience in the Couple and Family Therapy Center. The in-house clinic is located at 1045 James Street in the Department of Marriage and Family Therapy. Established in 1989, it serves as a teaching and research center for MFT master and doctoral students. Students utilize the center to gain clinical experience. Individual, group, couples and family therapy is offered to members of the Syracuse community under the supervision of the clinical faculty who operate from a family systems perspective. The Center is equipped for live and videotaped supervision.
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