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Initial Assessment and Risk Evaluation/Children 2024

Zoom

 INITIAL ASSESSMENT AND RISK EVALUATION/CHILDREN Date: 8/13/24                 Time: 9-10:30am Contact Hrs: 1.5           CEU’s:  1.5  Enrollment Limited to:  20 Participants will learn to perform a thorough mental health assessment of, and risk evaluation for, child clients. This class will address the goals and methods of initial evaluations, and the information that should be obtained. Risk evaluations will be discussed, including eliciting and identifying risk and protective factors, making appropriate responses, and preparing documentation that protects the client, clinician, and agency. Method:  Lecture; discussion. Learning Objectives: To perform a thorough mental health assessment for child clients. To elicit and identify risk and […]

Common Factors of Evidence-Based Trauma Treatments

Zoom

Dates: 9/10/24              Time: 9:00-10:30 Enrollment Limited to: 20      Contact Hrs: 1.5           CEU’s: 1.5 This course will focus on using Judith Herman, MD’s three stages of trauma treatment. This course will explore the common factors of evidence-based trauma treatments including Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Skills Training for Affective and Interpersonal Regulation-Narrative Story Telling (STAIR-NST) and Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT). We will also discuss common pre-treatment beliefs and assessment. The course will include lecture and case discussion. Method: Lecture, discussion Learning Objectives: Participants will learn how to identify at […]

Hallucinogens: What Clinicians Need to Know

Zoom

This session will provide an overview of various substances comprising the category of hallucinogens, their intoxication and withdrawal symptoms, and co-occurring mental health and physical health concerns.

Dissociation 2024

Zoom

Dates:  9/17/24                                             Time: 9:00-10:30                                  Enrollment Limited to: 20                   Contact Hrs:  1.5                     CEU’s: 1.5                                                                                                                                                       This course will focus on Frank Putnam MD’s conceptualization of dissociation.  Participants will learn basic skills in how to identify dissociation, assess dissociation and treat people with dissociative disorders. The course will include lecture and case discussion.   Method: Lecture, discussion Learning Objectives: Participants will learn how to identify dissociation. Participants will learn two […]

Demystifying Electroconvulsive Therapy: A Discussion of the Practice of Modern ECT

Zoom

This course will explain the indications, practice, and outcomes of ECT in an effort to clarify and destigmatize ECT. Extensive research has found ECT to be highly effective for the relief of major depression. It is also used for other severe mental illnesses, such as bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.

Assessing and Treating Clients with Co-occurring Mental Health and Substance Use Conditions

Zoom

This training will help providers to be more prepared for the challenges associated with providing treatment to such individuals. Providers will learn how to conduct an assessment of substance use, how to decide what level of treatment is appropriate for specific individuals, assess individuals’ readiness for change, apply evidenced-based approaches to increasing individuals’ motivation for change, assess the functional purposes and impacts of substance use, select and utilize appropriate treatments for individuals with co-occurring conditions, and help individuals reduce the impacts of relapse.

Novel Drugs of Abuse: What Clinicians Need to Know

Zoom

Novel drugs are synthetic illicit drugs sometimes referred to as designer drugs and are often sold as legal, safe, nondrug products, frequently escaping regulation, resulting in delays in professionals and legislators recognizing their use and impacts.

Hoarding Disorder: What Clinicians Need to Know

Zoom

It is estimated that 2%-6% of the population suffers from hoarding disorder. Across two sessions, this course will review the common mechanisms associated with the development of hoarding disorder as well as how to recognize, assess, and treat
hoarding disorder. The course will also provide an overview of a newly developed eight-week specialty treatment program for hoarding disorder that can be effectively delivered both in office or via telehealth in standard length psychotherapy sessions.

Parent Management Training (PMT)

Zoom

Dates: 11/12/24 & 11/19/24       Time: 9:00-10:30 Enrollment Limited To: 25     Contact Hrs: 3      CEUs: 3 Externalizing disorders in children are a common presenting problem for families seeking treatment services. Parent Management Training (PMT) is a time-limited, evidence-based treatment that provides skills training to parents, and has been shown to reduce externalizing behavior problems in preschool and school-aged children. This course will focus on the theoretical underpinnings and empirical support for PMT, and will provide an overview of the specific skills used in implementation. Participants will learn how to adapt and utilize parent-centered approaches in treatment […]

WJCS Fall 2024 Job Fair

WJCS HQ 845 North Broadway, White Plains, NY

CLICK HERE TO VIEW OUR JOB OPENINGS! For more information, contact [email protected]; 914.761.0600 x2171. WJCS helps people of all ages and backgrounds meet life’s challenges and achieve personal success. Our non-profit agency, founded in 1943, is the largest provider of licensed, community-based mental health services in Westchester County.

WJCS Fall 2024 Job Fair

WJCS HQ 845 North Broadway, White Plains, NY

Explore rewarding opportunities at Westchester Jewish Community Services!