Graduate Training - Evidence Based Practice for Children's Mental Health
The University of Washington Workforce Initiative at PBHJP is sponsoring a year-round course series for University of Washington graduate students. The series is open to all graduate students from a variety of departments and disciplines including Social Work, Nursing, Education, Psychology, Psychiatry, Special Education, & Justice. Courses in the series focus on helping students develop the core competencies needed to uptake new EBPs as well as specific training in one or more EBP of focus.
For more information, please contact the instructor listed in the course description or if you have any questions email dgabriel@uw.edu or call 206-616-1119.
Autumn 2012
Psychology 543. Evidence-based Practices: Parenting Interventions
Autumn Term, 2011
This three-credit, interdisciplinary course will provide students with an in-depth, hands-on understanding of the practical, cultural, and cross-systems applications of evidence-based parenting interventions. The course is grounded in teaching students to use Helping the Noncompliant Child (HNC; McMahon and Forehand, 2003), an evidence-based parenting intervention for children ages of 3 and 8 who are exhibiting acting-out behaviors. This course will include an integration of theory and practice. A significant proportion of the class will involve modeling and practice of HNC, and students will be expected to learn and exhibit competency in the HNC intervention strategies. Other course components include strategies for linking assessment with the selection and implementation of appropriate evidence-based parenting interventions for children and families and considerations for use of different interventions based on client presentation, ethnicity/culture, socioeconomic status, and system settings (e.g., child welfare, juvenile justice, education).
Students who are interested in registering for the course should contact the instructor, Suzanne Kerns, Ph.D. (sekerns@u.washington.edu; 206.685.2766). Students should provide their name, program/school, year in program, phone number, and email address. The instructor will maintain a list of all interested students. The multidisciplinary task force that developed and directs the course series will make the decisions about enrollment based on demand.
Winter 2013
Psychology 543. Evidence-based Practices: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Children and Adolescents with Anxiety-Related Disorders
Winter Term, 2012
This three-credit, interdisciplinary course will provide students with an in-depth, hands-on introduction to evidence-based, cognitive behavioral treatments (CBT) for children and adolescents with anxiety-related disorders (e.g., Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, etc.). The course will highlight specific components of treatment that are common across most cognitive-behavioral interventions, however specific training will be provided in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT). Students will learn the fundamentals of how to recognize, assess, and treat clients using CBT and also how to evaluate the clients’ response to treatment. The course will also focus on adaptations to match client presentation, ethnicity, culture, socioeconomic status, and treatment setting. This course will include an integration of theory and practice. A significant portion of the course will involve demonstration and practicing of TF-CBT, which students will learn and demonstrate competently as part of their grade.
Students who are interested in registering for the course should contact the instructor. Students should provide their name, program/school, year in program, phone number, and email address. The instructor will maintain a list of all interested students. The interdisciplinary task force that developed and directs the course will make decisions about enrollment based on a priority of including students from all programs/schools and senior over junior students (who could take the course next year).
Spring 2013
Psychology 543. Extreme and Complex Cases in Outpatient Settings
Spring Term, 2012
This course will provide students with an in-depth review of the range of evidenced-based treatments appropriate for some of the most complex cases – children and adolescents with behavioral and psychiatric disorders who are involved with multiple service systems, including mental health, juvenile justice, chemical dependency, school, welfare systems and/or state protective services. The focus is on youth from late childhood through adolescence and their families and care providers. The emphasizes a practical approach to acquiring the necessary skills as well as touching on the major theoretical issues underlying the EBT’s with this population. The aim of the class is to provide students only a practical understanding of the common elements of the EBT’s, but will also provide hands on practice of several of the skill sets required to implement these treatments. Particular emphasis will be placed on skill sets arising out of the following EBT’s: Multisystemic Therapy, Family Integrated Transitions, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing.
Students who are interested in registering for the course should contact the instructors, Wayne Smith, Ph.D. (wrsmith@uw.edu); or Terry Lee, MD (drterry@uw.edu). Students should provide their name, program/school, year in program, phone number, and email address. The instructor will maintain a list of all interested students. The multidisciplinary task force that developed and directs the course series will make the decisions about enrollment based on demand.