Presenter: Johanna Sagarin, PhD
CE Units: 1.25
When: Tuesday, March 4th, 2025
Time: 10:00am – 11:15am (Dr. Sagarin will remain after the program for lunch and to chat and answer questions.)
Brief Description: This presentation will help clinicians working with children thoughtfully engage caregivers in the therapeutic work. We will focus on connecting with caregivers and improving caregiver skills, including recognizing expectations and attributions, validation and attunement, and creating nurturing moments with their children. We will also look at specific challenges with caregivers and ways to address them.
Location: 95 N. Marengo Ave, Pasadena, CA 91101 (Institute for Girls’ Development)
Course Level: Introductory to Intermediate
Cost: No cost. All attendees will be Institute employees.
Please go to the registration page on the Institute for Girls’ Development website for more details.
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OBJECTIVES:
Participants will be able to
1. Explain three sets of skills important for improving parenting competencies.
2. Describe two ways to help caregivers create nurturing moments with their children.
SCHEDULE / AGENDA:
10:00am-10:05am – Introduction/Overview
10:05am-10:15am – Assumptions and approach
10:15am-10:30am Connecting with caregivers
10:30am- 10:50am – Challenging caregivers
10:50am-11:05am — Helping caregivers create nurturing moments
11:05am-11:15am – Conclusion/Q&A
PRESENTER:
Johanna D. Sagarin, PhD, is currently an assistant professor of practice at Assumption University in Worcester, Massachusetts and a psychologist in private practice. Her prior experience includes working at Boston Children’s Hospital and then at Children’s Friend, Inc. In Worcester. Dr. Sagarin served as Vice President of Children’s Friend where, for close to two decades, she directed their community mental health clinic specializing in youth and families. There she was also involved in program development, helping to create specialized programs in working with grief and with LGBTQIA+ youth and their families. She was awarded the Worcester Business Journal 40 Under 40 award based on her work at Children’s Friend. Dr. Sagarin has co-authored book chapters and peer reviewed articles, as well as the recently published Working with Parents in Child Psychotherapy, with Elisa Bronfman, PhD. She has presented at conferences and provided trainings for both professional and lay audiences. Over the years one of her great joys in her work has been supervising and consulting with talented clinicians and students.
SAMPLE REFERENCES
Bronfman, Elisa, and Sagarin, Johanna D. (2024) Working with Parents in Child Psychotherapy, New York, NY: The Guilford Press, ISBN 9781462554478
Sagarin, Johanna and Bronfman, Elisa (2024) Rules and expectations. In Koocher, Gerald P. (Ed); La Greca, Annette M. (Ed); Moorehead-Slaughter, Olivia (Ed) & Lopez, Nadja N. (Ed). The parents’ guide to psychological first aid: Helping children and adolescents cope with predictable life crises: Revised and expanded edition (pp. 265-272). New York, NY, US: Oxford University Press, xix, 401 pp.
https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197678794.001.0001
For more information: https://aligningforgrowth.com/
CE APPROVALS
Illuminated Education is approved by the American Psychological 
Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Illuminated Education maintains the responsibility for this program and its content.
The California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts APA approval for CE units for MFTs, LCSWs, LPPCs and/or LEPs.
Outside of California, please check with your licensing board to see whether APA approval is accepted for CE units in your state. Please call Dr. Cooper if you have further questions (626-744-9472).
ACCOMMODATIONS AND SPECIAL REQUESTS
Please let Angela or Paige know if you need any accommodations or have any special requests for this event.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Please feel free to call 626.585.8075 ext. 121 or e-mail Paige Hobey at PHobey@IFGD.care, with questions about the program and for registration information. For questions about Continuing Education units, please call Dr. Chris Cooper (626-744-9472) or email at cdcooperphd@earthlink.net .
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