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NC AHEC CHW Specialty Training Program: ADHD (Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder)

Course # 69886
NC AHEC CHW Specialty Training Program: ADHD (Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder)

Location

Online Course
MAHEC
Asheville, NC 28803

Dates & Times

Feb 17, 2023 12:00 PM – Aug 31, 2025 12:00 PM

Contact

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About This Module

This module is divided into the following sections focusing on Overview of ADHD, Health and Wellness Practices for Living with ADHD, and the Role of CHWs in Supporting Children and Families Living with ADHD.

Approximate time to complete the course: 90 minutes

Learner content includes: Video, corresponding course handout, exercises and a brief post test.


Participants have unlimited time to complete this course and access course materials.



About This Series

NC AHEC, as an anchor partner in the NC CHW Initiative, is committed to ensuring that Community Health Workers have access to ongoing training and professional development resources. As a vital workforce for advancing health equity, it is important that CHWs are able to deepen their knowledge and sharpen their skills for providing all North Carolinians with the opportunity for health and wellness. Through funding provided by the NC DHHS Department of Health Benefits (Medicaid), NC AHEC has worked with other key stakeholders, including CHWs and CHW supervisors, to develop standards for CHW Specialty training, identify key training topics, and develop a series of online modules specifically geared towards preparing CHWs to partner with primary care practices as part of the new Medicaid Managed Care network.

Each module provides continuing education credit recognized by the NC CHW Association for the purposes of maintaining certification. Some modules stand alone in terms of the topic covered while others can be combined to deepen CHW knowledge and skills on a particular topic. Each module has been co-developed with CHWs to ensure the focus of learning and style of education reflects CHW culture and real-life scenarios.

This course is part of the online NC AHEC Community Health Worker courses of recorded content.

Click here to see all the current CHW online courses. Check back later for more options!


Partners on the CHW Specialty Training Work Group:
Avery Health Education and Consulting, LLC
Carolina Community Tracing Collaborative
Central Piedmont Community College
CommUnity Healing through Activism and Strategic Mobilization (CHASM) Institute
Durham Tech Community College
Duke AHEC
Mountain AHEC
NC AHEC
NC Community Health Center Association
NC CHW Association
NC DHHS Office of Rural Health
North Central Carolina University
NorthWest AHEC
Piedmont AHEC
Saint Augustine's University
South Piedmont
Southern Regional AHEC
Wake AHEC
UNC Pembroke

In Collaboration with


UNM ECHONorth Carolina Community Health Worker Association Logo

IHI

By registering for this program,
participants understand that their contact information may be shared with NC DHHS.

Audience

Community health workers, lay health workers, outreach workers, and other frontline public health workers improving the health of their communities, and the supervisors, colleagues and allies of the CHW workforce

Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, the participant should be able to:

check Define ADHD and prevalence of ADHD in children and adolescents
check Recognize the impact of ADHD on mental health and self-esteem
check Recognize treatment options for ADHD in children
check Discuss benefits of healthy nutrition, physical activity, stress management and sleep for a child with ADHD
check Discuss importance of promoting self-care for families living with ADHD
check Identify community resources to support families and children living with ADHD
check Identify signs and symptoms of ADHD in children
check Discuss impact of childhood poverty on racial/ethnic inequities in ADHD diagnosis and treatment and the long-term consequences for health and wellbeing
check Discuss positive parenting strategies for a child with ADHD
check Discuss strategies for success in school
check Identify accurate and culturally responsive sources of information about ADHD
check Discuss strategies for supporting families with medication adherence and accessing ADHD health care

Fees

Cancellation Policy

Free, but must register to attend

FREE

Available Credits

CEU .200

The Mountain Area Health Education Center designates this entire online continuing education activity as meeting the criteria for 0.2 CEUs as established by the National Task Force on the Continuing Education Unit.

Contact Hours 1.500

MAHEC designates this online continuing education activity as meeting the criteria for 1.5 Contact Hours.

Speakers

Betsy K. Thompson, M.Ed, LCMHC

Sessions

NC AHEC CHW Specialty Training Program: ADHD (Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder)

8/31 12:00 PM – 12:00 PM

Additional Resources

Cancellation Policy

MAHEC has a pay-up-front policy for all CE programs. The only exceptions will be for pre-approved programs where an individual payment plan is appropriate. Registrations received without accompanying payment will not be processed and participants who have not paid the course fee will not be admitted into the program.

Unless otherwise noted in course materials, the following cancellation policy applies to all programs:

  • Cancellations must be in writing (fax, email, or mail).
  • Cancellations received more than 2 weeks prior to the event will receive 100% refund.
  • Cancellations received between two weeks and two full business days prior to the first day of the event are refunded at 70% of the registration fee subject to a minimum $25 cancellation fee.
  • No refunds or credits will be given for cancellations received less than two full business days prior to the event.
  • No vouchers will be issued in lieu of a refund.
  • Transfers/substitute(s) are welcome (please notify us in advance of the program).
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