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Workshop Details

1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Mental Health Considerations for Children and Adolescents during COVID-19, 1.5 CE

Presented by Katy Hopkins, Ph.D.

This presentation will provide an overview of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children and adolescents' mental health. Participants will learn strategies to reinforce natural supports, bolster positive coping in children and families, and provide evidence-based interventions to promote child and adolescent wellbeing during such an unprecedented time. Skill Level: Intermediate

Workshop Objectives

Participants will be able to:

• Identify common symptoms of distress, related to COVID-19, across ages and stages in children and adolescents.
• Utilize evidence-based interventions to treat children and adolescents with COVID-related mental illness.

About the Presenter:

Katy Hopkins, Ph.D., earned her masters and doctoral degrees, as well as completed her postdoctoral training, at the University of Louisville. She completed her internship in child and family psychology at the Southern Arizona Psychology Internship Consortium in Tucson, AZ. She is currently leading Norton Healthcare's efforts to integrate behavioral health into pediatric primary care. Prior to joining Norton Children's Medical Group, she was an assistant clinical professor of counseling psychology at the University of Louisville, where she served as the director of two community-based behavioral health training clinics in West Louisville, known as the Cardinal Success Program, serving individuals and families across the lifespan.

 Audience

This workshop is appropriate for Psychologists, Social Workers, Other Mental Health Professionals

Registration Fees

Event Location
Virtual - via Zoom

It is important to note that APA continuing education rules require that KPA only give credit to those who attend the entire workshop.  An evaluation of the workshop must be completed. Those who sign in more than 15 minutes after the scheduled start time or leave before the workshop is completed will not receive CE credit. Partial credit may not be given.

Cancellation Policy
Cancellations received on/before April 8, 2021, will receive a 90% refund. No refunds available after April 8, 2021. All refund requests must be in writing to KPA, 8004 Lyndon Centre Way, Suite 202, Louisville, KY 40222, or [email protected].

CE Credits/Attendance

This program has been approved for 1.5 CE credits by the Kentucky Psychological Association (KPA). 

Psychologists: 
KPA is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. KPA maintains responsibility for this program and its content. KPA is also an approved sponsor for the Kentucky Board of Examiners of Psychology. 

Social Workers & Art Therapists:
KPA is an approved sponsor for the Kentucky Board of Social Work, the Kentucky Board of Professional Art Therapists. (Provider #1004)

Pastoral Counselors: 
KPA is approved to offer Continuing Education to Pastoral Counselors as stated in 201 KAR 38:070, Section 3(1)(b) as an approved KBEP provider.

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