NC Children with Complex Need Ask the Expert Series 2024-2025
This interactive session will help participants increase their knowledge of behavior support planning in addition to exploring ways to integrate positive behavior strategies into these plans in the support of dually diagnosed youth. Our subject matter expert will support participants with identifying key components of behavior support plans as well as provide a space to address questions and talk through examples for use of these plans supporting children with complex needs.
All training sessions will occur in 2 parts for a total of 3.5 hours
Part one: 12:00pm to 2:00pm EST
Part two: 12:00pm to 1:30pm EST
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Modality: This is a two-part training consisting of a 2 hour long instruction, followed by a 1.5 hour long Q&A portion at a later date. Both parts will be conducted virtually via Big Blue Button
Registration: This training is free to attend but pre-registration is required. Registrants will be required to submit at least one question at the time of registration to ask the expert during the Q&A portion of the training. Questions will be reviewed and approved before the training. The training is funded by the NC Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Services, as a project of the Children with Complex Needs statewide administration. The capacity for each training will be set at 80.
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:
If you require any of the auxiliary aids or services identified in the Americans with Disabilities Act in order to participate in this program, please email us at bhs-support@unc.edu or call us at (919) 843-6083 after completing registration.
Contact for Questions:
For questions, further information, or concerns, contact us via email at bhs-support@unc.edu or call us at (919) 843-6083
Confirmation Notices and Certificates of Completion:
Registration is free, but participants must pre-register for each webinar. We will confirm your registration by email. Closer to your training date, you will receive an email that includes your Big Blue Button link. Successful completion includes being logged in and virtually participating for the entire webinar. Within 7 days of the conclusion of the event, you will receive an email notifying you that the evaluations and certificates are ready. The email will include a link to https://bhs.unc.edu where you can login using the username and password you chose at registration. Once you have logged in, you will see the training titles listed under "My Courses" on the left side. After clicking on the link, you will be taken to another page where you can click the link to the event evaluation. Once you have completed and submitted your evaluation, you can click on the link to access the Certificate of Completion. You will be able to print or save your Certificate as a PDF document.
Dr. Tiona Guess Praylow is a Columbia, SC native. She was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa at Duke University and graduated summa cum laude. She received her dual MD, MPH medical degrees from Duke University School of Medicine and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill respectively. She completed residency and fellowship in General and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the UNC Hospitals, and is double-board certified. Dr. Praylow practices from her T-CHIRP framework, Trauma Cognizant Heart Inspired Restorative Practice, focused on cultural humility, holistic healing, and exuberant embodiment in her role as Medical Director at Three Rivers Midlands Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility and her coaching and consulting agency Resiliency Empowerment Strategies (REST). T-CHIRP teaches that recovery from trauma is a holistic mind-body-spirit experience that amplifies all the Colors of Our Song Inside, which is the title of her chil heal. She continues to cultivate strategies for empowering resiliency through Heart Math Biofeedback, the Safe and Sound Protocol, Emotional Freedom Technique, breathwork practices, and neurofeedback. She is passionate about being a voice for youth emerging from traumatic life experiences serving as a subject matter expert for community agencies and schools. She is an innovation igniting speaker who inspires and equips audiences to invest in and cultivate their Mental WELLth, a rich physical, emotional, and spiritual life experience, through simple science-backed, heart inspired strategies.