Upcoming Medical Conferences in Harrisburg

Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association (PPA) 2020 Mid-Year Conference is organized by Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association (PPA) and will be held from Jan 23 - 26, 2020 at Hilton Harrisburg, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available. 

Pennsylvania Mental Health & The Law - 2020 is organized by PESI HealthCare and will be held on Feb 17, 2020 at Crowne Plaza Harrisburg-Hershey, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America. Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

Oppositional, Defiant & Disruptive Children and Adolescents: Non-medication Approaches to the Most Challenging Behaviors is organized by PESI HealthCare and will be held on Mar 19, 2020 at Crowne Plaza Harrisburg-Hershey, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America. This Conference has been approved for a maximum of 6.3 contact hours / 6.0 contact hours or .6 CEUs / 6.25 continuing education hours. 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 that Work with Children Description: Children and adolescents with ODD, ADHD, Asperger’s, anxiety, mood and disruptive disorders provide constant clinical and parenting challenges. Attend this seminar and learn new, effective non-medication strategies for your clients’ most challenging behaviors including: • Tantrums • Running out/away • Noncompliance • Nagging • Refusing to work/help • Yelling/screaming • Bullying • Panic/anxiety reactions • Lack of follow-through • Not following directions You will walk away with immediate strategies for out of control behaviors and techniques for emotional regulation along with long-term treatment strategies to help kids at home and school. Jason Mathison is a clinical expert and has worked with the most challenging kids both in clinical and school settings. Through the use of case studies and action-oriented handouts, you will leave this seminar with solutions to turn your most challenging kids around. Objectives: • Utilize clinical strategies to reduce the frequency, duration and severity of behavioral episodes that challenge therapists, educators, professionals and parents. • Implement both proactive and reactive strategies for oppositional, defiant and disruptive behavior in children and youth. • Discriminate between the clinical presentation of behavioral episodes & psychiatric symptoms to inform treatment. • Communicate how a skilled observation of behavior informs your treatment approach. • Develop clinical skills for establishing a therapeutic rapport to overcome treatment resistance in children and adolescents. • Effectively develop a behavior intervention plan and safety plan across all settings including home and school.

11th Annual Focus on Pharmacology is organized by Penn State University (PSU) College of Medicine Continuing Education and will be held on Apr 18, 2020 at Red Lion Hotel Harrisburg Hershey, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

26th Annual Pennsylvania Immunization Conference is organized by Penn State University (PSU) College of Medicine Continuing Education and will be held from Jun 17 - 19, 2020 at Hilton Harrisburg, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America. Target Audience: • Community members • Nurses • Pharmacists • Physicians • School nurses Additional details will be posted as soon as the information is available.