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PLEASE NOTE:

You are about to purchase clinical continuing education hours for attending the Mind and Life Conference.  To purchase CEUs for educators attending this conference, you will be provided with a URL in your course information upon arrival at the confernce.  To register for the conference itself, if available, go to http://www.mindandlife.org/.

Purchase CE Hours through IAHB for the Mind and Life XIX Conference

The Institute for the Advancement of Human Behavior (IAHB) is pleased to offer continuing education credit hours to counselors, nurses, psychologists, social workers, and certain other healthcare professionals for the Educating World Citizens Conference.  To be eligible to receive a CE Certificate of Completion, you must purchase the CE's for an additional $50 through IAHB.  In addition, you must complete, sign, and turn in a CE Attendance Verification Form onsite after the conference. To continue with the CE process, please click the 'register' link above. Please allow up to 24 hours after your registration for your certificate to become available on www.postactivity.com.

REMEMBER:

Please remember to visit www.mindandlife.org prior to registering for a more detailed description of the seminar and specific speaker disclosure information.  

Conference Objectives

Session 1: Envisioning the World Citizen

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

• Provide a rational for cultivating positive human qualities in young people.
• Recognize the types of positive human qualities that will be needed to skillfully face the challenges of the 21^st century.
• Discuss how our current vision of public education might be expanded to include the cultivation these qualities in our youth.
• Site potential methods for developing qualities, such as compassion, that might be incorporated into formal and informal educational settings.

Session 2: Attention, Emotional Regulation, and Learning

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

• Describe the importance of both attention and emotional regulation on academic learning, social relationships, community membership, and resilience.
• Discuss the current findings on the effects of contemplative practices, such as mindfulness meditation, on attention and emotional regulation.
• Describe how pedagogical practices, contemplative and otherwise, may be effective in fostering self-regulation in children, parents, and teachers. 
• Site important issues to be addressed in the research and application of such practices in educational settings.

Session 3: Compassion and Empathy

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

• Describe the importance of empathy and compassion to the individual and to society.
• Explain why compassion and empathy require specialized training.
• Discuss the challenges related to removing empathy and compassion practices from their religious and cultural context and applying them to secular contexts, such as schools.

Session 4:  Integrations, Reflections, and Future Directions

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

• Provide an integrated perspective on important topics and new ideas discussed throughout the conference. 
• Identify elements of the institutional and social context of schools that could facilitate or hinder the introduction of contemplative practices in K-16 education.
• Identify new scientific research questions, regarding the application of contemplative practices in educational settings, which have the potential to inform educational practice and policy.
• Describe an educational system that engages children as cognitive, as well as emotional, ethical, and interconnected social beings.

Accreditations

Continuing Education Information statement: This conference has been approved for continuing education credit for educators and healthcare professionals.

Institute for the Advancement of Human Behavior: 10.5 CE Hours for Healthcare Professionals

The Institute for the Advancement of Human Behavior (IAHB) has been approved as a provider of continuing education and continuing medical education by the organizations listed below.  There will be no partial credit allotted for this workshop.

ALCOHOLISM & DRUG ABUSE COUNSELORS: Approved by the National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors Approved Provider Program (NAADAC Approved Education Provider #187) for 10.5 CEHs. 

COUNSELORS & MFTs:  IAHB is an NBCC Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP™) and a co-sponsor of this event/program. IAHB may award NBCC approved clock hours for events or programs that meet NBCC requirements. The ACEP maintains responsibility for the content of this event. (NBCC Provider #5216). Approved by the State of Illinois Department of Professional Regulation (License #168-000119). This course meets the qualifications for MFTs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (Provider # PCE 36). IAHB has been approved by the Texas Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists to provide CE offerings for MFTs. Provider Number 154.

NURSES: IAHB is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Utah Nurses Association, an accredited Approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.  (UNA=11 CEHs. Provider Code P06-02). Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, (BRN Provider CEP#2672) for 10.5 CEHs.

PSYCHOLOGISTS:  IAHB is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists.  IAHB maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

SOCIAL WORKERS: Co-sponsor with R. Cassidy Seminars, ACE Provider #1082 approved as a provider for social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) www.aswb.org, through the Approved Continuing Education (ACE) Program. Approval Period: April 15, 2009-April 15, 2012. R. Cassidy Seminars maintains responsibility for the program. Social workers should contact their regulatory board to determine course approval. Social workers will receive 1 clock hour per contact hour of continuing education clinical social work clock hours for participating in this course. IAHB is approved by the Alabama State Board of Social Work Examiners (Provider #0103); the State of Illinois Department of Professional Regulation (License #159-000223); the State of Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners to sponsor Category I continuing education programs. This course meets the qualifications for LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (Provider #PCE-36). As an approved continuing education provider for the Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiners, IAHB offers continuing education for Texas licensed social workers in compliance with the rules of the board. License No. 3876; MC 1982, PO Box 149347, Austin, TX 78714, (512) 7.... 

NOTE:  Many state boards accept offerings accredited by national or other state organizations.  If your state is not listed, please check with your professional licensing board to determine whether the accreditations listed are accepted.