Children and Families Certificates
Clinical Certificate in Bowen Family Systems Theory
Basic Program Certificate Description
Bowen Family Systems Theory, for decades a staple in social services, counseling and ministry education and practice, provides a conceptual framework – consistent with 21st century evolutionary thinking and recent findings in the natural and neuro-sciences – for understanding human behavior, families, organizations, and human society as dynamic living multigenerational emotional systems.
Due to its accessible assessment approach, the extraordinary breadth of its application, and congruence with the natural and neuro-sciences, Bowen theory is regarded as an important and substantive social-behavioral theory that provides clinicians with a clear map for assessing and working with individuals, couples, and families. The theory exposes complex family dynamics for both clients and clinicians. .
This certificate basic program is designed for individuals who want to develop a solid understanding of: Bowen theory, its natural science foundations, a systems thinking approach to emotional symptoms, physical symptoms, and human behavior; and how to use this theory to manage self in professional endeavors and personal life. Each of the 10 live webinars examines one of the theory’s eight interlocking concepts or one or more of the theory’s underlying hypotheses.
The workshop series, co-facilitated by Charles White, LCSW, LCADC (charlesmwhite@verizon.net) and Dr. Ellen Rogan, DNP, MSN, APN.
Certificate Program: 100% Online Format
The Basic Certificate Program runs from September through June.
- 10 live webinars, 9:00am-3:30pm.
- Meeting monthly on Mondays, September - June.
- Cohort model - with a maximum of 18 program participants per cohort.
To receive the Clinical Certificate in Bowen Family Systems Theory – Basic Program, you must attend all the webinars in your cohort and participate in a monthly small group supervision session (time TBA). Participants not enrolled in the Basic Certificate Program, can take individual workshops in the series. Those who attend all 10 day-long workshops and supervision components of the Basic Program can enroll in a similarly structured Advanced Program beginning the next academic year.
Learning opportunities include: presentations, theory and practice video segments, case study assessments, and participation in a 90-minute live webcast with a practitioner-scholar who is renown in the worldwide Bowen theory network for their research, writing, presenting, and clinical work on the Bowen theory concept being examined in that workshop.
Basic Certificate Program
| Cost: | $2,500 |
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| When: | 10 Mondays, September - June |
| Time: | 9:00am – 3:30pm |
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| CEUs: | 71 clinical CE Hours |
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Single Day Workshops
Individual webinars in the series can be taken without enrolling in the full certificate program.
| Cost: | $110 per webinar |
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| When: | Monthly, September through June |
| Time: | 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM |
| CEUs: | 5.5 clinical CEU hours per webinar |
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REGISTER FOR SINGLE DAY WEBINARS
Certificate Program in Adoption
This certificate program addresses many of the issues involved in the adoption process and focuses on how the clinician can skillfully help adoptive families. Workshops offered in this certificate program are designed as clinical workshops.
Certificates of completion will be offered after each workshop and a final certificate will be awarded when all requirements have been met. Participants not seeking the full certificate program are welcome to take individual workshops.
To receive the Certificate in Adoption, a participant attends:
6 Required Webinars
3 Elective Webinars
Required Webinars
The Psychology of Adoption
3 CE Hours, Clinical
- Contemporary Trends in Adoption
- Psychological benefits and risks associated with adoption
- Stress and coping models in adoption
- Family life cycle tasks in adoption
- Implications for post-adoption services
Conceptualizing Crisis Intervention when Working with Adoptive Families
3 CE Hours, Clinical
- Presents the therapeutic nuances critical to helping adoptive families work through crisis
- Utilizes Roberts’ Seven-Stage Model of Crisis Intervention as the framework for presenting adoption specific information
- Addresses the relationship between crisis intervention, adoption and trauma
- Offers a preliminary understanding and skill building of attachment specific therapy techniques.
Life Cycle Experience and Issues in the Adoption of Older Children
3 CE Hours, Clinical
- Life in the child welfare system/ common survival behaviors
- Adoption as the permanency plan
- Developmental tasks of middle childhood
- Interplay between adoption and child development
- Characteristics of successful adoptive families
Attachment-Based Parenting Approaches in Adoption
3 CE Hours, Clinical
- Recognizing the symptoms of impaired attachment
- Impact of impaired attachment on the adoptive family
- Facilitating family attachment
- Assessment/treatment/clinical strategies
Family-Focused Therapy for Post Institutionalized Adopted Children
3 CE Hours, Clinical
- Behavioral symptoms common to post-institutionalized children
- Impact on the adoptive family
- The adoptive family as the primary source of care and healing
- Assessment/treatment/clinical strategies
Strategies for Managing Behaviors in Adoptive Families (former Behavior Management and Discipline with Adopted Children)
3 CE Hours, Clinical
- Discipline as protection and care
- Supervision as a form of discipline
- Testing, limit-setting, rewards, consequences incentives, punishment
- Skill building for adoptive parents
- Crisis intervention
Three electives are required in addition to the required webinars. Some examples:
- Adoption Constellation: Skill set for first/birth families
- Clinical and Normative Issues within Adult Adoptee Populations
- Kinship Adoption
- Preparing Adoptive Families to Support LGBTQI Youth
- Trauma Informed Response when working with Adoptive Families
- Living as a Multicultural Family: An Adoptive Family perspective
- Ethics in Adoption: A Practice Perspective
- Understanding and Responding to Children Who Have Sexual Behavior Problems
Certificate Program in Child/Adolescent Mental Health
This Certificate Program offers clinicians the opportunity to increase their diagnostic and treatment skills particular to the needs of children and adolescents. Designed for the advanced practitioner in a variety of settings, these workshops address developmental, environmental, cultural, and family issues that impact clinical interventions. Workshop topics include developmental theories, comprehensive assessment, differential diagnoses, legal and ethical issues, socio-cultural influences, psychopharmacology, and treatment modalities.
Certificates of completion will be offered after each workshop and a final certificate will be awarded when all requirements have been met. All workshops offered in this certificate program are designed as clinical workshops. Participants not seeking the certificate program are welcome to take individual workshops.
To receive the Certificate in Child/Adolescent Mental Health, a participant attends:
9 Required Webinars
2 Elective Webinars
Required Webinars
Attachment Theory
3 CE Hours, Clinical
- Describe both pioneering and current principles of attachment theory
- Discuss methods for assessing attachment between parent and child
- Demonstrate strategies for facilitating parent-child attachment & trust
Normality or Pathology
3 CE Hours, Clinical
- Describe normal, age appropriate developmental milestones in children
- Recognize behaviors beyond normal developmental limits that are mental health issues
- Describe age-appropriate treatment approaches
Assessment & Differential Diagnosis of Children (2 days)
6 CE Hours, Clinical
- Explain the key factors in accurate assessment of childhood mental disorders
- Describe the use of multiple data sources and standardized assessment tools
- Identify and describe major diagnostic categories which affect children
- Use the DSM IV in the process of diagnosing mental health problems in children
Principles of Differential Diagnoses in Adolescents (2 days)
6 CE Hours, Clinical
- Identify steps involved in the process of differential diagnoses of adolescents
- Discuss sources of diagnostic confusion in evaluating and assessing adolescents
- Identify and describe major diagnostic categories which affect adolescents
- Use the DSM 5 in the process of diagnosing mental health problems in adolescents
Psychotherapeutic & Psychosocial Treatments for Child & Adolescent Disorders (2 days)
6 CE Hours, Clinical
- Describe the current treatment models for child and adolescent disorders.
- Compare and contrast psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, and behavioral approaches to treatment of child & adolescent disorders
- Identify specific interventions for the most common child and adolescent disorders
- Demonstrate techniques which address treatment difficulties or impasses
Psychopharmacology with Children and Adolescents
3 CE Hours, Clinical
- Describe the current treatment models for child and adolescent disorders.
- Compare and contrast psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, and behavioral approaches to treatment of child & adolescent disorders
- Identify specific interventions for the most common child and adolescent disorders
- Demonstrate techniques which address treatment difficulties or impasses
Legal and Ethical Issues in Child/Adolescent Mental Health
3 CE Hours, Clinical
- Describe the general rights of children and adolescents as they relate to applicable statutes and case law as well as to mental health treatment settings
- Explore the ethical dilemmas concerning client confidentiality in the treatment of children and adolescents
- Demonstrate strategies for resolving confidentiality issues
Dealing with Differences and Diversity in the Clinical Treatment of Children and Adolescents
3 CE Hours, Clinical
- Explore how differences such as race, culture, language, gender identity, and body image affect the psychological development of children and adolescents
- Describe barriers clinicians face when dealing with differences and techniques to overcome these barriers
- Demonstrate intervention strategies which address differences
Understanding and Treating Children and Adolescents in the Context of their Families
3 CE Hours, Clinical
- Describe how differences in temperament, developmental pressures, interactive styles, needs, interests, strengths, and vulnerabilities influence the parent-child relationship
- Describe strategies to assess and elicit information to understand fully the "match" between parent and child
Two electives are required in addition to the required webinars. Some examples:
- Play Therapy Techniques You can Use Today
- Addressing the Social Skill Needs of Individuals with Asperger’s, PDD & High-Functioning Autism
- Understanding Child Development Through a Cultural Lens
- Behavioral Interventions for School Refusal: Interventions for Family, School & Clinic
Certificate Program in Developmental Disabilities
The Certificate Program in Developmental Disabilities is a joint effort between The Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and the Office of Continuing Education at the Rutgers School of Social Work. It is intended to enhance the skills and knowledge of professionals working with people with disabilities in a variety of settings.
Certificates of completion will be offered after each workshop and a final certificate will be awarded when all certificate requirements have been met. All required workshops offered in this certificate program are designed as non-clinical workshops. Participants not seeking the certificate program are welcome to take individual workshops.
To receive the final certificate, a participant must attend:
- 9 Required Webinars
- 3 Elective Webinars
REQUIRED WEBINARS
An Introduction to Developmental Disabilities
3 CE Hours
- Identify the disabilities covered under federal and state definitions
- Explore eligibility for services and the service systems utilized
LIFESPAN ISSUES:
Starting Out: From Diagnosis through Early Childhood
3 CE Hours
- Discuss issues in diagnosis and identification
- Locate and access developmental and educational services
Supporting Youth with Disabilities in the Transition to Adult Life 3 CE Hours
- Identify the challenges faced by youth
- Discuss a variety of strategies to facilitate the transition process
Community Services and Supports: Evolving Approaches
3 CE Hours
- Describe the evolution of consumer-directed services
- Identify various techniques used in assisting people with life planning
Growing Old Together: Aging and Family Caregiving
3 CE Hours
- Discuss the issues of aging with a developmental disability
- Explore strategies for supporting family caregivers
CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES:
Disability Policy Issues
3 CE Hours
- Describe the importance of major federal and state disability legislation
- Discuss future trends and directions in disability policy
Legal and Ethical Issues
3 CE Hours
- Identify major ethical issues
- Develop strategies for resolving legal and ethical dilemmas
Multicultural Perspectives in Developmental Disabilities
3 CE Hours
- Explore values and belief systems of ethnic groups
- Implement techniques to overcome barriers
Supporting Families Through Change
3 CE Hours
- Identify crisis points for the family from diagnosis to adulthood
- Explore effective support strategies for families
ELECTIVE WEBINARS (3 required)
Three electives are required in addition to the required workshops.
Some Examples:
- Health and Wellness
- Understanding and Managing Problem Behaviors
- Mental and Behavioral Health Aspects of Dual Diagnosis (MI/DD)
- Children’s Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities