Register now for Rural Behavioral Health Conference Oct. 9 at Lincoln Christian University
Conference qualifies for Continuing Education Credits

[September 30, 2015]  LINCOLN - Lincoln Christian University (LCU) is partnering with The Minnesota Psychological Association and the University Of Minnesota-Morris to host a group webcast site for the seventh Annual Rural Behavioral Health Practice Conference: Innovation in Rural Behavioral Health.

The conference is scheduled for Friday, October 9, from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.  Register by October 4, 2014, for a great conference!

This annual conference helps to make quality continuing education available to behavioral health professionals about the particular practice issues involved in working with rural people and communities. Continuing Education Hours (7.5 CEs) are provided by The Minnesota Psychological Association, an APA-approved sponsor.

Conference Presentations:

• Jeffrey Leichter & Jonathan Aligada, Keynote: Navigating ethical challenges in rural integrated primary care settings: A primer for behavioral health therapists
• Randal Quevillon, Disaster Mental Health in Rural Communities: Suggestions for Planning and Response
• LaVerne Demientieff & Sam Demientieff, Historical Trauma, Historical Strengths: An Indigenous Perspective of Navigating Wellness Today
• JP Jameson & Kurt Michael, Mental Health Practice in Rural Schools: The Assessment, Support, and Counseling (ASC) Center Model
• Posters on cutting edge research in rural behavioral health

This is the third year that LCU and it’s Seminary Master of Arts in Counseling program has acted as a webcast host site. Area counseling professionals are invited to participate in the webcast at LCU’s Dowling Auditorium, Restoration Hall, 100 Campus View Drive, Lincoln. Attendees can register for the conference at http://www.mnpsych.org/3786-2.

Established in 1944, Lincoln Christian University’s vision is to be a transformational community of global difference makers. In 70 years, LCU undergraduate, graduate and seminary alumni have reached at least 167 of the world’s most populated countries and every state in the U.S. Today, the institution continues to nurture and equip Christians with a Biblical worldview to serve and lead in the church and the world through traditional residential and seminary programs as well as through extension sites and online degree programs for non-traditional adult learners.

[Chris Thomas, Lincoln Christian University]