Upcoming Medical Conferences in Champaign

Reasoning with Unreasonable People: Focus on Disorders of Emotion Regulation is organized by Institute for Brain Potential (IBP) and will be held on Oct 24, 2019 at Hilton Garden Inn Champaign/ Urbana, Champaign, Illinois, United States of America. Accreditation: Nurses: Institute for brain potential(IBP)is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This program provides 6 contact hours for nurses. Psychologists: InstituteforBrainPotentialisapprovedbytheAmerican Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Institute for Brain Potential maintains responsibility for this program and its content. This program is 6 CE credits. Chemical Dependency Professionals: Institute for Brain Potential is approved by the NAADACApproved Education Provider Program, Provider #102949. This program provides 6 continuing education hours (CEHs). Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians: Institute for Brain Potential is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This knowledge-based activity provides 6 contact hours (.6 CEUs). Dental Professionals:  Institute for Brain Potential is designated as an Approved PACE Program Provider by the Academy of General Dentistry (AGD). The formal continuing dental education programs of this provider are accepted by the AGD for Fellowship/Mastership and membership maintenance credit. Approval does not imply acceptance by a state or provincial board of dentistry or AGD endorsement. This program is 6 CE hours. Occupational Therapists: Institute for Brain Potential is an American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) Approved Provider, #6050. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA. This program provides 0.6 AOTA CEUs or 6 contact hours. Content Level: Intermediate. Content Focus: Domain of OT (Performance Skills) and Professional Issues (Supervision). Physical Therapists: Institute for Brain Potential is approved as a provider of physical therapy continuing education by the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation, Sponsor #216.000210. The physicaltherapy boards in IL andMO accept courses from the providers approved by the physical therapy licensing boards of other states. This program provides 6 contact hours. Physician Assistants: This educational activity provides 6 hours of Category 2 CME credits. Dietitians:  Institute for Brain Potential is an IL Department of Professional RegulationApproved CE Sponsor for LDNs. IBP is a Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Accredited Provider with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). Registered dietitians (RDs) and dietetic technicians, registered (DTRs) will receive 6 CPEUs for completion of this program.  Educators: This program provides 7.5 PDUs of professional development in IL and 7.5 Contact Hours ofprofessionaldevelopmentinMOtowardlicense renewal through a co-sponsorship agreement between IBP and Alliant International University, a regionally accredited institution by the Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities. Contact you need prior approval. Description: In this six-hour program, health professionals will learn how people reason with selected disorders of mood, anxiety, OCD, anger, and personality. Practical strategies will be presented to facilitate meaningful change in patients and health professionals working in medical, dental, and behavioral health settings. Participants completing this program should be able to: • List several paths to achieving effective emotional communication. • Outline an effective strategy to reason with a person who has a disorder of mood, anxiety, OCD, anger, or personality. • Describe a strategy for reasoning or having a difficult conversation with a person who is experiencing pain, illness or vulnerability. • Describe a calming strategy including the practice of mindfulness for health professionals who are experiencing strong emotions.

Counseling Grief Clients: Functional Interventions for Everyday Use is organized by PESI HealthCare and will be held on Dec 06, 2019 at Holiday Inn Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, United States of America. This Course has been approved for a maximum of 6.3 contact hours / 6.25 clock hours and 6.25 participant hours / 6.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s). Target Audience: • Psychologists • Psychiatrists • Counselors • Marriage and Family Therapists • Social Workers • Pastoral Counselors • Chaplains/Clergy • Mental Health Nurses • Funeral Directors • Case Managers • Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners • Addiction Counselors • Thanatologists • Nursing Home Administrators Conference Description: Clinicians often struggle to develop an effective approach to counseling grief clients, due to the uniqueness of each individual’s grief. The last 10-15 years have seen an explosion of new research in the field and many new studies have turned what we thought we knew on its head. Explore this new research about appropriate diagnosis of grief clients, ideas for how to assess grief severity and related constructs, and clarification about what is meant by “complicated grief” Review the most commonly used current models for understanding grief and leave with tools, including 20 interventions, to more confidently assist clients in navigating the adaptive, yet confusing and difficult, grief process. The seminar will end with a focus on self-care, discussing how to appropriately manage and care for ourselves in this demanding, yet fulfilling, work. Conference Objectives are: • Articulate current models for conceptualizing grief and how these influence treatment planning. • Analyze and differentiate clinical symptoms to diagnose grief clients appropriately. • Implement functional interventions for grief counseling adaptable to use with any clients. • Demonstrate three new interventions to use with bereaved clients. • Determine when grief has become “complicated” and develop an appropriate treatment strategy. • Develop strategies of self-awareness and self-care for grief counselors as it relates to clinical practice. Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.