Upcoming Medical Conferences in Plainview

Over 75 Quick "On-The-Spot" Techniques for Children and Adolescents with Emotional and Behavior Problems is organized by PESI HealthCare and will be held on Jun 06, 2019 at Four Points by Sheraton Melville Long Island, Plainview, New York, United States of America. Target Audience • Counselors • Social Workers • Psychologists • Marriage and Family Therapists • Speech-Language Pathologists • Teachers • School Guidance Counselors • Case Managers • Nurses • School Administrators • Educational Paraprofessionals • Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistants • Other Helping Professionals who Work with Children Course Description: Leaving nothing to the abstract, “75 Quick, ‘On-The-Spot’ Techniques for Children and Adolescents with Emotional and Behavioral Problems” will guide you through focused, clear and successful methods for treating children. Every professional who seeks to fill their toolbox with tested methods will leave this seminar with a wealth of fresh ideas and rejuvenated spirits. If you do not have a lot of experience working with children and teens, you will leave with a defined strategy for success. If you are a seasoned professional, you will learn new tricks and techniques to re-energize and revitalize your practice! With nearly 25 years of clinical experience and a background in improvisational comedy, Dr. Steve is a strong proponent of “Edu-tainment.” Namely, he uses charm, wit and humor to enhance your seminar experience, thus improving the retention and utilization of the specific skills covered. We change the world when we touch a child’s life! Objectives: • Utilize effective, clinical techniques for the treatment of behavior disorders in children. • Develop specific behavioral interventions that address the developmental stage of the child and adolescent. • Consider the efficacy of biologically-based interventions to address behavioral and emotional disorders in children. • Explore clinical manifestations among anxiety disorders, ADHD, mood disorders, ODD and Conduct Disorder as it relates to diagnosis. • Develop clinical skills for establishing a therapeutic rapport to overcome treatment resistance in children and adolescents. • Analyze the diagnostic symptoms of behavioral/emotional disorders in children and adolescents and establish how this informs your choice of intervention strategies. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Connecting Play and Language to Literacy and Social-Emotional Development: Assessment and Treatment for Young Children is organized by PESI HealthCare and will be held on Jun 06, 2019 at Four Points by Sheraton Melville Long Island, Plainview, New York, United States of America. Target Audience: • Speech-Language Pathologists • Speech-Language Pathology Assistants • Occupational Therapists • Occupational Therapy Assistants • Reading Specialists • Head Start Staff • Early Childhood Special Education Staff • Learning Disability Specialists • Preschool Teachers • Counselors • Social Workers • Other Helping Professionals who Work with Children (Birth – 5 Years) Course Description: Join Dr. Westby as you learn about the vital relationship between the dimensions of play, social-emotional functioning, language and literacy. Learn firsthand, how to effectively use the Westby Play Scale – a tool that offers a way to evaluate all young children’s (birth-5 years) symbolic play skills. Supported by 40 years of evidence-based research and organized by developmental level, this tool will breakdown the milestones children should be achieving with their play and language. You will learn play practices and play strategies to improve language, cognitive and social-emotional skills, which are essential for literacy development and academic success, including: • Higher-level thinking, problem-solving and creativity • Advancing language skills and text comprehension • Awareness of temporal, cause-effect and social relationships • Motivation, self-regulation and empathy • Interpreting and responding appropriately to the needs, desires, and roles of others These intervention activities will work for all young children, but special focus will be given to interventions for children with language learning disabilities, autism, socio-economic/cultural variations and ESL. Observing children’s play provides information about their knowledge, view of the world and mastered skills. Objectives: • Explain the development and interrelationships of cognition, play, language, social-emotional skills and literacy. • Describe methods used to evaluate a child’s play/language skills. • Employ play to promote the cognitive, language and social-emotional skills that underlie children’s effective social interactions and literacy comprehension. • Describe current theories of language/literacy learning. • Explain the role of play in self-regulation. • Implement a playful practice approach to emergent literacy. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Practical Excellence in Restorative Dentistry: Integrating Modern Technology with Proven Results is organized by Ultradent Products, Inc. and will be held on Nov 15, 2019 at Four Points by Sheraton Melville Long Island, Plainview, New York, United States of America. The target audience for this medical event is Dentist and Team Members. This CE Conference has been approved for a maximum of 6 CE Credits. Overview: In today’s ever-changing economic environment, the dentist must continue to provide quality service to the patient, yet remain profitable. Consistent, predictable, clinical techniques that create quality esthetic and functional dental restorations in a time-efficient manner are of paramount importance for a healthy practice. Effective use of emerging technologies in dentistry will help to differentiate your practice in the marketplace. In this technique-filled seminar, Dr. Lowe will teach you the skills you need to refine your restorations to a level that will help you create consistent quality. New technologies and techniques will be discussed along with how implementation of these technologies can help the bottom line of your practice. A discussion regarding the latest dental materials and delivery modalities will help treatment planning in even the most difficult functional and esthetically challenging cases. Objectives: • How some of the latest composite and bioactive restorative materials save time and create excellent clinical results • How to refine techniques to create perfect master impressions and successfully cement all types of esthetic restorations • Unique options for ceramic to indirect esthetic restorations in the anterior region • How to correct tooth misalignment when patients decide conventional orthodontics is not for them • Efficient composite layering for life-like anterior esthetics • How to simplify posterior composite placement • Creative matrix options for direct composite dentistry Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.