PsychEd

Understanding the special education system for clinicians

This is a live interactive webinar presentation.

This workshop is intended to provide useful information regarding the special education system to non-school based clinicians in order to help them understand how best to meet the needs of their school-aged clients. The workshop will include a brief history of special education in the United States, and will then focus on critical terminology and concepts endemic to special education but which may not be familiar to clinicians in more traditional mental health settings. Lastly, the workshop will include overviews of how to understand relevant clinical information presented in educational language in special education documents, such as school-based evaluations and individual education plans. The overarching goal of the workshop will be to provide clinicians with a functional and conceptual understanding of special education interventions that may be implemented for their school-age clients, and a workable means to effectively contribute relevant clinical insights into the special education needs of said clients.

At the completion of the program, participants will be able to:

• Describe the history, structure, and function of the special education system, particularly as implemented in New Jersey.
• Discuss the commonalities and differences between clinical diagnosis and educational classification, with particular emphasis on preparing clinical information to be useful to clients who may be in the special education system.
• Describe the needs and goals of the special education system, in order for clinicians to make useful and helpful diagnostic and treatment recommendations to school-based special education teams.
• Discuss how to interpret educational language for useful clinical information obtained from special education documents, such as school-based special education valuations, individual education plans, and more.

CE Credit: 1.5 hours of CE credit is available for attendees who are present for the entire live program.

Target Audience: Psychologists, Social Workers, Other Mental Health Professionals.
This is an Intermediate Level Course.
Course Delivery: This live webinar is fully interactive. Attendees may ask and answer questions throughout the presentation and participate in instructor-led discussions.

Agenda (EST): 10:00am – 11:30am EST Presentation

Disclosures: Neither the speaker, nor CEH have received any commercial support for this program or its contents and will not receive any commercial support prior to or during this program. For additional information, please contact Ms. Heidi Yamka at (856) 220-9672.

Instructions for requesting accessibility accommodations:
Accommodation Information: CEH webinars are available to those with internet access.
For questions, concerns, or to request special accommodations, please email yamka@thecenterforemotionalhealth.com.
For other questions regarding this presentation, please contact Heidi Yamka at yamka@thecenterforemotionalhealth.com.

Continuing Education information:
Course completion requirements: To earn CE credit, attendees must log in at the scheduled time and attend the entire course. Certificates of completion will be emailed within one week of course completion.
Completion of a post-event evaluation at the conclusion of the program is encouraged to inform future programming, but CE credits are not contingent upon completion of the evaluation.

CE Credits: 1.5 hours

The Center for Emotional Health of Greater Philadelphia, LLC is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Center for Emotional Health of Greater Philadelphia, LLC maintains responsibility for this program and its content.The Center for Emotional Health of Greater Philadelphia, LLC is not responsible to verify that American Psychological Association continuing education credits are approved by an attendee’s respective state licensing Board.

The Center for Emotional Health of Greater Philadelphia, LLC, #1820, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. The Center for Emotional Health of Greater Philadelphia, LLC maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 6/15/2023-6/15/2026. Social workers completing this course receive 1.5 continuing education credits.

Course Location: Live, interactive, synchronous learning via Zoom Webinars
Target Audience: Psychologists, Social Workers, Other Mental Healthcare Providers
Content Level: Introductory
System Requirements: Please see system requirements to participate in the event (see Zoom System Requirements on website).
Registration Deadline (external to CEH providers): 24 hours prior to the event
Course Requirements: To receive continuing education credit, attendees must attend the program in its entirety and complete the course evaluation which will be emailed via Google Form following the presentation. Certificates of completion will be awarded by email within one week of course completion.
Grievances/Cancellation/Refund Policy: Will be considered by the CE committee on a case-by-case basis. Please see attached policy (see CEH Grievance Policy on website)
Accessibility or Other Inquiries: Please contact mail@thecenterforemotionalhealth.com

The Center for Emotional Health of Greater Philadelphia has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7263. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The Center for Emotional Health of Greater Philadelphia is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. NBCC ACEP No. 7263.