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BUILDING BRIDGES: Children, Teens, Mental Health and Schools

                                  
   

15 CE $165.00   TO ORDER THIS COURSE

    This 15 CE course has been updated to include new information on school based mental health programs and intervention, emphasizing motivation and community building factors.  The section on clinical diagnosis contains information on the clinical challenges of ADD/ADHD, Bipolar Disorder, Eating Disorders, and Autistic Spectrum Disorders in children and adolescents.  This is a valuable for course for clinicians working with families, children, and  adolescents, as well as, those wishing to expand their skills and recognize the importance of integrative and community building work in treating individuals and families.

Course Objectives

Participant will be familiar with

  •  psychosocial models of development and the family life cycle
  • community and school building interventions for mental health and education
  • assessment of ADD/ADHD and treatment interventions for children and adolescents
  • assessment of Bipolar Disorder and treatment interventions for children and adolescents
  • assessment of Eating Disorders and treatment interventions for children and adolescents
  • assessment of Autistic Spectrum Disorders and treatment interventions for children and adolescents

 

 Table Of Contents
 

I. Setting up Mental Health in the Schools

    A. Components of Mental Health in the Schools
     B. Legal and Ethical Issues
    C. Examples of School Based Mental Health
        Programs.
 

II. Social Emotional Development

    A. Erikson's Psychosocial model of development.
    B. Family Life Cycle

    C. Addiction
    D.   Abuse

    E. Loss

        1. Divorce

        2. Death

        3. Disability

    G. Motivation

    H.  School Violence

III. Clinical Challenges in the School Setting  Link to Chapter 3

    A. Diagnosis

    B. ADD, ADHD and Bipolar Disorder

    C. Eating Disorders

    D. Autistic Spectrum Disorders
    E. Conclusion : Enhancing Resiliency, Promoting Community

    F. Bibliography

VI. Post Test
  
VII. Evaluation

15 CE $165.00    TO ORDER THIS COURSE

This course meets the qualifications 15 ce hours (1.5 online CE) for the

National Board for Certified Counselors #5803,

California Board of Behavioral Science examiners #2387 for 15 CE.  

National Association for Social Workers #886366656

The CA Board of Registered Nursing #13258 approves this course for 18 ce

NAADAC Provider #389

Texas Board of Social Work Examiners # CS3518

Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling Provider #BAP745

 

Course author, Phoenix Helm Simpson, LMFT, MFT has twenty-five years of working with public and private education with mainstream and special educational services.  She provides a very contemporary and much needed course for those working in the fields of social service psychology, and education.

 

15 CE $165.00    TO ORDER THIS COURSE


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