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Public Meeting Notice  Board of Certification of Community Health Workers meeting — December 10, 2024

Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 12:30 p.m.
Posted: November 26, 2024 1 p.m.

Overview

The general session is open to the public by Webex or telephone.

General Session is open to the public and will be held via Webex at: 

  • Webex Link
  • Call-In Telephone number: 617-315-0704
  • Meeting Number/Access Code: 2535 383 4645
  • Meeting Password: hDMEtXfQ756 (43638937 when dialing from a phone or video system)

ADA compliance notice: If you need reasonable accommodations in order to participate in the meeting, contact Stacy Hart the DPH ADA Coordinator at phone number 857-274-1120 in advance of the meeting.  While the Board will do its best to accommodate you, certain accommodations may require distinctive requests or the hiring of outside contractors and may not be available if requested immediately before the meeting.

Agenda

This agenda constitutes notice of the regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Certification of Community Health Workers in compliance with the open meeting law, M.G.L. c. 30A, § 20.

All votes must be via roll call

TimeItem #ItemStaff Contact
12:30p.m.I

Call to Order & Introductions

Determination of Quorum

Notice of Electronic Recording

Board Chair

    5   minutes

II

Approval of Agenda

Board Chair

   5

minutes

III

Approval of Minutes

  1. Approval of September 10, 2024, General Session Minutes
Board Chair

  30

minutes

IV

Continuing Education Application

  1. National Kidney Foundation: (1) Kidney Disease; (2) Risk Factors and Management; (3) Living with Kidney Disease-1.25 CEUs.
  2. Massachusetts Perinatal Depression: (1) Screening for PMADs: The First Step Toward Identification and Treatment - 2 CEUs; (2) Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMADs): What They Are and Why It Matters – 2 CEUs; (3) Paths to Wellness Part 1: Individual and Relationship-based Therapeutic Interventions for PMADs – 2 CEUs.
  3. Lowell Community Health: (1) Motivational Interviewing- 6CEUs; (2) Education and Substance Use Disorder-2 CEUs; (3) Trauma Informed Care-4CEUs; (4) Unnatural Cause Series-6CEUs.
  4. The Bridge Training Institute: (1) LGBTQ + 101 – 3 CEUs; (2) An Overview of the Cultural Humility Framework – 3 CEUs; (3) Understanding and Treating the Complex of Puzzle of Non-Suicidal Injury – 3 CEUs; (4) Introduction to Motivational Interviewing: Spirit and Skills – 6 CEUs; (5) Understanding, Managing, Treating Suicidal Behavior – 3 CEUs; (6) Intertwined Issues Series - Trauma & Substance Use -3 CEUs; (7) Motivational Interviewing: The Power of Change Talk – 6 CEUS; (8) CBT Theory   and Core Treatment Skills – 6 CEUs; (9) Youth Vaping and Tobacco Use - 3 CEUS; (10) CBT Anxiety Disorder – 4 CEUs; (11) Hoarding Interventions – 6 CEUs; (12) Intertwined Issues: Suicide and Substance Use - 3 CEUs; (13) LGBTQIA +Affirmative Therapy - 3 CEUs; (14) Treating Eating Disorders: Integrating Psychotherapy and Nutrition - 6 CEUs; (15) CBT for Symptoms of Depression – 4 CEUs; (16) Intertwined Issues: Substance Use and Psychosis – 3 CEUs; (17) Gender Diversity: Theories, Language, Mental Health Evaluation – 6 CEUs; (18) Harm Reduction Series – 3 CEUs; (19) Introduction to Perinatal Mood Disorders – 6 CEUs; (20) Intertwined Issues Pain & Substance Use – 3 CEUs; (21) Group Leadership – 6 CEUs; (22) Illness Management and Recovery - 3 CEUs; (23) Gender Affirming Therapy – 6 CEUs; (24) CBT for Social Anxiety – 4 CEUs; (25) Blending Motivational Interviewing

with CBT – 6 CEUs; (26) Inference-Based CBT for OCD – 6 CEUs; (27) Using Motivational Interviewing for Teen – 6 CEUs.

 

  1. Center for Health Impact: (1) Overview of Diabetes for CHWs – 6 CEUs; (2) Overview of Hypertension for CHWs – 6 CEUs; (3) Education and Lifestyle Change for Hypertension Skills Practice for CHWs – 6 CEUs; (4) Successful Supervision of CHWs – 12 CEUs; (5) Suicide Prevention for CHWs – 6 CEUs 

     
  2. The Brookline Center for Community Mental Health: (1) Understanding the Complexity of Chronic Absenteeism – 1 CEU; (2) Best Practices and Considerations for Delivering Telebehavioral Health in Schools in Massachusetts – 1 CEU; (3) Enhancing School-Based Care Collaboration: Integrating Social Determinants of Health and Crisis Services for Youth Well-Being – 1 CEU; (4) Mental Health in Schools: Systems, Individuals, Professional Identity, and Implications for Students – 1 CEU; (5) Community Health Worker: Overview, Advocacy, & School-Based Telebehavioral Health – CEU



 

Board Chair

1

minute

V

Triage: N/A

Staff Assignment(s): N/A

Complaints: N/A

N/A
 VI

Flex Session

  1. Who will attend the next board meeting?
  2. Is the board inclined to further extend the maximum percentage allowed online for CHW Education & Training Program?
  3. 2025 Board Meeting Schedule Available

  4. Topics for next agenda

Executive Director
 VII

Adjournment: Next meeting scheduled for

January 14, 2025.

Board Chair

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