In - service Training Program
Continuing Education for Mental Health Professionals
Looking for Continuing Education?
The In-service Training Program at The Institute for Child and Family Health, Inc. (ICFH) offers ongoing, high quality continuing education for its staff. Some of our programs
are also offered to mental health professionals in our community.
Topics offered include:
First Steps in Infant Mental Health:
This series of workshops introduces mental health professionals to the field of Infant Mental Health. Thirteen 2-hour sessions are offered in order to expand clinical knowledge
and skills in the areas of assessment and treatment of young children and their families. Topics include infant development, attachment, cultural issues, and empirically-based
treatments. This series is made possible through funding by The Alliance for Human Services, and all of the presenters are graduates of ICFH’s three–year Infant Mental
Health Train-the-Trainer Program.
The Play Therapy Series:
This series of twelve, two-hour workshops is an introduction to play therapy. Sessions include topics such as legal and ethical issues, the rationale for play therapy, its
history, the major theoretical approaches, how to utilize the toys and miniatures, and the use of play therapy with different populations. All classes are taught by the President
of The Association for Play Therapy, Lisa Saldaña, LMHC, Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor.
HIV/AIDS 104:
This four-hour session has been developed for clinicians who work with children, adolescents, and families. This course is designed to meet or exceed the State’s requirements
for mandatory HIV/AIDS training for mental health professionals.
Ethics, Laws and Boundaries:
A three-hour course, specifically tailored for those working with children and families. The course was designed to meet the State’s requirement for mandatory ethics & boundary
courses for licensed mental health professionals.
The Effects of Domestic Violence on Children:
A two-hour course that provides participants with an understanding of the impact of intimate partner violence on children, this workshop meets the State’s requirements for
mandatory domestic violence training for mental health professionals.
The Evidenced-Based Psychotherapies Train-The–Trainer Program:
Presented in partnership with The Integrated Psychotherapy Consortium/ Center for the Advancement of Children's Mental Health at Columbia University (ICP/CACMH). This program
will provide intensive training to twenty-five licensed mental health professionals from children’s mental health agencies throughout Miami-Dade County. Once proficient
in the treatment model, participants will be given training and support in effectively teaching and supervising other clinicians in its use.
ICFH and ICP/CACMH have developed this training program in order to ensure that at its completion participants will be competent and comfortable in the use of evidenced-based treatments for treating anxiety in children and adolescents, including:
- The ability to diagnose and conceptualize cases of anxiety within a cognitive behavioral framework;
- The effective use of the 8-12 session intervention manuals; and
- The use of assessment instruments and their integration with treatment planning and implementation.
In addition, participants will have acquired the skills, knowledge, and tools to help them teach and supervise other clinicians, in order to effectively disseminate and implement these interventions at their own work sites
The Evidenced-Based Psychotherapies Train-The–Trainer Program is funded by The Children’s Trust. The Trust is a dedicated source of revenue established by voter referendum to improve the lives of children and families in Miami-Dade County.
We are approved providers of continuing education for mental health professionals:
Psychologists: The Institute for Child and Family Health, Inc. is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Institute for Child and Family Health, Inc. maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Florida Professionals: The Institute for Child and Family Health, Inc. is approved as a provider by the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling. Provider Number BAP-556, expires 3/2009.
Play Therapy: The Institute for Child and Family Health, Inc. is approved by the Association for Play Therapy to offer continuing education specific to play therapy. Our provider number is 98-037. The Institute for Child and Family Health, Inc. maintains responsibility for the program
