Cultural Elements in Treating Addiction in Latino Populations
Rafaela Robles EdD, CBHATTC, Wanda Rodriguez JD, LLM, CBHATTC, and Maria del Mar Garcia MSW, MPH, CB
2 Hours
This course is based upon a guide that was written for counselors treating clients from Latino cultures. It's purpose is to help counselors and therapists improve their skills in response to treatment challenges working with Latinos. The approach taken is to highlight key similarities and differences in cultural beliefs, attitud....
Diagnosis, Screening and Management of Acute Stress Disorder
Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense, epartment of Veterans Affairs, Ron Acierno
5 Hours
The course is based on the latest practice guidelines from the Veterans Administration and Department of Defense for the assessment, diagnosis and management of symptoms of ASD, Acute Stress Disorder in the immediate period after exposure to trauma. Article Author: Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense, ep....
Prevention of Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence
Industry Specialist
8 Hours
This course is taken from a community planning guide developed by the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control and the Centers for Disease Control and prevention. It's an effective and comprehensive program based upon a multitude of approaches to prevent sexual violence and/or intimate partner violence. This guide descr....
Preventing Intimate Partner Violence Across the Lifespan
Phyllis Holditch Niolon, Ph.D., et al.
4 Hours
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is a serious preventable public health problem that affects millions of Americans and occurs across the lifespan. This CE course discusses strategies based on the best available evidence to help communities and states sharpen their focus on prevention activities with the greatest potential to pre....
Creating a Juvenile Justice LGBTQ Task Force
Industry Specialist
2 Hours
This CEU course provides instruction regarding how to establish a task force, along with guidance on handling possible challenges to this work. Topics discussed include: the role of the task force; intersecting identities; recruitment and retention; facilitating the task force; drafting a comprehensive policy; challenges within....
Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect - Evidence-Based Practices
Beverly Fortson, Ph.D., et al.; National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
2 Hours
Child abuse and neglect is highly prevalent and is associated with several risk factors. This CEU course provides a select group of strategies based on the best available evidence to help prevent child abuse and neglect. The strategies represented include those with a focus on preventing child abuse and neglect from happening....
Active Shooter Planning for Health Care Facilities
Industry Specialist
3 Hours
This CE course is designed to encourage health care facilities to consider how to better prepare for an active shooter incident and provides emergency planners, disaster committees, executive leadership, and others involved in emergency operations planning with detailed discussions of unique issues faced in a health care facilit....
Active Shooter Incident Planning: Emergency Plans and De-escalation
Industry Specialist
1 Hours
This short CE course is designed to encourage health care facilities to consider how to better prepare for an active shooter incident. It focuses on planning for an active shooter incident, identifying pre-attack behaviors, applying the "Run, Hide, Fight" model in a health care setting, post-event assessments and relevant HIPAA....
Engaging Families in Case Planning
Industry Specialist
1 Hours
This CE course provides child welfare professionals with knowledge on: engaging families in case planning; caseworker strategies that support family engagement in case planning; agency strategies that support family engagement in case planning; findings in the Child and Family Services Reviews; and state and local examples. *....
Opioid Safety Guidelines
Industry Specialist
1 Hours
This CE course discusses the safety guidelines for chronic opioid therapy (COT) for patients with chronic non-cancer pain by examining: prescribing; management of patients with COT; tapering and discontinuation; treatment of withdrawal symptoms; and referral criteria. *This course is not approved for NBCC renewal.
Diabetes clinical update
Jane Mauldin RN BSN CDE
This course is designed to provide the healthcare provider with an update to the clinical guidelines for diabetes.
Prevention and Management of Wounds in Prison Populations
Federal Bureau of Prisons Patient Education
5 Hours
This CEU course provides guidance on the prevention and treatment of common types of wounds, including pressure ulcers, diabetic foot ulcers, venous insufficiency ulcers, and arterial insufficiency ulcers. The focus of this course is to optimize treatment outcomes in the correctional environment.
Behavioral Health Screening in HIV Care Settings
Industry Specialist
1 Hours
Behavioral health screening is an important step for health care provider organizations to increase access to quality behavioral health care. This CEU course provides steps and examples that organizations can follow to build effective behavioral health screening that supports a system of integrated care.
PTSD - The Latest Research
Matthew Friedman, M.D., Ph.D., et al.
4 Hours
This CE course provides the latest research on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) by exploring the DSM-5 changes, implementing evidence-based treatment, group versus individual therapy, child and adolescent trauma, utilizing telemental health technologies, and the role of biomarkers in the treatment and diagnosis of PTSD.
Social Media for Nurses
June Kaminski, RN MSN PhD(c)
15 Hours
This 5 module (15 CE credit) course introduces nurses to the amazing phenomena of social media in the context of nursing practice, leadership and professional development. Practice includes learning how to create accounts and groups on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Youtube and applying the principles of professionalism, pr....
A Practitioner's Guide: Helping Families Support LGBT Children
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Caitlin Ryan PhD, ACSW
1 Hours
This course was developed from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration resource guide and has the purpose of helping practitioners who work in a wide range of settings to understand the critical role of family acceptance and rejection in contributing to the health and well-being of adolescents who identify....
Confidentiality: Title 42 CFR Part 2
Department of Health and Human Services
2 Hours
The purpose of the part 2 regulations is to ensure that a patient is not made more vulnerable by reason of the availability of their patient record than an individual with a substance use disorder who does not seek treatment. This CEU course addresses the prohibition on re-disclosure notice, and the circumstances under which la....
Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale
Industry Specialist
1 Hours
This course was developed as a Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale Training overview. The course briefly looks at the background of the BPRS, along with the items that are rated, and the scoring and guidelines for each category. *This course is not approved for NBCC renewal.
Challenges of Responsible Non-Custodial Fathering for Low Income Individuals
Industry Specialist
12 Hours
Sweeping changes have dramatically altered the structure of the American family - making marriage less common and fathers less present in their children’s lives. This CEU course draws on the first of a longitudinal series of in-depth interviews with a subset of fathers participating in the Parents and Children Together Responsi....
Detained Youth - Psychiatric Disorders, Barriers to Mental Health Services, Violent Death
Linda Teplin, Ph.D., Karen Abram, Ph.D., et al.
3 Hours
Even though research indicates that the majority of youth in the juvenile justice system have been diagnosed with psychiatric disorders, they often do not receive the treatment and services they need. This CEU course examines changes in the prevalence and persistence of disorders during the 5 years after detention; describes yo....
Principles of Drug Abuse Treatment for Criminal Justice Populations (Updated)
Bennett Fletcher, Ph.D. and Redonna Chandler, Ph.D.
1 Hours
Drug addiction is a brain disease that affects behavior and recovery from drug addiction and requires effective treatment, followed by management of the problem over time. This CEU course describes the treatment principles and research findings that have particular relevance to the criminal justice community and to treatment pr....
Co-Occurring Developmental Disabilities and Mental Health Problems
Yona Lunsky, Ph.D., et al
5 Hours
People with developmental disabilities are at increased risk for developing mental health problems across the lifespan, and treatment professionals often find it difficult to determine whether the behavior they are looking at is due to an underlying disability or a mental health problem - or both. This CE course provides an ove....
Acute Cardiovascular Conditions
Leanne H. Fowler, DNP, MBA, AGACNP-BC, CNE
10 Hours
Because of the prevalence of cardiovascular disease, nurses must be equipped with the knowledge and skills to aid in its reduction. Recognizing patients at risk for acute cardiovascular conditions and taking the initiative to educate patients of the behavioral and non-behavioral cardiovascular risk factors for these conditions c....
Peripheral Arterial Studies: Non-Atherosclerotic Pathologies
Joseph F. Polak, MD, MPH - Jean M. Alessi-Chinetti, RVT, RDMS
1 Hours
Duplex sonography can be used to detect stenoses: the accuracy of the technique is estimated at 90%. The loss in specificity can be explained by turbulent flow patterns set up within venous access fistulas. The diagnostic accuracy is improved in straight segment grafts to the efferent veins, where the accuracy increases to 95%.
SXSW Edu 2021: Connecting T(w)eens in Virtual Communities
CJ Finley, Cassandra Balbas, Kanesha Baynard
Hear how a t(w)een virtual summer camp created during COVID-19 turned into the inspiration for building a new virtual community for t(w)een entrepreneurs around the world. This session is full of tips for how to create connections, build community, and foster innovation in a virtual classroom. Speakers will also share how they n....