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The Intersection of Trauma & Developmental Disabilities

Miriam Arond2025-04-01T14:06:04-04:00April 1st, 2025|Categories: Courses, Mental Health|Tags: mental health training, mental health course, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, developmental disabilities, Trauma, Nonprofit, Mental Health, Westchester|

In order to enable clinicians to better serve this unique client population, this course will: provide information on how trauma may present differently in the developmental disability population compared to neurotypicals, encourage participants to think critically about how traumatic experiences might be experienced through the lens of a person with developmental disabilities, and identify ways in which current evidence-based interventions for trauma could be adapted for this population of clients.

Trauma Treatment Across the Lifespan

Miriam Arond2025-02-27T12:25:14-05:00March 6th, 2024|Categories: Courses, Mental Health|Tags: trauma therapist, trauma treatment, PTSD, CBT, ed institute, mental health course, stress, Trauma, Mental Health, Behavioral Health|

Clinicians are likely to encounter survivors of trauma in their practice. In addition to clients who meet criteria for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and other Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders from single traumatic events, survivors of complex and early developmental attachment trauma may also present more complex clinical pictures.

The DD Diagnoses and Community Mental Health

Miriam Arond2025-03-26T13:14:23-04:00September 15th, 2023|Categories: Courses, Mental Health|Tags: community mental health, mental health training, mental health course, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, developmental disabilities, Nonprofit, Mental Health, Westchester|

Almost all clinicians who are in a general practice setting either in the community, or a school or hospital are finding they need skills in recognizing developmental disorders and adapting treatment strategies to meet the needs of individuals who are either on the spectrum or have cognitive challenges. This course is designed to review the fundamental aspects of these diagnoses, including changes in the DSM 5-TR.