Upcoming Medical Conferences in Louisville

Suicide & Self-Harm: Stopping the Pain is organized by PESI HealthCare and will be held on Dec 12, 2019 at Crowne Plaza Louisville Airport Expo Ctr, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America. This Course has been approved for a maximum of 6.3 contact hours / 6.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s). Target Audience: • Social Workers • Psychologists • Counselors • Teachers • School Administrators • Marriage & Family Therapists • Case Managers • Addiction Counselors • Therapists • Nurses • Other Mental Health Professionals Course Description: Using case studies taken from his 45-year career as a suicidologist and the DSM-5®’s expanded and comprehensive approach to suicide and self-mutilation – Jack Klott will bring to life the ideas, theories and concepts presented in this engaging one-of-a-kind workshop. After examining the goals of suicide and the goals that the self-mutilator desires to achieve, you will delve into treatment strategies that will help guide your client to achieve those goals with other, less damaging strategies. You will learn which personality types are most vulnerable to acts of suicide and self-mutilation, as well as the essential link between these behaviors and addiction disorders. Most importantly, your attention will be focused on the treatment relationship and the key to hope for both the suicidal and the self-harm clients. Objectives: • Implement a risk assessment strategy that helps clinicians determine which clients present the highest risk for suicide and self-harm. • Analyze the concept of suicide “contracts” and communicate their impacts on clients, clinicians, and clinical vigilance. • Explain how intent differentiates self-mutilation from suicide attempts and accurately identify the one form of self-mutilation that is a warning sign for potential suicide completion. • Implement techniques for effectively intervening in crisis situations and develop a strategy for determining when and how to hospitalize clients. • Articulate the role of addictions in the suicidal and self-mutilating population and employ a multi-faceted therapeutic approach that ensures client safety and addresses treatment of the addiction. • Determine the purpose behind self-injuring behavior and communicate how alternative coping strategies can be introduced in therapy to help clients manage triggering situations without self-harm.

Update on Periodontal Classification and Diagnosis is organized by University of Louisville (UL) School of Dentistry Office of Continuing Education and will be held on Dec 13, 2019 at University of Louisville School of Dentistry, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America. Lecture: CEU(s) - 3 Course Description: This course will discuss the newly published (June, 2018) changes in Periodontal Classification, including the elimination of Chronic/Aggressive Periodontitis, the addition of Staging/Grading Periodontitis, and its impact on the clinical assessment and diagnosis of periodontal patients. Course Objectives:       • Understand the rationale for changing the periodontal classification system. • Identify the changes made in the periodontal classification system. • Understand the clinical significance of the new periodontal classification system. • Identify the criteria for diagnosing Gingival Health, Periodontal Health, Gingivitis, and Periodontitis. • Discuss the importance of Staging and Grading Periodontitis. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

2019 ACG’s Hepatology School & ACG Southern Regional Postgraduate Course is organized by American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) and will be held from Dec 06 - 08, 2019 at Omni Louisville Hotel, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Oppositional, Defiant & Disruptive Children and Adolescents: Non-medication Approaches to the Most Challenging Behaviors is organized by PESI HealthCare and will be held on Jan 29, 2020 at Crowne Plaza Louisville Airport Expo Ctr, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America. This course has been approved for a maximum of 6.3 contact hours / 6.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ / 0.6 CEUs. Target Audience: • Counselors • Social Workers • Psychologists • Marriage and Family Therapists • Speech-Language Pathologists • Teachers • School Guidance Counselors • Case Managers • Nurses • School Administrators • Educational Paraprofessionals • Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistants • Other Helping Professionals that Work with Children Course Description: Children and adolescents with ODD, ADHD, Asperger’s, anxiety, mood and disruptive disorders provide constant clinical and parenting challenges. Attend this seminar and learn new, effective non-medication strategies for your clients’ most challenging behaviors including: • Tantrums • Running out/away • Noncompliance • Nagging • Refusing to work/help • Yelling/screaming • Bullying • Panic/anxiety reactions • Lack of follow through • Not following directions You will walk away with immediate strategies for out of control behaviors and techniques for emotional regulation along with long-term treatment strategies to help kids at home and school. Jason Mathison is a clinical expert and has worked with the most challenging kids both in clinical and school settings. Through the use of case studies and action-oriented handouts, you will leave this seminar with solutions to turn your most challenging kids around. Objectives: • Utilize clinical strategies to reduce the frequency, duration and severity of behavioral episodes that challenge therapists, educators, professionals and parents. • Implement both proactive and reactive strategies for oppositional, defiant and disruptive behavior in children and youth. • Discriminate between the clinical presentation of behavioral episodes & psychiatric symptoms to inform treatment. • Communicate how a skilled observation of behavior informs your treatment approach. • Develop clinical skills for establishing a therapeutic rapport to overcome treatment resistance in children and adolescents. • Effectively develop a behavior intervention plan and safety plan across all settings including home and school.

Antisocial, Borderline, Narcissistic and Histrionic: Effective Treatment for Cluster B Personality Disorders is organized by PESI HealthCare and will be held on Feb 20, 2020 at The Brown Hotel, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America. This Conference has been approved for a maximum of 6.3 contact hours. Target Audience: • Counselors • Social Workers • Psychologists • Psychotherapists • Therapists • Addiction Counselors • Marriage and Family Therapists • Case Managers • Nurses • Other Mental Health Professionals Description: Join national trainer, Charles Jacob, Ph.D., as he delivers an intensive workshop and seminar designed to provide you with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to accurately identify and treat your most difficult personality disordered clients. Better understand your clients with Antisocial, Narcissist, Histrionic and Borderline Personality Disorder client and make a breakthrough in clinical treatment. • Manage the manipulative and possibly violent Antisocial Personality Disorder in-session. • Overcome the Narcissistic Personality Disorder trait of perfectionism and combat their need to overpower you as the therapist. • Better understand your clients diagnosed with Histrionic Personality Disorder whose intense emotions and need for attention will test your patience and compassion. • Help the Borderline Personality Disorder client deal with their explosive emotions, self-harm tendencies and cravings for chaos. Case studies and video examples will be used to illustrate client symptom presentation, treatment, and management of each Cluster B client type. You will explore various modalities that are effective with antisocial, narcissistic, histrionic, and borderline personality disorders, such as Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive-Behavioral, Interpersonal, and Dialectical therapies. Each of these theories will be explored to provide you with solid and useable skills to include in your daily practice. Objectives: • Determine how the changes with the DSM-5® impacts diagnosis and treatment of the Cluster B Personality Disorder. • Identify and diagnose clients with antisocial, narcissistic, histrionic and Borderline Personality disorders to effectively inform your choice of treatment interventions. • Utilize case studies to differentiate symptom overlap, effective treatment and emotional management of each Cluster B Personality Disorders client type. • Manage the manipulative and potentially violent behaviors with your clients diagnosed with Antisocial Personality Disorder in session to make therapeutic progress. • Implement CBT techniques to clarify behaviors, values and goals with clients diagnosed with Narcissistic Personality Disorder. • Incorporate techniques to decrease explosive emotions, self-harm tendencies and cravings for chaos for clients diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder. • Utilize MI and DBT techniques with clients diagnosed with Histrionic Personality Disorder to help manage cognition and improve emotional regulation.

Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Recognizing & Treating the Emerging Epidemic is organized by PESI HealthCare and will be held on Feb 21, 2020 at Crowne Plaza Louisville Airport Expo Ctr, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America. This Conference has been approved for a maximum of 6.25 hours of continuing education credit / 6.25 contact hours / 6.0 contact hours or .6 CEUs / 7.5 hours of continuing education. Target Audience: • Social Workers • Psychologists • Counselors • Teachers • School Administrators • Occupational Therapists • Speech-Language Pathologists • Marriage and Family Therapists • Other Helping Professionals Who Work with Children Description: The increasing rate of stress and trauma to children, which includes divorce, family breakdown, violence in society, the media, and a failing school system, has produced a “shell shocked” generation suffering from anxiety in many cases. The challenge for clinicians is to recognize anxiety in children and help them cope. Dr. Steve O'Brien will teach you how and why anxiety develops in children and adolescents. She will present practical treatment strategies that can be applied immediately. The seven key anxiety disorders along with case examples to be addressed include: • Separation anxiety disorder • Panic disorder • Overanxious disorder • Obsessive-compulsive disorder • Social anxiety disorder • Phobias • Post-traumatic stress disorder Other co-occurring disorders (e.g. behavior problems, medical conditions, depression, ADHD, learning disabilities, selective mutism) will also be discussed. Emphasis will be on creative interventions involving insight-oriented, cognitive-behavioral, biological, mindfulness, expressive arts and family systems approaches. Objectives: • Apply the “Three Ingredients” framework for understanding how, why and when anxiety occurs in children. • Draw from 10 specific stress-management strategies to target the "when" factor in child and adolescent anxiety. • Recommend 8 steps teachers can take to reduce anxiety in the classroom for more focused attention. • Implement at least one effective treatment strategy for each of the 7 key anxiety disorders to modify sources of stress. • Designate 3 steps that schools can take to create a safe, calm environment for meeting the needs of anxious students. • Create a therapeutic alliance with parents to improve the effectiveness of clinical treatment with anxious kids.

High-Functioning Autism: Proven & Practical Interventions for Challenging Behaviors in Children, Adolescents & Young Adults is organized by PESI HealthCare and will be held on Feb 26, 2020 at Crowne Plaza Louisville Airport Expo Ctr, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America. This Course has been approved for a maximum of 6.3 contact hours / 6.25 clock hours of continuing education credit. Target Audience: • Speech-Language Pathologists • Speech-Language Pathology Assistants • School Administrators • Special Education Teachers • General Education Teachers • School-based Personnel • Social Workers • Counselors • Occupational Therapists • Occupational Therapy Assistants • Behavioral Intervention Specialists • Psychologists • Marriage & Family Therapists • Educational Paraprofessionals • Nurses • Youth Leaders • Probation Officers • Other helping professionals who work with • children/adolescents/young adults Course Description: This intensive, full-day seminar provides proven intervention strategies, essential treatment tools, and behavioral techniques to help you analyze behaviors and actions, identify consequences for behaviors, and teach new skills to children, adolescents and young adults with high-functioning autism (HFA). Walk away with practical intervention techniques for social success, behavior changes and overcoming challenging co-occurring behaviors that deliver success through adulthood. The challenging co-occurring issues to be addressed are: • Social skills • Sensory • Depression • ADHD • Psychotropic medications • Communication • Anxiety/Rigidity • Meltdowns • OCD • Non-compliance Gain valuable insight into common psychotropic medications, including both the helpful effects and potentially problematic side effects, that these individuals are prescribed. We will explore HFA and the new DSM-5® diagnosis of Social-Pragmatic Communication Disorder. You will receive the necessary tools to gain effective collaboration between clinicians, educators and parents. Through case studies, video clips and class participation you will leave this seminar with the confidence to identify actions that cause impediments in change, utilize more successful consequences for behaviors, and teach new skills to children, adolescents, and young adults with HFA. Don’t just manage these individuals; provide interventions that lead to successful independence into their adult years! Objectives: • Explain how the DSM-5® updates impact service delivery. • Utilize several social skill interventions to improve long-term success for children/adolescents with HFA. • Employ specific coping and calming techniques for children/adolescents with HFA. • Identify medication side effects that can mimic behavioral issues and may even cause behavioral issues. • Design effective strategies for successful transitions for children/adolescents with HFA. • Select specific behavioral interventions that target the most difficult behaviors in children/adolescents with HFA. • Summarize the new DSM-5® diagnosis of Social-Pragmatic Communication Disorder and design treatment interventions.

Grief Treatment: Current Evidence-Based Approaches to Care Across the Lifespan is organized by PESI HealthCare and will be held on Mar 03, 2020 at Crowne Plaza Louisville Airport Expo Ctr, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 6.3 contact hours / 6.25 continuing education clock hours and 6.25 participant hours.  Target Audience: • Counselors • Social Workers • Psychologists • Case Managers • Marriage & Family Therapists • Nurses • Chaplains/Clergy • Nursing Home Administrators • Other Mental Health Professionals Course Description: The need for a revolution in the way mental health providers approach grievers is on the rise. The “quick fix” nature of American culture, a death-denying attitude and an outdated adherence to stage theories has created an epidemic for grievers. The potential is high to include a formalized diagnosis for Prolonged Grief Disorder in the next revision of the DSM-5®. If this occurs, clinicians will have an even greater responsibility to understand treatment modalities, assessment tools and diagnostic criteria related to grief. Not long ago in American history, those in mourning would be quick to find comfort from family and faith. Yet, as our society shifts away from a faith-orientation and loneliness continues to escalate, clinicians have the unique opportunity to stand in the gap of this crisis and provide a respite for grieving people of all ages. This training provides fast and unique treatment tools that can be used in a wide variety of circumstances for grievers of all ages. The new complicated Grief Treatment Model will also be examined for use with individuals facing a more persistent response to grief. This treatment has been studied to have a significantly higher response rate than interpersonal psychotherapy. Objectives: • Examine current models of grief theory that go beyond the five stages and the treatment implications of each model. • Explain the unique experience created by different types of loss in relation to assessment and treatment planning. • Describe a client’s understanding of death and response to grief from a developmental perspective across the lifespan. • Identify how grief impacts the family system (individually and together), and how to better equip them to support each other in grief. • Evaluate current and cutting-edge modalities used to treat typical and complicated grief in the clinical setting. • Identify specific creative counseling interventions that engage the individual, couple or family in the process of grief. Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

Society of Gastroenterology Nurses & Associates (SGNA) 47th Annual Course is organized by Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates (SGNA), Inc and will be held from May 15 - 19, 2020 at Kentucky International Convention Center, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America. Why Attend: The SGNA 47th Annual Course combines renowned industry leaders, focused educational sessions, hands-on training, insights from colleagues, and product and service highlights. SGNA gives you the tools and knowledge-base you need to bring value to your job and patients every day. The SGNA 47th Annual Course is the best educational investment your company will make all year. Take advantage of the opportunities available including: • Networking with like-minded professionals • Education focused on relevant topics like infection prevention, sedation and endoscopic reprocessing • Opportunity to earn up to 34.25 contact hours • Viewing the latest products and services in the Exhibit Hall Note: Pre - meeting events: May 15 - 16 Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

ACCREDITCON 2020 is organized by Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP) and will be held from May 27 - 31, 2020 at Omni Louisville Hotel, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.