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When:
Friday, December 9, 2022
10:00am-12:00pm EST
Where:
Zoom
Registration:
For Continuing Education: $35
Free general registration
Continuing Education (CE) information:
*Florida License Only
2 CE for Psychologists & School Psychologists
2 Credit Hours provided for LCSW, LMHC & LMFT (State of Florida)
All CEs require additional CE request during registration located on our website, a $35 fee, and an evaluation form returned to us following the training.
*CEs for Florida license only LCSW, LMHC & LMFT. Upon request, The Melissa Institute will provide a certificate of completion that can be self-reported to other state boards. We cannot guarantee that it will be accepted by other boards for approval.)
About:
Extreme weather events, such as hurricanes, floods, and wildfires, have become more frequent and more extreme due to climate change. Such events pose major risks to human health and psychological well-being, especially for young people, who have been identified as a vulnerable population in disasters. This course focuses on key lessons from clinical research that highlight the mental and physical health impacts of disasters on youth as well as the factors that put youth at risk for poor mental health outcomes or that help mitigate disasters' impact. Based on these "risk-and-resilience" findings, implications for developing and implementing post-disaster interventions with youth will be discussed. Finally, examples of intervention strategies using the After the Storm manual will be provided.
Learning Objectives:
Participant will be able to:
- Identify the mental and physical health impacts of disasters on youth.
- Analyze the factors that put youth at risk for poor mental health outcomes and what post-disaster interventions help mitigate the disaster’s impact.
- Review risk and resilience research findings and their clinical implications responding to the needs of youth disaster victims.
Annette La Greca, Ph.D.
Dr. Annette La Greca is a distinguished Professor of Psychology and Pediatrics. She received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Purdue University after completing a clinical internship at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. She joined the facults at the University of Miami, where she directed and led the development of graduate program tracks in clinical-child and pediatric health psychology. She has also directed the department's APA-accredited program in Clinical Psychology for many years. Dr. La Greca's work has focused on youth "risk and resilience" and her strategies for promoting resilience amongst youth. This work is exemplified by her research on the impact of adolescents' peer relations (including peer and cyber victimization), on their feelings of social anxiety and depression as well as on the impact of natural disasters on children and a family's psychological and physical health. She studied youth and families' risk and resilience following Hurricanes Andrew (1992), Charley (2004), Ike (2008), and Irma (2017), and is the author of After the Storm: A guide to Help Children Cope in the Aftermath of Hurricanes, as well as the recent book on Helping Children and Families Cope with the COVID-19 Pandemic. Her work has been recognized by multiple awards, including the Distinguished Research Award from the Society of Pediatric Psychology, the International Scholar Award from the Australian Rotary Health Research Fund, the Distinguished Women Scholars Award from Purdue University, and the Distinguished Career Award from the society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. She also received a Presidential Citation from the American Psychological Association from her Outstanding Contributions to Science, Practice, and Education Within the Fields of Clinical-Child and Pediatric Psychology.
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Continuing Education Registration:
For payment for CEs:
Following registration, you will be sent the zoom link.
*CEs for Florida license only. Upon request, the Melissa Institute will provide a certificate of completion that can be self-reported to other boards. We cannot guarantee that it will be accepted by other boards for approval.
The Melissa Institute for Violence Prevention & Treatment is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Melissa Institute for Violence Prevention & Treatment maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE: None of the planners and presenters for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s)* to disclose with ineligible companies* whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
*Financial relationships are relevant if the educational content an individual can control is related to the business lines or products of the ineligible company.