Common Youth Mental Health Difficulties and Family-Based Interventions

In this training, we will review foundational knowledge important for working with families. Specific topics include the importance of families for child mental health, relevant definitions, as well as core concepts and general skills when working with families. Emphasis will be placed on how providers can most effectively work with culturally diverse families and how to promote service engagement. Additionally, we will discuss indicators of common youth emotional and behavioral difficulties, including behavioral difficulties, depression, anxiety, and trauma. We will identify relevant the...Read moreoretical frameworks regarding the emergence and alleviation of these common difficulties, as well as corresponding evidence-based family-level intervention and prevention strategies. Common elements strategies and resources that can be used in everyday practice will be emphasized. Less...

Learning Objectives

Identify at least three (3) common signs that youth may be struggling with an emotional or behavioral difficulty.
Identify youth who may be most at risk of developing an emotional or behavioral difficulty.
Intervene with youth and their families towards addressing and preventing common youth emotional and behavioral difficulties.

Target Audience

This live interactive webinar is intended for mental health professionals, including Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, MFT's and Addiction Professionals.

Learning Levels

Beginner

Thursday, September 08, 2022

Live Interactive Webinar

11:00 AM EDT - 02:15 PM EDT

EARN 3 CE Credit Hours

About the speaker

Geetha Gopalan

Associate Professor Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College

Dr. Geetha Gopalan is an Associate Professor from the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College. Her research focuses on the implementation of evidence-based mental health interventions with youth and families, particularly family-level interventions to improve youth mental health and reduce youth risk behavior among families with intensive service involvement and psychosocial needs (such as those involved in the child welfare system). Recently, she was the Principal Investigator on an NIMH-funded study to expand the implementation of a Multiple Family Groups (MFG) intervention to reduce child disruptive behavior difficulties, and she has participated in two NIMH-funded intervention research training institutes. Dr. Gopalan has also worked as a clinical practitioner in the New York City child welfare system and the child and adolescent emergency psychiatry program at Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn.

CE Information - Earn 3 CE Credit Hours

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Disclosure

Presenter Disclosure: Financial disclosures: The presenter(s) receive an honorarium for presenting this webinar. There are no nonfinancial relationships in the products or services described, reviewed, evaluated or compared in this presentation.

Commercial Support: There is no commercial support for any products to disclose.