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ACHIEVE CE - EDUCATION SERVICES

This course fulfills the Board requirement for Preventing Medical Errors by discussing how mental health professionals can navigate sentinel events, near misses, adverse events and root cause analysis. /// Convenient Online Course /// Reports to CE Broker /// At-Your-Own-Pace ///

INSTITUTE FOR LGBT HEALTH AND WELLBEING

The Advocacy Academy webinar for mental health professionals is designed to provide an interactive learning experience to assist participants with gaining an understanding of legislative advocacy in mental health, analyzing current policies, and acquiring skills to engage in informed advocacy efforts. By addressing legislative, communication, and relational aspects of advocacy, this webinar will equip mental health professionals with a well-rounded skill set to make a meaningful impact on mental health policies and public awareness in order to provide equitable and affirming support.

FATSA- FLORIDA ASSOCIATION FOR THE TREAT

Abstract: The U.S. has witnessed an unprecedented rise in targeted violence, or planned attacks, involving schools, businesses, government institutions, and faith centers, leaving many to question how to prevent such tragedies. Research studying averted and perpetrated attacks has revealed key findings about attackers, including that many individuals had contact with the legal and mental health systems beforehand. This key finding highlights why clinicians, case managers, supervision officers, and judicial officials need to be aware of potential attack warning signs, as they are integral to preventing such violence. This presentation will review insights about attackers, the planning that precedes such violence, indicators suggesting an imminent attack, and ways to thwart such violence. Attendees will learn about the most common psychological issues exhibited by attackers as well as the frequently cited motivations for perpetrators. With such information, attendees will be better equipped to prevent this nationwide epidemic. Learning goals: Attendees will: 1. Be introduced to behavioral threat assessment management (BTAM) 2. Identify risk factors associated with school & workplace attacks 3. Indicators suggesting an imminent attack Speakers: Kim Spence, PhD Alex Rodrigues, PsyD

FLORIDA FAMILY THERAPY ALLIANCE

COVID forced many mental health providers to adopt Telemental Health as the delivery modality to meet the needs of their clients. Unprecedented numbers of therapists and their clients began to replace an office setting with a home setting to work on issues that earlier were only explored in an office setting. What difference did this change make to therapists? What difference did it make to people presenting with mental health issues?

NETCE

Overview of Geriatric Assessment is an amalgamation of pertinent information for healthcare professionals to consider when providing care to older adults. Specific assessment tools are covered, in addition to specific insights into perspectives on aging that are directly correlated to health and well-being. Views on aging and awareness of age-related changes are discussed to offer additional tools for providers who are seeking an understanding of the older adult demographic. Any professional providing physical and/or mental health support to an older adult will benefit from this course as they broaden their perspective, address implicit bias, and approach each older adult patient as the unique individual they are.

NETCE

This course is intended for counselors, marriage and family therapists, psychologists, social workers, and other behavioral health professionals engaged in relational or couples therapy. This 1-hour training introduces therapists to the clinical, ethical, and emotional complexities of working with mixed-agenda couples - where one partner is leaning out of the relationship and the other wants to preserve it. These couples often present for therapy without shared goals, making traditional couples work potentially ineffective or even harmful. The course explores strategies for early assessment, introduces a structured approach to support decision-making, and highlights how to avoid common pitfalls. Participants will leave with a clearer understanding of how to ethically and effectively guide couples in the early stages of treatment.

SUNCOAST MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS ASSOCIATION (SMHCA)

The 2020 presidential election landed alongside a global pandemic and civil unrest connected to racial injustices, creating a trifecta of stress and potential trauma. The American Mental Health Counselors Association's 2020 Code of Ethics calls upon clinical mental health counselors (CMHCs) to maintain objectivity (I.A.1); to take care of our own mental health so that we can be centered for our clients (I.C.1.h); to understand the role of our beliefs, values, and biases in our clinic work while seeking to better understand our clients (I.C.1.m); and to refrain from discriminating against our clients for their political beliefs (I.C.2.c).

ACHIEVE CE - EDUCATION SERVICES

The Florida Clinical Social Worker Complete CE Package - 30 Contact Hours includes all 30-hours necessary for renewal, including mandatory subject areas. Courses included in this package are Domestic Violence for Mental Health Professionals, FL Laws for Mental Health Professionals, Preventing Medical Errors for Mental Health Professionals, Professional Ethics and Boundaries for Mental Health Professionals, An Overview of Telehealth for Florida Mental Health Providers, Hypnosis in Patient Care, Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Update for Professionals, Adolescent Neurological Development and Implication for Health and Well-Being and Role of Technology in Youth Harassment Victimization. This online course can be conveniently completed from your computer or mobile device at your own pace. Your course completion will be reported to CE Broker automatically for credit toward your license renewal.

BIOLOGIX SOLUTIONS LLC

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to: Define human trafficking. Identify the forms of human trafficking. Recognize factors associated with greater risk of being a victim of human trafficking. Identify indicators that contribute to human trafficking. Identify risk factors and behavioral indicators for labor trafficking Identify risk factors and behavioral indicators for sex trafficking Identify a victim of human trafficking in a healthcare setting. Explain the psychological, health, and social consequences of human trafficking. Interviewing strategies to assess and identify victims and promote the ethical treatment of trafficking victims. Describes procedures for sharing information related to human trafficking with a patient. Describe various educational, prevention, mental health, legal, social services interventions and resources targeted to human trafficking victims. How to report victims and cases of human trafficking.

BIOLOGIX SOLUTIONS LLC

Perinatal mental health conditions are common yet often overlooked complications during pregnancy and the postpartum period. This course covers various disorders, including depression, anxiety, and postpartum psychosis, and their impacts on pregnancy outcomes, infant development, and maternal mortality, particularly related to suicide and overdose. Participants will learn to differentiate "baby blues" from significant illness, use screening tools in prenatal and pediatric settings, and move to an accurate diagnosis. The course also discusses evidence-based treatment options and addresses how social determinants and systemic inequities affect perinatal mental health. Lastly, it emphasizes the importance of equitable, trauma-informed care for birthing families.

Agents of Change

Free continuing education course on ChatGPT and AI for Social Workers and Mental Health Professionals. Earn 3 FREE CEs by taking this course.

Agents of Change

Free continuing education course on AI for mental health professionals, offering 3 ethics CEs

Free State Social Work

This course looks at the harms of alcohol misuse, which groups are most affected, and how evidence-based community-level policies can create safer communities. Evidence-based strategies for reducing alcohol misuse are included; policies that focus on reducing alcohol availability in the community have been shown to be some of the most effective.

Free State Social Work

This course offers basic overdose education for recognizing and responding to an opioid overdose. The course highlights overdose causes, risks, signs, and prevention. Opioid overdose reversal medications are discussed and overdose response steps are given.

Free State Social Work

This course highlights an analysis of opioid use in the context of prescription opioid policy changes. Participants in the study describe their personal experiences with opioid use over time, starting with prescription opioid use.

Free State Social Work

Telehealth modalities have been shown to increase access to treatment and improve health outcomes for individuals with severe mental illness and substance use disorder. This course examines how telehealth modalities can effectively treat individuals with SMI and SUD. Examples of evidence-based telehealth treatment interventions include Behavioral Activation Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Cognitive Processing Therapy, Prolonged Exposure Therapy, and Medication-Assisted Treatment.

Free State Social Work

Free State Social Work

This course examines the personal and professional experiences of mental health professionals during the Covid-19 pandemic and the rapid pivot to telehealth. 36 mental health professionals participated in interviews and highlighted the following themes: responding to the pandemic, introducing telehealth, impact on professional practice, and the future of telehealth. The course explores the strengths and weaknesses related to the adoption of telehealth during the Covid-19 pandemic, implications for practice, and the future of telehealth.

Free State Social Work

This course explores explicit and implicit biases in health care and provides an overview of the terminology, the tools used to measure implicit bias, the evidence for implicit bias in health care, the impact of implicit bias in health care, the impact of interventions designed to reduce implicit bias, the key structural factors affecting implicit bias, and the relationship between implicit bias and structural inequities.

Free State Social Work

This course examines the topic of implicit bias in healthcare and the role of the healthcare provider in addressing implicit bias and prioritizing equitable care. The course explores the science of implicit bias, the social groups most affected by implicit bias, and the impact on health outcomes. Mitigation strategies are identified and include self-reflection, simulation-based education, counter-stereotypic strategies, emotional regulation, and mindfulness meditation.

Free State Social Work

This course explores evidence and practice issues related to grief, bereavement, and coping with loss. The course compares different types of grief reactions and includes models of normal grief, patterns of complicated grief, and risk factors for complicated grief. Using the DSM-5, the course differentiates a normal grieving process from a major depressive episode. Treatment considerations are discussed. In addition, the course looks at the grief experiences of medical providers as well as grief in children.

Free State Social Work

This updated course explores communication in cancer care and highlights the importance of effective, high-quality, bidirectional communication for patients and families. The course examines the challenges involved in cancer-related communication and acknowledges that better models and strategies are needed. Research findings, communication models, and demographic and cultural considerations are discussed.

Free State Social Work

Free State Social Work

This course explores the topic of suicidal behavior in older military veterans. The course offers a literature review and identifies the unique experiences and challenges that older veterans face, which may include psychiatric disorders, medical illnesses, and psychosocial stressors. Suicide prevention efforts are identified and include medical and psychological treatment, safety planning, social help, family education, public education, lethal means restriction, and technology.