Mental Health for Children in Placement

A parent’s guide to the world of medications, mental and behavioral health.

January 26-27, 2011
8:30am - 4:30pm

Location:
Holiday Inn - Lakewood
7390 W. Hampden Ave.
Lakewood, CO 80227

Trained by:
Marlene Husson, LPC
Aurora Mental Health Center

Annette Rothman, CPNP, CNS
Aurora Mental Health Center

This two-day course will help you to:
• Understand the most common mental health disorders of children (as defined by the DSM-IV)
• Become familiar with the medications most frequently utilized for children with mental health conditions
• Learn about the relationship among :
»» Mental health conditions
»» Brain development
»» Treatment and caregiver interventions
»» Vicarious trauma
»» Medications prescribed
. . . all in a realistic and practical manner.

Register: www.cdhsacademy.com

FREE for all county foster parents/kinship care providers.
$25 for adoptive parents or those with a private agency.

Questions? Please contact the Butler Institute for Families at (303) 871.4435 or Central Registration at (303) 556.5205.

Who Should Attend? Foster, adoptive, and kinship care providers. Care givers will be given registration preference over child welfare professionals.

Eligible for 13 continuing training hours.

2148 S. High St. | Denver, CO 80208 | (303) 871.4435 | www.thebutlerinstitute.org

This training is funded by a CDHS grant.