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The Vassar College Counseling Service will host the second CHAS Targeted Professionals Meeting for psychological counselors.  Participants from member liberal-arts colleges and universities will share best practices in developing multicultural competencies and meeting the needs of diverse student bodies. 

The keynote presentation will be given by Dr. Carmen Inoa Vazquez, Founder and Director of the Institute for Multicultural Behavioral Health at Bellevue Hospital.  Dr. Vazquez will speak on the topic of providing multicultural services to students on our campuses.  Her website is: www.culturaltalk.com

The tentative agenda for the meeting is the following:

9:00 AM   
Coffee and welcome
10:00 AM 
“Bridging Different Worlds:  Providing Psychological Services Across Cultures”
Keynote speaker:  Carmen Inoa Vazquez, PhD
11:30 AM
Discussion:  “Non-traditional Approaches to Outreach”
Mary Commerford, PhD, Director, Barnard College
12:30 PM   Lunch
1:30 PM    
Discussion:  “Are We Walking the Walk?:  Multicultural Organization Analysis and Development”
Suraiya Baluch, PhD, Associate Director, Barnard College
2:30 PM    
Discussion: “Where Are We Now”
Sylvia R. Balderrama, EdD, Director, Vassar College
3:30 PM    
Reception with Vassar Community
 

Please register by April 21 at: REGISTRATION

The meeting location will be announced

Directions to Vassar are at:  http://www.vassar.edu/directions/

Lodging:

The corporate rate of $129/night w/ complimentary breakfast and shuttle service to campus is available at

The Holiday Inn Express/Poughkeepsie
Route 9 and Sharon Drive
2750 South Road
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
845.473.1151 or 800.315.2621

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