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Iowa School Mental Health Conference
October 17, 2017
Join hundreds of teachers, administrators, support staff, counselors, psychologists, therapists, parents, and many more from across the midwest for the only school mental health conference in Iowa.
Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Greenfield is an Iowa native, born and reared in Bayard. After graduating from Drake University and the University of Iowa College of Medicine, he completed a residency in psychiatry at Kansas University Medical Center. Dr. Greenfield is Board Certified through the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and is a Distinguished Fellow. After spending 25 years working as a hospital based psychiatrist, three years ago he joined the Iowa Department of Corrections medical staff and has since been promoted to the position of Health Services Administrator. He oversees the medical, psychiatric, and dental care of Iowa’s 8300 offenders. Dr. Greenfield is also the current president of the Iowa Psychiatric Society.
Conference Topics Include:
- Classroom strategies for working with internalized and externalized behaviors
- Creating a school mental health system in your school
- Trauma-informed care Suicide prevention
- Restorative justice Culture and mental health LGBTQ and mental health
- Positive school climate
- Risk factors and resiliency