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PSAS Events
For parents, educators, mental-health professionals, students, and other people
interested in human relationships and human well-being.
April 2015
Please see the schedule on the following pages.
The science of the mind can only have for its proper goal
the understanding of human nature by every human being . . .
and peace for every human soul.
Alfred Adler, MD
In this spirit, PSAS offers free First Friday Forums, free, grant- or donation-funded Positive Discipline and Disciplina Positiva parenting courses, and other educational events for everyone who is intrigued with human
nature and its evolution.
At quarterly First Friday Forums, Stephen A. Maybell, PhD, presents Clinical Conversations, with participation
by interested forum attendees. Steve is Director of the Student Counseling Center and Professor of Marriage
and Family Therapy at Seattle Pacific University. Other First Friday Forums, with various presenters, address
subjects of interest to mental-health professionals, educators, parents, and others. All are welcome.
We are sad to say that our Professional Development Seminars for mental-health professionals and graduate
students have been suspended because of the passing of Robert L. Powers, one of our presenters.
Stephanie Cross, our long-time presenter for Sanity Circus, our parenting course for 30 years, has retired.
Thanks to a new grant from the Horizons Foundation, and to generous donors to the Sanity Circus Fund (now
the Pay-It-Forward Fund), PSAS is continuing to co-sponsor several free Positive Discipline and Disciplina Positiva courses with other nonprofit organizations. We are delighted that Anita Garcia Morales is now the presenter for these courses. (She is now also a Board member and is the Parent Education Coordinator for PSAS.)
We also hope to be offering the course Active Parenting of Teens shortly.
With Sound Discipline and the Positive Discipline Association, we co-sponsor Teaching Parenting the Positive
Discipline Way and Positive Discipline in the Classroom. With Sound Discipline, we also co-sponsor the new
course Positive Discipline in the Early Childhood Classroom.
CE hours for licensed mental-health professionals, and OSPI-approved clock hours for educators and school
counselors, are available at PSAS events. The fee for CE hours is $10 per hour for PSAS members, and $15 per
hour for others. The fee for clock hours is $4 per hour for PSAS members, and $6 per hour for others.
To join the PSAS “Friends” email list for event notices, or for further information, please email us at
[email protected]. To become a member of PSAS, please see www.psasadler.org/membership.pdf. To suggest a
topic or presenter for a First Friday Forum, please call us at 206-527-2566.
Our mission is to nurture dignity for all
by encouraging democratic relationships and a sense of belonging.
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April 3, 2015
PSAS Board Meeting, 6:15 – 7:15 p.m.
First Friday Forum, 7:30 – 9:30 p.m.
Ron Sterling, MD
ADD: What We’ve Learned Since 2008
A psychiatrist, Ron Sterling specializes in adult ADD and practices in Bellevue. He is the author of Adult ADD
Fact Book. Among several awards he has received are a Writer's Award for his "Mind Matters" column written
for the monthly Seattle magazine Northwest Prime Time, and an Exemplary Psychiatrist Award from the
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill.
Here’s more from one of his several Websites, ronsterling.com:
Dr. Sterling is a strong believer in life-long learning and inner-life development. His Web sites and his
focus on "always getting better" are manifestations of his own commitment to taking the next step
in personal growth. He is a very active advocate for better access to unbiased mental health information,
support, and treatment.
Dr. Sterling's mission for direct and online provision of psychiatric and counseling services is to provide
his clients and those who seek mental health care with unbiased, informed, up-to-date, cost-effective,
highly-confidential, honest, caring, and responsive services regarding their questions, concerns and
personal development. His goal is to assist you with feeling and being your very best.
Dr. Sterling's mission with respect to volunteer work is to put a different face on psychiatry and to campaign
vigorously for reducing stigma and discrimination related to mental illness and chemical dependency.
Dr. Sterling's mission with respect to journalism and mental health information is to provide timely, professsional, authoritative, and well-written mental health, substance abuse, and social commentary content.
Some other of his Websites you might like to visit: DearShrink.com, AdultADDFacts.com, MentalWellness.ws.
Learning objectives (for CE hours and clock hours), are:
1) Participants will learn what recent research reveals about the underlying neurobiology of the ADD or
"suboptimal dopamine brain."
2) Participants will gain greater understanding of the characteristics of ADD viewed from an individual to a
broader anthropological perspective.
Kindly RSVP to [email protected] or 206-527-2566.
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Disciplina Positiva ~
Criando a Nuestros Hijos con Amor y Firmeza
Una serie gratis de seis semanas para padres de familia y maestros quienes desean
relaciones más cooperativas, respetuosas, y aliadas con niños y jòvenes
Patrocinado por el Puget Sound Adlerian Society y Brier Terrace Middle School.
Pagado por donaciones de otros padres.
Presentado por
Ingrid Ximena Grollmus
Desde 13 abril hasta 18 mayo 2015
Seis semanas, los lunes de las 6:15 a 8:45 p.m.
Brier Terrace Middle School, 22200 Brier Rd., Brier 98036
Inscripciones con Rosa Rosario en Brier Terrace Middle School al 425-431-4182,
o con Ingrid Ximena Grollmus al 206-579-7066.
Le recomendamos inscribirse temprano ya que el cupo es limitado.
Para recibir cuidado de niños, por favor inscríbase con Rosa Rosario antes del 31 de marzo.
13 abril
20 abril
27 abril
4 mayo
11 mayo
18 mayo
Presentaciones/Nuestra cultura/Conceptos Adlerianos/Estilos de crianza
Entendiendo el mal comportamiento/Amable y firme a la vez/Comunicación
Límites claros/Resultado del castigo/Soluciones
Juntas familiares/Ánimar o alentar
Peleas entre hermanos/Adolescentes/Remendando errores
Pasos pequeños para el cambio/Más herramientas/Juntándolo todo
Sugerencia para leer: Disciplina Positiva, por Jane Nelsen, Ed.D. (disponible en la clase)
The Puget Sound Adlerian Society is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) educational organization affiliated with the North American Society of Adlerian Psychology. Our mission is to nurture dignity for all by encouraging democratic relationships and a sense of belonging.
Alfred Adler, M.D., founder of Adlerian Psychology, believed that healthy families, classrooms, workplaces, etc., rest
on a cornerstone of mutual respect. PSAS helps people learn and model the skills and attitudes of mutual respect.
Please see www.psasadler.org for The Parenting Calendar, a quarterly listing of parenting classes and support groups
sponsored by many organizations in the central Puget Sound area. Visitors are welcome to our free monthly First
Friday Forum. Donations to our Pay-It-Forward Fund help make additional parenting courses possible.
For further information: www.psasadler.org, 206-527-2566, [email protected].
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