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2024 Elder Abuse Prevention Training Conference

May 9 @ 9:00 am - 11:30 am

2024 Elder Abuse Prevention Training Conference

Master of Ceremonies:
Sarah Slikker, Superviser, Adult Protective Services of Santa Barbara County

Keynote Speakers:
Karen D. Sullivan, PhD—Capacity Assessments
Eileen Dacey, LSW—Hoarding Challenges

 

Schedule

9:00 – 9:10 am Welcome Remarks/Introductions
Sarah Slikker, Supervisor
Santa Barbara County, Adult Protective Services

9:10 – 10:10 “Determining Client Capacity: How to Protect Your Client and Yourself”
Karen Sullivan, Ph.D., ABPP
Clinical Neuropsychologist
Pinehurst Neuropsychology Brain & Memory Clinic, Pinehurst, Nc

10:15 – 11:20 “Hoarding Characteristics”
Eileen Dacey, LICSW, Ph.D. Candidate
Program Director, North Shore Center for Hoarding and Cluttering

11:20 – 11:30 Closing Remarks/World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

About the speakers:

Karen D. Sullivan
Karen D. Sullivan, PhD, ABPP, is the creator of the I CARE FOR YOUR BRAIN program. She is one of less than 30 providers in North Carolina Board Certified in Clinical Neuropsychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology. Dr. Sullivan founded a private practice called Pinehurst Neuropsychology Brain & Memory Clinic in November 2013.
Prior to establishing her practice, Dr. Sullivan was an Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Medicine in the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department. She received her doctoral degree at Boston University in 2009 and completed her internship and post-doctoral fellowship in Clinical Neuropsychology at the VA Boston Healthcare System through Harvard Medical School and the Boston University School of Medicine in 2010.

Dr. Sullivan has extensive training in clinical issues unique to older adults. Prior to her formal education, she worked as caregiver, nursing assistant, therapeutic companion, activities director and co-director of an Adult Day Health program.

 

Eileen Dacey

Eileen Dacey is an independently licensed (LICSW) clinical social worker and holds an additional clinical certification in providing Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Eileen is versed in the treatment of OCD related disorders. She also specializes in the treatment of hoarding disorder with experience providing psychotherapy, facilitating support groups for individuals and family members affected by hoarding, and providing crisis management for individuals facing outside pressure, such as evictions & condemnations. Eileen is one of the few clinicians in Massachusetts specializing in animal hoarding behavior and is often called on regionally and nationally to provide expertise consultation and training in these cases to animal control officers and other service professionals. Currently she is a consultant for King County, WA to develop uniform procedures and best practices related to hoarding cases.
 

Details

Date:
May 9
Time:
9:00 am - 11:30 am
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Website:
https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/zzry2gm

Venue

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