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Class Description:
This two-day course will enable participants to understand the diagnostic criteria for the most common mental health disorders of children as defined by the DSM-IV. Participants will become familiar with the medications most frequently utilized for children with these mental health conditions. This workshop will also illustrate the relationship among mental health conditions, treatment interventions, and medications prescribed in a realistic and practical manner.
Target Audience:
Foster parents, kinship care providers, adoptive parents, and interested child welfare professionals.
Competencies:
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Trained by:
Marlene Husson, MA, LPCAurora Mental Health Center Sheryl Stefaniak, MD Aurora Mental Health Center
Class Code & Date:
MHMF110608D: Nov. 6-7, 2008
Training Flyer:
MHMF_Nov2008.pdfMHMF_Jan2009.pdf
Training Location: Nov. 6-7, 2008 Jan. 28-29, 2009 April 29-30, 2009
Time:
8:30 am - 4:30 pm each day. Attendance is required on both days This training is eligible for 14 continuing training hours.
Cost:
FREE for all Colorado County Foster Parents/Kinship Care Providers, and Colorado County Caseworkers.
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