1979-86 training by DYFS, Morris County – engaging children and parents, parenting issues, mental health issues,
sexual/physical abuse 1984 The Family Therapy Institute/NJ 
Community Mental Health Ctr., Belleville – 1yr. co-joint Family Therapy. 1989-92 Family Training, Community Mental Health Ctr. At Piscataway, UMDNJ, Monica McGoldrick, Ph.D., LCSW 1990-present ongoing adoption training seminars (1/2 day) at Child Home Study Associates, PA

1989-96 Adolescent Crisis Intervention for Mental Health –
individual and family therapy 1993-95 Brief Psychotherapy, Behavior, and Cognitive Therapy, UMDNJ 1995-96 Institute for Chemical Dependency UMDNJ, Adolescents Dual Diagnosed 5/21/2003 Full day seminar Association for Children of NJ “Working Through the Education System: Rights, Responsibilities, and Responses – Kit Ellenbogen, ESQ. 7/15/2003 Parent-Child Play Therapy, Play Therapy Training Institute, Rise Van Eket, Ph.D. RPTS; I have worked with children with special needs since I became a therapist, specifically in my employment. As a private therapist I have dealt with school problems, skills of parenting, adopted children, foster children parents, children of divorce with single parents, parenting adolescents. I have a group of new adoptive mothers – group therapy for six months – weekly.