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MEDIA CONTACT: Susan Hagen susan.hagen@rochester.edu
585.276.4061
July 15, 2013
TIME, DATE, PLACE: 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, July 16, at the University of Rochester's Mt. Hope Family Center, 187 Edinburgh Street, Rochester
WHAT: In conjunction with a visit by Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks, psychologists and therapists will showcase the research and clinical therapies that have made Mt. Hope Family Center a national leader in the prevention and treatment of child abuse. For example, the Center has developed one of the most promising treatments known for child abuse, reducing the number of children placed in foster care or with relatives and attracting attention from child trauma prevention and treatment centers nationwide.
Below is the agenda for the afternoon's sessions:
1:30 – 1:45 Sheree Toth, executive director, and Jody Todd Manly, clinical director, present an overview of the history and current services provided by Center.
1:45 – 2:00 Tasia Verno, coordinator of the PATHS program, leads a visit with children attending the therapeutic afterschool program.
2:05 – 2:20 Mothers in the Building Healthy Children program will discuss their participation and program coordinator Robin Sturm will give an overview of the support program.
2:20 – 2:30 Sheree Toth and Jody Todd Manly conclude and answer questions.
Deborah Rosen, director, child and family services of Monroe County, will join Brooks on the tour of the research institute. Monroe County is a major funder of outreach services provided by Center.
The University of Rochester (www.rochester.edu) is one of the nation's leading private universities. Located in Rochester, N.Y., the University gives students exceptional opportunities for interdisciplinary study and close collaboration with faculty through its unique cluster-based curriculum. Its College of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering is complemented by the Eastman School of Music, Simon School of Business, Warner School of Education, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, and the Memorial Art Gallery.
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