Throughout each school year, Shepard Schools offers professional development workshops for
child study team members, teachers and other school professionals. The workshops have a focus
on evidence based strategies for addressing challenging behaviors in elementary, middle and high school.
UPCOMING WORKSHOP
Date: Friday March 24, 2017
Click here to download the pdf flyer and for REGISTRATION information
Location: Shepard School 2 Miller Rd., Kinnelon, NJ 07405
Topic: Helping anxious students: Integrating evidence-based intervention with practical collaborative strategies for school professionals
Presenter: Dr. Daniela Colognori, Psy.D., Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Overview: This workshop will focus on evidenced based strategies to help anxious students. Topics such as school avoidance/refusal, social anxiety, test anxiety, generalized anxiety, phobias, and adjustment difficulties will be discussed within a cognitive behavioral framework. Materials and resources provided to attendees will be geared towards students with challenging behaviors in grades K-12.
About the Presenter: Dr. Daniela Colognori, Psy.D.,
is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in children, adolescents, and families with an emphasis on cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety, mood, tic, and body focused repetitive behavior disorders. Dr. Colognori received her B.A. in psychology from Boston College and earned her Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology from the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers University in 2010. She completed her pre-doctoral internship at Geisinger Medical Center in Pennsylvania, providing evidence-based treatment for children and adolescents in the outpatient department as well as consultation/liaison services for youth being treated for medical conditions at Janet Weis Children’s Hospital. Dr. Colognori went on to further specialize in CBT for youth with anxiety disorders during her post-doctoral fellowship at the NYU Child Study Center, working in NJ schools to train counselors in an evidence-based program for adolescents with social anxiety disorder. Dr. Colognori held an Assistant Professor position in the Combined School & Clinical Psychology doctoral program at Kean University in Union, NJ from 2012-2015, teaching graduate courses in Developmental Psychology, Child Psychopathology, and Evidence-based Psychological Treatment for Children and Adolescents. Currently, Dr. Colognori is the Clinical Director of the Tourette Syndrome Clinic at the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers University and sees clients in her practice, Specialized Psychological Services, in Short Hills, NJ.
