Monmouth County Division of Behavioral Health 5th Annual Conference - 2020

Wednesday, October 28, 2020, 9:00 AM - Friday, October 30, 2020, 12:00 PM

This activity will discuss the death, grieving, racisim, injustice and poverty during the pandemic of COVID-19. 

1. Demonstrate increased self-awareness of their own trauma, grief, loss and secondary trauma.
2. Identify at least two strategies for coping with trauma, grief, loss and secondary trauma.
3. Analyze client needs when experiencing grief and loss from an interdisciplinary prospective.
4. Outline actionable processes in government reform that promotes citizen leadership and civic engagement.
5. Recognize unconscious racial bias that contributes to community marginalization.
6. List two actionable steps behavioral health providers can infuse into their practice to identify and eliminate racial bias in the communities they serve.

Registration Fee: Complimentary 

This event is scheduled for:

Wednesday, October 28, 2020 from 9 am - 1 pm (Log on will open at 8:30 am)  AND

Friday, October 30, 2020 from 10 am - 12 pm (Log on will open at 9:30 am)

Link for WebEx will be distributed by CCE on October 26, 2020.

Registration for this event will close on October 26, 2020. 

 

 

 

In support of improving patient care, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Nurses:  This activity is awarded 6.0 contact hours (60 min CH).

Psychologists: This course is approved for 6.0 CE Credits. Continuing Education (CE) Credits for Psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs. 

Social Workers (The New Jersey Board of Social Work Examiners): This program is approved for social work continuing education hours by Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care in accordance with New Jersey administrative code 13:44G-6.4 and recognized by The New Jersey Board of Social Work Examiners.  This program is approved for 6.0 continuing education hours and fulfills the NJ Social Work requirements for cultural and social competency education.

Certified Counselors: This course will count for 6.0 recertification credits for Certified Counselors as approved by The Certification Board of NJ, Inc. Approval number for this course is # 200103020REC6.

Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselors:This course will count for 6.0 recertification credits for Addiction Professionals as approved by The Certification Board of NJ, Inc. Approval number for this course is # 200103020REC6.

Certified Recovery Support Practitioner: This course will count for 6.0 recertification credits towards Certified Recovery Support Practitioner as approved by the Certification Board of NJ, Inc. Approval number for this course is # 200103020REC6.

Marriage and Family Therapists: This course will count for 6.0 recertification credits for Marriage and Family Therapists as approved by The Certification Board of NJ, Inc. Approval number for this course is # 200103020REC6.

Disclosure Declarations

CE Reviewer:

In order to help ensure content objectivity, independence and fair balance, and to ensure that the content is aligned with the interest of the public , UBHC Center for Continuing Education has resolved all potential real conflicts of interest through content review by a non-conflicted, qualified reviewer.  This activity was peer-reviewed for relevance, accuracy of content, and balance of presentation by:

Stephanie Marcello, PhD

Chief Psychologist, Assistant Vice President of Education, Behavioral Research and Training Institute, Rutgers Health UBHC, Piscataway, New Jersey 

In accordance with the disclosure policies of Rutgers and to conform with discipline professional contact hour and FDA guidelines individuals in a position to control the content of this educational activity are required to disclose this activity participants:  1) the existence of any relevant financial relationship with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing healthcare goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients, with the exception of non-profit or government organizations and non-health care related companies, within the past 12 months; and 2) the identification of a commercial product/device that is unlabeled for use of an investigational use of a product/device not yet approved.

Faculty

The following faculty have no relevant financial relationships to disclose:

Frank L. Greenagle, MPAP, MSW, LCSW, CASAC, ICADC, ACSW, CJC, CCS

Quincy Bloxom, MSW, DSW Candidate 2020

Renee Koubiadis, MSW, LSW

Planners

The following planners have no relevant financial relationships to disclose:

Stephanie Marcello, PhD

Randy Chadwick, MPH

Laura Burns, LCSW 

Leonard Estrada, LCSW

Michele Miller, MSN, RN

Conference Planning Committe

Desiree Whyte, MA

Joanne Schuh, BA, DRCC

Shelley Feingold, BA, CPS, DRCC

William Horbatt, CADC

Grace Hickey, PsyD

Ken Pecoraro, LCSW, LCADC

Rosemary Smentkowski, MSN, RN, PMH, NP-PC, CARN

Monmouth County CIACC - Childrens Inter-Agency Coordinating Council

Pamela Major, CIACC Coordinator

ShaRonda Amon, Executive Board Member

Maryann Antenucci, Executive Board Member

Kendall Darling-Murphy, Executive Board Member

Shelley Feingold, Executive Board Member

Jessica Kostenblatt, Executive Board Member

Chad Majczan, Executive Board Member

Kaitlyn McCarthy, Executive Board Member

Debbie J. Soviero, Executive Board Member

Colleen Verriest, Executive Board Member

 Off-Label Investigational Use: None to be discussed

If you require ADA accommodations, please contact CCE.

ANCC Contact Hours (6.00 hours), CADC Recertification Credits (6.00 hours), CRSP Recertification Credits (6.00 hours), General Attendance (6.00 hours), LPC/LAC: Recertification Credits (6.00 hours), NJDCA-MFT Recertification Credits (6.00 hours), Psychologist: APA CE Credits (6.00 hours), Social Worker: NJBSWE CE Credits (6.00 hours)

No faculty are available for this activity at this time.

Center for Continuing Education at Rutgers UBHC has received no commercial support for this activity.