THIS IS A SAVE THE DATE

Registration is scheduled to open October 20

Children's Mental Health Grand Rounds Training Series

Juvenile Justice

with Shaun Cooper, PhD., LP

Children's Mental Health Grand Rounds will be available at 5 locations (4 via video-conference plus the live site.) Attendees will be able to share ideas, network, carpool and receive Continuing Education Credits.  Please read details and registration instructions below.

Date: November 17, 2016 (Last day to register Friday, November 11th) 

Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM, to ensure parking arrive by 9:00 AM

Live site: The Guidance Center's Center For Excellence (Southgate)

Broadcast sites:

1. The Children's Center (Detroit)
2. Community Living Services (Wayne)
3. Lincoln Behavioral Services (Redford)
4. Northeast Guidance Center's Wellness Academy (Detroit)

Cost: There is no cost to attend this training. 

Handouts: As VCE continues its efforts to become more “green” we will be reducing printed handouts and moving towards distributing power points and resources electronically. For this and future Children's Mental Health Grand Rounds trainings, you will receive the handouts as an attachment in your final confirmation e-mails, which are sent several days prior to the training. Print copies of handouts WILL NOT be provided by DWMHA for this training.

Suggested Participants: Professionals who work in Community Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, Juvenile Justice and Substance Abuse systems with children, adolescents and their families in Wayne County, including advocates, case managers, child mental health professionals (psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers and supports coordinators), direct care workers, family advocates, family members, licensed professional counselors, nurses, occupational therapists, parents and peer support specialists.
Professional staff within our Community Partners who interact with children, adolescents and their families, who are part of the Community Mental Health System, including Department of Human Services; Hospitals; Law Enforcement; School Personnel, including Detroit Public Schools; and other Social Service Organizations.

Training Description: 

 Among the many important revelations that have emerged from the Adverse Childhood Events study is the realization that the occurrence of trauma during youth is not an unusual phenomenon.  Despite this, many young victims of trauma grow up to live happy, productive lives characterized by self-fulfillment and meaningful accomplishments.  This observation has given rise to important discussions about protective factors that either mitigate risk for the occurrence of trauma or that support resilience or recovery from trauma.  This training is intended to review important findings from this literature and to engage clinicians' reflections on their role in identifying protective factors during the intervention process.  Factors that may contribute to biases or assumptions that impede such identification, such as cultural misunderstanding, personal experience, or media messaging, will be considered, as will practices and attitudes that can aid the clinician in bolstering protective factors.      

Learning Objectives:

1. Trainees will be able to identify factors related to three empirically validated dimensions of resilience: individual capacities/resources, relationships with primary caregivers, and contextual factors that promote a sense of belonging.

2. Trainees will be able to identify three examples of "dysfunctional" behavior on behalf of their clients that, from a person-centered perspective, may reflect important elements of resilience.

3. Trainees will be able to cite their own personal cultural perspectives, experiences, or consumption of media that may contribute to misperceptions concerning the prospect of resilience.

Dr. Cooper currently serves as the Chief of Clinical and Program Services for Assured Family Services, parent agency of the Juvenile Assessment Center. AFS is a non-profit agency which contracts with Wayne County to provide psychological, psychiatric, and social work assessments and treatment for the county’s at-risk, adjudicated, and child welfare youth.  Dr. Cooper is a native and current resident of Detroit who completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Michigan and later received his doctorate in clinical psychology from Wayne State University.  He served as a consultant with the City of Detroit’s Department of Human Services-Drug Treatment Program from 1990 – 2009 and formerly served as an Assistant Professor in Wayne State University’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences.   Dr. Cooper also served as Director of the Opiate Dependence Treatment Initiative nested within the University Psychiatric Center system in Detroit.  He continues to consult with various substance abuse treatment programs in Wayne, Monroe, and Macomb counties.  He has been married for 25 years and is the father of two sons, ages 23 and 18.

You will receive a confirmation of your registration via e-mail. If you do not, please contact DWMHA at 313-451-3792