Psychopharmacology - Module 4: PsyPharm & Mood Disorders
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For professionals trying to interpret a child's anxiety or mood concerns across home, school and care teams, Ronald T. Brown and Deborah P. Coehlo examine symptoms, assessment, counseling and medication discussions through childhood cases, with attention to shared observations and family decisions.
Catalogue presenter credits: Deborah P. Coehlo, Ronald T. Brown, Manya C. Ralkowski.
Certificate of Completion. This session does not offer BACB continuing education (CE) credit.
The recording moves through separation anxiety, selective mutism, phobias, panic, OCD, disruptive mood dysregulation, depression and bipolar disorders, examining developmental context and interference with daily life.
Case discussions connect caregiver perspectives, school coordination and behavioral data shared with prescribers. Medication claims and reported case outcomes describe the presenters' historical teaching and have not been independently verified.
What does this recording cover?
- Assessment discussion compares parent and teacher observations with direct child interviews and rating scales.
- The condition reviews connect developmental expectations with school, sleep and daily-life interference.
- Medication discussion covers classes, response timelines and adverse-effect monitoring.
- The ABA exchange examines sharing behavioral records with the prescribing provider during medication changes.
- The ethics discussion addresses shared family goals, cultural values and the growing child's autonomy.
Recording context: The recording date is not supplied. Research, professional requirements and examples reflect the discussion at the time of delivery.
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Meet the Presenters
Dr. Debbie Coehlo is a certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and Pediatric Mental Health Specialist with a Doctoral Degree in Family Sciences and Human Development. She is the Founder and Director of Juniper Pediatrics, a clinic modeled after John F Kennedy’s multidisciplinary system of care. Using a holistic, integrated care model, Juniper provides counseling, medication management and family therapy for children with ASD, ADHD and other childhood mental health disorders.
Dr. Coehlo completed her Master’s in Nursing with a specialty in parent- child nursing. She spent 10 years working at the Child Development Center at the University of Washington in the Genetics Clinic and Multidisciplinary Clinic. In 1999, she complete her Doctorate degree in Human Development and Family Studies.
She continues to teach at the undergraduate and graduate level and had pursued research in the area of social networking, transitioning to out of home care for families, and child development.
Dr. Coehlo is a co- editor for the 4th and 5th edition of Family Health Nursing (F.A. Dais, 2010/2013) and has published several journal articles in the areas of families choosing residential care, families in transition, family health nursing, and care of children with special health care needs.
Dr. Ronald Brown, a noted expert on the topic of ADHD has served as the Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic (Health Affairs) at the University of North Texas System.
Dr. Brown completed his Ph.D. from Georgia State University and has been the past President of the Society of Pediatric Psychology and the Association of Psychologists of Academic Health Centers.
He is a board-certified clinical health psychologist and has been an active clinician, teacher, advocate and investigator. He served as a member of the Behavioral Medicine study section of the NIH and chaired several special panels at NIH. He currently serves as the Editor of Professional Psychology: Research and Practice.
Dr. Ronald Brown’s area of specialization includes behavioral sciences, pediatric psychology, attention deficit disorders, neuropsychology, psychopharmacology, learning disabilities and psychosocial oncology.
Ms. Manya Ralkowski has been practicing in the field of applied behavior analysis for over 25 years. Her training began under direct education and training from consultants from the Lovaas Clinic in Los Angeles while completing her bachelor of arts in Communication Disorders with endorsements in special education and psychology at Western Washington University. Ms. Ralkowski continued her education and training with a master’s degree in Education from Lesley University and a graduate certificate in Applied Behavior Analysis from the University of Washington while working as an assistant teacher on the Project DATA grant at the Haring Center-Professional Training Unit. She also possesses a doctorate degree in Instructional Leadership.
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