BHECN Panhandle Annual Conference 2025: Neurodivergence Across the Lifespan

The BHECN Panhandle Annual Conference 2025, titled Neurodivergence Across the Lifespan, will be held on Friday, May 30, 2025, from 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM MT.

The conference will focus on understanding neurodivergence, including autism and intellectual disabilities, and will cover best practices for diagnosis, assessment, and treatment planning. Participants will also explore the roles of various healthcare providers in supporting neurodivergent individuals across the lifespan and identify evidence-based treatment strategies for children, adolescents, and adults.

TARGET AUDIENCE

This accredited continuing education activity is designed for clinical social workers, licensed psychologists, nurse practitioners, and licensed mental health practitioners (PLMHP, LMHP, & LIMHP), in rural areas of the state.

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

At the conclusion of this activity, the participants should be better able to:

Define neurodivergence including the conditions that fall within this category.
Discuss best practices for ethical, effective and efficient diagnosis, assessment and treatment planning for neurodivergent conditions.
Outline the roles and responsibilities of various provider disciplines in diagnosing, assessing and developing treatment plans for neurodivergent individuals.
Articulate the presentation of autism and intellectual disabilities in adults and the resources for client care.
Identify evidence-based treatment modalities for neurodivergent children, adolescents, and adults.

General Information

Date: Friday, May 30, 2025

Time: 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. (Mountain Time)

Program Number: 25CE00028

Cost: $15.00 (Includes Lunch)

Location: John N Harms Center, WNCC | 2620 College Park, Scottsbluff, NE 69361

Agenda: Download the schedule

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by University of Nebraska Medical Center and Chadron State College. University of Nebraska Medical Center is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

NURSES/Nurse Practitioners

The University of Nebraska Medical Center designates this activity for 6.0 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should only claim credit for the actual time spent participating in the activity.

SOCIAL WORKERS
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, University of Nebraska Medical Center is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 6.0 clinical continuing education credits. The content level of this activity is intermediate.

PSYCHOLOGISTS/LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS
Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs. This activity has been approved for 6.0 credit hours of continuing education credit.

IPCE CREDIT
This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 6.0 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.

Registration is required. There is a $15.00 fee to attend.

The deadline to register is 5 p.m. on Friday, May 23, 2025.

NOTE: Once you complete your registration, we will have your information available for check-in on May 30. You do not need to print a ticket. Please disregard Eventbrite messages about bringing your ticket, credit card, or downloading their app.

If you need registration assistance or have questions, please get in touch with Ann Kraft.

BHECN Panhandle Annual Conference 2025: Neurodivergence Across the Lifespan

TARGET AUDIENCE

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

General Information

Speaker Information

Nancy Foster, PhD

Melissa Hunter, PhD

Lisa L. Neitzke, PhD, BCBA

Whitney Strong-Bak, PhD

Contact Information