Recognizing the Signs and Symptoms of Child Abuse and Neglect
Child Welfare Information Gateway, JooYeun Chang, J.D.
1.5 Hours
This course addresses abuse and neglect by looking at: the legal definition; federal law related to child abuse. Assessing the signs and symptoms; what is known about chronic neglect; ways to work with families experiencing chronic neglect, including critical elements of successful casework practice; examples of what agencies a....
Ethics for Substance Abuse Counselors
Industry Specialist
6 Hours
This course for Substance Abuse Counselors was compiled from the various codes of Ethics by both National (NAADAC) and large state board addiction treatment credentialing agencies. These codes cover the domains of most importance to Substance Abuse Counselors. *This course is not approved for NBCC renewal.
Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention for Youth
Industry Specialist
4 Hours
This guide will help you conduct fast, effective alcohol screens and interventions with your patients, even during brief, acute care visits. The tools, tips, and resources are designed to help you surmount common obstacles to youth alcohol screening in primary care. Typical barriers include insufficient time, unfamiliarity with....
Religion, Spirituality and Trauma
Industry Specialist
1 Hours
Extracted from a guide created by the National Center on Trauma-Informed Care as a technical assistance document to help make trauma-informed peer support available to women who receive or have received services in behavioral health or other human service systems. This course provides information, tools, and resources to hel....
Case Management (Revised)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
2 Hours
The goal of interagency case management is to connect agencies to one another to provide additional services to clients. This CEU course prepares program workers about getting involved in these efforts by presenting findings from previous evaluation efforts and then proposing a framework for facilitating quality improvement and....
Cultural Competence - Serving Diverse Children and Families in Social Services Agencies
Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families,
1 Hours
Failure to properly address cultural differences creates and maintains mistrust and other potential conflicts between service providers and potential clients, further contributing to low quality of care and poor health outcomes. Thus, delivering culturally competent services remains a goal and a highly promising approach to pro....
Administrators - People with Physical and Cognitive Disabilities
Industry Specialist
1 Hours
This course addresses the following aspects with regard to substance use disorder treatment for people with physical and cognitive disabilities: the Americans with Disabilities Act; attitudinal barriers; discriminatory policies, practices, and procedures; communication barriers; architectural barriers; and funding consideration.....
Patterns of Care for Rural and Urban Children with Mental Health Problems
Nathaniel J. Anderson MPH, Samantha J. Neuwirth MD, Jennifer D. Lenardson MHS, and David Hartley PhD
1 Hours
This CE course examines if patterns of children’s mental health diagnosis and service use, such as office visits and psychotropic medications, differ by rural-urban residence, and the effects of income and insurance type on use of mental health services.
Ethics for Social Workers
Industry Specialist
2 Hours
Social workers and other behavioral health professionals are expected to protect the well-being of their clients and adhere to the values, ethical principles, and standards of the profession. The purpose of this course is to provide an overview of issues that social workers may face in the areas of competence, social diversity,....
Prevention of Child Abuse and Exploitation
Industry Specialist
1 Hours
This CEU course: defines the nature and scope of child sexual abuse and exploitation; acknowledges the need to build on the foundation of existing research, advocacy, and treatment; discusses the value of a National Plan; encourages the development of prevention-focused policy; and describes a range of actions that includes indi....
Behavioral Health Issues Among Afghanistan and Iraq U.S. War Veterans
Industry Specialist
1 Hours
This CE course introduces some of the problems facing Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom veterans and can help healthcare and social service professionals understand these veterans’ needs. Topics relating to returning OEF and OIF veterans will look at: behavioral health issues; substance abuse; mental disord....
Compassion Fatigue in Homeless Health Care
Industry Specialist
1 Hours
This CE course provides health care workers with information on compassion fatigue, focusing on the following topics: understanding stress; extinguishing job burnout; respect, support, and recognition from management; vicarious trauma warning signs; views of the work environment; creative strategies to improve the work environme....
Ethics, Confidentiality and Boundary Issues in Professional Counseling (UPDATED)
American Counseling Association, Ethics Revision Task Force overseen by Marcheta Evans, Ph.D.
2 Hours
This CE course describes the ethical behavior and responsibility to which counselors aspire by covering the following themes: the counseling relationship; confidentiality and privacy; professional responsibility; relationships with other professionals; evaluation, assessment, and interpretation; supervision, training, and teachi....
Antimicrobial Guidelines for Prison Populations
Federal Bureau of Prisons
1 Hours
Antimicrobial resistance is a growing problem in the healthcare and community setting - leading to increased morbidity, mortality, and healthcare costs. This CEU course provides guidance on the appropriate use of antimicrobials, provides recommendations and standards for the medical management of inmates receiving antimicrobial....
Preventing Suicide
Deb Stone, ScD, MSW, MPH, et al.
2.5 Hours
Suicide is highly prevalent and presents a major challenge to public health in the United States and worldwide. This CEU course provides strategies for preventing the risk of suicide as well as approaches to lessen the immediate and long-term harms of suicidal behavior for individuals, families, communities, and society.
ACLS Special Situation: Trauma: Mass Shooting, Gun Wounds
Ms Olympia Resol, RN, MPH, CRNI, CARN
4 Hours
Through this course, students will learn how to respond using ACLS when there is Mass shooting or Gunshot wounds.
Conversations about Mental Health
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
2 Hours
Mental health issues in our communities, particularly for youth, are complex and challenging. This CEU course provides information regarding mental health and mental illness and how communities can improve prevention of mental illnesses, promotion of mental health, public education and awareness, early identification, treatment....
Child Abuse & Neglect - Recognizing Signs and Symptoms
Child Welfare Information Gateway, JooYeun Chang, J.D.
3 Hours
This course addresses abuse and neglect by looking at: the legal definition; federal law related to child abuse. Assessing the signs and symptoms; what is known about chronic neglect; ways to work with families experiencing chronic neglect, including critical elements of successful casework practice; examples of what agencies a....
Addressing Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors for Program Administrators
Industry Specialist
2 Hours
This course provides information about suicidality and focuses on the information that treatment professionals need to know in an accessible manner. It synthesizes knowledge and grounds it in the practical realities of clinical cases and real situations so that the reader will come away with increased knowledge, encouragement, a....
Behavioral Health Treatment for Major Racial and Ethnic Groups
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Andrea Kopstein, Ph.D., M.P.H., Karl D. W
5 Hours
This course identifies cultural knowledge and its relationship to treatment as a domain that requires proficiency in clinical skills, programmatic development, and administrative practices. It focuses on patterns of substance use and co-occurring disorders (CODs), beliefs about traditions involving substance use, beliefs and at....
Psychological Issues for HIV Infected Women
Jean Anderson, M.D.; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
6 Hours
Although healthcare providers for women living with HIV focus primarily on the physical manifestations of the condition, this CE course examines the understanding of the psychosocial, cultural, mental health, and substance abuse issues faced by HIV infected women in order to optimize care and makes recommendations for provider r....
Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Treatment Planning
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Andrea Kopstein, Ph.D., M.P.H., Karl D. W
1 Hours
This course provides information on: engaging clients; familiarizing clients and their families with treatment and evaluation processes; endorsing collaboration in interviews, assessments, and treatment planning; integrating culturally relevant information and themes; gathering culturally relevant collateral information; selecti....
Crime Deterrence in High-Risk Juvenile Offenders
Thomas Loughran, Ph.D., et al.; U.S. Department of Justice
2 Hours
There is a link between perceptions of the threat of sanctions and deterrence from crime among serious adolescent offenders. This CEU course discusses the factors that lead youth who have committed serious offenses to persist in or desist from offending.
Diabetes Management: Pharmacotherapy Options for Diabetes Mellitus
Dhiren Patel, PharmD, CDE, BC-ADM, BCACP
3 Hours
Diabetes is a chronic disease state with no known cure. For this reason, diabetes management is intended to prevent complications and improve the patient’s quality of life. If diabetes is left untreated or is poorly managed, the patient’s disease may progress more rapidly or precipitate a hyperglycemic crisis, or the patient may....
Cardiovascular Pharmacology
David S. Roffman, BS Zoology, BS Pharmacy, PharmD, BCPS, AQ Cardiology
5 Hours
According to data from the Center for Disease Control, 610,000 people die from heart disease in the United States annually. One in every four deaths is due to cardiovascular disease. There are also 12 million yearly visits to physician’s offices and close to 4 million hospital discharges for cardiovascular disease. Treatment of....