2010 Virtual Conference on Counseling (2VCC)
Looking for something new and different in relation to continuing education? How about the September 15-18, 2010 counselor education conference on Second Life. You could attend a conference in a virtual 3-D world, learn more at (CESL) http://sl.counseloreducation.org/
and sign up for Second Life (the environment where the conference is held) for Free (I signed up, its amusing):
I wrote an overview of the changes in DSM-5 at http://www.dsm-5diagnosis.com and will keep the article up to date here, I will also keep you informed of any DSM-5 related continuing education opportunities and please let me know if you become aware of any so we can pass them along, thanks
Healthforumonline announced a new Children’s Disability report writing course which may be of interest to those involved in both assessing and working with children as well as evaluating the mental health social security disability claims of children.
It is by Patricia A. Farrell, Ph.D. and offers 3 credits.
And accoring to Healthfoumonline.com:
“This course presents the salient components of the most commonly alleged Disability impairments for children (Organic Disorders, Mood Disorders, Mental Retardation, Anxiety Disorders, Autistic/PDD, and ADHD). The training/licensure required for submitting Disability reports is defined, with a focus on providing health professionals with a fuller understanding of how mental health Social Security Disability (SSD) determinations are made for children, the instrumental legal decision which established children’s right to Disability payments, the associated language and acronyms, the regulations (the POMS) governing mental health disability and how to write effective reports that meet these regulatory standards of Social Security Disability. Specifically, the course offers a glossary of necessary terminology along with guidance on acceptable reports and relevant information on how failure to observe the rules and regulations may have a negative impact on applications for Disability benefits. In addition, a discussion of which psychological/psychiatric tests are acceptable, as well as the importance of behavioral indicators within reports and how to best phrase these, is presented along with a review of the forms used and links to important Social Security website.”
Use Code S4NL before 3/31/09 and buy 2 and get 1 free, AATBS is pretty cheap anyway so you could probably get quite a few credits at a nice deal with this code
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