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- Fourth Presentation In a Series -

Patching Holes Amidst Simultaneous Mass Crises

CID: 21CE036
Monday, March 8, 2021, 12-1 pm (CST)
Registration closes on March 5!
Presented by:
Terissa Upchurch-Butler, PhD, LIMHP (NE), LPC (AL), NCC, Assistant Professor,
Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Bellevue University
Dr. Terissa Upchurch-Butler is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Mental Health Counseling. Her research interests include forensic assessment and intervention services for minority and diverse populations; the impact of social class and classism on clinical mental health interventions and outcomes; and social justice advocacy in counseling and therapeutic services.
Katherine Shirley, PHD, LIMHP (NE), NCC, ACS, Associate Professor of Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Bellevue University
Dr. Katherine Shirley is an Associate Professor at Bellevue University. They are a former Minority Fellowship Program awardee by the National Board for Certified Counselors and remain committed to issues of representation and advocacy for all. Their research interests include the impact of crises across the lifespan and interprofessional education.
Irene Harper, Ph.D., LIMHP (NE), NCC 
Associate Professor of Clinical Mental Health Counseling 
Health Education Center of Nebraska
Dr. Irene Harper is an Associate Professor at Bellevue University. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor practicing clinically with individuals, couples, families and groups. Dr. Harper's research interests include emotional intelligence in leadership, Relational Cultural Theory in group work, and program evaluation regarding Moral Reconation Therapy with Federal Probation.
Educational Objectives
The year 2020 has brought about national crises in the United States like no other time in history. Not only are we facing the global pandemic of the coronavirus (COVID-19), but we are also navigating systemic racial injustice in an intense sociopolitical environment. Many of us have also experienced the direct impacts of climate change, including uncontrolled wildfires, intense storms and historic flooding. Just how much stress can one person or one system endure? This presentation will present interventions for posttraumatic stress as a result of multiple national crises.

Social Work Level of Content: Intermediate

Cost: This live webinar is free to attend
At the conclusion of this activity, the participant should be better able to:

  • Recognize an opportunity for collaboration and advocacy for underserved populations during a time of national crises
  • Identify a method for outreach and consistent engagement with key stakeholders and clients in need within your community
  • Apply the Learn, Ask, Do method into practice as related to a case study involving an interdisciplinary team approach
  • Assess potential outcomes and roadblocks to implementing an outreach method in your own community 
  • Engage with other providers within your community to help promote health equity during crises
Target Audience
Behavioral Health providers to include psychologists, advanced practice nurses, nurses, licensed mental health therapists, and social workers.
Accredited Continuing Education
Accredited Continuing Education:
In support of improving patient care, University of Nebraska Medical Center is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy
Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

NURSING
The University of Nebraska Medical Center designates this activity for 1.0 ANCC contact hour. Nurses
should only claim credit for the actual time spent participating in the activity.

PSYCHOLOGY
Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the
American Psychological Association (AP) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA
CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs. This activity has been approved
for 1.0 credit hour of continuing education credit.

SOCIAL WORK
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, University of Nebraska Medical Center is approved to offer social
work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing
Education (ACE) program. Organizations, 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. University of Nebraska Medical Center
maintains responsibility for this activity. Social workers completing this interactive live activity receive
1.0 continuing education credit.