Overview
Supporting Students with Complex Developmental Disabilities and Mental Health Needs in Schools
Module 1: Supporting Children with Complex Needs in the School Setting
Module 2: Considerations for Prevention and Intervention for Youth with Complex Needs within the School Setting
Module 3: Best Practices for Working with Multidisciplinary School Staff
Module 4: Post- Secondary Preparation for Children with Complex Developmental and Mental Health Needs
Target Audience
Behavioral Health and school-based professionals including teachers, social workers, counselors, and other human services professionals who would like to better understand the population of students with complex needs in the school setting, consider age-related needs, work together with multidisciplinary school staff to better support the dually diagnosed, and want to learn how to prepare a student with complex needs for post-secondary transitions.
Modality
This course consists of 4 online, self-paced, interactive learning modules, approximately 45 minutes in length. Participants must complete all 4 modules, their respective end of module quizzes, a post-test, and a course evaluation to receive a certificate of completion.This course takes approximately 2.5 hours to complete.
Policies and ADA Accessibility
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Training Details
Module 1: Supporting Children with Complex Needs in the School Setting
This module will describe children with complex needs in the school setting, the challenges or barriers they may face, and the different systems of support.
Learning Outcomes
Professionals who successfully complete module 1 will:
- Define children with complex needs, know their prevalence in schools and know their prevalence in schools.
- Have a better understanding of the systems that support them.
Module 2: Considerations for Prevention and Intervention for Youth with Complex Needs in Schools
This module will review prevention and treatment strategies to common challenges faced by children in schools.
Learning Outcomes
Professionals who successfully complete Module 2 will:
- Discuss school-based prevention and intervention measures used in North Carolina.
Module 3: Best Practices for Working with Multidisciplinary School Staff
This module will prepare participants to understand the various roles of support staff within the school system as well as best practices for working with an integrated care team for student success.
Learning Outcomes
Professionals who successfully complete Module 3 will:
- Define the roles of school staff.
- Determine best practices for communication and integrated approaches when working together with school staff, outside providers, caregivers, and families.
- Apply their understanding through a case conceptualization learning activity.
Module 4: Post-Secondary Preparation for Children with Complex Developmental & Mental Health Needs
This module will prepare participants to create a support plan for children with complex needs as they prepare to transition out of high school.
Learning Outcomes
Professionals who successfully complete Module 4 will:
- Identify different aspects of post-secondary preparation including various resources related to post-secondary planning, including education, employment, healthcare, etc.
- Apply their learning by analyzing a case study to determine a plan of support.
Register
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Presenters
As a psychologist and Clinical Assistant Professor within UNC School of Medicine and the Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities, Dr. Mankowski has expertise in neurodevelopmental disabilities. As training director for the NC-LEND grant, she leads curriculum development and implementation to prepare graduate trainees from diverse professional disciplines for leadership in the realm of neurodevelopmental disabilities. Dr. Mankowski facilitates a graduate course Developmental Disabilities Across the Lifespan. Clinical duties include psychological or interdisciplinary evaluations and consultation with individuals at risk for developmental disabilities. She is the psychologist for the Hearing and Development Team, specializing in children who are Deaf and hard of hearing and the Behavior Medicine Clinic, specializing in individuals with severe behavioral or psychiatric difficulties in the context of neurodevelopmental disability. Dr. Mankowski provides neuropsychological and behavioral consultation and diagnostic evaluations for multiple community organizations. Teaching responsibilities include clinical training of psychology graduate students, interns, and postdoctoral fellows.
Dr. Hall is a psychology postdoctoral fellow at the Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities. She recently completed her doctoral degree in School Psychology at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill. Dr. Hall has extensive experience working in schools both as a former teacher and instructional coach. She has a master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction from North Carolina State University. Dr. Hall currently does clinical work, working with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) across the life span. In the context of I/DD, she has experience with diagnostic evaluation of complex clients, clinical consultation, behavior management, intervention, and school-based services. Dr. Hall also co-facilitates a problem-based learning course for interdisciplinary trainees through the Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND) program at UNC.
Continuing Education
UNC SSW, 1406, 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. UNC SSW maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 8/10/22-8/10/25. Social workers completing this course receive 2.5 general continuing education credits.
UNC SSW has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6642. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. UNC SSW is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. The successful completion of this online course qualifies for 2.5 contact hours.
