Educational Workshops for Chinese Community

March 9, 2008
Sunday
2:30pm-4pm

 What is Major Depression?

  Organizer & Sponsor:
CAMHOP-NJ & The Parents and Children Education Club

  Speaker: Sherry Liu, Ph.D.
                  Board certified psychiatrist at US Gov Va Hospital, Lyons

  Language:
Mandarin

  Location:
Edison Huaxia Chinese School

Dec. 18, 2007
Tuesday
7pm-8pm

 Truths and Myths of Anxiety Disorders

  Speaker: Jackie Xu Chen
, Ph.D.
                   Board certified psychiatrist at at South Beach Psychiatric Center, NY

  Language: Mandarin

  Location:
NAMI NJ Office, 1562 Route 130, North Brunswick, NJ

Nov. 20, 2007
Tuesday
7pm-8pm

 An Overview of Services to Help Us Return to School and Work

  Speaker:
Jay Yudof, CPRP
                  
NAMI NJ Statewide Consumer Ourreach Liaison

  Language: English (with some Chinese interpretation)

  Location:
NAMI NJ Office, 1562 Route 130, North Brunswick, NJ

August 28, 2007
Tuesday
7pm-8pm

 Mental Illness and Medications

  Speaker: Sherry Liu
, Ph.D.
                  Board certified psychiatrist at US Gov Va Hospital, Lyons

  Language: Mandarin

  Location:
NAMI NJ Office, 1562 Route 130, North Brunswick, NJ

June 19, 2007
Tuesday
7pm-8pm

 Relapse Prevention

  Speaker: Sherry Liu
, Ph.D.
                  Board certified psychiatrist at US Gov Va Hospital, Lyons

  Language: Mandarin

  Location:
NAMI NJ Office, 1562 Route 130, North Brunswick, NJ

March 20, 2007
Tuesday
7pm-8pm

 Family Communication and Anger Management

  Speaker:
Esther Lam, M.A., L.P.C.
                 Senior Primary Therapist at Princeton House Behavioral Health

  Language: Mandarin/Cantonese

  Location:
NAMI NJ Office, 1562 Route 130, North Brunswick, NJ

Feb. 20, 2007
Tuesday
7pm-8pm

 Depression in Adolescents

  Speaker: Sherry Liu
, Ph.D.
                
 Board certified psychiatrist at US Gov Va Hospital, Lyons

  Language: Mandarin

  Location:
NAMI NJ Office, 1562 Route 130, North Brunswick, NJ

Nov. 21, 2006
Tuesday
7pm-8pm

 "In Our Own Voice - Living with Mental Illness" presentation in Chinese

  Organizer & Sponsor:
CAMHOP-NJ

  Expected Audience:
All are welcome

  Language:
Mandarin

  Location:
1562 Route 130, North Brunswick, NJ 08902

November 5, 2006
Sunday
2pm-3:30pm

 Special Education Seminar - Advanced Advocacy Strategies                          

  Organizer & Sponsor:
Chinese Autism Resource center

  Expected Audience:
parents of children with special needs

  Speaker: Renay Zamloot, Education Advocate

  Language: English (with Chinese interpretation)

  Location:
Room 314, 71 Cedar Grove Lane, Somerset, NJ 08873

March 26, 2006
Sunday
2pm-5pm

 Mental Illness in Children & Adolescents  

  Speaker: Sherry Liu
, Ph.D.
                 Assistant Professor in Department of Psychiatry of New Jersey Medical
                 School, & board certified attending psychiatrist in University Hospital
                 Inpatient, Newark

  Language: Mandarin (with Chinese/English PowerPoint slides)

  Location:
Suite 140, Clarion Hotel, 2025 Route 27, Edison, NJ

Dec. 3, 2005
Saturday
3:30pm-5pm

 Special Education Seminar -                                                  
 Augmentative Communication with medication discussion panel

  Organizer & Sponsor:
Chinese Autism Resource center

  Expected Audience:
parents of children with special needs

  Speaker: Renee VanNess, CCC-SLP
                  Douglass Developmental Disabilities Center

  Language: English (with Chinese interpretation)

  Location:
71 Cedar Grove Lane, Somerset, NJ 08873

Sept. 10, 2005
Saturday
11am-12pm

 Understanding Alzheimer's Disease
 An overview of Alzheimer’s disease and current research trends.   

  Speaker: Eileen Doremus

                  Coordinator, Support Group Services
                  Alzheimer's Association

  Language: English (with Chinese/English PowerPoint slides)

  Location:
South Brunswick Senior Center
                   (in South Brunswick Municipal Complex)
                   540 Ridge Road, Monmouth Junction, NJ 08852

Mar. 19, 2005
Saturday
9:40am-11am

 Child & Adolescent Mental Health  

  Speaker: Sherry Liu
, Ph.D.
                 Assistant Professor in Department of Psychiatry of New Jersey Medical
                 School, & board certified attending psychiatrist in University Hospital
                 Inpatient, Newark

  Language: Mandarin (with Chinese/English PowerPoint slides)

  Location:
John Marshall School (FCD Chinese School),
                   15 Cornell Street, Edison, NJ 08817         

Nov. 20, 2004
Saturday
1pm-3pm

  Bridging the Gap between Physical and Mental Health

  Speaker: Raqual Rahim, MSN, APRN, BC
                   Center for Excellence in Psychiatry

  Language
: English (with Chinese PowerPoint slides)

  Location
: John F. Kennedy Library,
                   500 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, 08854

Nov. 7, 2004
Saturday
2:30pm-4pm

 Child & Adolescent Mental Health       

  Speaker: Sherry Liu, Ph.D.
                 Assistant Professor in Department of Psychiatry of New Jersey Medical
                 School, & board certified attending psychiatrist in University Hospital
                 Inpatient, Newark

  Language
: Mandarin (with Chinese/English PowerPoint slides)

  Location
: West Windsor- Plainboro High School North,
                   90 Grovers Mill Road, Plainsboro, NJ 08536

Sept. 25, 2004
Saturday
10am-noon

  Intra-family Communication for Families Struggling with Mental Illness

  Speaker: Rosaline Fleming, MSN, APRN, BC,
                   Psychiatric /Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist

  Language: English (with Chinese PowerPoint slides)

  Location: John F. Kennedy Library,
                   500 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, 08854

Sept. 20, 2004
Monday
6:30pm-8:00pm

  Social Security Benefits & Health Services in New Jersey

  Speakers: Vaneetha Srinivasan,
Social Security Administration;
                   Peg Mueller,
Legal Services of New Jersey;
                   Jeanne Schmidt,
Intensive Family Support Services, Middlesex County

  Language: English (with a Chinese interpreter onsite)

  Location:
Plainsboro Municipal Community Room A/B
                   641 Plainsboro Rd., Plainsboro NJ 08536 -

May 27, 2004
Thursday
7:00pm-8:45pm

  Mental Health Introduction

  Speaker:
Sherry Liu, Ph.D.
                 Assistant Professor in Department of Psychiatry of New Jersey Medical
                 School, & board certified attending psychiatrist in University Hospital
                 Inpatient, Newark

  Language: Mandarin (with Chinese/English PowerPoint slides)

  Location:
John F. Kennedy Library,
                   500 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, 08854

 

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