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Understanding and Managing the Traitsof Borderline Personality Disorder AND Implicit Bias for Mental Health Care with Older Adults

  • Stonewater Country Club 7177 Kalamazoo Avenue Southeast Caledonia, MI, 49316 United States (map)

Course Description:

BPD is a behavioral health condition that impacts the way a person things and feels about themselves and others, causing problems in everyday life across multiple domains of functioning. This training will explain contributing factors to the development of BPD, with a focus on understanding symptomatic behaviors in order to inform more effective management when they occur.

This Implicit Bias training for health and mental health professionals will address implicit bias with older adults. Participants will be able to: Recognize occurrences of implicit bias in mental health care setting and in the workplace; Identify a minimum of three consequences of implicit bias for access to effective patient care/workplace satisfaction; Learn at least two strategies to reduce disparities in service based on implicit bias.

Course Link:
http://www.lcc.edu/mhap
CE Value (credits): 6
CE Type: Standard, Implicit Bias

Sponsor:
Mental Health & Aging Project - LCC

Contact Information:
Alicia Hostetler
517-483-1529
hosteta3@star.lcc.edu


Earlier Event: December 5
SEL + Resilience in the Classroom
Later Event: December 6
Secondary Trauma and Self-Care