A national presenter on the DSM-5, Dr. George Haarman, will be offering an affordable workshop from 8:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. on November 14, 2014, at Southern Arkansas University’s Reynolds Center Grand Hall.
Haarman’s presentation is entitled “The DSM-5: Diagnosis and Treatment Planning for Psychological and Emotional Disorders in Children and Adolescents.” It has been approved for 5.5 Continuing Education Units by the National Association of Social Work (NASW), the Arkansas Psychology Board (APB) and the Arkansas Counseling Association (ACA).
The fee is $25 for students and $50 for professionals. To register, contact Caroline Waller at (870)235-4006 or CarolineWaller@SAUmag.edu. You can also register online at web.SAUmag.edu/CE/Register-Online, or visit the Division of Continuing Education at office 111 of the SAU Business Building.
Some of the learning objectives for this workshop include the following:
- Which disorders are new to the DSM-5 that relate to children and adolescents?
- Has Asperger’s been removed or reclassified and why?
- How can you distinguish between Bipolar and Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder?
- What is the proper diagnosis for Autism Spectrum Disorder?
- How do the changes affect children and adolescents already diagnosed with ADHD? Oppositional Defiant Disorder? Eating Disorders?
- What is the proper grading scale for assessing if a child or adolescent has mild, moderate, or severe Substance Use Disorder?
Haarman, Psy.D., LMFT, is a licensed clinical psychologist and a licensed marriage and family therapist with more than 30 years of experience in private practice. He has worked with youth detention centers, juvenile group homes, child protective services, and juvenile probation. Haarman is currently in private practice, and also serves as a consultant to several school systems regarding the assessment of children.
Prior to being in private practice, from 1984-1994, he was the deputy director for Jefferson County Department for Human Services in Louisville, KY. He received his doctorate in clinical psychology from Spalding University in 1989 and is a member of the American Psychological Association.
Haarman has been an instructor at Jefferson Community College, Bellarmine University, and Spalding University. He has presented seminars regionally and nationally on the DSM-5, clinical supervision, psychopathology, depression, and emotional disorders in children and adolescents. He is the author of School Refusal Behavior: Children Who Can’t or Won’t Go To School and Clinical Supervision: Legal, Ethical, and Risk Management Issues.
