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Course Overview
The course consists of 6 live, webinar-style sessions (75 minutes of instruction + 30 minutes of discussion/questions = 105 minutes total) that teach best practices in crisis assessment, response, and disposition recommendations. Additional resources and materials are provided to participants.
Registration is $149 per person and participants can receive University of New Hampshire Continuing Education Units (CEUs) and a Certificate of Completion for MHIDD Mobile Crisis Response Training.
Who should attend?
- Mobile Crisis Responders, Clinicians & Supervisors
- Mental Health and/or IDD Case Managers /Service Coordinators
- Emergency Services Clinicians
- Session 1 - Introduction to Training Course & IDD-MH
- Session 2 - Presentation of Mental Health Diagnoses in People with IDD
- Session 3 - Mental Health Assessment Considerations for People with IDD
- Session 4 - Emergency Assessment
- Session 5 - Recommendations/Disposition Planning
- Session 6 - Tying It All Together
Course Learning Objectives
- Identify how common mental health conditions may present in persons with IDD
- Identify the most common mental health conditions within the IDD population
- Clarify difference between a person’s presentation and their diagnostic understanding
- Apply skills and approaches learned within sessions to crisis assessments of individuals with IDD-MH
- Integrate information learned into disposition recommendations
Continuing Education:
In order to receive a NCSS Certificate of Completion for and 0.75 University of New Hampshire CEUs (7.5 contact hours) participants must:
- Attend each Zoom Webinar session (If unable to attend a particular session, a recorded version will be available)
- Read weekly case vignette prior to session and complete a case vignette worksheet
- Complete a pre- and post-survey at the beginning and conclusion of the course as well as a short training evaluation following each session