Two-day virtual training announcement: Assess, Conceptualize and Diagnose Mental Health Disorders in Young Children Using the DC: 0-5

This training equips clinicians and mental health professionals with the skills to assess, diagnose and treat mental health and developmental disorders in children age five or younger using DC: 0-5 Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Development Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood, published by Zero to Three.

Certified DC: 0-5 trainers Catherine Wright, PsyD, LP, LPCC, and Teya Dahle, LICSW, will present the free, two-day virtual training “Assess, Conceptualize and Diagnose Mental Health Disorders in Young Children using the DC: 0-5.”

Background information

When a comprehensive multi-disciplinary evaluation (CMDE) provider or other qualified assessor completes a standard diagnostic assessment of a person who is age five or younger, the assessor must use the current edition of the DC: 0-5 to meet eligibility criteria for Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention (EIDBI) services.

Participant instructions

All participants must have a copy of DC: 0-5 Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Developmental Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood. To purchase the book from Zero to Three, refer to Zero to Three Store – DC: 0-5 Digital (Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Developmental Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood) V2.0. DHS encourages participants to download all materials before the training.

Note: The presenters will email the participants handouts and homework for the training approximately one week before the training. Participants will receive additional materials the day of the training.

After the training, participants will be able to understand:

• The basics of early childhood development.
• The importance of using a multigenerational approach to assess young children.
• The advantages and disadvantages of making diagnoses of infants and young children.
• The five axis-diagnostic system for infants and toddlers.
• The similarities and the differences between the current diagnostic system (DSM-5) and the new diagnostic framework (DC: 0-5).
• The relationship disorder axis and how to apply it to clinical practice.
• Minnesota’s Medicaid rules that authorize the use of DC: 0-5 to diagnose young children.
• The stressors of young children from a developmental perspective.

CMDE providers and clinical trainees who have experience with diagnostic procedures using DSM-5 or ICD-10 with a strong background in child development and other interested professionals

Note: Do not register if you previously have attended a state-sponsored DC: 0-5 training.

Register using TrainLink

You must have a unique key to register and receive credit for training.
Note: TrainLink does not allow same-day registration.

Steps

• Go to TrainLink – Behavioral Health Learning Center.
• Sign on in the upper-right corner.
• Enter your unique key.
• Select Upcoming webinars/Live training.
• Select All Children’s Mental Health Classes.
• Select Search.
• Select Assess, Conceptualized and Diagnose MH Disorders in Young Children Using DC: 0-5 with a Jan. 7, 2025, start date.
• Select Get on the waiting list in the upper-left corner.

After you join the waiting list, email asd.dhs@state.mn.us to register. DHS will review and approve registrations for this training on a case-by-case basis. You will receive a link to join the webinar via email when DHS approves your registration.

More registration information

• Cancel a class registration instructions.
• Registration instructions.
• TrainLink frequently asked questions.
• Unique key requests.

If you need to request an accommodation, contact Catherine Wright, PsyD, LP, LPCC, at 651-431-2336 or catherine.wright@state.mn.us at least one week before the session.