Historical and Current Implications of AIDS Awareness: Utilizing Clinical Skills in Your Practice (WNBC1021)

Presented by the Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program

Speaker Introduction by Dr. David Capuzzi

This webinar will provide an overview about the AIDS pandemic from a historical as well as a current perspective. Communicates historically  impacted by HIV, their families, as well health care provider stress will be  highlighted in order to appreciate how the traumatic legacy of an AIDS diagnosis is experienced in the present. Trends in current treatment modalities and   psychosocial issues be defined in order for providers to possess essential clinical skills in treating this population.

Objectives: 

Understand clinical implications of treating HIV patients and their families from a historical and current perspective.
Learn how to provide best social service and mental health services to existing or future patients.
Define the differences in psychosocial issues related to HIV between the past and the present.
Develop greater skills in speaking about HIV and asking their patients relevant questions. 
Learn about micro-aggressions and how to eliminate bias in their treatment settings. 

Accreditation Statement(s)
Walden University’s Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 4546. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Walden University’s Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

Successful completion of this resource provides NBCC clock hours; partial credit will not be offered.

**ACEP contact information:**
100 Washington Ave. S Suite 1210, Minneapolis MN, 55401
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.waldenu.edu

ADA Accommodation Statement
If you need accommodations to attend this webinar, please e-mail [email protected].