Psychopharmacology and Children 

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Course Description

Why do so many autistic kids end up on antipsychotic medications? Sure, they might be helpful, even lifesaving at times, but aren’t they also potentially very harmful? Can’t we try something different first? Dr Josh Feder, Editor in Chief at the Carlat Child Psychiatry Report and author of The Child Medication Fact Book for Psychiatric Practice has been calling out Big Pharma for three decades and promoting a more nuanced understanding of development within psychiatry including Autism and ADHD. This will be an engaging and interactive conversation about the steps to try and options to consider before resorting to antipsychotic medications, from non-pharmacological approaches to supplements, milder medications, and, if you need them, how to monitor for the side effects of antipsychotics and reduce some of the side effects.

Instructional method: Live Online lecture.

No prerequisites  

Learning Objectives

1. Catalogue three kinds of approaches to helping reduce irritability, anxiety, aggression, depression, ADHD, and sleep in autism

2. Theorize the potential for at least three side effects of antipsychotic medications

3. Extrapolate three strategies for avoiding or reducing the side effects of antipsychotic medications

Agenda

1. Meet Betsy – adorable, autistic, but irritable

2. Sorting out why

3. Before meds

4. From supplements to antipsychotics for irritability, anxiety, aggression, depression, ADHD, and sleep

Instructors

Dr. Joshua Feder, MD, Child and Family Psychiatrist, DIR-Expert 

Professional Continuing Education

All participants can request a Certificate of Attendance documenting hours of participation and available professional continuing education credits at the time of registration. Please note that continuing education credit is only provided for direct seat time. Course preparation including readings, lectures, and mentoring is not included in the CE hour or credit total. This course is a live online course and participants must log in individually to the online classroom, following the instructions provided by ICDL and with their camera on, so there is a record of each participant's attendance individually. If participants join in a room with a group, each participant must still log in on their own device so ICDL can see each participant and verify each individual's login and log out of the online classroom. Participants must attend the entire course to get CE credit. Partial credit is not an option.  

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The course content is focused on a specific product or service (DIRFloortime®) and there will be no mention of other products or services. ICDL does not receive any commercial support for this course.

Continuing Education Questions?  E-mail ceu@icdl.com

Speech and Language Pathologists 

This course is offered for 0.3 ASHA CEUs (Various levels, Professional area).

Non-Credit Onsite Events: Continuing education credit is not offered for breakfast, luncheon, and dinner functions nor breaks, board and committee meetings, and networking events.

Skills Level: This Training is appropriate for occupational therapists, speech and language pathologists, educators, and mental health treating professionals of all skill levels.

Important Information for Speech and Language Pathologists:

As part of your registration, you were asked if you want CE credits for ASHA for this course. Selecting "yes" is required for ICDL to process your ASHA continuing education credits. If you chose "yes", our Continuing Education Department will complete and submit an ASHA participant form on your behalf at the conclusion of your course as long as your attendance requirements are met

We also request that all participants complete a course evaluation form that is on your Floortime.org course page.  This course evaluation is for ICDL and is used to help improve all aspects of our training program. Your feedback is valuable and we thank you for your time!

If you have any questions about this process please email us at ceu@icdl.com.

DIR 434: Being Abilities-Based with the 4 A's of Autism

ICDL is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. Provider approval ID # 6778. This live online course is offered at 0.3 CEUs, introductory level, professional area. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.

Non-Credit Onsite Events: Continuing education credit is not offered for breakfast, luncheon, and dinner functions nor breaks, board and committee meetings, and networking events.

Skill Level: This Training is appropriate for occupational therapists, speech and language pathologists, educators, and mental health treating professionals of all skill levels.

Participants must attend the entire session to successfully complete the course 

Please complete the course evaluation form that is on your Floortime.org course page. This course evaluation is for ICDL and is used to help us improve our course offerings. We thank you for your time.

Counselors

Social Workers

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS 

This program is approved by the National Association of Social Workers (Approval # 886885127-7398) for 3 continuing education contact hours.

NEW YORK STATE SOCIAL WORKERS:

International Council on Development and Learning, Inc., SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #0371.  This course is offered for 3 contact hours of credit.  

Educators

NEW YORK STATE EDUCATORS:

ICDL is recognized by the New York State Education Department's Office of Teaching Initiatives as an approved sponsor of CTLE for Professional Classroom Teachers, School Leaders and Level III Teaching Assistants. Approved Provider Number: 23878.

music therapists

MT-BCs can claim credits for the course under the Other Continuing Education Opportunities category for recertification. Please refer to the Recertification Manual for additional details