Program Description: “Anxiety in school-aged children: What is it and when should I be concerned?”
Hadassah and the Jewish Federation of Greater Raleigh welcome you to a psychoeducational program for parents, grandparents, and caregivers of school-aged children, featuring a panel of experts to help us understand what anxiety looks like in children and provide practical solutions for supporting anxious children.
When: Thursday, November 14 from 7-8:30pm
Where: David R. Kahn Community Campus
Panelists:
Jill Madsen is the CEO of Jewish for Good at the Levin Jewish Community Center in Durham, North Carolina. Jewish for Good is an integrated organization that includes Federation, Jewish Family Services, the Jewish Community Foundation and other key communal agencies. Madsen has held this role since 2015. Madsen holds bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in early childhood education, and started her career in the classroom before moving into leadership roles that blended her educational background with her love for strategic planning and program development. She uses her passion and knowledge to offer strategic planning and governance consulting and coaching services to other nonprofit organizations. Madsen lives in Durham with her partner, Mike, and their dogs, Fenway and Telula, and she can always be found with a book.
Elizabeth (Liz) Zatz (M,Ed, LCMHC) is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor and Qualified Supervisor in North Carolina. She currently works as a Clinical Manager at Workplace Options, a Raleigh-based company which offers individuals and organizations a continuum of human-centered wellbeing solutions that address emotional, practical, and physical needs anytime, anywhere. Prior to 2019, Liz resided in Florida, where she provided intensive mental health services to children and families through a community agency, as well as individual, group, and school-based interventions in her role as an elementary school counselor. Liz is passionate about helping individuals and families engage in solutions that work for them- whether it is short-term mental health interventions or developing an ongoing care plan to facilitate positive change.
Dr. Michelle Barrett is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and the Director of Psychosocial Treatment at Central Regional Hospital in Butner, NC. At CRH she is responsible for development and oversight of all programming for all patients, ages 5 and above, including oversight of two accredited schools, Pine Valley Elementary School and Bowling Green Middle and High School. Dr. Barrett works with children and adults with severe persistent mental health issues and behavioral issues. She holds a Bachelor of Science from Syracuse University, a Master Degree in General Psychology with a focus on Cognition from the City College of New York, a Master Degree in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University Santa Barbara, and a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology with a focus on Family Forensics from Antioch University Santa Barbara. Her research on Health Care Disparities has been published in many peer reviewed journals of Psychology and Psychiatry, she is a guest editor for several peer reviewed Psychiatric journals, and she has been asked to speak around the globe about her research on Humor and Trauma. Dr. Barrett grew up in South Florida, though she now lives in Raleigh, NC, with her husband and two children. Her family also owns Barrett Hatchery, LLC, in Raleigh, which means she spends much of her time surrounded by chicks, ducklings, and button quail chicks at the hatchery.
