List of 5 items.

• Beyond the Label - Demystifying the Assessment Process

  Dr. Amy Schonfeld is a clinical psychologist with a specialty in pediatric and young adult neuropsychology. She is in private practice in Calabasas and is a clinical professor (voluntary) in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA. Dr. Schonfeld works with children, teens, and young adults presenting with a wide range of concerns (neurodevelopmental, medical, psychiatric). She will be discussing the assessment process for your child or teen and how it translates to supporting them. She encourages an open-format workshop in which questions are encouraged during the course of the presentation.

• Is This Normal?

  Is This Normal? - Normal‑but‑difficult behavior — when to accommodate, when to push, and when to medicate.
  
  

  Dr. Maria Levine, MD, is a Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatrist who will provide a framework for addressing difficult behaviors, discuss helpful and appropriate accommodations, provide straight answers on medication, and give parents practical language they can use in the moment and at home.

• Parenting with the Relationship in Mind

  Why maintaining healthy relationships with our kids is hard for us, what we can do, and why it is important for our children's connection to us, and themselves. We’ll workshop some recent conflicts or moments of hard parenting - bring in or submit a recent example.
  
  

  Deborah Brown, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist who has over 20 years of experience working with adults, couples, and parents struggling with relationship issues, anxiety, depression, and personality disorders.  Dr. Brown is trained dynamically, in DBT, and works relationally with a focus on attachment.  She graduated from UCLA, received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from The New School, and completed her psychology internship at Mt. Sinai Beth Israel and her fellowship at The Center for Intensive Treatment of Personality Disorders. She is an Associate Visiting Attending at Mount Sinai Beth Israel, where she supervises new therapists and medical residents.  Dr. Brown serves as a family therapist consultant for The Camden Center in Los Angeles, and has a private practice in NY and CA.  She is a parent of two children, a current Oakwood parent, and an Oakwood Alum and lifer. 

• Sensitive Temperament: The Difference Between Support and Over Accommodation

  Dr. Aliza Pressman is a developmental psychologist with two decades of experience working with families and the health care providers who care for them. She is the author of the New York Times bestselling book THE 5 PRINCIPLES OF PARENTING: Your Essential Guide to Raising Good Humans, and the host of the award-winning podcast Raising Good Humans.
  
  Aliza is the co-founding director of The Mount Sinai Parenting Center and Associate Clinical Professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital. She holds degrees from Dartmouth College, Teacher’s College, and her PhD from Columbia University. Aliza is the mother of Penelope and Vivian and stepmother of Riley and Will.

• The Relationship Between Anxiety and Executive Function

  Description coming soon!
  
  Speaker: Hayutin Education Group / Matthew Hayutin