Summary
Join us on August 31st at 11AM for the first event in our Children’s Mental Health Seminar Series, Back to School Challenges: Learning about School Refusal, featuring Meghan Geary, PhD, Assistant Director of the Training Institute and Senior Staff Psychologist at the Center for Effective Therapy at the Baker Center. In this seminar, Dr. Meghan Geary will explore how we can support children as they transition back to school. Dr. Geary will provide information on how to detect school refusal, how to address it, and what treatments have been proven to work in managing this tricky problem area. There will be time for a short Q&A at the end.
Meet The Speakers
Dr. Meghan Geary
Assistant Director of the Training Institute and Senior Staff Psychologist
Dr. Meghan Geary is the Assistant Director of Training and Senior Staff Psychologist at The Center for Effective Therapy. Dr. Geary graduated summa cum laude with her B.A. in Psychology and minors in Women's Studies and Philosophy from West Virginia University. She went on to earn her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Louisiana State University. Dr. Geary completed her predoctoral internship and postdoctoral fellowship at the Kennedy Krieger Institute of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Dr. Geary then worked as a staff psychologist at the Kennedy Krieger Institute before moving to Massachusetts and working within an outpatient private practice for several years. She joins The Baker Center with the goal of increasing access, training, and implementation to evidence-based treatments within the community.
Dr. Geary brings a wealth of experience and focused training in evidence-based treatments for a range of concerns including anxiety, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, behavioral difficulties, sleep, toileting, mood dysregulation, depression, and tics. Dr. Geary enjoys working with the LGBTQIA+ community, as well as a diverse, multicultural population. She has experience working in a variety of outpatient, inpatient, group home, school, and community-based treatment settings.
Learn More
Our Children’s Mental Health Seminar Series also includes monthly companion blog posts for additional resources and support. You can access links to both of August's blog posts below.
Understanding School Refusal
Does your child often find excuses to not attend school? Do they leave before the day ends or spend lots of time in the nurse's office? This could be a sign they are struggling with school refusal.
Treating School Refusal
Now that we know what school refusal is, how do parents, teachers, and clinicians go about treating it and making sure kids are feeling comfortable and worry-free at school?
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