The North Carolina Division of Child and Family Well-Being is sponsoring a series of webinars to support workforce development for systems that interact with, support, and provide treatment for persons who have mental illness co-occurring with an intellectual/developmental disability. The didactic webinars will cover information on how to adapt trauma informed models for dually diagnosed individuals. There will be four presentations in total (one per quarter) and will cover the following topics: Trauma-Informed Assessment, Problematic Sexual Behaviors (PSB), Trauma Informed Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), and the Modular Approach to Therapy for Children with Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, or Conduct Problems (MATCH).
All training sessions will occur from 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
| Date | Speaker | Title |
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August 10, 2022 |
Dan Cheron | The Modular Approach to Therapy for Children (MATCH)-Adaptations for Youth with Intellectual Disabilities |
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November 9, 2022
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Kristina Turner | Providing Applied Behavior Analysis in a Trauma Informed Environment |
| February 8, 2023 | Dr. Angela Tunno | Partnering with Families in Comprehensive, Trauma-Informed Assessments (CTIAs) for Youth with Dual IDD Diagnoses: A Strengths-Based and Flexible Approach |
| May 10, 2023 | Nicole Croteau-Johnson | Problematic Sexual Behaviors and its Impact on Dually Diagnosed Youth |
Modality: Each training will be 2 hours of instruction in length. These didactics are a live interactive virtual training via zoom video conferencing platform.
Registration: Registration is free, but participants must pre-register for this training. We will confirm your registration by email.
Target Audience:
This training series targets behavioral health professionals, LME-MCO staff, medical professionals, nursing professionals, school staff, state, local child serving agencies, and parents of youth who are dually diagnosed with mental illness and intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Inclement Weather Policy:
Any announcements regarding changes to the schedule due to inclement weather will be posted on https://bhs.unc.edu. Registered participants will also be notified by email.
ADA Statement:
Registrants requiring any of the auxiliary aids or services identified in the Americans with Disabilities Act to participate in our training programs, please contact us by email at bhs-support@unc.edu or by phone at (919) 445-0990 after completing registration to ensure we have enough time to secure the requested services.
Contact for Questions:
For questions, further information, or concerns, contact bhs-support@unc.edu
Or call (919) 445-0990
Confirmation Notices and Certificates of Completion:
Immediately after the training concludes participants will receive an email notifying them of the process and the manner, they will gain access to the evaluation and the certificate of completion for the training. The Certificate of Completion email will go within 5 business days after the training concludes to participants who met the time requirement listed in the continuing education policy based on the length of the training.
Dr. Dan Cheron is the Vice President of Programs, Implementation, and Training at Judge Baker Children’s Center. He is a licensed psychologist and is Board Certified in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. He graduated from Boston College with a B.A. in Psychology. Dr. Cheron received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Boston University, where he worked extensively researching and treating anxious children and adolescents at the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders (CARD). He completed his pre-doctoral internship at the May Institute in their community-based Behavioral Health Services Division.
Kristina Turner
Angela M. Tunno, Ph.D., M.S. is an Assistant Professor and Licensed Clinical Psychologist at Duke University School of Medicine, the National Center for Child Traumatic Stress, and the Center for Child & Family Health. She received her doctorate in Clinical Child Psychology at the University of Kansas and her Master of Science in Applied Clinical Psychology at the University of South Carolina-Aiken. She also completed a fellowship at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of Violence Prevention (DVP) where she helped develop and disseminate national prevention efforts focused on community violence and child maltreatment.
Nikki Croteau-Johnson, MA, LPA, is a psychologist with over 20 years of clinical experience working with children, adolescents and their families in outpatient and forensic settings. She has specialty training in several evidence-based treatments, including, TF-CBT, PSB-CBT-S and PSB-CBT-A. She is currently the Clinical Director for the Problematic Sexual Behavior Program for Children and Adolescents at the North Carolina Child Treatment Program, where in addition to providing direct clinical services, she oversees the implementation of a statewide PSB program; developing a clinical workforce as well as clinical policy and procedures; stakeholder education and engagement, and other sustainability initiatives.