How Traumatic Brain Injury Affects the Behavioral Health Process
Friday, November 20, 2020
9:00AM - 4:00PM PST
with Dan Overton, LMHC, Certified Brain Injury Specialist
Location: Online
Continuing Education: 5.5
Cost: Free
Who Should Attend: This training is open to all RVP Volunteer Providers, social workers, mental health counselors, and community providers.
What You Will Learn:
A brain injury can complicate the behavioral health (BH) process, is often invisible, misunderstood and yet it is prevalent in our military/veteran population. It can be very difficult for a BH provider to properly assess and establish how and/or how much a brain injury is contributing to and/or exacerbating symptoms. Brain injuries hardly exist in a vacuum and are often found associated with and linked to BH issues such as PTSD, SUD and more.
While the BH provider cannot be expected to be an expert it can increase the success of the client to know more about what brain injury is, how to identify it, when/why/how and where to refer and how to incorporate brain injury into treatment plans. This presentation will examine the tools used in evaluation, comorbidity and how to build effective treatment plans in an interactive and engaging way.
Learning Objectives
- Identify the primary evaluation techniques related to brain injury.
- Describe how the behavioral health provider can incorporate brain injury goals/objectives into more traditional treatment plans.
- Understand when/why/how and where to refer a brain injury client.
- Distinguish between the physical manifestations of the brain injury and mental health.
- Identify at least 3 positive outcomes specific to the brain injured BH client.
CE Faculty
Dan Overton is a Certified Brain Injury Specialist, holds a Master’s Degree in Counseling, and is currently a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in Washington state. For over a decade he was an adjunct professor with Western International University, and his professional work with veterans dates back to the beginning of his professional career at the Seattle VA Medical Center in the mid-1980s. Dan has helped develop programs for inpatient and outpatient substance abuse and mental health programs - both in the public and private sector - as a clinician, a clinical supervisor, as well as a program manager.
Moreover, Dan has professional experience with court-ordered treatment and crisis intervention. His expertise supported his work in program development for: social and health agencies; law enforcement; the court system; corrections; and community corrections in Arizona, Wyoming and Washington. Dan’s work was formally recognized by the Arizona Governor’s office in addition to receiving Washington’s State Innovation Award. He has also presented his professional work to groups of 400+ and at “brown bag” meetings with local professionals.
Sponsored by
Boeing is the world’s largest aerospace company and leading provider of commercial airplanes, defense, space and security systems, and global services. As a top U.S. exporter, the company supports commercial and government customers in more than 150 countries. Building on a legacy of aerospace leadership, Boeing continues to lead in technology and innovation, deliver for its customers and invest in its people and future growth.
Sponsored by
The Rx Abuse Leadership Initiative (RALI) of Oregon is a community health coalition, with a focus on raising awareness of opioid addiction. RALI Oregon represents communities across the state that have been impacted by this crisis including employers, veterans, children, rural Oregonians, health care providers, and law enforcement.
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503-954-2259
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