March 2017 fmhca newsletter (diana huambachano's conflicted copy 2017 01 31)

FLORIDA MEANTAL HEALTH COUNSLOR ASSOCATION

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President’s Corner : Inside this issue:

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Florida Mental Health 5 Counselors Association: Legislature Advocacy Day A SUCCESSFUL ADVOCACY DAY WITH THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE LEAVES LASTING IMPRESSION ON LAWMAKERS

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Internship: Time for Important Decisions:

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Taking Picky Eating to 22 the Extreme:

“I am seeking. I am striving.

I am in it with all of my heart.”

Wow, what a spectacular conference! My FMHCA family, I want to thank all of you who participated in our Annual Conference, Counseling in the Modern Era. There was so much enthusiasm and excitement expressed throughout the conference experience. I spoke with many who had travelled from different states (e.g., Oklahoma, South Carolina and Arkansas) to attend our annual staple event. Everyone expressed their appreciation of the workshop topics, speakers, conference organization, sponsors, exhibit booths, the attentiveness of staff and volunteers and the warm and welcoming tone expressed by all throughout the conference. Once again, I want to express my deepest gratitude to our FMHCA Board, Executive team and volunteers for their dedication and commitment towards this cause. Their efforts helped to deliver one of the BEST events in FMHCA’s history!

We look forward to receiving the continued support of our FMHCA family and encourage every member to take a proactive approach of becoming more involved within your organization, collaborate with your Regional Director in planning opportunities to host FMHCA membership events and offer CEU approved trainings and networking events with Licensed Mental Health Counselors in your local communities. Together, speaking with one common voice we will continue the growth of our organization, maintain our advocacy efforts with State and Federal legislators and uphold our steadfast pursuit towards becoming a premier State Chapter.

In closing, I want to extend my deepest appreciation to all which I had the privilege of meeting at our conference and thank you for your support and encouragement. It’s so greatly appreciated!

With joy and admiration for each of you, Leonel “Dr. Leo” Mesa, Jr., Psy.D, LMHC, CAP, CEAP

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Vincent Van Gogh

FMHCA President

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Board of Directors 2016 - 2017

President Leonel Mesa, PsyD, LMHC lmesa@flmhca.o.rg President-Elect Louise Sutherland-Hoyt, LMHC lsutherland@flmhca.org Treasurer Jim Messina, PhD, CCMHC, NCC, DCMHS jmessina@flmhca.org Past President Michael Holler Mholler@flmhca.org Secretary Kathie Erwin, Ed.D, LMHC, NCC, NCGC

ED Corner: Thank you to our loyal and wonderful members! If you are not yet a member, I encourage you to join our organization and let your voice be heard! Our organization offers so many great resources for our members, including education (such as FREE WEBINARS), legislative oversight, networking, and FMHCA member discounts with partner organizations. There is so much we are doing, and so much more we can do!

We will to continue advocate for mental health counselors in Florida by supporting legislation that promotes our profession. We need YOU to make that happen. If you are already a member of FMHCA, we thank you. If you are not, please consider joining. Your support makes it possible for FMHCA to continue to grow and promote our profession, to maintain a strong voice and to promote change. Have you ever wondered who promotes the legislation that recognizes and advances mental health counseling in Florida? YOU do, by supporting FMCHA! FMHCA wants to empower you to help make your professional dreams come true. You can read about what FMHCA is doing for mental health counselors in our bylaws. Do you want to take a more active role in FMHCA? Consider volunteering to serve on one of our committees!

We are already looking forward to our 2018 Annual Conference. It will be held in Lake Mary, Florida at the Orlando Marriott - Lake Mary (the same hotel this year's conference was held at). Please visit our new website, https://fmhca.wildapricot.org/ to register for the 2018 Annual Conference.

kerwin@flmhca.org

Sincerely,

Parliamentarian

Darlene Silvernail PhD, LMHC, CAP

Frank Hannah, MS, LMHC

Executive Director

fhannah@flmhca.org Member-at-Large Joe Skelly, MS, LMHC jskelly@flmhca.org Member-at-Large Erica Whitfield

New CE Requirement for Licensure Renewals:

ebuabua@gmail.com Member-at-Large Hassiem Kambui, PhD, LMHC hkambui@flmhca.org Member-at-Large Judith Roberts, Ph.D., LMHC JRoberts@flmhca.org Executive Director Darlene Silvernail, PhD, LMHC, CAP, DCMHS

dsilvernail@flmhca.org

Within the 30 required renewal CE’s, you must now complete a 3 hour laws and rules update course every third biennium.

Current licensees would need to complete the course by the biennium ending 3/31/19.

Licensees in their first biennium, (which are exempt from CE’s for renewal) would need to meet the requirement by the biennium ending 3/31/21.

For more information on this requirement, please review Rule 64B4-6.001, Florida Administrative Code.

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FMHCA Member Perks: CE Broker FMHCA is a CE Broker Gold Partner!

FMHCA, Florida Mental Health Counselors Association, members will now receive a $5 discount to CE Broker, the official continuing education tracking system.

Contact us for the Discount Code - office@flmhca.org - then go to CEBroker.com& use the Association Code to apply your $5 discount. Subscribe or create a 7-Day Free Trial Account & apply the code when asked, "Have a Promotion Code or Association Discount?"

CounselingExam.com $15 off a 1 week subscription, $40 off of all 1 month, 2 month, and 3 month subscriptions, and $44 off of a 6 month subscription. To Receive the discounted rate, members must send an email to CrushTheExam@Gmail.com stating that they are a FMHCA member - then, they will receive a reply with instructions on how to proceed.

National Board of Forensic Evaluators NBFE is proud to be a professional partner with FMHCA. Because of our professional partnership, NBFE Offers discounts, benefits and free CEUs to our professional partners members.

If you hold a current professional membership in any of the following associations, you will be eligible to receive a 15% discount towards the NBFE credential and homestudy programs. FREE 2 contact hour programs offered to all CFMHE and all of our Professional Partners. Offerings are posted during the year and only available to NBFE's Professional Partners.

NBFE Certified Forensic Mental Health Evaluators (CFMHE) American Mental Health Counselors Association (AMHCA) Florida Mental Health Counselors Association (FMHCA) Licensed Professional Counselors Association of Georgia (LPCA-Georgia) Utah Mental Health Counselors Association (UMHCA) Washington Mental Health Counselors Association WMHCA) Van Wagner Insurance

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New behavioral therapy to support Japanese mothers of children with ADHD The results of the proof-of-concept of the new program, the "New Forest Parenting Programme-Japan," published in Japanese Psychological Research, show reductions in children's ADHD symptoms and improvements in parent-child relationships, suggesting that the parent-training program might prove to be an effective mainstream behavioral treatment for ADHD in Japan.

International guidelines for the management of ADHD in children recommend approved medications and/or behavioral therapy. Compared with many western countries, Japan has fewer pharmacological and behavioral options. The availability of behavioral therapy is further limited by a shortage of trained specialists.

Researchers at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) first recruited Japanese parents of children with ADHD for a pilot study using standard behavioral strategies to see if Japanese parents would be comfortable with the program content, assessment strategies and group delivery of the program. Though the researchers did not specify the gender of the parents, only mothers contacted the researchers to participate in the study and five mothers were recruited for the study. The mothers embraced the group setting, expressing the importance of interacting with other mothers who could understand the challenges of parenting a child with ADHD. However, they articulated a desire to have more information about the causes of ADHD as well as extra practice using behavioral strategies specifically targeting ADHD. In response, the OIST researchers adapted the New Forest Parenting Programme, with the support of the program originators, for use with Japanese parents.

"It is important that children with ADHD are rewarded with positive praise after engaging in appropriate behaviors," says Dr. Shizuka Shimabukuro from OIST's Human Development Neurobiology Unit, who is the driving force behind adapting the NFPP for Japanese families. "In general, Japanese parents praise their children more sparingly than Western parents. Overcoming this cultural norm can be challenging for many mothers."

Based on the feedback from the pilot study, researchers in OIST's Human Development Neurobiology Unit recruited mothers only for the proof-of-concept study. They modified the programme to replace four general parenting strategy sessions with six sessions that were specifically designed for parents of children with ADHD and also added five extra support sessions to the beginning of the training program to increase mothers' understanding of ADHD and increase their confidence in participating in the parenting program.

The researchers then conducted a proof-of-concept study with the new extended program, known as the NFPP-Japan, with 17 Japanese mothers, to assess the effects of the program on child behavior, mothers' well-being and parenting skills.

Mothers' reports before and after the program indicated significant reductions in children's ADHD symptoms, reductions in mothers' reactivity to their child's behavioral difficulties and reductions in the stress they experienced in their roles as parents.

"Because the results of the study are based on self-reports from the mothers, we cannot rule out that the positive results we saw are due to changes in mothers' perceptions of, or attitudes toward, their child's behavior," says Professor Gail Tripp, head of OIST's Human Development Neurobiology Unit. "Nevertheless, improving the parent-child relationship is an important step in managing ADHD." Future studies of the NFPP-Japan will focus on using objective evaluations of child behavior and the parent childrelationship. A randomized control trial of the NFPP-Japan is currently underway. If the program proves successful, it might eventually become generally available in Japan as an effective treatment for managing symptoms of ADHD. Materials provided by Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University - OIST.

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A SUCCESSFUL ADVOCACY DAY WITH THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE LEAVES LASTING IMPRESSION ON LAWMAKERS Nearly 30 Florida lawmakers received in-depth, in-person information about the Licensed Mental Health Counselor profession in the month of January. These advocacy efforts were launched over a two-day event in Florida’s capital city at the Florida Mental Health Counselors Association’s inaugural Legislative Advocacy Day event. The event required complex planning by the FMHCA government affairs committee and staff, but these efforts were far from squandered. The amount of legislators with whom FMHCA’s members met on the 10th of January may have eclipsed the number of legislators with whom FMHCA’s members have met over the past year. The inaugural Legislative Advocacy Day was a tremendous success. In the days since these meetings took place, our lobbying office has received communication from several legislators touting the professionalism and knowledge of the LMHCs and students that attended our advocacy day. This lasting impression will help FMHCA pass or block bills and amendments in the future. Additionally, the FMHCA members who attended the event will be significantly more likely to set meetings with their Senators and Representatives back in their district offices based on their positive experiences in Tallahassee. As we look to the future, we hope to grow the event significantly by securing sponsorships, pinpointing the date of the advocacy day far in advance and heavily advertising the event. The Florida Mental Health Counselors Association hopes you’ll consider getting involved in the Government Affairs Committee and attending a future legislative advocacy day event. By Corinne Mixon, Lobbyist, Mixon & Associates

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2017 Conference Success The 2017 Annual FMHCA Conference, “Counseling in the Modern Era,” hit a new milestone this year. Due to the efforts of the members of the Conference Planning Committee, the Conference Sponsors, the FMHCA Members, and the all contributors’ dedication, this event was a huge success yet again. Held February 2-4 (with a pre-conference held February 1), the conference provided many opportunities for training and professional development, all tailored to expand the participants’ clinical skills and to comply with licensing requirements.

Diverse discussions on mental health counseling helped all participants gain more awareness on current issues in the profession. Expert’ presenters conducted pre-conference workshops, keynotes, and breakout sessions on a variety of topics of interest, such as integrate medicine, medical errors, and domestic violence. It was a great moment for very good rounded sessions and rich group discussion.

Many participants and members from around state were represented, and the conference was once again a great opportunity to strengthen networking in a pleasant and stimulating environment. Though the majority of attendees were already members of the FMHCA, the organizers were also excited to welcome many new professionals and student attendees. This illustrates the FMHCA is reaching their goal of engagement and increasing their membership base, which is so important for mental health professionals and advocates in the state and nationally.

On Saturday during the Awards Luncheon, the outstanding members of the year were recognized for their contributions and assistance to the FMHCA. This was a solid reminder for every attending counselor about the importance of being engaged in FMHCA goals and actions for the good of the profession.

The FMHCA 2017 Conference was a productive, positive experience, and as a graduate student, I enjoyed the event in terms of professional and personal development. I had numerous learning and training opportunities, I made strong professional network connections, and I had a great time with great people. I truly recommend all students take part in this important annual event, and I hope to see you there next year!

Paula Carina Lazarim Marques Mental Health Counseling Graduate Student

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Job Post: Child and Family Health The Institute for Child and Family Health is looking for a full-time Light Touch Family Coach. Family Coaches work under the supervision of the Light Touch Program Lead. The Light Touch Family Coach, through a home visitation model, provides interventions for young children with developmental vulnerabilities, ages 0-5 and their caregivers. Key job responsibilities include conducting home visits as defined by the Light Touch grant and the program curriculum; providing information, support, and encouragement to participants to help their children’s development; administering and interpreting assessments with parents and children during home visits, as scheduled by the program; reviewing assessment results with the parents to help them identify areas of concern and makes appropriate referrals to other organizations, and providing information to participants regarding available community resources. Bachelor’s degree (BA) minimum. Must be knowledgeable in areas of child development, infant mental health, healthy and safe environment for children, positive-parent child interaction, and how to deliver and build a productive relationship with families and children, family functioning, child abuse and neglect, and resistant clients. If you are interested in applying, please contact Allison Golden at algolden@icfhinc.org.

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Member Mental Health Professionals Apps: DSM-5 Criteria This is the mobile app for clinicians to utilize in diagnosing their clients. It is an easy to use system which lists the criteria for all of the DSM-5 diagnostic catagories with the criteria listed for each diagnosis (this is not a free app).Read more about this app at: http://www.appi.org/Pages/DSM5Mobile.aspx ICD-9-CM Codes ICD 9 Consult puts the complete, current ICD9-CM on your iPhone or iPod Touch, instantly smart-searchable and browsable. Read more about it at: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/icd9-consult-2014-free/id358845668?mt=8

ICD-10-CM Codes ICD 10 Helps you to Quickly look up diagnosis codes using the new ICD-10 coding system. All codes are downloaded to your device - no downloading is necessary as you are looking up your code. Read more about it at: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/stat-icd-10-coder/id467916561?mt=8 Provider Resilience Provider Resilience gives health care providers tools to guard against burnout and compassion fatigue as they help their clients be they civilians or service members, veterans, and their families. Providers can take a self assessment to determine if they are at risk and steps they can take to ward off such burnout and fatigue. Read more about it at: https://www.t2health.org/apps/provider-resilience

Can Marijuana Ease the Opioid Epidemic?

In the midst of an opioid crisis, some medical practitioners and researchers believe that greater use of marijuana for pain relief could result in fewer people using the highly addictive prescription painkillers that led to the epidemic. to opioids for chronic pain, said she does not recomA 2014 study by researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg mend that with her patients School of Public Health found that states medicaltry mamarijuana. rijuana laws had 25 percent fewer opioid overdose deaths than states that do not have medical marijuana laws. And another study published in Health Affairs last year found “There is no doubt marijuathat prescriptions for opioid painkillers such as OxyContin, na is much safer than opiVicodin and Percocet paid for by Medicare dropped subates. So we don’t discourage stantially in states that adopted medical marijuana laws. its use.” But in general, she Dr. Jane Ballantyne, a pain specialist at the University of Washington and president of Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing, which promotes the use of alternatives

said, “non-drug treatments are far more helpful than any drug treatment, and marijuana is a drug.”

The full report from The Pew Charitable Trusts, can be read here.

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FMHCA Annual Conference February 1st-3rd, 2018 in Lake Mary, Orlando

Benefits of Presenting: 

Presenters will receive a $50 discount on conference registration.

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Promotion of your name and credentials on our website and in all electronic and print marketing materials, where appropriate.

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Recognition of your expertise by FMHCA and by other industry professionals

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Networking opportunities.

PRESENTER PROPOSALS DUE BY JULY 14 2017!

FMHCA’s goal is to provide education, legislative oversight, and networking opportunities, our Annual Conference provides an opportunity for advanced professional training.

Take advantage of this opportunity and present at the FMHCA 2018 Annual Conference!

Presenter Eligibility:

Possible Dynamic Approaches May Cover:

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To be considered, presenters must have professional qualifications in good standing with their Integrative System Care professional regulatory board, if applicable, posExpressive and Creative Therapies sess the technical expertise necessary to present on Multicultural Counseling a subject effectively, and meet one or more of the Innovative Treatments and Skill Building Prac- following: tice  Have received specialized graduate or postgraduate level training in subject of presentaEMDR and Trauma Work tion; and/or Addiction Models  Have extensive experience including at least Military and Veteran Mental Health five years of practical application or research Ethics involving subject of presentation

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Mediation

Submit a Proposal to be a Presenter:

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Evidence Based Interventions

Submit on-line at www.FLMHCA.org

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Best Practice for Individuals with Autism Spec- Please Submit Questions at office@FLmhca.org or trum Disorder Call 561-228-6129  And Many More! 

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Become a FMHCA Member : FMHCA invites all mental health professionals to become a part of our organization so your voice can be heard and you can enjoy a strong network of professionals in our state.

Join by Clicking Here! by downloading a membership form and mailing it with your payment, or you may make a payment directly through our website. Keep in mind we have a few membership options: $65.00 Clinical - All LMHC's or CCMHC's $55.00 Regular - All registered interns or non-licensed professionals $25.00 Retired Clinicians - License Retired $Free Student (Free for the first year and there after $20.00) - Full time graduate, postgraduate, or undergraduate student Membership Renewal If your FMHCA membership has expired, we encourage you to and hope you will you to renew today by visiting our FLMHCA.ORG

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FMHCA's website gets hundreds of hits a day from members, nonmembers, and prospective members. Becoming a sponsor with FMHCA lets other professionals know that you're out there - it's a terrific way to network and grow as a professional.

There are two ways to becoming a sponsor - you can purchase a flashing banner across the top of our pages or one of the sponsor blocks at the bottom of our website pages.

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Call for Student Poster Session Date: FEB. 2, 2018 ORLANDO, Lake Mary, FL SUBMISSIONS MUST BE MADE BY OCT 15 and YOU WILL BE NOTIFIED OF OUR DECISION BY NOV Visit FMHCA.org TO Fill-Out Student-Poster Session Application & Find Out Details Such As Requirements and Rubric

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We're Looking for Talented Writers: FMHCA is seeking Graduate Students and Registered Interns to contribute monthly articles for our newsletter. This is a wonderful opportunity to share your point of view and your journey to licensure with others while getting professional exposure. We're looking specifically for articles that will you're your peers navigate the journey to graduation and licensure study tips, resources, how-tos... there are so many relevant topics worthy of investigation and discussion. These articles will also help you train yourself on best practices - it's a win-win!

Please email office@flmhca.org if you're interested in this opportunity.

Be Active in FMHCA - Join A Committee: Interested in becoming more active with FMHCA but not sure how to get started? Consider joining a committee!

Participating in a FMHCA committee allows you to interact with professionals who share your passions while providing a valuable service to FMHCA. Let's face it - change doesn't happen by itself. We need YOU to help us make a difference! There are several opportunities for you to get involved - consider any of the following committees: 

Ethics Committee

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Membership Committee

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Graduate Students & Registered Interns Committee

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Chapter Relations Committee

FMHCA Award Winners!

Leadership Award: E. Kay Novak

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Finance Committee

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Nominations & Elections Committee

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Governmental Relations Committee

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Conference Planning Committee

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Education, Training, Standards, & Continuing Education Training Committee

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Military Service Committee

 Research Committee Feeling especially interested in any of those topics? Consider being a committee chair - you'll be surprised how rewarding it can be to help make things happen!

Email office@flmhca.org to express your interest. Thank

Chapter of the Year: Northeast Florida Mental Health Counselors Association

Outstanding Chapter Website: Mental Health CounseVolunteers of the Year: Paula Carina Lazarim Marques lors of Central Florida (Orlando Chapter) Counselor Educator of the Year :Dr. James Messina Frank Hannah Scholarship: Christopher Baird (South Graduate Student of the Year: Diana Huambachano

Advocate of the Year: George Miller Mental Health Counselor of the Year: Amanda Patterson Outstanding Community Service: Mental Health Counselors of Central Florida (Orlando Chapter) Professional Service and Leadership to a Local Chapter: Cindy Wall

University Student)

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Member Perk Session 4: Facilitating Emergence: A Model for Launching Young Adults with Cognitive and Emotional Challenges Date:Friday, 3/24/17, 2:00-4:00 pm Session 5: Ethics and Social Media in the Digital Age Date:Friday, 4/28/17, 2:00-4:00 pm Session 6: Use of Motivational Interviewing to Broaden Your Skills with Your Clients Date: Friday, 5/26/17, 2:00-4:00 pm Session 7: Maternal Mental Health: What Therapists Need to Know Date:Friday, 6/23/17, 2:00-4:00 pm Session 8: Working with Kinky Clients Date:Friday, 7/28/17, 2:00-4:00 pm Session 9: Multicultural Counseling: A Mosaic, Not a Melting Pot Date:Friday, 8/25/17, 2:00-4:00 pm Session 10: Navigating Professional Practice Boundaries: From Telehealth to Portability Date:Friday, 9/22/17, 2:00-4:00 pm Session 11: Integrative Psychotherapies- New Paradigms in Psychotherapy Date: Friday, 10/27/17, 2:00-4:00 pm Session 12: How to Have the Difficult Conversation You’ve Been Avoiding with Family, Coworkers, Parents, Partners or Children Date:Friday, 11/10/17, 2:00-4:00 pm Session 13: Addressing Tobacco Use in Behavioral Health Date: Friday, 12/8/17, 2:00-4:00 pm

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Facilitating Emergence: A Model for Launching Young Adults with Cognitive and Emotional Challenges 24 March 2017 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Increasingly, young adults are not leaving their parents' homes, establishing careers, or settling into satisfying relationships. The developmental stage of Emerging Adulthood is wrought with a Failure to Launch. For young adults with cognitive and emotional disorders, the challenge is even greater. This webinar presents a developmental model provided in an academic milieu that supports mental health services, realistically defines accommodations, and actively addresses family dynamics that fail to launch.

Learning Objectives:

Participants will be able to identify and intervene upon the constellation of factors that prevent young adults with cognitive and mental disorders from achieving independence.

(1) Participants will be able to discern emerging adulthood issues that are specific to young adults with cognitive and emotional disorders from those that are common in the current cohort of young adults.

(2) Participants will be familiar with an academic/developmental model that addresses the specific needs of young adults with cognitive and emotional disorders and promotes self-advocacy.

(3) Participants will learn to develop strength-based treatment plan objectives that support young adult development and academic achievement.

(4) Participants will understand the benefit of incorporating motivational interviewing, family systems theory, and brief solution focused approaches with young adults.

(5) Participants will be aware of the opportunities for specialization and consultation in their practice of professional counseling.

CE Broker Tracking #: 20-548595 About the Presenter: Nicki Nance, PhD, LMHC, has provided mental health, substance abuse, and employee assistance services for more than 40 years in hospitals, agencies, correctional facilities, and private practice. She is a Nationally Certified Counselor, who also holds certifications as Master Addictions Counselor and Clinical Mental Health Counselor. She has presented at national and state conferences, and is a contributor to the Encyclopedia of Theories of Counseling, and Counseling and Psychotherapy Theories in Context and Practice. She is a professor in the graduate counseling program at Webster and at Beacon College, a SACS accredited institution that exclusively serves students with learning differences, ADHD, ASD, and associated mental and emotional challenges.

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