Screening and Assessment for Trauma
Hunter L. McQuistion, M.D., Jennifer Frey, Ph.D., Jesse B. Milby, Jr., Ph.D., Douglas J. Warn, LCSW-
1.00 Hours
This course describes the screening and assessment process for trauma as it pertains to: barriers and challenges; timing; the environment; misdiagnosis and under-diagnosis; cross cultural screening and assessment; choosing instruments for the purpose, population, and quality of trauma screening and assessment; and trauma informe....
Risks of Long-Term Foster Care
Cecilia Casanueva, Ph.D., et al.; Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation
1.00 Hours
The youngest children are the most vulnerable to child maltreatment. This short CEU course provides the experience of instability in caregivers and households among young children in the child welfare system, including children who are placed out of home and children who remain in-home with their families following investigatio....
Caregiver Health and Services
Melissa Dolan, et al.; Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation
2.00 Hours
This CEU course examines the well-being of children involved with child welfare agencies; captures information about the investigation of abuse or neglect; collects information about the child’s family; provides information about child welfare interventions and other services; and describes key characteristics of child developme....
Parenting a Child Who Has Been Sexually Abused - A Guide for Foster and Adoptive Parents
Industry Specialist
1.00 Hours
This course discusses how to help children in foster and adoptive care through education about child sexual abuse, establishing guidelines for family safety and privacy, and understanding when and how to seek help if or when it is needed. *This course is not approved for NBCC renewal.
Borderline Personality Disorder and Substance Use Disorders
Industry Specialist
1.00 Hours
This CE course presents the signs and symptoms of borderline personality disorder, with or without a co-occurring substance use disorder, alerts professionals to the importance of monitoring clients with borderline personality disorder for self-harm and suicidal behavior, and encourages professionals to refer such clients for ap....
How to administer suppositories
Ian Peate
This module aims to help nurses to undertake the administration of suppositories in a safe, effective and patient-centred manner, ensuring privacy and dignity. Inserting rectal suppositories, whether to administer medication or to achieve bowel evacuation, is a common practice in health care. The administration of suppositori....
STD Facts: Symptoms, Transmission and Treatment
Daisy Arrillaga RN, BSN
1.00 Hours
This course is intended to increase your knowledge of sexually transmitted diseases and current treatments.
Components of Tribal Healing Wellness Courts
Joseph Thomas Flies-Away (B.A. Stanford, M.P.A. Harvard, J.D. Arizona State University)
4.00 Hours
This CEU course provides an overview of Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts and discusses the history of the drug court movement and the adaptation of the drug court model for tribal justice systems. In addition, the critical issues and challenges faced by Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts, including the challenge of incorporatin....
Disaster and Trauma Psychological Recovery Skills for Social Workers
Industry Specialist
4.00 Hours
Individuals affected by a disaster or traumatic incident, whether survivors, witnesses, or responders to such events, may struggle with or face new challenges in the weeks and months following the event. This CEU course is designed to help survivors gain skills to reduce ongoing distress and effectively cope with post-disaster....
Prevention of Human Trafficking for Social Workers
U.S. Department of State
2.00 Hours
The global anti-trafficking movement is now well into its second decade. This CEU course focuses on the positive developments and continued challenges of preventing trafficking, and it considers how governments and the broader anti-trafficking community can effectively ensure that those who are vulnerable to human trafficking h....
Case Management and Substance Abuse Treatment (Revised)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
2.00 Hours
This CEU course is designed to establish a common starting point for case management work with substance abusers by providing interventions to help substance abusers access needed social services, as well as discussing the competencies necessary to implement case management functions and the relationship between those functions....
Developing a Trauma-Informed Juvenile Justice Program with Behavioral Health Conditions
Joseph Cocozza, Ph.D., et al.
4.00 Hours
The majority of youth in contact with the juvenile justice system in this country have a diagnosable behavioral health condition. This CE course discusses trauma and its effects on youth, especially those with behavioral health conditions; the types of trauma-related disorders, the behavioral manifestations of trauma that youth....
Administrators - Integrating Vocational Services in Treatment
Industry Specialist
1.00 Hours
This course addresses the following concerns with regards to substance abuse treatment: the need for vocational services; vocational programming and resources; clinical issues related to integrating vocational services; integrating onsite vocational services; effective referrals and collaborations; funding and policy issues; and....
Administrators - Issues in Outpatient Treatment
Industry Specialist
2.00 Hours
This course addresses the following aspects with regard to administrative issues in outpatient substance abuse treatment: strategic planning, starting a program, working with partners, and public relations; hiring and retaining staff, continuing education and training, and formulating guidelines and policies for staffing; prepar....
Principles of Vaccination and Immunization Strategies
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1.00 Hours
Immunology is a complicated subject, however, an understanding of the basic function of the immune system is useful in order to understand both how vaccines work and the basis of recommendations for their use. This CEU course discusses immunology and vaccine-preventable diseases; classification of vaccines; the need for strateg....
Pregnancy Prevention Services For High Risk Youth
Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE); Rachel Shapiro, MPP, Robert Wood, Jean Knab, an
3.00 Hours
Youth in alternative school settings may be at particularlyhigh risk for teen pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), andassociated sexual risk behaviors. This CEU course examines the strategiesfor delivering adolescent pregnancy prevention services to a high-risk youthpopulation.
Understanding Stroke
Georgina Casey
The incidence of stroke is increasing world-wide but so are survival rates, at least in developed nations, leading to an increasing burden of disability. Strokes can be ischaemic (loss of blood flow to part of the brain) or haemorrhagic (acute intracranial haemorrhage). Current best practice for stroke involves timely access to....
Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion in Long Term Care (CSII)
Judy Gilman
2.50 Hours
Since the introduction of insulin pumps several decades ago, Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion (CSII) therapy has become the preferred method of treatment for everyone with Type 1 Diabetes. For patients using CSII, it replaces multiple daily injections (MDI) of insulin. CSII is also used for some people with Type 2 Diabet....
Qualification or Certification?
Laurie Ellefson, BSN, RN, CWOCN, CFCN
1.00 Hours
Employers are fighting for employees and looking for ways to promote their organization. One way to promote quality for an organization is to recognize their nurses’ skills. Nurses are competing for their dream job and need to promote their skill sets to be considered. Both situations result in nurses ¬highlighting specific spec....
Diabetes Care Before, During and After Pregnancy
Jo M. Kendrick, APN-BC, CDE
7.50 Hours
This module guides evidence-based comprehensive care and education for women with pregestational and gestational diabetes before, during and after pregnancy. Filled with several quick-reference tables, the module’s content underscores appropriate nursing assessment and management strategies to enhance the likelihood of healt....
Promoting Nutritional Health and Diabetes Prevention in Migration Health
Katherine Brieger, RD and Elizabeth Magenheimer, APRN, CDE
0.25 Hours
Diabetes continues to be one of the most common and challenging health condition confronting migrants and other underserved populations. It is clear that a healthy lifestyle is critical to mitigating the impact of diabetes on individuals and the population, however effective and appropriate interventions can be difficult to desi....
Universal Precautions and Cross Infection
Matthew Thomas
Standard precautions should be used for all procedures involving body fluid. They are based on the principle that all body fluids are contaminated. This session explains risk assessment and the precautions needed in all situations.
The Worried Child
Eleanor Leigh
This session describes childhood anxiety and worry and discusses how to react to them.
The Role of Patient and Carer Support Groups in Burns
Evgenia Theodorakopoulou and Monica Fawzy
This session will describe the benefits of patient and carer support groups and explore the challenges that are commonly associated with setting-up and maintaining such groups.
Safe Use of Injectable Medicines (Part 1)
Gillian Cavell
0.50 Hours
Intravenous therapy, known also as IV therapy, refers to the application of liquid medication directly into the veins of a patient. This session explores the health and safety aspects of this procedure, the different technical approaches and equipment involved, along with the steps entailed and the associated risks.