The State of Mental Health for Children and Adolescents: A Review

DESCRIPTION:

It is currently estimated that about 20% of all children ages 0-18 have a mental health diagnosis, though this has steadily risen since the COVID-19 pandemic began. These diagnoses can come from primary care providers, therapists, schools and psychological testing. This webinar will provide information about mental health diagnosis and prevalence, services and treatments for mental health disorders and current barriers to treatment. Interpreters play an integral role in providing high quality care for children and adolescents who have mental health concerns. Interpreters are essential to gathering vital information to assist therapists in assessing for safety, presenting concerns and treatment planning. We will discuss the unique challenges of providing services to patient populations who struggle to understand the severity of mental health needs and care due to cultural and language barriers and the important collaborative role interpreters have in these situations. We will discuss the continuum of mental health care and have an opportunity to answer questions.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

• Participants will learn about mental health concerns discussed in a pediatric primary setting.
• Participants will learn about the continuum of mental health care (assessment, diagnosis and treatment).
• Participants will learn about unique challenges to providing mental health services with diverse patient populations.  

PRESENTER: SARAH QUINN, LICSW 

Sarah Quinn is a social worker by license and is currently working in the primary care clinic in Minneapolis as a Behavioral Health Specialist at Children’s Minnesota. Sarah is currently doing a mix of consultation with primary care providers and families, safety/crisis assessments and short term individual therapy with children/teens. Prior to her work at Children’s, Sarah worked at MHealth Fairview and Hennepin Healthcare. Her role in both places was a clinical social worker in their inpatient psychiatric units. At MHealth, she worked in the child and adolescent inpatient psychiatric unit and at Hennepin Healthcare in the adult inpatient psychiatric unit. Sarah attended the University of Minnesota and received her Master's in Social Work in 2013.

Date:        Saturday, April 16, 2022
                 10:00 am - 11:30 am (CDT)

Location:  Online via Zoom. The link to join the workshop will be provided closer to the event date.

CEUs:     1 hour ATA  - CCHI - IMIA
       

Cost:       $ 20 for members
Cost:       $ 40 for non-members                   
                 

Registration will close on Friday, April 15th at 8:00pm CDT

Attendees MUST be present for the entire duration of the event to receive a CEU Certificate. We will be taking attendance.