M.D. BEHAVIORAL HEALTH LLC
WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA

MDBehavioralHealth.com is an online training site hosted by the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Developed in partnership with the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Mental Hygiene Administration, the site provides training to individuals interested in supporting the behavioral health of youth and their families. directs MDBehavioralHealth.com training and activities. Dr. Hoover is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Co-director of the Center for School Mental Health at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. She specializes in the implementation of evidence-based interventions by behavioral health and primary care providers. Dr. Hoover is especially interested in interventions for trauma-exposed youth. She has led and collaborated on multiple federally- and state-funded grants, with a commitment to the study and quality of children's mental health services and school mental health (SMH). MDBehavioralHealth.com training is provided by faculty at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, as well as several partners from Maryland and around the country with expertise in youth behavioral health. Youth Co-Occurring Disorders Training for Behavioral Health Providers Dr. Becker is an assistant professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and a licensed psychologist in the State of Maryland. Dr. Becker received a bachelor's degree in psychology from the College of William & Mary. She then completed her doctorate in psychology at the University of Arizona, a respecialization certificate in clinical psychology at the University of Hawaii, and postdoctoral fellowships at the Johns Hopkins Schools of Medicine and Public Health. Dr. Becker's clinical experience and research have focused on improving the effectiveness of evidence-based prevention and treatment interventions for children, adolescents, and families through innovations in professional development. Through this work, Dr. Becker has collaborated with mental health providers, educators, and paraprofessionals to increase youth and family participation in services and enhance service quality across a variety of settings. Dr. Cunningham graduated from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale with a doctoral degree in clinical psychology. Following the completion of her internship at the University of Maryland Medical System/Maryland Veterans Administration Consortium, she completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at the Center for School Mental Health. In 2006, she joined the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Cunningham is the Director of the Prince George's School Mental Health Initiative (PGSMHI). The PGSMHI is designed to provide intensive school-based counseling and support services to students in special education. Dr. Cunningham's research interests include resilience, family engagement, and empirically supported treatment for ethnic minority youth. Dr. Fishman is an addiction psychiatrist and a member of the faculty of the Department of Psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He leads Maryland Treatment Centers, a regional behavioral healthcare provider, which includes Mountain Manor Treatment Center in Baltimore, MD for adolescents and young adults, Mountain Manor Treatment Center in Emmitsburg, MD for adults, as well as several other inpatient and outpatient programs. In that role he has been involved in development and implementation of innovative programming in addiction and co-occurring disorder treatment. He is a national expert on youth addiction treatment and treatment matching. His academic work has focused on models of care and treatment outcomes for addictions in youth, in particular opioid dependence. He is a past President of the Maryland Society of Addiction Medicine. , Inc., a behavioral health consulting firm committed to improving organizational performance. Her areas of expertise include performing clinical audits and medical records review, developing curricula and delivering training and technical assistance on person-centered treatment planning, in-depth knowledge about CARF accreditation and co-occurring and substance abuse disorders, and advising about creating quality improvement systems, operational efficiency, and effectiveness. Ms. Grieder is a co-author of Ms. Grimes is currently the Transitional Age Youth Outreach Coordinator for On Our Own of Maryland, the Statewide Consumer/Peer Network. She has a bachelor's degree in English Literature and International Relations from McDaniel College. Lauren has struggled with and overcome numerous behavioral health challenges since she was a young adolescent, and has extensive personal experience with the mental health system which she freely draws from in her work in the peer world. As a young adult she has worked and volunteered with youth and adults involved in the behavioral health system, as well as youth in the foster care, child welfare and juvenile justice systems. She works extensively within the field of peer support and youth-led systems change on county, state, and national levels, aiding organizations in incorporating the youth voice into their policy and operations, and helping young adults to create an equitable and reciprocal relationship with their service systems. She is a trained WRAP and Anti-Stigma Project Facilitator, a YouthMOVE National consultant, and she currently stands on boards/committees including YouthMOVE National Board of Directors, OOOMD's Public Policy in Mental Health Committee and the Anti-Stigma Project, Maryland Coalition for Families Young Adult Council, MHA's MD Peer Support Certification Workgroup, and several others as a young adult consumer advocate. Dr. Hoover is an associate professor of psychiatry as well as the co-director of the Center for School Mental Health (CSMH) at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. The mission of the CSMH is to “Strengthen policies and programs in school mental health to improve learning and promote success for America’s youth.” To achieve that goal, the center supports research, disseminates policy information, provides training, and works to integrate the efforts of schools, researchers, community organizations, and government organizations to improve awareness of mental health issues. Dr. Hoover is experienced in establishing empirically supported intervention in schools, and she has a particular interest in interventions targeted at youth who have experienced traumatic events. She leads and participates in a variety of state- and federally-funded research projects aimed at assessing and improving school mental health services. Dr. Hoover is a national trainer for SSET and CBITS.