The Growing Mental Health Needs Of School-Aged Children

Name: The Growing Mental Health Needs Of School-Aged Children
Price: 129.00 USD
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 4 (2979 reviews)

Course: #6849Level: Introductory 1 Hour 2979 Reviews

This course will investigate updated statistics regarding the rates of depression and anxiety in school-aged children. Additionally, this course will delve into other areas of mental health that continue to be impacted and how this shift in mental health impacts engagement in occupations.

Early Intervention and School-Based Mental Health, Health and Wellness Pediatrics

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Course Type: Video, Audio, Text

CEUs/Hours Offered: AOTA/0.1 Introductory, OT Service Delivery, Foundational Knowledge, 13250; CE Broker/1.0 CE Broker #20-1320764; IACET/0.1; NBCOT PDUs/1.25 Beginner, Mental Health

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Learning Outcomes

After this course, participants will be able to list three mental illness diagnoses of school-aged children.
After this course, participants will be able to identify reasons/events for childhood mental illness and how it impacts occupational engagement.
After this course, participants will be able to recognize the role of OT in addressing these mental health issues in the school setting.

Course created on August 7, 2025

Agenda

0-5 Minutes	Introduction
5-20 Minutes	Mental health diagnoses of school-aged children
20-40 Minutes	Reasons/events for childhood mental illness
40-55 Minutes	OT Role
55-60 Minutes	Summary; Q&A

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Presented By

Moni Keen
OTD, OTR/L

Dr. Keen is the program director of the Doctoral Occupational Therapy Program at Presbyterian College. She is a retired school-based practitioner and is the current chair for mental health for the South Carolina Occupational Therapy Association. She resides in Simpsonville, SC.

Presenter Disclosure:

Financial: Moni Keen has received an honorarium for presenting this course. Non-financial: Moni Keen has no relevant non-financial relationships to disclose.

Sponsor Disclosure: This Course is presented by OccupationalTherapy.com, a Continued site.

Content Disclosure: This learning event does not focus exclusively on any specific product or service.

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American Occupational Therapy Association

OccupationalTherapy.com is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development, #7659. Course approval ID# 13250. This distance learning - independent course is offered at 0.10 CEUs/contact hours (Introductory level, OT Service Delivery, Foundational Knowledge Area). The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.

CE Broker

OccupationalTherapy.com is an approved provider for CE Broker, provider #50-14558. This course is offered for 1.00 hours. If you are an OT/OTA in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina or Tennessee, CE Broker may be of interest to you.

International Association for Continuing Education and Training

continued, LLC, DBA OccupationalTherapy.com, is accredited by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET). continued complies with the ANSI/IACET Standard, which is recognized internationally as a standard of excellence in instructional practices. As a result of this accreditation, continued is authorized to issue the IACET CEU. continued, LLC, is authorized by IACET to offer 0.10 CEUs for this program.

National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy

AOTA approved CE can be used to meet NBCOT® continuing education requirements for certification renewal. This course is offered for 1.25 NBCOT PDUs (Beginner level, Mental Health Area). NBCOT® is a registered trademark of The National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, Inc.