Tuesday May 17, 2016 from 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM EDT
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9:00-9:30 AM Check-in
9:30-11:30 AM Presentation
Eating disorders are serious, life-threatening conditions that require appropriate care and management by a team of mental health and medical professionals. This presentation will broadly discuss the unique aspects of identification, management, treatment and prevention of eating disorder clients. Participants will be able to recognize and better understand the reasons to refer to a specialist and communication techniques to help approach someone who may be struggling. Participants will also learn how to manage eating problems in the college environment.
Schedule:
9:00-9:30 AM Check-in
9:30-11:30 AM Presentation
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The Emily Program is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Emily Program maintains responsibility for this program and its content. This continuing education event will provide two (2) hours of continuing education units.
Also pending approval by the Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage Family Therapist Board to sponsor continuing education for professional counselors, social workers and marriage and family therapists. The Emily Program is offering two (2) hours of continuing education credits/units.
Lucene Wisniewski, Ph.D., F.A.E.D.
Lucene Wisniewski, PhD, FAED is Chief Clinical Officer of The Emily Program and is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychological Sciences at Case Western Reserve University. From 2006-2014, she served as Clinical Director and co-founder of the Cleveland Center for Eating Disorders, a comprehensive eating disorder treatment program. Her research and clinical interests include using empirically founded treatments to inform clinical programs. She provides workshops on the CBT and DBT treatment of eating disorders internationally and publishes in peer reviewed journals as well as invited book chapters. Dr. Wisniewski has been elected fellow and has served on the board of directors and is the co-chair of the Borderline Personality Disorder special interest group of the Academy for Eating Disorders (AED). In 2013 the AED awarded Dr. Wisniewski the Outstanding Clinician Award to acknowledge her contribution to the field of eating disorder treatment.