BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Promoting Positive Mental Health Outcomes for Youth: How Schoo l\, Home and Community Members Can Help X-WR-TIMEZONE:Eastern Time (US & Canada) BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260518T214207Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_49294808550308 DTSTART:20250917T130000Z DTEND:20250917T161500Z DESCRIPTION:*This event is open to the public*\n \n\nThis is a live interac tive webinar. Registered participants will receive an e-mail with instruct ions on how to join the session.\n\n \n\nPresenter:\nDr. Mirian Ofonedu\, PhD\, LCSW-C\, is the director of training at the Maryland Center for Deve lopmental Disabilities at Kennedy Krieger Institute. She is an associate p rofessor at the University of Maryland\, Baltimore (UMB) Graduate School a nd the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Department of M ental Health. She is also a faculty affiliate of the Johns Hopkins Wendy K lag Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities and an adjunct profes sor at the UMB School of Social Work. Dr. Ofonedu is a psychologist\, a li censed clinical social worker and a fellow of the American Psychological A ssociation (APA). Her work spans across two decades.\n \n\nCEU: 3.0 Contin uing Education Credit Hours\n\nSession Description\n\nTo improve the healt h and wellbeing of all youth\, there is a need for coalition-building and strategies for promoting positive mental health outcomes for youth of all groups. For youth\, families and communities\, the pathways to effective m ental health services and supports are complex and challenging to navigate . This workshop will provide a unique learning opportunity for participant s on prevention and effective strategies for promoting positive mental hea lth outcomes for youth\, families and communities. This seminar is intende d to meet most professional licensing board requirements of enhancing comp etency in working effectively with individuals\, families\, and communitie s from various backgrounds and life experiences. It also meets other Socia l Work Practice content as required by the Maryland Board of Social Work E xaminers. \n\nLearning Objectives: Participants will be able to:\n\n1. Describe the essential role that service providers and community members play in supporting positive mental health outcomes for children and adoles cents.\n2. Describe two to three facilitators and two to three barriers to effective engagement with youth and their families in treatment and se rvice programs.\n3. Demonstrate understanding and knowledge of best pra ctices that produce more equitable experiences and outcomes for youth.\n4. Apply the “Family as Host” model to enhance engagement efforts ear ly and throughout the care and service delivery process to promote better health and well-being for youth.\n \nInstructional level: Intermediate\n\n \nWho should attend? Professionals and anyone interested in the topic. 3.0 Continuing Education Credits (Category 1) will be granted to licensed soc ial workers and psychologists upon completion of this training and a compl eted evaluation. A Certificate of Attendance will be made available for al l other disciplines.\n\n\nKennedy Krieger Institute\, Maryland Center for Developmental Disabilities is authorized by the Board of Social Work Exami ners in Maryland to sponsor social work continuing education programs\, an d it maintains full responsibility for this program. Kennedy Krieger Insti tute is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor cont inuing education for psychologists. Kennedy Krieger Institute maintains re sponsibility for this program and its content. No conflicts have been iden tified (this includes commercial support and research grants/funding). The registration fees are: $90 for professionals seeking CE credit\, $70 for professionals and community members not seeking CE credit\, and $35 for st udents not seeking CE credit who register with a school email address.\n\n There is no processing fee required for payment by check. Apply promo code "PAYBYCHECK” at checkout. All checks must be received five business day s prior to the training. If you are paying by check\, please write the dat e of the session on the memo line. For example: "SLS SEPTEMBER 17."\n\n \n \nMake check payable to: Kennedy Krieger Institute (In note section write "MCDD SLS SEPTEMBER 17")\n\n \n\nMail check to: Maryland Center for Develo pmental Disabilities at Kennedy Krieger Institute\, Attn: MCDD Training Pr ogram\, 7000 Tudsbury Road\, Baltimore\, MD 21244\n\n \n\nKennedy Krieger Institute Employees ONLY: If your department will be covering the cost of the training\, please enter your budget code when prompted. Enter promo c ode "KKISTAFF" at checkout. Your total will go to $0.00 so that payment ca n be received via interdepartmental budget transfer. Those registering as KKI employees must use their Kennedy Krieger email address at registration to confirm their employee status.\n\n \n\nKennedy Krieger Institute Train ees ONLY: If you are registering as a student and your department will be covering the cost of the training\, please enter your budget code when pr ompted. Enter promo code "KKITRAINEE" at checkout. Your total will go to $ 0.00 so that payment can be received via interdepartmental budget transfer . Those registering as KKI trainees must use their Kennedy Krieger email a ddress at registration to confirm their trainee status. Please note: CEU c redits will only be offered to those who registered and paid as profession als/KKISTAFF.\n\n \n\nMaryland Center for Developmental Disabilities at Ke nnedy Krieger Institute reserves the right to cancel any of its workshops due to unforeseen circumstances. In this event\, we will refund the regist ration fee only and not additional costs associated with attending the wor kshop. Should you have any questions\, call 443-923-5555. LOCATION: SUMMARY:Promoting Positive Mental Health Outcomes for Youth: How School\, H ome and Community Members Can Help URL;VALUE=URI:https://eventscalendar.kennedykrieger.org/event/Promoting-Pos itive-Mental-Health-Outcomes-for-Youth CATEGORIES:Training END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR