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CMH Waiver-Specific
Training
From
time-to-time training beneficial to providers of the Children's Mental
Health (CMH) Waiver will be posted here. If you are a provider wishing
to advertise an upcoming training you are hosting, please feel free to contact
us.
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May 2007 Regional
CMH Forums
The purpose of these meetings is to bring together those from
various regional areas to foster discussion, collaboration, and
education regarding CMH Waiver service delivery. Agendas will
consist of topics of regional interest as well as standing agenda items.
+ Forum Schedule
(May 4 - 18)
+ Note: If you are not already on the CMH ListServe,
please contact
us.
Related
Forums, Trainings, Webinars, and Tele-Conferences
- Autism, Asperger's and
Related Disorders
(April 19,
2007 ~ Cherokee, Iowa (8:30
a.m. - 4:00 p.m.)
+ The
purpose of this educational program is to provider consumers, families,
educators and health care professionals with information to assist with
learning to recognize the symptoms of Autism, Asperger's and Related
Disorders. Speakers: Chris Okiishi, M.D. is a psychiatrist affiliated
with the Iowa Child Health Specialty Clinics and provides childhood
psychiatric consultations across the state. He is a staff physician with
Community Mental Health Centers in Iowa City, Ottumwa, and Washington,
Iowa and lectures for the University of Iowa, Carver College of
Medicine, Dept. of Psychiatry. Edward Malewski, M.D., a board-certified
child and adolescent psychiatrist, serves as the Director of the
Children's and Adolescent Unit at the Cherokee Mental Health Institute.
Dr. Malewski recently relocated to Iowa from the Rainbow Mental Health
Facility in Kansas City and brings over 30 years of experience working
with children and adolescents.
+ To register, contact : Rhonda Saxen, 712-225-6918;
Jane Campbell, 712-225-1696, or Dennis Baugh, 712-225-1564.
+ Additional Details: Registration
Fee includes CEU, or Contact hour certificates, lunch and break
refreshments. Registration Fee: $50.00; Consumers/Families $7.00. Send
registration and check payable to: Cherokee Mental Health Institute
- Training in Family Team
(decision-making) Meetings
(on-going state-wide trainings throughout 2007)
+ Learning
Opportunities
- Joint Commission Behavioral Health
Care Accreditation Teleconferences
(Designed to share info about becoming accredited)
+ Register
(free) - calls begin at 12:00 pm CST
+ Targeted at providers not accredited with the Joint
Commission
+ Free 1-hour calls will include:
- February 13 - An Intro to
Basics
- May 8 - How to Prepare for your First
Survey
- August 7 - the On-Site Survey Process
- November 13 - Standards Applicability
- Know What Applies to You
+ Contact
for Questions
- Teleconferences with the National
Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health
(These 2007 teleconferences feature expert resource persons, and
will cover important and emerging trends in the mental health field)
+ Teleconference
Schedule
+ There is no registration fee for participation
+ Resources will be posted to their website and made available
during the teleconferences
+ Sponsored by Georgetown University
- Many Faces of Mental Illness and
Intellectual Disabilities
(June 14, 2007 ~ Sioux City, Iowa (7:30am to 5:00 pm)
+ Sponsored by Siouxland Mental Health Center,
Woodbury County and NIACC
+ Cost: $75 (includes lunch and CEU/CEH)
+ Register
+ Scholarships are available to families (712) 202-0173 (apply
by June 5th)
+ Contact agency for more information: (712)252-3871
- The Explosive Child ~ Dr. Ross Greene
(June 15, 2007)
+ Conference Brochure
and Registration Tools
(early bird and team rates are available)
- Suicide and Self Mutilation
+ Sponsored by PESI,
Continuing Education Seminars
- 7/13/07
~ Des Moines
- 7/16/07
~ Cedar Rapids
- 7/17/07
~ Davenport
- Behavioral Interventions for
Childhood Emotional & Behavioral Disorders
+ Sponsored by PESI,
Continuing Education Seminars
- 7/16/07
~ Des Moines
- 7/17/07
~ Cedar Rapids
- 7/18/07
~ Davenport
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