2012 Conference Agenda - Session Times Are Subject to Change

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

12:30-1:00 pm
Registration
1:00-2:00

Opening Keynote Presentation 

Love is Louder:  Building Connectedness and Resiliency on College Campuses, Brittany Snow, Actress and Founder of Love is Louder; Courtney Knowles, Director, Love is Louder, The Jed Foundation

2:15-5:15
Workshops
  1. Cultural and Clinical Concerns of Service Members and Veterans on Campus, Ted Bonar, PsyD, Center for Deployment Psychology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
  2. Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills and Concepts for Mental Wellness, JoAnn Heap, LMSW, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan
  3. Promoting Students` Resilience and Strengths, Jane Gillham, PhD, Associate Professor, Swarthmore College; Co-Director, The Penn Resiliency Project, University of Pennsylvania; Steven Brunwasser, MS, Doctoral Candidate, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan
  4. Treatment of Bipolar Disorder in the University Student Population, Russ Federman, PhD, ABPP, Director, Counseling and Psychological Services, Department of Student Health, University Of Virginia
  5. Student Workshop: Strategies to Maintain Wellness through Exercise, Sleep, and Mindfulness, Richard Dopp, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan; Leslie Swanson, PhD, Clinical Psychologist, Sleep and Chronophysiology Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan; Elizabeth Robinson, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan
5:15-6:15

Poster Session and Reception

 Thursday, March 8, 2012

8:30-9:00 am

Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00-10:30

Opening Panel Discussion

Supporting Student Resilience: Strategies for Parents, Moderator: Angela Farrehi, MA, LLP, Student Advocacy Manager, College of Engineering, University of Michigan. Panelists: Ronald Albucher, MD, Director, Counseling and Psychological Services, Vaden Health Center, Stanford University; Susan Montgomery, PhD, G. Brymer Williams Collegiate Lecturer, College of Engineering, University of Michigan; Susan Cain, MS, Ann Arbor, MI
10:45-12:00

Concurrent Sessions

  1. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in College Settings, Jacqueline Pistorello, PhD, Counseling Services, University of Nevada, Reno; Matthew Boone, LCSW-R, Gannett Health Center, Cornell University
  2. Bridging Student Affairs and Academics: Engaging Students in Online Courses that Promote Personal Wellness and Success, Jerri Kjolhaug, MPH, RD, LD, Senior Associate Director, Rothenberger Institute, University of Minnesota
  3. Reframing the Focus of Student Mental Health Services to Increase Utilization: Is Stigma an Impediment to Help-Seeking? Victor Schwartz, MD, University Dean of Students, Yeshiva University; Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
  4. Utilizing Educational Theater to Raise Awareness and Reduce Stigma

    , Callie McKee, Director, Educational Theatre Company, Office of New Student Programs, University of Michigan

12:00-1:15

Banquet Lunch and Student Mental Health Advocate Award
1:30-2:45

Concurrent Sessions

  1. Addressing the Unique Mental Health Needs of Students in the Arts, Joe Behen, PhD, Executive Director of Counseling, Health, & Disability Services, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

  2. First Year Experience: Self-Management, Wellness, and Academic Functioning, Nance Roy, EdD, Director of Health Services, Sarah Lawrence College
  3. Fostering Resiliency in Graduate Students Completing Foreign Fieldwork, Todd Favorite, PhD, Director, Psychological Clinic; Gary Brown, MA, MSW, Post MSW Fellow, Psychological Clinic; and Carolyn Dayton, PhD, MSW, Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Psychiatry; University of Michigan
  4. Transforming Residence Halls into Supportive Communities: A New Approach for Building Community, J. Greg Merritt, PhD, Senior Associate Director, University of Michigan Housing
3:00-4:00

Finding our Footholds: College Students Reflect on Positive Mental Health
A performance by the University of Michigan Educational Theatre Company, based on interviews with U-M students

 
   

 

 

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