Wednesday, May 25, 2011

OLDER ADULTS WHO HOARD: An Advanced Training for Service Providers Who Serve Older Adults


Mental Health Association of San Francisco

OLDER ADULTS WHO HOARD:
An Advanced Training for Service Providers
Who Serve Older Adults

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!

Dear Friend of MHASF,
The Mental Health Association of San Francisco's Institute on Compulsive Hoarding and Cluttering is pleased to announce our upcoming training: "OLDER ADULTS WHO HOARD: An Advanced Training for Service Providers Who Serve Older Adults."

Date: Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
Time: 9:00PM -4:30PM
Location: World Affairs Council, 312 Sutter Street, Suite #200, San Francisco, CA 94108
Trainer: Michael A. Tompkins, Ph. D. Licensed Psychologist, Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of California at Berkeley and Founding Partner of the San Francisco Bay Area Center forCognitive Therapy

In this training Dr. Tompkins will address:
  • What is compulsive hoarding?
  • Why older adults with hoarding and cluttering behaviors often refuse help
  • How to help older adults with hoarding and cluttering behaviors accept help
  • Their goals, your goals, our goals
  • Identifying harm reduction targets and designing harm reduction plans
  • Discussion of cases and application of strategies

Registration:
  • Early Bird: $130.00 on or before June 13, 2011
  • On-Site: $150.00 at the door
  • Includes a FREE copy of Digging Out: Helping Your loved One Manage Clutter, Hoarding and Compulsive Acquiring by Dr. Michael Tompkins and Dr. Tamara Hartl
  • Lunch included
CEUs for 6 hours at $30.00 per license
Social Work: LCSW, MFT
Nursing: CNA, LVN, LPT, RN
*San Francisco Department of Public Health employee CEU credits are FREE
For more information call 415-421-2926 extension 317 or email mark@mha-sf.org
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Then submit your registration form through:
Fax: (415) 421-2928
Email: info@mha-sf.org
Standard Mail: MHASF, 870 Market St., Suite 928, San Francisco, CA 94102

SPACE IS LIMITED SO SIGN UP TODAY!
Hope to you on June 15th.

Mark Salazar
Program Manager
Institute on Compulsive Hoarding and Cluttering
Email: mark@mha-sf.org
PH: 415-421-2926 ext. 317
FX: 415-421-2928
www.mha-sf.org/program/ichc
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The Mental Health Association of San Francisco (MHASF) is a non-profit citizen's organization dedicated to improving the mental health of residents in the diverse communities of San Francisco through advocacy, education, research and service. In all its programs, MHASF works together with people and families challenged by mental illness and with the agencies that serve them to promote prevention, access to services, leadership and independence. Visit us on the web atwww.mha-sf.org.

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