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2008 presentations are listed first, followed by presentations for 2007.

Within a year, dates are in chronological order from January through December. Years are in reverse chronological order, from newest to oldest.

2007

Monday, 02/26/07	“Trauma-Focused Play Therapy”—Terry Children’s Psychiatric Center, Wilmington, Delaware
Monday, 02/26/07	“Three Levels of Aggression in Children and Titrated Interventions”—Zubrow Auditorium, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia—contact Donna Wolf-Palacio at wolfpald@pahosp.com
Thursday, 03/15/07	“Fawns in Gorilla Suits—Practical Play Therapy Strategies with Aggressive Children”—Kentucky Association for Play Therapy Annual Conference, Louisville, KY. All day presentation, for Information, please contact Suzette Turner- Clark: sturner@ivytech.edu
Friday, 03/16/07	“Evocative Strategies in Play Therapy”-- Kentucky Association for Play Therapy Annual Conference, Louisville, KY. All day presentation, for Information, please contact Suzette Turner- Clark: sturner@ivytech.edu
Friday and Saturday 04/27-28/07	Please plan to attend the Eighth Annual Conference of the New York Association for Play Therapy Conference, at the Marriott Hotel in Albany, NY featuring for two days, Helen Benedict, Ph.D., Baylor University, speaking on Play Therapy with Attachment Disorders. For information and brochure, please contact Chris Foreacre: chrisf@webjogger.net
Tuesday, 07/10/07	“Fawns in Gorilla Suits: Practical Play Therapy Strategies with Aggressive Children” Play Therapy Institute of New Jersey Summer Institute all day presentation. Contact Dr. Heidi Kaduson for information: ptti@mac.com
Wednesday, 07/11/07	The Use of Drawings and Storytelling Strategies in Play Therapy” —Play Therapy Institute of New Jersey Summer Institute—all day presentation. Contact Dr. Heidi Kaduson for information: ptti@mac.com
Friday, 07/13/07	“Fawns in Gorilla Suits: Practical Play Therapy Strategies with Aggressive Children”—University of North Texas Summer Play Therapy Institute, all day presentation, Denton, Texas. Contact Dr. Sue Bratton: bratton@unt.edu
Thursday, 09/06/07	“Fawns in Gorilla Suits: Practical Play Therapy Strategies with Aggressive Children”—Iowa Association for Play Therapy Annual Conference, Iowa City, Iowa—all day presentation. For more information, please contact: Susan Schmitz, MSW: susan_schmitz@yahoo.com
Friday, 09/07/07	“Evocative Strategies in Play Therapy” —Iowa Association for Play Therapy Annual Conference, Iowa City, Iowa—all day presentation. For more information, please contact: Susan Schmitz, MSW: susan_schmitz@yahoo.com
Friday, 09/28/07	“Fawns in Gorilla Suits: Practical Play Therapy Strategies with Aggressive Children”—University of Minnesota at Mankato, MN—all day presentation. For information, please contact: Ginger Zierdt or Jill Ryan: ginger.zierdt@mnsu.edu or jill.ryan@mnsu.edu
Thursday, 10/11/07	"Evocative Strategies in Play Therapy with Children and Adolescents" Presentation at the Association for Play Therapy's International Conference, Renaissance Hollywood Hotel, Hollywood, CA
Tuesday, 10/23/07	"Fawns in Gorilla Suits: Understanding the Violence of Youth." Keynote Address at the Association of Juvenile Detention Conference, West Point Academy, The Thayer Hotel. For further information, contact John Soroco by email: JSoracco@astorservices.org
Tuesday, 11/13/07	"Anticipatory Grief and a New Model for Treating Traumatic Grief". Hospice of Mid-Hudson Valley Annual Training Conference. The Grand Hotel, Poughkeepsie, NY. For further information contact Kristin Swanson by email: swansonk@hospiceinc.org

2006

02/03/2006	“Child Therapy Techniques with Aggressive Kids”—Hawthorne Cedar Knolls, Hawthorne, NY.
02/07/2006	“Evocative Strategies in Child Psychotherapy: Healing Connections to the Hearts of Kids” Grand Rounds Presentation at Rockland Children’s Psychiatric Center, all day presentation. For details contact Siobhan Masterson, LCSW at RCPC by phone (845) 680-4070 or e-mail: rcissam @omh.state.ny.us
03/03/2006	“Fawns in Gorilla Suits-Practical Play Therapy and Child Therapy Strategies for Working with Aggressive Children--all day presentation at the New Jersey Association for Play Therapy Annual Conference. For details contact Dr. Jay Levin by e-mail: jlevinphd@msn.com
04/29/2006	“Evocative Strategies in Play Therapy—Healing Connections to the Hearts of Kids”—presentation to the New York Association for Play Therapy. Contact Chris Foreacre by e-mail: chrisf@webjogger.net for details.
05/19/2006	“Play Therapy Techniques for Working with Aggressive Kids”—presentation at Four Winds Hospital in Saratoga, NY—for details contact Michelle Phillips by e-mail: mphillips@fourwindshospital.com
05/20/2006	“Critical Choices and Dilemmas in Play Therapy”—all day presentation at the Hudson Valley Play Therapy Institute—for details contact Dr. Athena Drewes by e-mail: adrewes@hvc.rr.com
05/25/2006	What to do until the Supervisor Comes! –Critical Dilemmas in Play Therapy, Presentation at Fordham University, Lincoln Center Campus, Manhattan. Please contact Dr. Elaine Congress by e-mail: congress@fordham.edu for details.
06/02/2006	“Fawns in Gorilla Suits: Practical Play Therapy Strategies for Dealing with Aggressive and Behaviorally Disruptive Children—all day presentation in Corning, NY sponsored by Family Service Society—contact Janalee Orfanides, Professional Training Institute Director, Family Service Society, Inc., 280 Princeton Ave. Ext., Corning NY 14830; Ph: 607-962-3148 (voice mail #20), e-mail: orfanidesj@familyservicesociety.org
06/05/2006	What to do until the Supervisor Comes!—Critical Dilemmas in Play Therapy, Presentation at Fordham University, Tarrytown Campus. Please contact Dr. Elaine Congress by e-mail: congress@fordham.edu for details.
06/14/06	“Fawns in Gorilla Suits: Practical Play Therapy Strategies with Aggressive and Behaviorally Disruptive Kids”—all day presentation at the NW Center for Play Therapy Studies, George Fox University, Portland, Oregon—for details please contact Dr. Daniel Sweeney, Director, NW Center for Play Therapy Studies. Phone: 503-554-6146 or email: dsweeney@georgefox.edu
07/12/2006	“Play Therapy for Aggressive Children”—an all day presentation at the Play Therapy Training Institute, Hackensack, NJ—for details please contact: info@ptti.org or Dr. Heidi Kaduson: Kaduson@ptti.org Phone: (609) 448-2145
07/22/2006	“Evocative Strategies in Play Therapy with Children and Adolescents”—an all day presentation at the State University of New York at Oswego—please contact Jessie Milliman for details: jmilliman19@hotmail.com or Dr. Jodi Mullen: jmullen@Oswego.edu

Friday, 9/15/06	Four Winds Hospital, Saratoga, NY—“Evocative Strategies in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy” Contact Michelle Phillips at Four Winds 518-581-5015, ext. 3310 or email: mphillips@fourwindshospital.com
Thursday, 10/12/06	All Day Pre-Conference Workshop at the Association for Play Therapy International Conference, Toronto, Canada—“Fawns in Gorilla Suits”—Practical Play Therapy Techniques with Severely Aggressive Children. Contact APT www.a4pt.org or Tel: 559/252-2278
Thursday, 11/2/06	Child Life Conference of Greater New York at the NY Academy of Medicine, 1216 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY. Keynote Address: "Neuroscience Research and Trauma Treatment: Implications for Child Life and Creative Arts Therapists” followed by a two hour workshop: “Play Therapy Techniques to Deal with the Anger of Children." For information contact: Lenia M. Batas, MPS, ATR, CCLS, Director, Child Life Program, Maimonides Medical Center, 4802 Tenth Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11219. Phone (718) 283-6289 or email: lbatas@maimonidesmed.org
Wednesday, 11/15/06	A Lorman Educational Services All-Day Seminar at the Best Western Conference Center, Route 9 South, Poughkeepsie, NY on “Thinking Outside the Box: Designing Creative Behavioral Plans To Deal With Aggressive Behavior In Schools." Contact: Stacy Knudson Seminar Planner, Lorman Education Services. 2510 Alpine Road, P.O. Box 509, Eau Claire, WI 54702-0509, phone 715-833-3940, sknudson@lorman.com
Friday, 11/17/06	All day conference, at no cost, but space is limited to the first 50 preregistrants. First Annual Fall Conference co-sponsored by Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY and the New York Association for Play Therapy: “Affective Repair of Attachment Disorders in Play Therapy." Dr. Crenshaw will give this presentation in the morning at the Henry Hudson Room on the campus of Marist College from 9am to 12noon. Dr. Athena Drewes with give a presentation from 1pm to 4pm on "Play Therapy Techniques for Working with Adolescents.” To register, send e-mail to Chris Foreacre at chrisf@webjogger.net. For additional information, contact: Athena A. Drewes, MA, PsyD, RPT-S, Director of Clinical Training and APA Internship, The Astor Home for Children, 13 Mt. Carmel Place, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601, 845-452-6077x112, FAX: 845-452-6235, adrewes@astorservices.org

2005

02/06/05	"Loss Beyond Words: Techniques to Facilitate the Grief of Children.” Hudson Valley Psychological Association-Vassar Hospital, Poughkeepsie, NY.
04/02/05	“Fawns in Gorilla Suits: Specific Play Therapy Strategies with Aggressive Children.” Russell Sage College, Albany, NY.
04/0705	"Practical Child Therapy Techniques with Aggressive Children." Hudson Valley Chapter of NYS Social Workers, Rock Hill Lodge, Sullivan County.
05/06/05	“25 of the Best Play Therapy Techniques for Working with Aggressive Children.” Grand Rounds, Four Winds Hospital, Katonah, NY. Since people had to be turned away from this oversubscribed workshop, it was presented in an expanded version on 11/18/05.
05/14/05	“Engaging Resistant Children in Therapy: Projective Drawing and Storytelling Techniques.” NY Psychological Association Annual Convention, Nevele Grande Resort & Country Club, Ellenville, NY.
05/21/05	“Engaging Resistant Children in Therapy: Projective Drawing and Storytelling Techniques.” New York Association of Play Therapy Annual Conference, Tarrytown Hilton, Tarrytown, NY.
06/07/05	"Specific Strategies and Therapy Techniques to Address the Invisible Wounds of Aggressive Children and Adolescents.” All day presentation at Rockland Children’s Psychiatric Center.
10/08/05	"Fawns in Gorilla Suits: Practical Child and Play Therapy Techniques with Aggressive Children." 22nd Annual Conference, Association for Play Therapy, Nashville, Tennessee.
10/21/05	"Lacerations to the Soul: The Emotional Underbelly of Youth Violence." Dutchess Mental Health Juvenile Justice Diversion Project Fall Conference: "Roads to Resiliency: Finding Creative Pathways to Engage Youth and Families Involved with the Court System," Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY.
10/28/05	"50 Favorite Play Therapy Techniques with Aggressive Children." All day presentation sponsored by the Mental Health Association in Suffolk County, the Suffolk County Division of Community Mental Health Services and the NY Association for Play Therapy. Held at The Meadow Club, 1147 Route 112, Port Jefferson Station, NY 11777.
11/03/05	"Paths to Resilience." Annual Ulster Regional Parents and Kids Together Conference 2005, Holiday Inn, Kingston, NY. Contact people Katrina 845-340-4174 or Rosa, 845-340-4104.
11/06/05	"Fawns in Gorilla Suits: Practical Child Therapy Techniques with Behaviorally Disruptive and Aggressive Children. Hudson Valley Psychological Association and New York State Psychological Association. Contact person Dr. Barbara Burns.
11/10/2005	Keynote Address: “Healing the Wounds to the Soul of Abused and Neglected Children. Fordham University, 20^th Anniversary of Post Master’s Certificate Program in Child and Adolescent Therapy. Tarrytown, NY.
11/18/05	"25 More of My Favorite Play Therapy Techniques with Aggressive Children." Back by popular demand, this workshop expands on the oversubscribed workshop presented on May 6th, 2005. Four Winds Hospital, Katonah, NY. Contact person Fran Walsh.