Children, Youth and Families

Completing this course will provide learners with foundational knowledge of care navigation and its role in the behavioral health system along with an introduction to the skills needed to serve in the position of a care navigator.

As behavioral health professionals, you play a pivotal role in addressing the complex mental health needs of refugee populations who have fled their home countries due to conflict, persecution, or violence. These individuals and families bring with them not only their hopes and dreams for a safer future but also the profound scars of their traumatic experiences.

Refugees often face unique challenges that can significantly impact their mental health, including language barriers, cultural differences, social isolation, and the stress of adapting to a new environment. Additionally, many refugees have experienced severe trauma, including war, torture, and the loss of loved ones, which can lead to a range of mental health issues, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and anxiety. This training will equip you with the knowledge and skills to provide compassionate, effective, and culturally sensitive care.

An overview of the need for behavioral health professionals, the impacts of workforce shortages and discussion of a framework for recruitment, retention, and building a pipeline for training future behavioral health professionals.

Individuals who have suffered a brain injury face many challenges following their injury, including physical, cognitive, and emotional consequences that can range from inconvenient to debilitating. Whether the brain injury is mild, moderate, or severe, patients rely on medical professionals to guide the recovery process and help them thrive in the aftermath of an injury.

This training gives primary care providers the knowledge and skills needed to better understand and support individuals who have experienced brain injury. It covers the different types of brain injuries, their causes, and the physical, cognitive, and emotional impacts they can have. By the end of the program, providers will be equipped to effectively collaborate with their patients to improve their quality of life.

This course covers the physiological and psychological effects of brain injury on mental health.

This course explores how skills deficits can impact therapeutic interventions and provides effective communication strategies when working with individuals with brain injury and mental health issues.

This course describes the importance of screening for brain injury to better understand the severity and impact it has on behavioral health treatment.

The Brain Injury Essentials series includes a grouping of courses that provide a foundation for understanding the physiological and psychological effects of brain injury on mental health and that explore how skills deficits can impact therapeutic interventions, provide effective communication strategies when working with individuals with brain injury and mental health issues, and that define the importance of screening for brain injury to better understand the severity and impact it has on behavioral health treatment.

Many youth with brain injuries may experience difficulties with emotional regulation due to changes in brain function. As a behavioral health professional, you should be prepared to provide immediate and long-term care that includes strategies and support to help youth manage emotions to effectively cope with frustration, anger, anxiety, and depression, among other things.

This course is designed to provide you with knowledge and skills to better understand and support children and youth who have experienced brain injuries. It covers a wide range of topics, including types and classifications of brain injuries, special considerations for working with children and youth, an in-depth look at the school system and academic supports, and specific case studies to illuminate how to work with youth with mild, moderate, and severe brain injuries. Through this course, you will gain a deeper understanding of the impact of brain injuries on a child or youth’s life, including physical, cognitive, and emotional consequences, and come away with tools to help support the individual’s specific needs.