These workshops are currently available for scheduling by NC AHEC regional mental health directors. Click on a workshop title to view detailed information: a program description, learning objectives, target audience, contact hours, and more.
If you need a workshop in an area of developmental disabilities that is not on this list, we encourage you to contact UNC School of Social Work faculty in the Family Support Program (Laurel Powel, Barbara Leach) about your specific AHEC training needs.
- Accessible Reproductive Healthcare: Removing Barriers for Individuals with Disabilities
(Nellie Galindo) - Aging in Place, Aging in Community
(Alison Climo) - Becoming a Neuro-Affirming Clinical Supervisor
(Donna Newberne) - Creating Environments that Support Executive Functioning
(Eileen Slade) - Culturally Relevant Engagement Interviewing
(Betsy Bledsoe) - Diversity in Neurodivergence: Girls and Women with Autism
(Caroline Garrett) - Engaging LGBTQ Youth and Families: How Do You Show You Are an Ally?
(Rachel Galanter) - Health Disparities Among Older Adults
(Annamae T. Giles) - How Supported Decision Making Can Enhance the Health of Individuals with Intellectual and other Developmental Disabilities
(Karen Luken) - Implicit Bias in Mental Health
(Andrea Murray-Lichtman) - Improving Clinical Outcomes: Addressing Racial Equity in Treatment
(Juan Tuset) - Improving Outcomes: Enhancing Cultural Competency in Work with the LGBT Community
(Avery Cook) - Introduction to the Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) Profile in Autism/ADHD
(Lydia Stellwag) - LGBTQ+ Trauma Informed Practice in Recovery: Ethical Care
(Avery Cook) - Meeting the Health Care Needs of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People: Ending Invisibility and Knowing Your Patients
(Avery Cook) - Mental Health Disparities Among African Americans
(Andrea Murray-Lichtman) - Navigating the Complex World of Autism Spectrum Disorder for Children and Adolescents of Color: a Parent Perspective
(Danyale Sturdivant) - Neurodiversity in the Workplace
(Caroline Garrett) - Parent Engagement & Involvement: African American Parents of K-8 Children
(Tauchiana Williams) - Race-Based Traumatic Stress: Broadening Your Toolkit to Support Diverse Clients
(Alicia Freeman) - Rethinking Guardianship: Exploring Less Restrictive Alternatives
(Linda Kendall Fields) - Same but Different, or Is It? Best Practice Treatment for LGBTQ+ Clients with Substance Abuse Concerns
(Avery Cook) - Sexuality and Disability: Reducing the Stigma, Improving Access, and Increasing Equity
(Nellie Galindo) - Sibling Support Across the Lifespan
(Eileen Slade) - Social Determinants of Health
(Betsy Bledsoe) - Supporting Choice and Self-Determination: Less Restrictive Alternatives to Guardianship
(Alison Climo or Linda Kendall Fields) - Supporting Families of Children with Complex Needs
(Laurel Powell) - Supporting Older Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
(Kim Schlegel) - The Art of Promoting Culturally Sensitive and Responsive Practices in Clinical Supervision
(Donna Newberne) - The Impact of ACES on Autistic Individuals
(Molly Marus-Quinley) - Trauma and IDD
(Eileen Slade) - Using the Cultural Humility and Intersectionality frameworks with LGBTQIA+ Clients of Color
(Hayden Dawes) - Voices of Resilience: Suicide Prevention in Native Communities
(Alicia Freeman) - When the Dam Breaks: Preventing and Planning for Mental Health Crises with People with IDD
(Laurel Powell)