DC:0-5 Clinical Training
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Clinical DC: 0 – 5™ training is designed to support mental health professionals in developing in-depth knowledge of the approach and content of DC:0-5™, understanding the multi-axial system, and utilizing the approach and system in their work with children birth through age five.
Participants will be supported in understanding the need for and development of a specialized diagnostic classification system for infancy and early childhood, and adopting approaches to diagnosis and assessment that are developmentally informed, relationship based, and contextually and culturally grounded.
Participants will learn about the multi-axial approach to diagnosis as well as understanding the contents of each axis including Axis I clinical disorders. Activities and case-based learning will support participants in using the many tools included in DC:0-5™.
Eligibility: Mental health professionals (RCW 71.05.020) who are responsible for clinical diagnosis and are contracted to provide mental health services to children birth through age five enrolled in Apple Health (either with or without managed care).
Cost: free