Enduring Material

• This session is approved for 1.5 Continuing Education credit for Social Work License. Participants should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
• The Children's Health designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.5 Hour(s) NCPD (ANCC Contact Hours). Participants should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
• Children's Health designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.5 Hour(s) Certificate of Attendance. Participants should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

For children entering the Texas child welfare system, the physical "removal" from danger does not equate to the removal of health complexities. This session dives into the clinical and systemic realities of caring for children in the conservatorship of the state. Participants will explore the intersection of developmental trauma and physical health, identify the Texas-specific barriers that lead to fragmented care, and learn actionable, trauma-informed strategies to stabilize placements through proactive medical advocacy.

Participants can earn 1.5 Social Work CEUs or 1.5 NCPD (ANCC Contact Hour) or a certificate upon successful completion.

• This session meets Texas Administrative Code requirements for 1.5 continuing education credit for Licensed Marriage and Family therapy, Licensed Professional Counselors, and Licensed Clinical Social Workers. 

Hilda Loria, MD and Radha Patel McNicholas, MD have no financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients to disclose.

• Children’s Health System of Texas is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

80 %

100 %

6/11/2026