Description

IPRA's Therapeutic Recreation (TR) Section consists of park district professionals that either specialize or work in and around special recreation agencies. This event will begin with a catered breakfast followed by a presentation by Courtney Behrens titled "Mental Health with Neuro-Divergent Population."  Immediately following the presentation, the TR Section will hold a Section Board Meeting.  The section meeting will mainly consist of reports from the Section Board and each committee Chair, and an IPRA liaison will be in attendance to provide updates to the membership about news and events happening within the association.  If you are interested in joining the section or simply wish to attend for educational and networking purposes, you are encouraged to register.

Timeline:  
8:30 - 9:30am:  Support Staff & Supervision Committee Meeting
9:30 - 10:00am: Breakfast
10:00 - 11:00am:  "Mental Health with Neuro-Divergent Population" by Courtney Behrens
11:00 - 11:15am: TR Section Board Meeting

*Rooms are available for committee meetings from 8:30am - 9:30am (2 rooms available) and also from 11:15am - 12:15pm (only one room available).  If any committee meetings are added to the schedule, they will be updated on the registration page here.  If a Committee Chair would like to reserve a room, please contact Jerry Barton at jbarton@nedsra.org.

Session Description:  Mental health has been discussed more openly in the last decade reducing stigmas and increasing access to supportive services. Often those that are neurodivergent have not historically been included in supportive services and data around mental health needs. The shift in mental health to include dual diagnoses has been growing yet we still have so much to learn about appropriate supports within our community. Moving away from the deficit medical model and understanding the social model of disability is crucial to supporting those at are neurodivergent and navigating mental health needs. Support comes from a variety of sources outside of traditional therapy and direct staff are crucial to the well-being and mental health of those that are neurodivergent.

Learning Objectives:  
1. Define neurodiversity and co-morbidity of mental health including statistical rates.
2. Discuss presentation of mental health diagnoses within neurodivergent populations.
3. Provide case consultation on specifics as they relate to supporting those with dual diagnoses.

Price: $30 IPRA Member / $45 Non-Member / $15 Student Member

Deadline to Register: Friday, November 22

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CEUs: Event has been approved for 0.1 CEUs for CPRE/CPRP certifications and has been CE pre-approved by NCTRC.  Credits will only be awarded to members in live attendance for "Mental Health with Neuro-Divergent Population" for a minimum of 45 minutes.