Brooks To Speak
On Resilience At
Naftaly Conference
D
r. Robert Brooks, an inter-
nationally recognized
psychologist, speaker and
author, will be the featured speaker
at the Anita Naftaly Family Circle
Conference on Sunday, Oct. 26, at 1:30
p.m. at Congregation Shaarey Zedek
in Southfield.
"Nurturing
Resilience,
Motivation and
Hope: Searching
for Islands of
Competence" is
presented by Jewish
Federation's Alliance
Robert Brooks for Jewish Education
Opening the Doors
Program, designed for educators,
mental health professionals and par-
ents of students with diverse learning
or behavioral challenges.
Brooks is known for the warmth
and humor he brings as he shares
his insights and anecdotes of work-
ing with children with attention and
learning differences, autism and other
challenges. During the program, he
will provide realistic strategies for
motivating children by nurturing
responsibility, learning and resilience
through the power of positive mind-
sets.
Following his presentation, Brooks
will hold an informal session for
parents at 3:15 p.m. The recipient of
numerous professional, community
and government awards, Brooks has
served as director of the psychology
department at McLean Hospital in
Belmont, Mass., and on the faculty of
Harvard Medical School.
He is the co-author of the recent
book Raising Resilient Children with
Autism Spectrum Disorders as well
as the PBS video Look What You've
Done! Stories of Hope and Resilience.
He also co-authored The Power of
Reliance and Understanding and
Managing Children's Classroom
Behavior.
Brooks received his doctorate
in clinical psychology from Clark
University and did additional training
at the University of Colorado Medical
School. He has published a number of
articles and book chapters related to
self-esteem, education, psychological
assessment and psychotherapy.
Registration for the Anita Naftaly
Family Circle Conference is $20 in
advance and $25 at the door. A dessert
reception will follow the presentation.
Social workers may pay an additional
$10 for 1.5 CE hours. Nirim teachers
may earn one "in network" credit. To
register, visit jewishdetroit.org/
familycircle or call (248) 205-2549.
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