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BAYSIDE CONTINUING EDUCATION AND DEVELOP

Permanent change is hard. Despite the reasons to want to live a sober lifestyle or exercise regularly, changing behaviors permanently takes work. This course will explore why people behave the way they do and how change can be made easier

BAYSIDE CONTINUING EDUCATION AND DEVELOP

Understanding Sunset Anxiety is crucial for mental health professionals because it highlights how the natural rhythms of our environment, particularly the transition from day to night, can significantly impact our client's mental well-being. By learning about this phenomenon, individuals can better recognize and address the underlying causes of evening anxiety, which is often overlooked. We will explore the psychological, biological, and environmental factors that contribute to this unique form of stress, including circadian rhythms, sleep disorders, and seasonal changes.

BAYSIDE CONTINUING EDUCATION AND DEVELOP

This course is designed to equip mental health professionals with the essential knowledge and skills required to effectively diagnose and treat a wide range of mental health conditions. This course covers fundamental concepts of mental health, including the importance of mental well-being and the impact of stigma and misconceptions on individuals seeking help. In addition to diagnosis, the course delves into various treatment modalities, such as psychopharmacology, psychotherapy, emerging therapies, and integrative approaches, providing a holistic view of mental health care. Special populations and considerations, including child and adolescent mental health, geriatric mental health, cultural competency, and gender and sexuality, are also thoroughly examined. The course further addresses crisis intervention strategies and ethical and legal considerations, ensuring that participants are well-prepared to navigate the complexities of mental health practice.

BAYSIDE CONTINUING EDUCATION AND DEVELOP

The use of electronic media and information technologies in behavioral health treatment, recovery support, and prevention programs is rapidly gaining acceptance. There are many benefits and concerns about using internet based assessments, programs and platforms. This course will explore the potential uses of technology, the applications, the benefits and concerns associated with technology assisted mental health care.

BAYSIDE CONTINUING EDUCATION AND DEVELOP

Ethics are crucial in any profession, particularly in mental health. They establish a framework of principles that guide professionals in making informed, responsible, and morally sound decisions. Adhering to ethical standards ensures the protection of the client's rights and well-being, fosters trust in the therapeutic relationship and upholds the profession's integrity. By prioritizing ethics, mental health professionals can navigate complex situations with clarity, mitigate potential harm, and contribute to mental health services' overall credibility and reliability. This course is designed to provide a comprehensive understanding of the ethical principles and standards essential in clinical practice. It covers crucial topics such as ethical decision-making frameworks, maintaining professional boundaries, and the appropriate use of physical touch in therapy. The course delves into the complexities of dual relationships, offering guidelines to navigate these situations ethically. Additionally, it addresses the legal and ethical responsibilities regarding the reporting of abuse and other critical issues faced by mental health professionals.

BAYSIDE CONTINUING EDUCATION AND DEVELOP

he purpose of the course is to enhance the reader's understanding of denial and to relate stages of denial to the corresponding stages of the disease of addiction. Denial and addiction must be treated concurrently if successful treatment is to be achieved. The course will define specific exercises that can be utilized with clients.

BAYSIDE CONTINUING EDUCATION AND DEVELOP

This course will explore the Baker Act for involuntary assessment and treatment for mental illness in Florida.

E CARE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INSTITUTE

Too many therapists freeze when working with clients from different backgrounds. They're afraid of saying the wrong thing, not knowing enough about the client's culture, or unintentionally offending someone. So they hold back, refer out, or feel like a fraud in session. This 6-hour training gives you practical strategies to work confidently with any client from any culture without needing to become an expert on every background. Learn to use the DSM-5 Cultural Formulation Interview to assess cultural influences on diagnosis, recognize and reduce your own biases, build meaningful rapport across cultural differences, and recover when you've made an unintentional cultural misstep. Beyond ethnicity, you'll also explore issues of age, gender, sexuality, religion, acculturation, and social justice and strengthen your own cultural self-awareness in the process. Designed for licensed mental health professionals who want to stop freezing with diverse clients and start counseling with confidence across cultures.

E CARE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INSTITUTE

Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a collaborative, person-centered counseling approach designed to strengthen motivation and commitment to change. This workshop provides a concise yet comprehensive overview of MI's four essential components: the spirit of MI, core micro-skills (OARS), the MI process, and the concept of change talk. Participants will learn how these components work together to foster engagement, resolve ambivalence, and support behavioral change in individuals, families, and communities. Through real-world examples and discussion, participants will gain practical strategies for applying MI across diverse behavioral health settings, including with clients who are mandated to treatment. The training will also address common pitfalls or traps that can derail MI effectiveness and how to avoid them. By the end of the session, participants will be equipped to integrate MI principles and techniques into their own clinical practice to promote client autonomy, readiness, and sustainable growth.

E CARE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INSTITUTE

Some clients have been in therapy for years. They understand their patterns. They can name their triggers. They have plenty of insight. And yet nothing changes. The same relationships. The same self-sabotage. The same cycles. Over and over. These are the clients traditional approaches weren't built for. Schema Therapy was. This 6-hour training introduces you to Schema Therapy an integrative approach developed by Dr. Jeffrey Young that combines cognitive-behavioral therapy, attachment theory, psychodynamic concepts, and emotion-focused techniques. Learn how to assess and conceptualize difficult cases in Schema terms, identify the maladaptive patterns driving your client's problems, and apply powerful techniques like Imagery Rescripting, Mode Dialogues, and Empathic Confrontation to create lasting change. You'll also learn how to manage your own schemas when difficult clients trigger you in session. Designed for licensed mental health professionals working with personality disorders, chronic relational problems, eating disorders, treatment-resistant anxiety and depression, and clients who've gained insight but can't seem to change.

HEALTH FORUM ONLINE

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) requires a dynamic and evidence-based approach to treatment that adapts to the diverse needs of individuals across the lifespan. Mental health providers play a crucial role in implementing the latest research-driven interventions that enhance communication, adaptive functioning, and overall quality of life. Mental health providers benefit from practical, effective strategies in behavioral, pharmacological, and integrative therapies, helping them build personalized, meaningful care plans. A multidisciplinary approach to ASD treatments offers the knowledge and confidence needed to apply best practices that truly make a difference for individuals and their families.

HEALTH FORUM ONLINE

The Navigating the Educational and Psychological Assessment of the Special Need Preschooler CE course includes 2 contact hours that will focus on the range of disabling conditions identified in 2 to 3 year olds, through the outreach programs offered in the schools including information on referral sources, such as regional centers, pediatricians, parents and specialized medical centers. A wide range of disabling conditions, assessment criteria, evaluation tools administered, diagnostic findings, eligibility criteria for services, individualized interventions and the reevaluation process will be discussed.

HEALTH FORUM ONLINE

The Communication w/ Cognitively Impaired: Strategies for Effectiveness online CE course includes 1 contact hour that provides healthcare professionals with strategies on how to effectively communicate with cognitively impaired individuals by identifying cognitive impairment and the role of communication. The course also meets the Communication w/ Cognitively Impaired requirement for FL Certified Nursing Assistants.

HEALTH FORUM ONLINE

The Primary Care Behavioral Health: The Basics for a New Model of Mental Healthcare online CE course includes 3 contact hours helps behavioral health professionals understand how to succeed in the world of primary care. Beginners will find clear, practical advice on the topics they most need to know about to get started, such as how to structure a service and get off to a robust start. Those with experience in primary care will gain ideas for growing their service and evaluating their progress to ensure they are meeting the clinic's needs. And those merely interested in the topic will likely find much that surprises them about this exciting new growth area for behavioral health professionals.

HEALTH FORUM ONLINE

The Screening and Assessment of Psychological Trauma and PTSD: Clinical Applications for Civilians and Veterans online CE course provides a review of the definition of trauma, the major types of traumas, prevalence rates of trauma exposure, common reactions to trauma including PTSD, and risk and protective factors for the development of PTSD after trauma exposure. The history of the PTSD diagnosis is reviewed including the recent changes to the PTSD diagnostic criteria in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM), 5th Edition.

HEALTH FORUM ONLINE

The Parental Bereavement Following the Loss of a Child online CE course includes 3 contact hours that examines parental bereavement patterns based upon the type of loss as well as predictors of complicated parental bereavement. The role of health care professionals in supporting parents is illustrated through review of bereavement follow-up and intervention programs. In addition, specific applications of bereavement intervention strategies, along with case examples, are examined.

QUANTUM UNITS EDUCATION

Supervision is necessary to improve client care, develop the professionalism of clinical personnel, and impart and maintain ethical standards in the field. This CE course focuses on teaching, coaching, consulting, and mentoring functions of clinical supervisors.

MINDFUL

Supervision is an essential component to ensuring quality services in clinical behavioral health. Regardless of a position a person holds, they will benefit greatly from quality clinical supervision. Clinical supervisory relationships are complex and must be nurtured and developed to be the most effective and therefore ensure the best patient care. It is essential for behavioral health providers who receive or provide clinical supervision to understand the impact of the supervisory relationship, the supervision process, and the outcomes it has. This course will review information regarding clinical supervision specific to the main positions held in behavioral health and in general. It will review relevant case studies regarding supervision in behavioral health.

QUANTUM UNITS EDUCATION

Behavioral health professionals who support children must be prepared for the unique experience of supporting children instead of adults in mental health. Children have unique needs, symptom presentation, and experience in treatment. They are also highly vulnerable to inappropriate bonding, abuse, neglect, and other issues regarding boundaries. Because of this, and because they simply deserve the best care, there are strong ethics that professionals must follow when supporting children in behavioral health. This course will review information related to the ethical concerns when working with children and adolescents as well as how to address them.

QUANTUM UNITS EDUCATION

The clinical supervisor serves an essential role in ensuring that behavioral health professionals are operating within the standards of practice as well as being able to identify when one is not performing adequately. Additionally, supervisors are committed to upholding the ethical principles and standards of their professions, adhering to state and federal statutes regulating clinical practice, complying with relevant education and training standards, and practicing competency-based supervision.

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Course Description: This course requires the participant to read and understand Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) 33: Treatment for Stimulant Use Disorders. This updated TIP reviews what is known about treating the medical, psychiatric, and SUD-related problems associated with the use of cocaine and methamphetamine, as well as the misuse of prescription stimulants. The TIP offers recommendations on treatment approaches and maximizing treatment engagement and retention, and strategies for initiating and maintaining abstinence. which is a Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) that describes how SUD treatment providers can use the latest evidence on motivation-enhancing approaches and strategies to increase participation and retention in SUD treatment. This course is intended to familiarize drug and alcohol treatment service providers, mental health service providers, peer recovery support specialists, behavioral health program managers, directors, and administrators, clinical supervisors, and healthcare providers with guidelines for clinical providers to enhance motivation for change in substance use disorder. Course Objectives: 1. To advance the understanding of treating the SUDs associated with the use of cocaine and the misuse of prescription stimulants. 2. To be familiar with stimulant use disorders and trends in stimulant use in the United States. 3. Lean how stimulants affect the brain and behavior 4. Be able to describe medical and psychological signs, symptoms, and complications associated 5, with stimulant use and stimulant use disorders and how to best manage common complications. 6. Become familiar with supported nonpharmacologic approaches to helping patients begin and sustain recovery from stimulant use disorders. 7. To be able to summarize techniques clinicians can use to help engage patients in SUD treatment and maximize their chances of sustaining long-term recovery. 8. To be able to recognize treatment considerations for Special Populations

ACE-CLASSES.COM, INC

This course provides an overview of national protective factors approaches to prevent child abuse and neglect. It is designed to help child welfare professionals, administrators, service providers, policymakers, and other interested individuals understand the concepts of protective and risk factors in families and communities and learn ways in which building protective factors can help lower the risk of child abuse and neglect now and in the future.

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This course is intended to familiarize mental health professionals, social workers, substance abuse professionals, child welfare workers, healthcare professionals, psychologists, or certified addiction specialists, with the specific needs of women regarding substance abuse treatment. Course Objectives: To be familiar with basic objectives and principles surrounding the substance abuse treatment needs of women To learn about the patterns of use among women To identify the physiological effects of alcohol, drugs, and tobacco on women To explore substance abuse screening and assessment of women To be aware of treatment engagement, placement, and planning strategies and considerations unique to women To consider substance abuse among specific women population groups and settings To be aware of substance abuse treatment retention and issues facing women To explore recovery management and administrative considerations

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SBIRT is a comprehensive, integrated, public health model designed to provide universal screening, secondary prevention (detecting risky or hazardous substance use before the onset of abuse or dependence), early intervention, and timely referral and treatment for people who have specialty substance use disorder (SUD). SBIRT screens all patients regardless of an identified disorder, allowing healthcare professionals in a variety of settings to address the spectrum of such behavioral health problems even when the patient is not actively seeking an intervention or treatment for his or her problems. In Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment, Participants will learn about the core elements of screening, brief intervention, brief treatment, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) programs. Additionally, Participants will become familiar with general information relevant to implementing SBIRT services, including: the effectiveness of SBIRT; the various implementation models; the different challenges and barriers to implementation; cost and sustainability problems; and a look at two case examples¿the Washington State Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral, and Treatment (WASBIRT) program and New Mexico¿s SBIRT program. This course is intended to provide important information regarding Systems-Level Implementation of Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) for mental health professionals, social workers, substance abuse professionals, child welfare workers, healthcare professionals, psychologists, or certified addiction specialists.