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PEDIATRIC PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY:
What you Need to Know
-Live Webinar-
Presenter: Ganesh Shetty, M.D.

When: August 25, 2021, 6 pm - 9:30 pm EST

CE Hours: 3

Cost: $95.00
Due to COVID-19 health concerns, this one-time online event has been approved by APT for 3 CONTACT/CE Hours.
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Description: 
Holistic care includes the mind, body, and spirit. Being aware of specific psychotropic medications and how they work to improve symptoms is valuable information for mental health clinicians, including play therapists. When medication is added to the treatment, the therapist may wonder if changes in the client's behavior, positive or negative, are a result of interventions, the medication, or both. This information is valuable because the client may need a lower dose or have the dose adjusted, or the medication discontinued. This does not imply that therapists need to have in-depth knowledge
pertaining to psychotropic medications. It is suggested here that the therapist have some familiarity with commonly used psychotropic medications, and concerns related to changes in behavior communicated to the parent.  
 
This presentation provides information regarding commonly used drug classifications to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, childhood depression, and anxiety in children.
Information about common expected side effects will be included. Play therapists will be able to share scenarios in which unexpected changes in behaviors exhibited in the playroom may have been influenced by the effects of psychotropic medications, as well as what to be aware of, should a child present with adverse reactions.  

Learning Objectives:

  • Identify drug use to treat ADHD, anxiety and depression in children, including those receiving play therapy
  • Describe how medications for ADHD, depression and anxiety medications work on the central nervous system to improve behavior in children
  • State common side effects of medications to treat ADHD, depression and anxiety
  • State how knowledge of psychotropic is beneficial for play therapists

Presenter: Ganesh Shetty, M.D
Dr. Shetty is a graduate of the University of the West Indies, MONA, where he received his Doctor of Medicine degree. Dr. Shetty completed a Fellowship at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He is the Chief Executive Director of the Caribbean Association for Child and Play Therapy in Jamaica. His primary role is Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist at St. Andrew Health Department for the past 23 years. Dr. Shetty is very passionate about his work and in particular promoting the powers of play therapy in Jamaica, West Indies.
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CONTINUING EDUCATION
Continuing Education Approval for Licensed Mental Health Counselors/Social Workers/ School Psychologists/MFCCs/Play Therapists/Art Therapists 

SOCIAL WORKERS
Chesapeake Beach Professional Seminars (CBPS) is approved by the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners to sponsor Category I continuing education programs. Social Work Boards in most states accept this approval status. 

LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS
Chesapeake Beach Professional Seminars (CBPS) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5763. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CBPS is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. 

SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS 
Chesapeake Beach Professional Seminars (CBPS) is approved by the National Association of School Psychologists to offer professional development for school Psychologists, provider #1067. CBPS maintains responsibility for the program. 

CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGISTS  
The Maryland and Washington, DC Boards of Psychology Examiners Recognizes national Asspciation of School Psychologist approval status with CBPS and grants CE hours to clinical psychologists in Maryland and Washington, DC.

PLAY THERAPISTS
Chesapeake Professional Seminars (CBPS) is an Association for Play Therapy (APT) approved provider of continuing education, APT Approved Provider #97-034.

NEW YORK SOCIAL WORKERS, LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH PRACTICIONERS, AND LICENSED MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS

CBPS is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s Board of Social Work, Provider #0122; and the Board of Mental Health Practitioners, Licensed Mental Health Counselors, Provider #MHC-0009 and Licensed Marriage & Family Therapists, provider #MFT-0008.

ART THERAPISTS
Art Therapists (LCAT, ATR-BC) may obtain CE Hours based on our NBCC approval status.

PSYCHOLOGISTS
Approved to psychologists in NY Provider Number: #PSY-0070