Course Code: REL-BHC-0-WJIYBHN
Hours: 1.5
Type: Online Course
Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2024
Learning Objectives:
Identify up to seven common stressors and up to eight common behavioral health concerns among justice-involved youth.
Explain at least three basic elements of effective assessment and three evidence based interventions for justice involved youth.
Describe two aspects of treatment of a justice involved youth that are important to share with involved justice personnel.
Outline:
Section 1: Introduction
About This Course
Learning Objectives
Overlap of Behavioral Health and Justice System Involvement
Causes of Behavioral Health Disorders
Impact of System Involvement on Symptoms
Review
Summary
Common Behavioral Health Concerns
Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders
Anxiety Disorders
Mood Disorders
Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders
Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
Substance Use Disorders
Non-suicidal Self-Injury
Review
Summary
Systems of Care
Screening and Assessment
Screening
Assessment
Re-Assessment
Knowledge Check
Assessment of Development Assets
Assessment of Family Supports
Assessment of Community Supports
Review
Summary
Evidence-based Interventions
Multisystemic Therapy
The Wraparound Approach
Positive Youth Development Model
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Psychoeducational Group Therapy
Building Resiliency in Therapy
Review
Summary
Importance of Information Sharing
Reporting on Treatment Goals
Strategies for Information Sharing
A Note About HIPAA
Privacy and Confidentiality Concerns
Review
Summary
Summary
Course Contributors
Resources
References
Exam and BrainSparks
Instructor: Jennifer Niles, LCSW, LCAS, CCS-I
Jennifer received her Bachelor’s degrees in Social Work and Criminal Justice from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and Master’s degree in Social Work with a Certificate in Substance Abuse Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has over 13 years of experience providing psychotherapy, counseling, and case management to a variety of populations. Her experiences and clinical interests are centered around addiction treatment, harm reduction, severe mental health conditions, psychosis, LGBTQ+ issues, gender diversity, integrated care, and clinical supervision.
Target Audience:
The target audience for this course is: Alcohol and Drug Counselors; Beginner level Social Workers; Entry level Professional Counselors; Entry level Psychologists; Marriage and Family Therapists; in the following settings: Health and Human Services.
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To earn continuing education credit for this course you must achieve a passing score of 80% on the post-test and complete the course evaluation.
Course Delivery Method and Format
Asynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.