Faculty: TBA
Date: Friday, February 28, 2019
Sign-In: 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
Training: 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Registration Fee: $200
Location:
St. Anne's Conference Center
Description: PSI's Advanced Perinatal Mental Health Psychopharmacology Training, provided by perinatal psychiatric experts, is an evidence-based training on psychiatric prescribing during pregnancy and lactation. It is designed for psychiatric prescribers who have previously completed at least fourteen hours of perinatal mental health training. This advanced training combines expert presentation with case studies, group discussion, and practical examples. It is an interactive, case-based advanced seminar, covering differential diagnosis, medication challenges, and your questions. This course is an approved prerequisite for the perinatal mental health certification in the psychopharmacology specialty.
Objectives - Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
Note: PSI's two-day certificate course (the one on January 23-24) or an equivalent fourteen-hour perinatal mood disorders certificate course is a pre-requisite for this advanced training. Please contact certification@postpartum.net with questions you may have about meeting the pre-requisite.
Registration includes training binder, light breakfast, lunch, beverages, and certification of continuing education.
Continuing Education Information
Physician CMEs: This Live activity, Perinatal Psychopharmacology Advanced Course, from 08/01/2019 - 08/01/2020, has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 6.25 Prescribed credit(s) by the American Academy of Family Physicians. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. AMA/AAFP Equivalency: AAFP Prescribed credit is accepted by the American Medical Association as equivalent to AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ toward the AMA Physician’s Recognition Award. When applying for the AMA PRA, Prescribed credit earned must be reported as Prescribed, not as Category 1. These CMEs can be applied by Nurse Midwives and Advanced-practice Nurses.
Psychologists: Postpartum Support International (PSI) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Postpartum Support International (PSI) maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Nurses: Youth for Change will provide up to 6.0 continuing education (CE) contact hours for nurses. Provider (Youth for Change) approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider # 16075.
Therapists, Social Workers, and Counselors: The Strategies Center at Youth for Change is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for MFTs, LCSWs, and LPCCs. The Strategies Center at Youth for Change maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. This course meets the qualifications for 6.0 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.
Counselors: Postpartum Support International has been approved by the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6765. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Postpartum Support International is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Occupational Therapists: PSI is an approved provider of CEUs by American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA), Provider #11342. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA or indicate AOTA approval of a certification or other professional recognition.
Additional Information: The fee for continuing education certification is included in the registration fee. Continuing education certificates will be emailed approximately three weeks after the training event. Candidates for continuing education certification must document their time at the event by signing in and out for the event. If you would like accommodation for a disability, please contact Orrin Banta by telephone at (530) 872-3896 extension 4 or by email at obanta@youth4change.org. Any grievances should be addressed with staff persons onsite at the event. Alternatively, grievances may be addressed to Kathleen Shenk, Director of The Strategies Center at Youth for Change, by calling (530) 872-3896 extension 1 or by email at kshenk@youth4change.org.