This event is free. If you plan to attend, please email us at pldsechicago@gmail.com so that we can plan approriately.
Professionals in Learning Disabilities and Special Education
presents
Pills and Skills in Psychiatry- 2016 Update on Pills
Presented by Dr. Karen Pierce, MD, DLFAACAP, DLFAPA
Tuesday, March 8, 2016
7:15 PM*
Rogers Park Montessori School
1800 W. Balmoral
Chicago, IL 60640
There are new studies on medications for psychiatric disorders in youth and many new medications which have been approved for ADHD. This presentation will review the medical update and clarify where there is still a place for skill instruction and practice.
Dr. Pierce is a Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatrist currently in Private Practice, Clinical Associate Professor of Child Psychiatry at Northwestern University, and Distinguished Life Fellow of the AACAP and APA. She helped develop the American Academy of Pediatrics evidence-based guidelines on ADHD in 2011 with the ADHD toolkit, booklet, and ADHD book for parents, and worked on the AMA guidelines for treatment of Child Depression. She began a therapeutic day school, established a child outpatient clinic, and directed a Partial Hospitalization Program.
*Before the meeting we will meet at 7PM for "Network and Nosh."
If inclement weather necessitates cancelling this meeting, you will receive an email about the cancellation. Please check your email in advance of the meeting.
DISCLAIMER: Professionals in Learning Disabilities and Special Education is a not-for-profit organization offering continuing education programs to inform members of current instructional practices, assessment, and policy issues in the field of learning disabilities. PLD/SE also offers a referral service to the community, providing qualified professionals for diagnostics and remediation. PLD/SE provides programs as a service to its members. PLD/SE does not endorse any specific program, speaker, instructional materials, method, treatment, or evaluation center for children with disabilities.
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