LIVE: Working with Individuals with Developmental or Cognitive Impairment
March 25, 2025 | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Pacific
March 25, 2025
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Pacific
1 Hour | 1 CE
$125 Registration | $100 Early Registration (through March 18th) | Live Virtual Training via Zoom
Margaret Nixon, PhD presents a live virtual professional training program on Working with Individuals with Developmental or Cognitive Impairment.
This badge-earning program can be shared digitally on platforms like LinkedIn or your resume and counts towards a certificate. Enroll in this program to earn credit towards the Correctional Mental Health Certificate and share your new digital credentials with prospective employers and colleagues.
This training will identify and understand the social, cognitive, and environmental risk factors that increase the likelihood of criminal offending in individuals with neurodevelopmental disabilities and how these conditions impact behavior, decision-making, impulse control, and emotional regulation.
Participants will gain an understanding of evidence-based intervention strategies aimed at rehabilitation and reducing recidivism while also reflecting on the ethical considerations of working with this population in criminal justice contexts, with a focus on person-centered approaches.
This training is intended for early career workers with a minimum of a bachelor's level qualification in a discipline such as psychology, nursing, social work, or counseling. Working in settings with forensic clients, including the community, hospitals, residential services, and custodial settings. The target is broad as the prevalence of developmental or cognitive impairments across all settings is high, meaning the topic is relevant to all working with forensic populations.
Intended Audience
This live program is intended for mental health and other allied professionals.
Experience Level
This live program is appropriate for beginner, intermediate, and advanced level clinicians.
CE / CPD Credit
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Presented By
Margaret Nixon, PhD
Dr Nixon has worked across many large research projects in both health and forensic research areas. She has extensive experience in conducting interviews with vulnerable populations (i.e. individuals with dementia, mental illness and histories of trauma). She is a lecturer in forensic behavioural sc...
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this program you will be able to:
Describe the factors contributing to criminal offending behavior in individuals with neurodevelopmental disabilities
Describe effective interventions and ethical considerations for supporting individuals with neurodevelopmental disabilities involved in criminal behavior
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Live Event Policy
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Event Communications
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Cancellation Policy
Have a sudden change of plans and are unable to attend live? No worries; you will be given access to the on-demand version of the program once available. Please note if you attend live, no access to the recording will be given.
Event Conduct
Professional conduct is expected during our live programs. Our goal is to make our events as interactive as possible for all participants. We reserve the right to remove any participants who are disruptive, act unprofessionally, or who we are unable to verify their purchase.
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CE Sponsorship Information
Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT), SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0356 and the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0073. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6811. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CONCEPT Professional Training, #1480, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. CONCEPT Professional Training maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 11/22/23-11/22/26. Social workers completing this course receive (clinical or social work ethics) continuing education credits.