Mental Health and the Migrant Family Course

[Guest guest]

Milagros Center of Excellence in Migrant

Health

For Healthcare and other

Professionals

The Milagros

Center of Excellence

in Migrant Health provides distance

learning opportunities through their new online curriculum. Contact

hours and

continuing education credits are offered by South

Texas College.

Site:

National Online delivery

(WebCT).

Date & Time:

Classes

will start the week of May 23rd

Requirements: None

Fees:

None

Class Capacity: Twenty (20)

participants

Credits: 10.8

CNE. Or 9.0 CEU

Professor:

Delia Saldaña, PhD.

Professor, University of Texas Health Science Center San

Course

Information: Mental

Health and the Migrant Family. This

course content will enhance understanding of mental health issues of

the

migrant farm worker populations in the US. Topics include: prevalence

of mental health diagnoses among migrant families; co-factors related

to mental

health and disorders; and practical approaches to addressing mental

health

issues among migrant families at the community level. It

will also discuss service discontinuity

given the mobility of the population. A special feature of the course

will be

the discussion of culturally and language appropriate diagnostic

screening

instruments and procedures and treatment approaches.

Registration

Information

All participants

must

submit a registration form to attend the course. Download registration form from:

htpp://elearn.southtexascollege.edu/milagros click on “Training”

E-mail or

mail registration form to: Martha Reyna:

956.872.3116 (Fax: 956.872.3115) or mareyna@...