Speaking Engagements

Dr. Beljan speaks and consults regularly on topics that help psychologists, attorneys, counselors, educators and parents better understand the behavior of children. These presentations are available as half or full-day workshops, evening seminars, and individual consultations.

Lectures

· Mindfulness in Parenting and Early Childhood
· Trauma
· Succeeding with Gifted and Talented Kids
· The Organized Home: Routines and systems for family success
· Thriving with ADHD
· You are What You Eat
· Pediatric Neuropsychological Assessment
· Executive Functioning and Attention in Children
· Misdiagnosis and Dual Diagnosis of Gifted Children
· Depression in Gifted Children
· The Origins of Asynchronous Development in Gifted Children
· A Neuropsychological Approach to Behavioral Management: Maintaining the Window of Control
· The WISC IV: What Every Parent and Teacher Should Know
· Cultural Diversity in Gifted: Obstacles and Opportunities
· Bullying: Why It Happens and What To Do
· Neuropsychological Management of Pediatric Traumatic Head Injury in the Hospital
· The Pediatric Neuropsychologist in the Courtroom
· Sickle Cell Disease and Pain Management
· Burn Pain Management: From Admission through Dressing Changes
· Traumatic Intervention with Pediatric Burn Patients
· Trauma and Pediatric Neuropsychology
· The Psychologist in the Hospital
· Fetal Drug and Alcohol Exposed Children
· Depression in Children and Adolescents
· School Refusal and Other Phobias
· Assessment of Learning Disabilities and Dyslexia
· Attempted Suicide - Child and Adolescent Assessment and Management
· Psychological Aspects of Acute and Chronic Illnesses in Childhood and Adolescence
· Oppositional Defiant Disorder vs. Conduct Disorder
· Dying Child and Bereavement Counseling
· Parenting: Discipline and Permissiveness
· ADHD Assessment and Intervention
· Adolescent Development
· Infant and Child Development
· Nonverbal Leaning
· Disability: Myth or Fact
· Projective Identification and Treatment Issues
· Solutions Oriented Interventions with Chronically Ill Children
· Power Struggles vs. Pediatric Compliance
· Transference and Counter Transference in Child Psychotherapy
· Child Behavior Management in the Medical Setting