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A Provider’s Guide: The Special Needs Journey for Military Families


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Faculty:
Andrea Israel, PhD |  Erin Frick, PsyD |  Khristine Heflin, MSW, LCSW-C |  Julie Williams, MBA |  Justin Tash
Course Levels:
Intermediate
Duration:
1 Hour 30 Minutes
Media Type:
SCORM
License:
Access for 60 day(s) after purchase.


Description

Thank you for your interest in this training! The DoD Kids Team at CDP is committed to offering high-quality, evidence-based training to a broad audience. We appreciate the challenges of making time for further education amidst a busy professional schedule. That said, to ensure we can continue offering free access to these trainings, we would like you to make every effort to complete it after registering. Please only register if you have time to complete the training. Also, remember that by completing this training, psychologists and social workers can earn FREE CEs!

Description:

This asynchronous on-demand training reviews four trends relative to today’s adolescents and explains their impact on behavioral health practice. Learners are presented with research that explains why developmental theories have extended adolescence to 25 years old, including implications for working with individuals who are legally adults yet developmentally still within adolescence. The training  provides insight into today’s adolescents’ diverse social experiences, including navigating living in a hybrid (online and in-person) environment. Unique stressors are explored, with reflection on current mental health trends for adolescents, before considering today’s adolescents’ generational identity and how it may contribute to resilience. To extend this information, learners are provided key implications for behavioral health practice and developmentally appropriate screening tools to support work with 21st century adolescents. 

Learning Objectives:

  1. Integrate information about systems and resources for children with special needs into clinical practice with military families.
  2. Explain the services provided for military children with special needs by the Department of Defense’s Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP).

Instructional Format: 

This course is available online as an interactive, reading based asynchronous webinar, including a combination of videos and activities. Participants will complete the course and take an online post-test. 

Total CE Credits: 1.5

*Photo by: Getty Images licensed by Purdue University Online

Credits


This course has been approved for the following:

 

Social Workers:
Association of Social Work Boards

The Center for Deployment Psychology #1761, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. The Center for Deployment Psychology maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: May19, 2022 - May 19, 2025. Social workers completing this course receive 1.5 Reading-Based Asynchronous Distance, Reading Based Online continuing education credits.

New York State Education Department 
The Center for Deployment Psychology 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 (#SW-0744). 

Psychologists:
American Psychological Association

The Center for Deployment Psychology is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Center for Deployment Psychology maintains responsibility for this program and its content. 

New York State Education Department 
The Center for Deployment Psychology is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists (#PSY-0178).

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**Inquiries regarding CE credits may be directed via email to DoD Kids Project Manager, Julie Williams, at julie.williams.ctr@usuhs.edu.



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Faculty

Andrea Israel, PhD Related Seminars and Products


Andrea Israel, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist with expertise in child and adolescent psychology, health psychology, neuropsychological and psychoeducational evaluation, and workforce health and wellness programming.  After completing her doctorate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her postdoctoral work at Duke University Medical Center, she has worked with both pediatric and adult patients across diverse settings, including university medical centers, community hospitals, outpatient clinics, private practice, and federal civilian and military installations.  Dr. Israel currently serves as a Military Behavioral Health Child Psychologist at the Center for Deployment Psychology (CDP) at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland. In this role, she supports a study to assess the feasibility and to identify best practices for enhancing and expanding capabilities to deliver telehealth services to youth (dependents of active duty military) with neurodevelopmental and behavioral health needs across a dispersed geographic area.


Erin Frick, PsyD Related Seminars and Products


Erin Frick, Psy.D., is a clinical psychologist serving as Assistant Director of the DoD Child Collaboration Study for the Center for Deployment Psychology (CDP) at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland. In this role, she leads a team studying best practices for using telehealth tools and tele-education with healthcare providers and other professionals working with military children and families with developmental, emotional, and behavioral needs. Dr. Frick also leads Evidence-Based Psychotherapy (EBP) trainings and is integrally involved in diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts within CDP. Dr. Frick earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Manchester University (formerly Manchester College) in Indiana. She graduated with her master’s degree in mental health counseling from Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN, and her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Wright State University in Dayton, OH. Before joining CDP, Dr. Frick worked as a contract psychologist treating active-duty military members and utilizing multiple EBPs at Travis Air Force Base, CA.


Khristine Heflin, MSW, LCSW-C Related Seminars and Products


Khristine Heflin, MSW, LCSW-C, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and has been practicing since 2006. She has worked with children, adolescents and adults with specialty areas that include managing anxiety and depression, parenting education and suicidal ideation prevention. She is committed to mental health equity and reducing the impact of unaddressed mental health needs. Currently, she serves as a Military Behavioral Health Child Social Worker with the Center for Deployment Psychology (CDP) at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences located in Bethesda, MD. In this role, Ms. Heflin works on the Department of Defense Child Collaboration Study and is responsible for identifying best practices for expanding telehealth services to military children and delivering evidenced based training to behavioral health clinicians and community providers caring for military children and families. Her educational background includes a master’s degree in Social Work with a clinical concentration in mental health, families and children from the University of Maryland, Baltimore and Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Maryland, College Park.


Julie Williams, MBA Related Seminars and Products


Julie Williams, MBA, is the Project Manager for the DOD Child Collaboration Study which focuses on best practices for expanding telehealth care for military children and families with behavioral health needs. Prior to joining the Center for Deployment Psychology, Ms. Williams worked at the Military Family Research Institute at Purdue University on the Star Behavioral Health Providers program. In this role, she worked to expand access for military-connected individuals to culturally competent providers, and expand the utilization of Evidence Based Practices. Ms. Williams received her Bachelor's degree from Purdue University and her Masters of Business Administration from Purdue University Global.


Justin Tash Related Seminars and Products


Justin Tash is the Administrative Assistant for the DOD Child Collaboration Study which focuses on best practices for expanding telehealth care for military children and families with behavioral health needs. Prior to joining the Center for Deployment Psychology, Mr. Tash was an Officer in the U.S. Air Force. He flew the EC-130 Compass Call, an Electronic Attack platform, as a Navigator, completed two deployments, one to Afghanistan and one to Kuwait where he operated in Iraq and Syria, and accumulated over 1500 flight hours. He is currently pursuing his Masters in Social Work from the University of South Florida and working toward becoming a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. 


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