* * * THERE IS NO PARTIAL CREDIT * * *
You MUST attend sessions in their entirety. Certificates will be emailed AFTER March 17.
Sunday Evening Session: 2/21/21 (7:00-9:00 p.m.)
Presenters: Cheryl Dianne White, MT-BC; and Cheryl Stephenson, MM, MT-BC
Description: Music is everywhere and influences us throughout our day: all day, every day. Imagine a movie or TV show without music, or going to restaurants and retail stores in complete silence. Our society values music to the level of using music for daily manipulation. How do you use music in your daily life? How does music impact our clients in positive and negative ways? Many times, we think we do not hear or pay attention to the music around us. However, our mind often hears the music and the lyrics. When we are healthy, mentally, spiritually and emotionally, music can generally have benign consequences. But, when we are not in good health, music can result in negative outcomes. Explore the many facets of music.
Learn how music is constructive and destructive to our daily lives. Examine ways to utilize music in treatment with individuals seeking addiction recovery. Explore ways to use music in your own daily life to reduce stress and manage daily focus. Incorporating music in treatment can help those struggling with addiction break self-destructive behavioral patterns. Allow music to be a positive life force.
Monday Evening Session: 2/22/21 (7:00-9:00 p.m.)
Presenter: Jim Van Hecke, BS
Description: Brain development in the teens and early twenties makes students differentially sensitive to many alcohol effects than older adults. Participants will understand how alcohol use affects different parts of the brain, including goals and judgment, motivation and impulse control, consciousness, learning and memory, and coordination. This presentation will help clinicians who deal with adolescents, college students and/or parents better understand and work with these clients.
Tuesday Evening Session: 2/23/21 (7:00-9:00 p.m.)
Presenter: Juan Prandoni, PhD
Description: In this session we will cover some of the latest research and best practices when approaching mental health treatment with Latinx populations. We will discuss how issues associated with culture, acculturation, immigration, and living in the US as an immigrant intersect with the current sociopolitical landscape to shape mental health and substance use impacts and their treatment. This will be a fairly interactive session, with open Q&A sections as well as mock case discussions with audience participation.