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During the past year NYIPT collaborated with Erin Orjuela, Program Administrator of the Child Study Center at Bronx Lebanon Hospital and NYIPT, to develop a series of workshops for the clinic staff at the Child Study Center.

Included in the series were workshops conducted by NYIPT Faculty. Dr. Bill Salton ran a workshop entitled: “Trouble With Parents, Parents With Trouble,” Dr. Georgi Antar, ran a workshop entitled: “Effects of Trauma on Infants, Children and Adolescents: Identification of Behaviors and Symptoms,” and Ms. Bonnie Allie conducted a workshop: “Art and Play Therapy: Responding to Patient’s Material.”

NYIPT Provides “Off-Site” Supervision

at the Brooklyn Psychiatric Centers

When the Brooklyn Psychiatric Centers were in need of additional supervision of their staff, they contacted NYIPT.

NYIPT Supervisor (and Graduate) Winslow Carrington became involved in the BCP Clinic, supervising new staff in work with highly vulnerable youth who were psychiatrically hospitalized at some point in their lives. Many of these children have had multiple hospitalizations and nearly all of them are on psychotropic medications. The Brooklyn Psychiatric Centers is an ACT facility (Assertive Community Treatment) for children and adolescents. This model treats children and adolescents in their homes and community instead of keeping them in hospitals. Although the primary patients are the children, much work is done with the parents who are often overwhelmed and lack understanding of their children’s illnesses.

When Jim Runsdorf, the son of NYIPT Board Member Lucette Runsdorf was lost in a boating accident in the waters of New York City, NYIPT’s Board of Directors decided to honor Jim’s memory by holding an Annual Memorial Lecture in his name. Jim was active in community and public service and interested in the well-being of children, in addition to being a loving husband, son and devoted father,

In 2007 our First Annual Jim Runsdorf Memorial Lecture was held on April 18^th at the Cornell Club. We were fortunate to have Ann Murphy as our speaker. Ms. Murphy is a parenting contributor to “Good Morning America,” and was the former editor of PARENTS magazine, and author of The 7 Stages of Motherhood: Loving Your Life Without Losing Your Mind. The name of the talk was “Saying No When You Can Afford To Say Yes: Learning How To Give Your Kids What They Need, Not What They Want,” a topic that is quite relevant to many parents today.

For our Second Annual Jim Runsdorf Memorial Lecture Series in 2008, Dr. Dale Atkins graciously agreed to speak on the topic of her recent book, SANITY SAVERS: Tips For Parents To Live A Balanced Life. This meeting was held at the home of NYIPT Board Member Robin Ashman. Dr. Atkins gave an interesting talk, sharing ideas for everyone about juggling many different pulls, given the active lives we all lead. Dale Atkins is a licensed psychologist with more than 30 years experience as a relationship expert, focusing on families and parenting. She frequently appears on NBC’s “Today Show,” and she maintains a private practice in New York City.

NYIPT continues to offer training to social workers in the school to improve their skills in providing mental health services to many of the school’s special needs children. With the skills of candidates Karina Nunez and Rebecca Dickinson, this year we plan to institute groups with parents and teachers.

NYIPT’s Board of Directors meets on a monthly basis, offering encouragement and ideas to fulfill our mission of helping needy children and parents in New York City. They have begun a campaign to introduce NYIPT, and share information about mental health for children and parents. Our Board’s support is greatly appreciated!