This event is intended for McDaniel students and is not open to the broader public.

Annual Clinical, Legal and Ethics Seminar  This program will provide 3 hours of continuing education in ethics, law, professional conduct and risk management to satisfy Maryland licensure requirements. A suicidal patient refuses treatment. A therapist meets a client for coffee. Divorced parents disagree about a therapist’s recommendation for their child. A client asks to see […]

YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID (YMHFA) is an 8 hour program designed to teach adults how to help an adolescent (age 12-18) who is experiencing a mental health or addictions related challenge or crisis. The course introduces common mental health challenges for youth, reviews typical adolescent development, and teaches a 5-step action plan for how to […]

This 3-hour psychopharmacology update will provide comprehensive information on the psychopharmacological treatment of psychiatric disorders most commonly encountered in clinical practice. Discussion will include complex and challenging conditions as well as medication-assisted treatment of alcohol and substance use disorder. The latest advances in treatment will be presented. (3 CEUs) Participant Learning Objectives: • List major […]

This hands-on seminar will discuss the history and development of play therapy as well as basic play therapy skills. It will explore numerous ways in which play therapy strategies can be incorporated in the therapeutic process, providing children with the opportunity to present and resolve psychosocial difficulties. Seminar attendees will learn diagnostic play themes, specific […]

The Adult Mental Health First Aid course is an 8-hour program appropriate for anyone 18 years and older who wants to learn how to help a person who may be experiencing a mental health related crisis or problem. Topics covered include anxiety, depression, psychosis, and addictions. The adult course teaches a 5-step action plan for […]

YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID (YMHFA) is an 8 hour program designed to teach adults how to help an adolescent (age 12-18) who is experiencing a mental health or addictions related challenge or crisis. The course introduces common mental health challenges for youth, reviews typical adolescent development, and teaches a 5-step action plan for how […]

The growing gap between biological and environmental evolution presents a unique opportunity for exploring the human brain, its strengths and vulnerabilities in an interactive and stimulating way. To really understand substance use disorders (and use that understanding to increase resiliency) we must first understand the brain, especially the evolutionary constraints that have shaped its fundamental […]

The Adult Mental Health First Aid course is an 8-hour program appropriate for anyone 18 years and older who wants to learn how to help a person who may be experiencing a mental health related crisis or problem. Topics covered include anxiety, depression, psychosis, and addictions. The adult course teaches a 5-step action plan for […]