Teaching Presentations

Below are a few of Dr. Rappaport’s recent teaching experiences. Dr. Rappaport is available to speak upon request on topics including:

  1. Mad/Bad/Sad: Differential Diagnosis in the Classroom and Controversies Around Child Psychiatry
  2. Safety Assessments in Schools
  3. Depression and Suicide: What You Need to Know
  • 2006 Keynote Speaker: “From Zero to a Hundred in a Split Second: Survival 101 with Aggressive Students.” The Annual School Social Work Conference, Worcester, MA [Handout: NASW 0 to 100.doc]
    Workshop Presenter: “Children and Medication: Making Clinical Sense of the Controversies.” The Annual School Social Work Conference, Worcester, MA [Handout: Children and Medication.doc]
  • 2006 Instructor, Harvard College Freshman Seminar: Frameworks for understanding Psychological Development, Disorder and Treatment: Learning through Literature and Research. [Freshman seminar syllabus.doc]
  • 2003-2006 Course director and Instructor, Adult Psychiatry Residents Seminar: Frameworks for Understanding Child and Adolescent Development [Frameworks for Understanding Syllabus.doc]
  • 2005 Invited Speaker: Prescription for Sanity: How to deal with Pediatric Aggression in 15 Minutes. Mass General Hospital Pediatric Forum, Boston, MA.
  • 2005 Invited Speaker : “Suicide Prevention: Providing Sanctuary for Adolescents in Crisis, Mass Dept of Mental Health Tewksbury, MA [DMH Suicide Prevention Presentation.ppt]
  • 2004 Lecturer: “Bipolar and Attention Deficit Disorders.” Boston University/Chelsea Public Schools Partnership, Pupil Personnel Special Education Series, Chelsea, MA [PPT] [Word DOC]
  • 2004 Lecturer: “Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Oppositional Defiant Disorder.” Boston University/Chelsea Public Schools Partnership, Pupil Personnel Special Education Series, Chelsea, MA [PPT]
  • 2004 Course Director: “Adolescent Self Destruction,” Harvard Medical School Continuing Medical Education Course
  • 2004 Invited Speaker: “The Meaning of Treatment for Adolescents: Medications, Therapies and Other Obstacles,” Harvard Medical School Continuing Medical Education Adolescent Self-Destruction Course
  • 2003 Lecturer: “ All You Wanted to Know About Psychiatric Diagnosis But Were Afraid to Ask: Part I. ” Harvard Graduate School of Education’s PAER (Program in Afterschool Education and Research ) Workshops, Cambridge, MA
  • 2003 Presenter: “Threat Assessment in the School Setting”, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Institute, Miami, FL [Threat Assessment in the School Setting.ppt]