The Village Dispatch: CMHRC's September Newsletter
Topic: CE Credits for CMHRC's 2-Day Pediatric Bipolar Conference

Wednesday Webinars: Discipline & Limit Setting with a Child or Teen with a Mood Disorder

Clinical Seminar for Professionals: Whole System Healing in Pediatric Therapy

Book Club: The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt

We're thrilled to announce that this fall CMHRC will be offering CE and CME continuing education credits for our first 2-Day Training on Pediatric Bipolar Disorder for mental and physical healthcare providers and educators. 

On Thursday October 23rd and Friday, October 24th from 8:45 am - 3:45 pm Eastern Daylight Time, CMHRC expert staff will present five of our most sought after trainings. A live Q&A will conclude the conference on day two, providing opportunities to further discuss the presented information, answer additional questions, and network with other professionals dedicated to supporting children and families living with bipolar disorder.

CMHRC's respected education programs combined with our mission to offer guidance and resources for the early identification and management of mood disorders, bipolar disorder, and its newly recognized phenotype known as FOH positions CMHRC to meet the growing need for trustworthy information on childhood onset bipolar disorder. 

We're now able to expand these educational efforts through approval from both the National Board of Certified Counselors and the American Academy of Family Physicians to offer CE and/or CME credits for this conference event*. This opportunity opens the door for professionals from diverse backgrounds to receive current information on topics such as understanding misdiagnosis, bipolar's unique presentation in children, and the diagnosis and treatment of FOH, while also receiving continuing education credits for their licensure boards.

Staffed by mental health professionals with lived experience caring for someone with mental illness, CMHRC affirms our unwavering commitment to support professionals and the families they serve by creating a conference that fosters an inclusive, welcoming environment to provide research based guidance, compassionate resources, and steadfast advocacy and to ensure every attendee feels safe, valued and supported. "Offering continuing education credits allows us to further our mission with the approval and support of national boards and associations," says CMHRC Training and Outreach Director, Angela Jamison. "Through this opportunity for professionals, we're broadening our reach and helping children and families find treatment success."

Register to join us by clicking the registration links above or by visiting our conference page at www.cmhrc.org/jbd. We look forward to working together to expand the depth and breadth of services clinicians can offer, and to ensuring they can do so without having to reinvent the wheel or do it alone. Be a part of the path to stability.

Parents, caregivers, and family members who wish to access the information on childhood onset bipolar disorder presented at this conference, please contact our staff for alternative pathways to learning. 

*Approval Statements:

• NBCC Credits: Childhood Bipolar Disorder Conference has been approved by NBCC for NBCC credit. Sessions approved for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Children’s Mental Health Resource Center is solely responsible for all aspects of the program. NBCC Approval No. SP-4989 
• AAFP Credits: The AAFP has reviewed Childhood Bipolar Conference and deemed it acceptable for up to 8.75 Live AAFP Elective credit(s). Term of Approval is from 10/23/2025 to 10/24/2025. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Discipline and Limit Setting: Navigating Boundaries with a Child or Teen with a Mood Disorder

Wednesday September 17th, 7:30pm Eastern Time

Parents and child development experts will all tell you that children actually need discipline and limit setting in order to thrive. But what happens when a child lives with a mental health condition that causes involuntary symptoms? How do parents know what to discipline and how to do it? How do professionals advise families effectively on limit setting?

The truth is that traditional methods of discipline, limit setting, rewards, and punishments just don’t work when children live with mood disorders. Trying over and over again to make the same old strategies work only makes life harder for those kids and their parents.

Join us as we explore methods of discipline and limit setting that actually work to reduce stress in your home. 

When a child lives with mental illness they are not the only victims of the devastating and involuntary symptoms of mood disruptions. Siblings, parents, caregivers, and other household members experience their own range of emotions from fear to guilt to anger. Having a child with mental illness as a client means treating the whole family system. Too often family members are

ignored in the therapeutic process. But understanding the full effect that mental illness can have on the family system, and feeling empowered as a provider to meet their needs can reduce chaos and stress in the household and move everyone towards stability. 

After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in the early 2010s. Rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide rose sharply, more than doubling on many measures. Why?

In The Anxious Generation, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt lays out the facts about the epidemic of teen mental illness that hit many countries at the same time. He then investigates the nature of childhood, including why children need play and independent exploration to mature into competent, thriving adults. 

A must-read for all parents: the generation-defining investigation into the collapse of youth mental health in the era of smartphones, social media, and big tech—and a plan for a healthier, freer childhood.

*CMHRC Book Club sessions have a non-refundable $10 registration fee, which supports both the Book Club staffing as well as our other free programs and services.

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