Webinar Rescheduled for August 27, 2010!!

August 9th, 2010

The Intermediate MDT Webinar has been rescheduled from August 20, 2010 to August 27, 2010.

The fee for the Webinar is $25.00 payable by check or money order to:

North Spring Behavior Healthcare

Please send your payment to:

The Apsche Center c/o Sarah Prescott

42009 Victory Lane

Leesburg, VA 20176

Upon receipt of payment, your registration will be accepted and you will receive an email on how to join the webinar.

CEU’s will be offered through George Mason University for $20.00.

Title:   Intermediate MDT
     
Date:   Friday, August 27, 2010
     
Time:   11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EDT
 
After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.
 

 

System Requirements
PC-based attendees
Required: Windows® 7, Vista, XP, 2003 Server or 2000
 
Macintosh®-based attendees
Required: Mac OS® X 10.4.11 (Tiger®) or newer
 

 

Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/794983217

Family MDT Training September 25!

August 4th, 2010

The Apsche Center at North Spring Behavioral Healthcare will be offering group training for parents, caregivers, foster paretns and any others interested in learning the MDT methodology. MDT is the methodology used at NSBH with adolescent children.

Date: Saturday, September, 25, 2010

Time: 12:00-1:30pm

Location: The Apsche Center at North Spring

To register for the training session, please contact Sarah Prescott at:

1-800-777-8855 x145 OR sarah.prescott@psysolutions.com

17 Days Left Until Webinar!

August 4th, 2010
Join us for a Webinar on August 20
 
This is a follow up to the Introduction to MDT seminar:Participants will be able to:
•name the empirically based methodologies from which MDT grew
•understand the crucial concepts that differentiate MDT from these methods (such as the duality of triggers for behaviors, specific intervention strategies targeting both trigger types, validation, clarification, and redirection skills.)
•understand the key components of an MDT case conceptualization and the assessment tools involved in order to ensure that the participant recognizes the depth of assessment necessary to enact MDT strategies.
•understand the outcomes data related to MDT as well as future opportunities for research on the model.
 
Title:   Intermediate MDT
     
Date:   Friday, August 20, 2010
     
Time:   11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EDT
 
After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.
 

 

System Requirements
PC-based attendees
Required: Windows® 7, Vista, XP, 2003 Server or 2000
 
Macintosh®-based attendees
Required: Mac OS® X 10.4.11 (Tiger®) or newer
 

 

Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/435214977

The fee for the Webinar is $25.00, payable by check or money order. Payment can be sent to :

The Apsche Center

c/o Sarah Prescott

42009 Victory Lane

Leesburg, VA 20176.

CEU’s from George Mason University will also be offered for $20.00.

New Publication by Dr. Apsche

July 30th, 2010

Dr. Apsche and Dr. Lucia DiMeo have a chapter published in Current Applications: Strategies for Working with Sexually Aggressive Youth with Sexual Behavior Problems by ( Editors) David  S. Prescott and Robert E. Longo. Published by NEARI Press.

The chapter is titled: Application of Mode Deactivation Therapy to Juvenile Sexual Offenders.

For more information please use the following link:

http://bookstore.nearipress.org/index.php/books/featured-products/current-applications.html

Dr. Apsche to present at ATSA Conference in October!

July 30th, 2010

Dr. Apsche, Dr. Lucia DiMeo and Jonathan Johnson, M.A. will be presenting at the 29th Annual ATSA Conference. The title of the presentation will be: Mode Deactivation Therapy with Physically and Sexually Aggressive Youth.

The ATSA Conference will be held from October 20-23rd, 2010 in Phoenix, Arizona. For more information on the conference, please use the following link:http://www.atsa.com/conf.html

For more information about The Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers please use the following link: http://www.atsa.com/

WEBINAR AUGUST 20, 2010!!!!!!!!

June 28th, 2010
Join us for a Webinar on August 20
 
This is a follow up to the Introduction to MDT seminar:Participants will be able to:
•name the empirically based methodologies from which MDT grew
•understand the crucial concepts that differentiate MDT from these methods (such as the duality of triggers for behaviors, specific intervention strategies targeting both trigger types, validation, clarification, and redirection skills.)
•understand the key components of an MDT case conceptualization and the assessment tools involved in order to ensure that the participant recognizes the depth of assessment necessary to enact MDT strategies.
•understand the outcomes data related to MDT as well as future opportunities for research on the model.
 
Title:   Intermediate MDT
     
Date:   Friday, August 20, 2010
     
Time:   11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EDT
 
After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.
 

 

System Requirements
PC-based attendees
Required: Windows® 7, Vista, XP, 2003 Server or 2000
 
Macintosh®-based attendees
Required: Mac OS® X 10.4.11 (Tiger®) or newer
 

 

Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/435214977

The fee for the Webinar is $25.00, payable by check or money order. Payment can be sent to :

The Apsche Center

c/o Sarah Prescott

42009 Victory Lane

Leesburg, VA 20176.

CEU’s from George Mason University will also be offered for a nominal fee.

Introduction to MDT Webinar in 10 days!

June 15th, 2010

This webinar is an introduction to Mode Deactivation Therapy and application of the methodology for adolescents. This will include case conceptualization, mindfulness, acceptance, defusion and validation, clarification and redirection of functional alternative beliefs.

The objectives of this course are to:

1) Familiarize the participant with the conceptual basis of Mode Deactivation Therapy as a so-called “third-wave” methodology.

 2) Ensure that the participant understands the various assessments that lead to a Mode Deactivation Therapy case conceptualization, and the intervention steps that are derived from it.

3) Understand the core components of Mode Deactivation Therapy Treatment.

Date: Friday, June 25th

Time:11:00am – 12:30pm EST

To register for this webinar please use the following link:

https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/650542417

The cost for the Webinar is $25.00, payable by check or money orders. Payment can be sent to :

The Apsche Center

c/o Sarah Prescott

42009 Victory Lane

Leesburg, VA 20176

CEU’S will be offered through George Mason University for a nominal fee!!

Join us for an Intermediate MDT Webinar!

May 12th, 2010
Join us for a Webinar on August 20
 
This is a follow up to the Introduction to MDT seminar:

Participants will be able to:
•name the empirically based methodologies from which MDT grew
•understand the crucial concepts that differentiate MDT from these methods (such as the duality of triggers for behaviors, specific intervention strategies targeting both trigger types, validation, clarification, and redirection skills.)
•understand the key components of an MDT case conceptualization and the assessment tools involved in order to ensure that the participant recognizes the depth of assessment necessary to enact MDT strategies.
•understand the outcomes data related to MDT as well as future opportunities for research on the model.

 
Title:   Intermediate MDT
     
Date:   Friday, August 20, 2010
     
Time:   11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EDT
 
After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.
 

 

System Requirements
PC-based attendees
Required: Windows® 7, Vista, XP, 2003 Server or 2000
 
Macintosh®-based attendees
Required: Mac OS® X 10.4.11 (Tiger®) or newer
 

 

Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/435214977

Join us for a Webinar on June 25th!

May 12th, 2010
Join us for a Webinar on June 25
 
This webinar is an introduction to Mode Deactivation Therapy and application of the methodology for adolescents. This will include case conceptualization, mindfulness, acceptance, defusion and validation, clarification and redirection of functional alternative beliefs.

The objectives of this course are to:
1) Familiarize the participant with the conceptual basis of Mode Deactivation Therapy as a so-called “third-wave” methodology.
2) Ensure that the participant understands the various assessments that lead to a Mode Deactivation Therapy case conceptualization, and the intervention steps that are derived from it.
3) Understand the core components of Mode Deactivation Therapy Treatment.

 
Title:   Introduction to MDT
     
Date:   Friday, June 25, 2010
     
Time:   11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EDT
 
After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.
 

 

System Requirements
PC-based attendees
Required: Windows® 7, Vista, XP, 2003 Server or 2000
 
Macintosh®-based attendees
Required: Mac OS® X 10.4.11 (Tiger®) or newer
 
Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/650542417

Lunch & Learn Series

April 23rd, 2010

North Spring Behavioral Healthcare &Youth For Tomorrow
present a free Lunch & Learn Series for our partners in Northern Virginia.

May 13, 2010
11:00 – 1:00 pm
Youth For Tomorrow
11835 Hazel Circle Drive
Bristow, VA 20136
Phone: 703-368-7995

Please RSVP to Diane Creech
at (703) 297-5791 or email her at diane.creech@psysolutions.com to ensure a place at this informative training session.
Lunch will be provided!
CEU’s are offered at a cost of $25.0