Roundtable #3 - Loneliness, Belonging, and the Mental Health Crisis in School-Aged Children - Moderated by Dan Knauss, PsyD, ABPP (Recorded)
This discussion focuses on the unique mental health difficulties facing school-aged children within the current socio-political-economic landscape of mental health care. Particular emphasis is placed on issues related to access to care and equity for minority children and their families, particularly in relation to immigrant communities. Drs. Zayde and Soliman discuss their work, experience, and ways of thinking about the intersection of these social issues along with experiences of loneliness and belonging in the treatment of school-aged children and their families. A moderated discussion and Q&A follows.
Target Audience
________Introductory ____X_____Intermediate ______________ Advanced
Learning Objectives
- Describe two barriers to care for minoritized, school-aged children.
- Discuss two approaches to clinically addressing concerns of loneliness and belonging in school-aged children.
- Identify one benefit of involving families in the treatment of school-aged children.
Moderator:
- Dan Knauss, PsyD, ABPP, is the director of training and a staff psychologist at the Austen Riggs Center. Dr. Knauss also coordinates the Grand Rounds at Austen Riggs. Dr. Knauss has worked clinically in a variety of settings including private practice, community mental health, university counseling centers, medical centers, and residential treatment settings. Dr. Knauss is an active presenter at national and international conferences and has published in peer-reviewed journals. He currently serves on the Editorial Board for the Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association and is vice-chair of the Austen Riggs Center Institutional Review Board. Dr. Knauss has a passion for education, having taught undergraduate and graduate level psychology courses at private and public universities and has experience providing clinical supervision to psychology graduate students.
Panelists:
- Amanda Zayde, PsyD, is an Attending Psychologist and Associate Director of Psychology Training at Montefiore Medical Center, as well as an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She is the developer and Director of the Connecting and Reflecting Experience (CARE), and Co-director of the Becoming an Emerging Adult at Montefiore (BEAM) program. Dr. Zayde has collaborated on a series of research grants funded by the Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute, the FAR Fund, the American Psychological Foundation, and the National Institute of Mental Health. Dr. Zayde is also Associate Training Director for Mothering from the Inside Out, a program developed by her late mentor, Dr. Nancy Suchman. Dr. Zayde received her Psy.D. from the George Washington University and completed her internship and postdoctoral training at the Yale School of Medicine.
- Ingi Soliman, PhD
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The views and opinions expressed in this presentation are those of the presenter(s) and do not necessarily represent the official policy or position of the Austen Riggs Center.
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Available Credit
- 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
ACCME - As a Jointly Accredited Organization, The Austen Riggs Center, Inc. designates this learning activity for a maximum of 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 1.50 APA
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, The Austen Riggs Center, Inc. designates this learning activity for 1.50 continuing education credit(s) (CE) for psychology. Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs.
Austen Riggs Center, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0115.
- 1.50 ASWB-ACE
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, The Austen Riggs Center is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organization, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Austen Riggs Center maintains responsibility for this. Social workers completing this Enduring course will receive 1.50 continuing education credit(s).
- 1.50 Contact Hours/ ParticipationA certificate of attendance for all Learners.