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Treatment Options and Executive Function Differences for IDD/ASD and Behavioral Health Comorbid Diagnoses

Virtual
On Demand
2.75 CE Hours
Clinical
Free

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Location

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    Sessions will be available On-Demand
Description

Over the last decade, the mental health community has become aware that there is a significant subgroup of individuals with Intellectual Disabilities and/or Autism Spectrum Disorder who have comorbid Substance Use Disorder. There is evidence that the prevalence of these co-occurring disorders has been rising. Sadly, the scientific literature offers little regarding how to treat these unique combinations of disorders.

The purpose of this workshop is to explain executive functions, how they differ between Substance Use Disorder, and Intellectual Disability and/or Autism Spectrum Disorder, how they can present in combination, and how to treat them to relieve suffering. Additionally, this workshop will address the general concepts of treating anxiety and/or mood disorders in those with Intellectual disorder and/or Autism Spectrum Disorder. This three-hour workshop can be used to begin connecting those who work with Intellectual Disability and/or Autism Spectrum Disorder with those who treat Substance Use Disorder and other behavioral health conditions in such a way that they can work together to help their common clients

Target Audience
  • Counselors
  • Addiction Counselors
  • Social Workers
  • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists
  • Psychologists
Educational Goal

The educational goal of this workshop is to increase knowledge of treating individuals with co-occurring Intellectual Disabilities and/or Autism Spectrum Disorder and Substance Use Disorder, Anxiety and/or Mood disorders.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Name two of the three executive function components described in the webinar.

  • Explain the general prevalence of comorbidity between Substance Use Disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorder and/or Intellectual Disability.

  • Identify and describe one mental health treatment modality that can be used to treat anxiety and/or depression in those with Intellectual Disability and/or Autism Spectrum Disorder.

  • Name at least one national organization that helps those with 1) Intellectual Disability, 2) Autism Spectrum Disorder and 3) Substance Use Disorder.

  • Identify and describe one intervention that has been shown to be useful for those with Intellectual Disability and/or Autism Spectrum Disorder and comorbid Substance Use Disorder.

Introductory
Clinical
Counselors

TPN.health has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7267. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. TPN.health is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

 

Course meets the qualifications for hours of continuing education credit for LPCCs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LPCCs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.

 

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0220.

Addiction Counselors

This course has been approved by TPN.health, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #198061, TPN.health is responsible for all aspects of the programming. Counselor Skill Group: Legal, Ethical and Professional Development.

Social Workers

TPN.health, #1766, 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. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 03/31/2022 – 03/31/2025. Social workers completing this course receive 2.75 continuing education credits.

 

Course meets the qualifications for hours of continuing education credit for LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LCSWs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.

 

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0654.

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists

Course meets the qualifications for hours of continuing education credit for LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.

 

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0097.

 

This workshop meets the requirements and has been approved for 3 hours for Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists in Louisiana by the Louisiana Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.

Psychologists

TPN.health is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

CE Policy
This course is fiscally sponsored by Aetna Better Health Louisiana. There may be potential biases or conflicts of interest inherent to this relationship, and it must be disclosed to participants. These conflicts of interest have no bearing on the course content and have been resolved.
  • Waiting Room Opens
  • Workshop Begins
  • 15 Minute Break
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  • Workshop Ends
Note: Time designated for waiting room, breaks cannot be counted toward CE credit.
Kevin Blake, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist

Dr. Blake is a recognized national authority on Specific Learning Disorder, AD/HD and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in children, adolescents, and adults. He has specialized for over 30 years in Specific Learning Disorder, AD/HD and ASD and lives and works as a licensed psychologist in Tucson, Arizona. Interest in these areas was spurred by his own struggles with trying to overcome Dyslexia with impairment in phonological processing, fluency, spelling and comprehension, as well as a severe sensorineural hearing loss which were all initially diagnosed at the age of 26 during his first year of a doctoral program. At that time, the early 1980’s,little was known about adults with Specific Learning Disorder. As Dr. Blake struggled to learn about his own Specific Learning Disorder, he decided to make his life’swork the diagnosis and treatment of adults with Specific Learning Disorder, AD/HD and Autism Spectrum Disorder. When Dr. Blake began his professional career, he was one of a handful of practitioners in the country with such a focus. Now he travels the country sharing his personal story and what he has learned about Specific Learning Disorder, AD/HD and Autism Spectrum Disorder with other professionals who work with these populations, individuals with these disorders, and their loved ones. Dr. Blake, an avid competitive cyclist, lives with his wife, a retired psychologist and their two dogs in Tucson, Arizona.

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