Education & Training

We offer continuing education trainings related to children’s behavioral health for physicians, educators, other professionals, and caregivers in Lancaster County. And we host a bi-annual youth summit for high school students, exploring different topics of mental wellness.

NEW! Rise Above Youth Summit

Rise Above: Eliminating Stigma in Youth Mental Wellness is a 4-week youth summit where high school students visit our office for a series of sessions, with community professionals and artists with a passion for mental health. Our goal is to educate and empower students with knowledge on what mental health is, what resources are available to them and how to express their emotions through different art forms.

We hosted our first inaugural youth summit during the fall of 2022 in partnership with The Hood Hippie Love Yourself, a local clothing brand created by two McCaskey High School alumni.

Education & Training

We partner with the IU13 for the Medical – Education Coalition, bringing Continuing Education training to school administrators and primary care providers each spring and fall. This coalition focuses on connecting schools and primary care providers to better support and integrate youth wellness services in Lancaster County.

Each month, our Mental Health Clinical Fellowship also supplies one hour of continuing education training for supervisors and Fellows taking part in that program. We partner with Millersville University School of Social Work for National Association of Social Work (NASW) credits.

Learn more about our past trainings and workshops below.

Get Involved

Interested in being a guest speaker? We coordinate CMEs, CEUs, trainings and workshops for a variety of professionals ranging from healthcare to education.
We are always looking for facilitators for our Rise Above Youth Summit.
Reach out to Shanece Bowman – Programs Manager if you would like to present in the future, at (717) 392-1595, or email here

How helpful is it?

CME’s are helpful in facilitating lifelong learning amongst physicians so that their practices reflect the best medical care for their patients and community. The goal is to help physicians enhance their performances at their respective practices. They are crucial to the prosperity of health care professionals in the ever-changing framework of the medical industry. They help to increase employability and competiveness with the focus being personal and professional development.

Who are the people approving the credentials?

  • Millersville University School of Social Work
  • PCOM: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
    The Pennsylvania Medical Society
  • ACCME: Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education
  • NASW: National Association of Social Workers

Past CME's:

Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health IU13 CME’s  

  • How can Primary Care and schools help students who are ‘silently suffering’? with Jeff Martin, MD & Sherry Zubeck, Frances Gross, DO, Angela Gornish, Amanda Katchur
  • Psychiatric Emergencies in Children and Adolescents: Christine Kuhn, Breesha Comish, LMFT, Rica Scanlon, MSW, CASSP, Marlene Reiff, LCSE, LMFT; Jeffrey R. Martin, MD, FAAFP  

 

UPMC CME’s  

  • Diagnosing Postpartum Depression: Dr. Melanie Frence Stone, MD, OB/GYN and Lindsi DeArment, DO 
  • “A Systemic Approach to Safety Planning for Suicidal Youth and Their Families” with Lindsi DeArment, DO; Breesha Comish, LMFT; and Marlene Reiff, LCSW, LMFT  
  • Recognizing Warning Signs of Anxiety, Burnout, Depression, and Physician Suicide: Margret M Wilkins, DO, FACOFP  

Lancaster Mental Health Clinical Fellowship CME’s:

  • Professionalism and Ethics of Clinical Supervision: Douglas A Ockrymiek DO DLFAPA FAAFP​ 
  • Ethics in the Practice of Supervision: Dr. Claudia Dewane, LCSW 
  • Inpatient Psychiatric Care: Karen Bramley, LCSW and Emily Pressley, DO  
  • Mental Health in the Black Community presented by Diversity Works – Presenters are Dr. Latina Shell, Brandee Jason and Todd Henley  
  • The Enneagram presented by Matters of the Heart – Presenters are Karen Mummau, Becca King, Casie Fiser, and Jenna Enterline 
  • January 18, 2021 Culturally Responsive Supervision with Dr. Karen Rice 
  • February 15, 2021 Giving and Receiving Feedback with Kedren and Sarah from Work Wisdom
  • May 17, 2021 Clinician Burnout and Self-Care during COVID with Shanna Scott-Klunk, LCSW, ACS   
  • November 16, 2021 Best Practices in Telehealth from Psychiatry with Adam Biuckians, M.D. & John Spychalski, M.Ed