The following self-guided webinar courses are available for purchase at a rate of $149 per session. To register for participation, please click on the course title.
Abuse
This course will help you identify and prevent reportable types of maltreatment, including child abuse, intimate partner violence, and elder abuse. Anyone can become a victim it doesn’t matter what social or economic group people belong to. This training will familiarize you with the different types of abuse. It will also provide you with the knowledge you’ll need to assist consumers you suspect or know have experienced some type of abuse, including how to report the abuse without identifying anyone. By applying what you’ve learned to your own work, you will be well-prepared to help others to avoid becoming a victim! **Flash Required
Alcohol and the Family
This course provides an overview of research concerning the family context of alcohol use disorders. It discusses family systems perspective of alcohol use disorders and factors that increase or reduce risk of developing an alcohol use disorder.
Anxiety Disorders: Diagnosis and Treatment
This course provides a comprehensive review of the diagnostic criteria and prevalence of the most commonly occurring anxiety disorders. The course discusses in detail the key elements in the evaluation process. Effective treatment modalities including medications are also covered, as well as trends for future research.
Attachment Disorders and Treatment Approaches
This presentation given by the Center for Behavioral Health's as part of their ongoing Breakfast Learning Series addresses the concept of attachment theory and treatment of attachment disorders. Assessment parameters, treatment goals, ethical issues, and related disorders are also covered in this video course.
Attachment Disorders: Theoretical and Treatment Issues
This three hour course discusses the theoretical treatment issues surrounding attachment disorders including factors contributing to the development of attachment disorders and intervention strategies for working with clients with attachment disorders.
Basic Introduction to HIV/AIDS
This course provides a comprehensive overview of HIV and AIDS, including the most common methods of transmission, the signs and symptoms and the difference between the infection and the disease. It is intended as a basic training for all staff on the issues related to HIV and AIDS in the healthcare setting.
Bipolar Disorder in Children and Adolescents
This course discusses the signs and symptoms of Bipolar Disorder in children and adolescents, reviews the latest pharmacological and psychotherapeutic treatment for this population.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
This 2.5 hour course discusses the development and the principles of cognitive behavioral therapy and explains the application of CBT to client who present with various issues including addiction, depression, anxiety, adjustment issues and personality disorders.
Confidentiality and HIPAA
This course reviews the importance and types of confidentiality and the conditions and practices necessary for sharing, releasing and storing confidential information. It also describes the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and defines its standards of privacy and security. This also provides detailed information on the use and disclosure of protected health information. This course is available in Spanish.
Cultural Diversity
This course is an introduction to understanding the various components of cultural competence and how they apply to providing mental health and other human services to various groups of people and to individuals from within those groups.
Cultural Issues in Mental Health Treatment
This course reviews the confluence of clinical, social, cultural, organizational and financial reasons for minority groups being under served by the mental health and human services systems. It discusses the ethnic and racial groups that constitute under served populations and describes their changing demographics. The course reviews five culturally-specific psychiatric syndromes or idioms of distress and discusses the epidemiology and utilization of mental health services among the major racial/ethnic groups. The course also discusses social and cultural barriers to accessing mental health and human services.
Customer Relations
This course presents general principles for fostering good customer relations, with both internal and external customers at an agency. It reviews telephone etiquette and explores way to assist with unsatisfied customers.
Depressive Disorder in Children and Adolescents
This course discusses the prevalence of depressive disorders in children and adolescents, suicide risk factors, causes of the disorders, clinical characteristic and best treatment approaches.
Eating Disorders: Overview
This video course covers the basic DSM-IVR diagnostic criteria for eating disorders, assessment factors, and treatment goals. In particular, the characteristics, prevalence, age of onset, and mortality rates for Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, and Eating Disorders NOS are described.
Evidence Based Practices
As a mental health professional, you know the call to use Evidence-Based Practices (EPBs) in your work environment is becoming more and more insistent. This course will help you understand how EBPs are developed, as well as the potential positives and negatives of EBPs that you need to keep in mind as you consider using them. You ll also find out the various ways EBPs are being employed already. Ultimately, your completion of the interactive activities in this course will make you more prepared and confident as you consider using EBPs in your own setting.
Externalizing Disorders: Disruptive Youth
This course reviews the main features and symptoms of externalizing disorders including conduct disorder, ADHD, Intermittent Explosive Disorder, and Oppositional Defiant Disorder. 10 interventions and strategies for implementing these interventions with clients are also discussed.
Family Assessment and Intervention
This course is an overview of how family members relate to one another and methods of assessment and treatment in family matters or problems. References are provided for students interested in pursuing additional study. The newest and best ways of working with families are discussed.
Handling Food Safety
This course covers what food borne illness is, the most common food borne illnesses and ways we can prevent food borne illnesses. All managers, nutrition coordinators and staff involved in meal preparation can benefit from knowing how to handle and prepare food safely.
Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Violence and Disasters
Young people who are exposed to violence or natural disasters may experience it as a traumatic event. Trauma refers to hurt or harm in a person's mind as well as her/his body. Particularly when younger children experience trauma, parents and family members play important roles in helping them to cope with it as well as preventing further trauma. By assisting them to get the medical care and counseling they need, care givers can assist children and adolescents the tools they need to avoid or overcome emotional problems. This courses gives you clear information about how to apply best practices outlined by the National Institutes of Mental Health when working with children exposed to violence and distasters.
HIPAA for Mental Health Professionals
This course provides an overview of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act enacted by Congress in 1996 and its relevance to mental health professionals. It reviews the privacy protection for clients/patients' health information and administrative efficiencies through the standardization of health information electronic transfer. Specific requirements for mental health professionals in protecting health information are detailed.
Hiring and Developing Your Staff
This course discusses the general principles for effectively managing the staff recruitment and development function. The course provides a comprehensive description of the recruiting, screening and selection process and the elements of and effective staff training and development program.
Influenza Prevention and Preparedness
This interactive course will provide the learner with in-depth knowledge about seasonal and new/novel H1N1 influenza. This includes information about its prevalence in healthcare settings, modes of transmission, and means of prevention. Once armed with this knowledge, you will be in a better position to minimize the onset and outbreak of influenza in your work environment. The course is intended for healthcare professionals and other staff who are in contact with patients, families, and visitors in inpatient and outpatient behavioral health settings.
Legal and Ethical Issues for Mental Health Professionals
This course addresses the legal issues most relevant to clinical practice for behavioral health professionals. It is intended to provide a knowledge base about these issues with practical ideas about how to identity, consider and respond to potential legal problems. This course will help the clinician develop risk management strategies that include awareness, values-oriented analysis, consultation and documentation.
Managing Employee Performance
This course discusses the most effective approach to managing employee performance from goal setting to employee performance appraisals. It reviews the principles of employee motivation and the role of the supervisor and provides practical advice on providing feedback to employees and conducting performance evaluations.
Managing Teams
This course discusses the value, nature and focus of teams. It explores the stages of the team lifecycle and provides comprehensive information on the effective use of teams for problem solving and goal setting in achieving positive results in a behavioral health organization. It is recommended for entry level and middle management supervisors.
Methamphetamine: Effects, Trends, & Treatment
The course provides a comprehensive overview of the drug methamphetamine including how the drug is created, the short and long term effects of meth abuse, recent law enforcement trends for manufacturing and trafficking, and the physical and psychological nature of methamphetamine dependence. It also describes treatment options and outcomes including the Matrix Model Intensive Outpatient Program. **Audio/Video Required.
Military Cultural Competence
Over 2 million people are serving in the active or selected reserve components of the United States military today; the need for quality, culturally competent care for service members and their families has never been greater. Acquiring knowledge regarding military culture improves our ability to understand, communicate and effectively interact with military members and their families. Having a basic knowledge regarding the values, structure, policies and expectations of the military promote a stronger client alliance and better equip the clinician to engage in treatment with this important population. **Audio/Video Required
Nutrition and Exercise for Children's Services Paraprofessionals
This course is about the importance of nutrition, exercise, and household safety. Having a clear understanding of what foods constitute a healthy diet along with specifics about how children can maintain physical fitness will go a long way toward improving the physical well-being of the children you serve. As a children s service paraprofessional, you can use the information in this course to better serve, protect, and improve the lives of the children that you work with. In addition to the facts and best practices you will learn, this training also gives you the chance to apply what you learn in a series of interactive exercises and vignettes.
Problem Solving: Solutions in the Workplace
You are bound to take part in problem solving during the course of your workday. Problems are a normal and an expected part of work. But how often do you apply the same dead-end solutions to reoccurring problems? This course will give you valuable information about the common obstacles to effective problem solving at work. You will also learn some concrete creative problem-solving techniques that minimize the likelihood of frustrating recurrence of problems.
Strength Based Perspectives for Foster Parents
In this training, topics to be covered will include some assumptions about the Strength Based Perspective including the definition, principles, and beliefs about working with foster children and birth families from the strengths perspective. We will also take some time to learn how to apply these ideas when we have foster children in our homes.
Stress Management for Mental Health Professionals
This course explains the sources and types of stress unique to mental health professionals and the physiological mechanisms of stress. It identifies symptoms of stress and discusses several stress management/prevention techniques that can also be used in working with clients. It provides an opportunity for clinicians to assess their own levels of stress through the Compassion Fatigue Inventory.
Teamwork: The Fundamentals
This course will give you valuable information about building better teams, becoming a good team player, and creating a culture within the workplace that can foster teamwork.
The ABC's of Bullying
This course examines the causes, effects, prevention techniques, screening treatment options and legal/ethical issues regarding bullying.
The Impact of Deployment and Combat Stress on Families and Children, Part II: Enhancing the Resilience of Military Families
Welcome to Part 2 of The Impact of Deployment and Combat Stress on Families and Children. As mentioned in Part 1 of this course, since 2001, there have been over 1.64 million deployments in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). With the need for a continued presence in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other areas of conflict the number of families who will experience one or more deployments is unprecedented. Greater than half of all Service members who deploy leave behind spouses and/or children. Approximately 2 million children have experienced a parental deployment in support of OEF and OIF with an estimated 700,000 children with at least one parent deployed at present. Being able to assist children, couples, and families in successfully adapting to the challenges and adversity presented by deployment is critical for mental health providers working with this population.
The Twelve Steps
This one hour course provides an overview of the each of the twelve steps to counselors working in the addiction field. It assists professionals in developing a greater understanding of the twelve step programs and promotes empathy and understanding for participation in support groups.
Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder
This course reviews the prevalence, diagnostic criteria and symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder. It discusses key evaluation elements and effective therapeutic treatments. It also discusses the medications used to supplement treatment.
