
COURSE CREDITS & HOURS
14 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™14 ACPE Credits
14 CE Credits for Psychologists
14 ASWB ACE Credits
14 MOC (Part II) points in the American Board of Pediatrics' (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program
14.0 Contact Hours
14 CE Credits for Psychologists
9 Hours of Pharmacology for NPs
COURSE FEES
TARGET AUDIENCE
PROGRAM PURPOSE
- Everything you wanted to ask a developmental pediatrician, almost
- Upon completion of this session participants should be able to summarize the basic distinctions between developmental pediatricians, psychologists and child psychiatrists.
- Autism: A Case Based Presentation (Early Identification)
- Upon completion of this session participants should be able to describe the basic characteristics in young children on the autistic spectrum.
- ADHD: Treatment Protocol for Primary Care Providers
- Upon completion of this session participants should be able to manage and follow children with ADHD.
- Preschool ADHD
- Upon completion of this session participants should be able to employ a number of interventions to assist young children with ADHD
- Sleep Problems in Kids
- Upon completion of this session participants should be able to apply this knowledge to assist parents in assuring safe and restful sleep for their children.
- Kids who are Mad, Kids who are Sad, Kids who are Bad
- Upon completion of this session participants will be able to recognize common behavioral challenges in children.
- Pediatric Feeding Disorders: A New Conceptualization
- Upon completion of this session participants will be able to recognize the diverse etiologies of feeding disorders in children and manage the appropriate referrals.
- Global approach to Child Psychiatry Diagnosis and Pharmacology (when to use a medication)
- Be able to identify three primary reasons for starting a medication for mood or behavior
- Identify what is the difference between a variant behavior/mood and a child mood or behavioral diagnosis.
- Treating Anxiety Disorders in the Busy Pediatric Practice
- Objective: List 3 classes of medication commonly prescribed to treat childhood anxiety.
- Describe appropriate use of "home bound" with mood disorders .
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD), Medications for Aggression
- List three DSM V diagnostic criteria for DMDD and list three common treatments for DMDD
- Become aware of the TRAY guidelines for aggressive youth.
- Bipolar Disorder in Youth/Mania! Medications for Mania
- List four of seven criteria for child mania in a developmentally appropriate context.
- List three medications effective in childhood mania.
- Treating Depression in the fast Paced Pediatric Office
- List three appropriate target symptoms that SSRI's address when treating childhood depression.
- Be able to understand why you choose one SSRI over another when treating childhood depression.
- SPECIAL TOPICS for the Pediatric Prescriber: "Cutting, Encopresis, School Refusal, and OCD".
- Develop a treatment approach for self-harm, encopresis, school refusal and OCD.
- List three medications FDA approved in children for OCD.
- Adolescent Brain Development: WHAT'S NEW!
- Describe our current/new understanding of the adolescent phase of brain development.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Register your interest and receive a full quote at 800-422-0711 (US/Can) or direct/int'l tel: +1-727-526-1571 or register online.
Conference Sessions generally take place on days at sea (as itinerary allows), giving you plenty of time to enjoy your meals, evenings and ports of call with your companion, family and friends.