Engagement and Population Health: Improving Health Outcomes through Trauma-Informed Practice and Culture

When

Wednesday, January 6, 2021 from 10:00AM to 11:30 AM EDT

Wednesday, January 13, 2021 from 10:00AM to 11:30 AM EDT

Wednesday, January 20, 2021 from 10:00AM to 11:30 AM EDT

**Participants must attend all three sessions to receive CE credits.**

Where

This is a LIVE ONLINE Webinar and will take place via Zoom. Instructions on how to access Zoom will be sent via email following event registration. 

Contact

Christina Steudte, LMHC
Association for Mental Health and Wellness
631-471-7242 ext 1330
csteudte@mhaw.org

This is a 3-part training which covers the prevalence of trauma and the developmental impact of early childhood trauma on brain chemistry, behavioral health disorders and chronic disease.  The principles of trauma informed care and resiliency-based approaches as they apply to behavioral health treatment and services settings will also be explored.    

Who Should Attend: 

Social Workers, Mental Health Counselors, Creative Arts Therapists, Marriage and Family Therapists, and any professional that is working in the mental health field. 

Learning Objectives:

  • Participants will learn about the prevalence and impact of trauma in the lives of people served by the behavioral health treatment and services provider community.
  • Participants will also learn how trauma alters brain chemistry and its relationship to behavioral disorders and chronic disease.
  • Participants will  learn the principles of trauma-informed care and the steps for adopting these principles in treatment and service settings.

APPROVED FOR 4.5 CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS

LIVE ONLINE WEBINAR

(LMSW/LCSW/LMHC/LCAT/LMFT)

Association for Mental Health and Wellness is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers. (Provider #0156)

Association for Mental Health and Wellness is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. (Provider #MHC-0014)

Association for Mental Health and Wellness is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists. (Provider #MFT-0010)

Association for Mental Health and Wellness is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed creative arts therapists. (Provider #CAT-0004)
 

Certificate of completion will be provided after the return of completed evaluation (via email).

Registration fee: $115.00

Participants must be present for all three sessions to receive Continuing Education Credit.

About the Presenter

Dr. Yves Ades


With over 25 years of experience in community-based behavioral health and supportive housing program design, development and management, Dr. Ades launched Ades Integrated Health Strategies in 2014 through which he has provided training and technical assistance for the implementation of best practices that facilitate engagement with high risk/high need populations. Adopting the principles Trauma-Informed Culture has been of central importance to provider organizations seeking to improve health outcomes for people with complex health care needs. Dr. Ades has worked with community-based providers and provider member organizations in New York City, Long Island, Rockland County and the Hudson Valley.  In his own words: “At the heart of my consulting practice is the knowledge, tailored assistance and guidance, that community-based providers often need, to manage the inevitable tension between the business of health care and the art of caring.”