Page 6 - 2014 NECHA E-Brochure

Margaret Higham, MD Medical Director Kathleen Savage, RN Nurse Manager Geoffrey Bartlett Director, Emergency Management Tufts University
Applicable to all attendees, workplace safety has become a topic of greater focus over the past 10 years. The recent rise in school shootings has highlighted the importance of having safety plans in place. Most Health Services routinely practice fire drills and medical codes, but do not have plans in place for security/safety emergencies. A Tufts University panel will describe how to perform an office environment safety assessment. They will also discuss the techniques developed in collaboration with their Public Safety department to train staff in responding to secu- rity emergencies, and to practice security emergency drills.
Participants will learn tools and concepts to help them develop security plans as well as obtain concrete ideas for the implementation of training drills for their own health service.
Jesine Xavier, PsyD
Returning for the second year, NECHA is pleased to welcome back Dr. Jesine Xavier. The 2-session Dialectical Behavior Therapy talk will first reviewing the DBT skills taught last year via applied clinical examples. The goal is to answer questions related to having tried to teach or use the skills and needing additional guidance. Treaters are encouraged to bring in clinical
dilemmas for case consultation.
Audience members should have attended last year's training or be knowledgeable of DBT skills. The training will address the gap of having learned the skills but having difficulty actually applying the skills to their clinical work.
Dr. Jesine Xavier is a Doctor of Psychology in private practice in Needham, Massachusetts, specializing in individual, group, family and couples therapy. Also an adjunct professor as Boston College, Xavier attended Tufts University, where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology. She attained a Doctorate of Psychology degree from Illinois School of Professional Psychology and has completed additional DBT training with Behavioral Tech.
For five years, she was a member of an adolescent DBT consultation team led by Michael Hollander, PhD, DBT Senior Consultant at McLean Hospital. Her areas of expertise include adolescents, families, high-risk behaviors, and multi-problematic clients.
This three-hour session will be held on Friday during two concurrent session time slots. Pre-register for the session, please choose code G/H3 in both the G and H time slots.