CUCARD events and news
An interview with CUCARD Director Dr. Anne Marie Albano appeared in the spring 2010 issue of the on-line newsletter “Mental Health News” and can be found at http://www.mhnews.org/
Dr. Anne Marie Albano is president-elect of the Society for Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (Division 53) of the American Psychological Association and is a newly appointed Associate Editor of the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.
Dr. Sandra Pimentel was appointed as incoming Coordinator of Convention and Educational Affairs for the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies.
June, 2010
Dr. Daniel Hoffman presented at the New York City Department of Education District 75 Professional Development Workshop Series. His talk, given with others, was entitled “Incorporating Technology in Counseling.” Topics covered included internet media resources for clinicians, patients and their families, in addition to virtual reality.
April, 2010
Dr. Anne Marie Albano presented at the NAMI-NYC Metro's Monthly Lunch Hour Youth Conference Call Series (April, 2010), to families affected by mental illness. Her presentation was entitled, “Young adults and anxiety: the causes, symptoms, and management.”
March, 2010
Dr. Daniel Hoffman gave a talk within a symposium at the Eastern Psychological Association (March, 2010) entitled “Behavioral and Developmental Perspectives on the Onset of Anxiety Disorders during Early Adulthood.” It focused on the onset and treatment of anxiety disorders.
Dr. Jonathan Comer presented on the treatment of childhood anxiety disorders to the Columbia University School of Social Work (March 10, 2010)
February, 2010
Dr. Anthony Puliafico presented at the annual board meeting for the New York City Chapter of the Tourette's Syndrome Association on February 21, 2010. His presentation was entitled, "The Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Children and Adolescents."
Dr. Anne Marie Albano gave a talk on February 12, 2010, to the Parents’ Association at The Dalton School in Manhattan, entitled “Anxiety, Development, and Adolescents.”
January, 2010
Dr. Sandra Pimentel conducted a training workshop entitled "CBT for Anxiety Disorders & Trauma-Focused CBT" for mental health service providers throughout Brooklyn (Jan 12, 2010)
December, 2009
Dr. Sandra Pimentel conducted a workshop entitled "Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Childhood Anxiety: Practical Strategies for Teaching Coping" at the NYS Coalition for Children’s Mental Health Services; (Dec 2, 2009)
November, 2009
Dr. Daniel Hoffman presented research findings about massed exposure with virtual reality in the treatment of aviophobia (fear of flying) at the American Psychological Association (August, 2009) and Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (November 2009).
Dr. Jonathan Comer chaired a symposium entitled “What’s in a site difference? The nuisance (and revelatory potential) of differential outcomes in the age of the multicenter trial” at the 43rd annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (November 2009)
Dr. Sandra Pimentel gave a talk entitled "Large-Scale Dissemination of Evidence-Based Treatments for Children: Does Training affect Clinician Practice?" at the 43rd annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (Nov 20, 2009)