Assessment and Diagnosis Training Program
Join us for a two-day Live Webinar on January 21 and 22, 2025 from 11am-6pm EST
12 CE hours available for behavioral health clinicians
Regardless of theoretical approach and whether new to the field or veteran practitioners, all counselors, social workers, psychologists, and other allied mental health providers must continue professional development to ensure proper, consistent, and ethical application of assessment and diagnostic practices. Such comprehensive and competent psychodiagnostic assessment requires a foundational understanding of the historical pathways that led to the current framework of DSM-5-TR and methods for ongoing appraisal of changes to a person’s mental status. This process entails a wide-ranging set of skills including observation, interviewing methods, and considerations in ethical application of diagnostic labels.
In this training, Dr. Buckles will help participants understand how our present system of psychiatric diagnosis has developed within a social construction perspective, terminology and methods related to mental status evaluations, and specific examination of some of the more common diagnostic categories, including trauma and stressor-related disorders, substance use disorders, depressive and bipolar conditions, anxiety disorders, and conditions associated with psychotic symptoms. During these discussions, participants will also learn about the essential historical and current general aspects of treatment planning, medico-psychiatric interfaces, ethical obligations in these processes, and differential diagnostic methodologies. Lastly, participants will learn ways our practices may adjust to accommodate more members of our communities, including those with cognitive, communication, or intellectual differences.
*DSM and DSM-5 are registered trademarks of the American Psychiatric Association. The American Psychiatric Association is not affiliated with nor endorses this seminar.
Learning Objectives:
- Explain the historical pathways to our current system of definition, assessment, and labeling of mental disorders
- Examine the social construction paradigm as it relates to the foundations and structure of the DSM model
- Discuss aspects of the history of treatment planning in relation to the ethics of how mental disorders have been defined
- Discuss the terminology and methods associated with comprehensive and longitudinal completion of the mental status examination
- Explain significant changes made between DSM-5 and DSM-5-TR
- Specifically, detail diagnostic requirements for a range of categories, including stressor and trauma-related disorders, depressive and bipolar conditions, anxiety disorders, substance use disorders, and psychotic disorders
- Illustrate ways to consider the ethical and responsible application of DSM-5-TR processes
- Discuss aspects of considerations for special circumstances and populations such as bereavement, cognitive and communication differences, and adjustments for persons with intellectual disability
Credit Hours: CEs provided with this live webinar include 12 continuing education hours of credit.
Counselors: Telehealth Certification Institute LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6693. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Telehealth Certification Institute LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Telehealth Certification Institute LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Mental Health Counselors #MHC-0048.
Marriage and Family Therapists: Many MFT licensing boards accept our courses or one of the approvals which we have from professional associations. You can check with your board to determine if this course would be accepted by your licensing board.
Social Workers: Telehealth Certification Institute LLC, #1609, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 05/02/2024 – 05/02/2027. Social workers completing this course receive 12 clinical continuing education credits.
Telehealth Certification Institute LLC 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 #SW-0435.
Psychologists: Telehealth Certification Institute LLC is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Telehealth Certification Institute LLC maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Telehealth Certification Institute LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Psychologists #PSY-0128.
Art Therapists: Telehealth Certification Institute LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Creative Arts Therapists #CAT-0093.
Other Professionals: This activity qualifies for 720 minutes of instructional content as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Retain your certificate of completion and contact your board or organization for specific filing requirements.
This is a live, interactive online webinar.
Register for the webinar by midnight before the event. So that we can provide you these CEs, you are required to:
- login and access the direct link to the webinar through your account
- participate fully during the event
- complete a post-test and course evaluation at the conclusion of the event
- collect your certificate of completion on your account after steps 1-3 are completed
Enroll in a course by adding it to the cart and proceeding through the check out process. Create an account (or login to yours) during the checkout process.
Prepare: Download Zoom software. Participants must use a device that is connected to adequate internet speed with a camera, microphone and speakers (or headset).
Attend: At least 15 minutes before teh start time the day of the event, login to your account on the website. Go to "My Courses", click on the title/date of the webinar. The link to join the meeting/webinar will be listed in the course content.
Attendance is automatically recorded when you use the link to join.
Any recording made of a live event is NOT included with live webinar registration.
When possible, webinars are recorded and converted into online self-study courses, available for separate purchase/enrollment for those who did not attend the live event.
This webinar is also offered without CEs for half-price.
Dr. Jason Buckles, Ph.D., LPCC
Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, Jason earned his Bachelor’s in Psychology at New York University in 1996. While there he worked on diagnostic projects at Bellevue Hospital and the New York State Psychiatric Institute. He earned his Master’s in Counseling at The University of New Mexico in 2001 and PhD in Special Education at The University of New Mexico in 2016. His dissertation focused on the experiences of direct support professionals who support people with sexually challenging behavior. Since 2002 Jason has been owner of Talkabout Inc., a Behavior Consultation agency specializing in supports for people with intellectual disability and concurrent mental health diagnoses. From 2012 through 2016 Jason was the Statewide Clinical Director of the New Mexico Department of Health – Bureau of Behavioral Support overseeing statewide systems of behavioral support consultation. From 2016-2019 Jason was the Executive Director of A Better Way of Living, a CQL accredited agency that provides life-wide supports for people with intellectual disability. He is currently a contracting consultant with the New Mexico Department of Health where he supervises the sexual risk screening program, the ongoing development of behavior support systems, and provides statewide trainings on co-occurring mental health conditions for people with intellectual disability among other topics. For several years Jason has also served as the Program Manager for the Developmental Disability/Mental Illness project with the University of New Mexico. For most of the past 20 years he was a part time instructor at both The University of New Mexico teaching Introduction to Intellectual Disability and at New Mexico Highlands University teaching DSM Assessment for Counselors.