School Based Behavioral Health and Wellness Conference
The last few years have been incredibly challenging times for schools with far reaching behavioral health and wellness implications for students, educators, and school communities. The first annual School Based Behavioral Health and Wellness Conference will address such implications through a focus on topics directly related to understanding behavioral health concerns within a school environment. Sessions will include topics such as trauma-informed school environments, engaging and enhancing mindful awareness of the school community, how grief and loss have an impact upon student behavior and outcomes, teacher burnout, impact of social media, and recognizing anxiety and depression in students. Additionally, the conference will provide courses on non-traditional methods of amplifying the wellness of a school community, such as mindfulness and the arts, and the impact of school athletics upon a student's emotional wellness.
Target Audience
School educators, social workers (LSW, LCSW), Counselors (LPC), school administrators, psychologists (PhD, PsyD), Physicians (MD), Nurses.
Learning Objectives
Participants will gain knowledge of the following:
1. Recognize behaviors associated with anxiety and depression
2. Create trauma-informed school and classroom environments
3. Serving students who are experiencing grief and loss within the school context
4. Understand the impact of professional burnout within the school environment
5. Increase mindful awareness of students and teachers
Physicians Allegheny General Hospital is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.
American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME.
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME.
The National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) states that the AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ are acceptable for continuing medical education requirements for recertification.
Allegheny General Hospital has approved this activity for contact hours for non-physicians.
Available Credit
- 4.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 4.75 Attendance