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• -|- Long Term, Post Acute and Elder Care…

  Counselors, social workers, nurses and family caregivers play pivotal roles in ensuring the holistic well-being of individuals who are aging or adjusting to a chronic illness such as diabetes, POTS, dementia or multiple sclerosis. This certification training is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills necessary to address the unique challenges faced by the patient, their family and you, the caregiver, while promoting health, dignity, and quality of life .

  Covered Topics

  • Overview of Issues Facing Older Adults
  • Age Related Loss as a Type of Trauma
  • Overview of Issues in Post Acute Care
  • Adult Caregiver Issues and Needs
  • PIECES Transdiagnostic & Transtheoretical Approach to Assessment and Treatment
  • Screening Tools in Long Term and Post Acute Care
  • Grief and Complicated Grief in LTC and PAC
  • Dementia: Causes, Course and Consequences
  • Addressing Agitation in LT and PAC
  • Hearing Loss
  • Pain: Impact and Nonpharmacological Management
  • Working with People with Diabetes in Post Acute or Long Term Care
  • PostStroke Issues and Interventions
  • Working with People with TBI
  • Working with People with Drug Addictions in Post-Acute Care
  • Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome
  • Psychosocial Elements of Terminal Illness and Palliative Care
  • Psychophysiological Interventions to Reduce Stress Related Physical, Emotional and Cognitive Issues
  • Defining a Rich and Meaningful Life
  • Motivational Interviewing & Understanding Resistance and NonCompliance
  • Goal Setting, Frustration Tolerance & Expectation Management
  • Behavioral Health Side Effects of Common Medications (and detox from)
  • Behavior Modification and Tools for Monitoring Behavior
  • Cognitive Tools to Increase Motivation and Change Thoughts and Behaviors
  • Insurance Issues and Documentation Principles in PAC and LTC
  • Elder Abuse Awareness, Identification and Intervention

  This training provides not only theoretical knowledge but also practical tools, worksheets and strategies for addressing the multifaceted challenges of LTC and PAC settings. By completing this certification, you will join a cadre of professionals committed to improving outcomes and ensuring a higher quality of life for those in long-term and post-acute care.

  $199.00 for 365 days
• Behavior Modification and Treatment Plan…

  Objectives:

  • Explore social mores and interaction patterns
  • Learn how to define target behaviors
  • Define: Discriminitive stimuli, reinforcement, punishment, reinforcement schedules, chaining, behavior strain, extinction burst, extinction
  • Practice applying these terms to behaviors
  • Identify ways to effectively apply punishment and reinforcement to modify behavior

  This multimedia course is based, in part, on Counselor Toolbox Podcast 134. Text options are available for those who prefer learning by reading.

  $6.00 for 90 days
• Behavior Modification and Treatment Plan…

  Objective

  • Define the basic components of behavior
  • Explain how frequency, intensity and duration can be used as measures for behavior change
  • Define what a baseline is
  • Discuss the difference between punishment and reinforcement
  • Identify the different schedules of reinforcement

   

  $6.00 for 90 days
• Behavior Modification Basics (6 Hours)

  Objectives

  • Define behavior modification
  • Explore how behavior modification can be useful in practice 
  • Learn basic behavior modification terms: Unconditioned stimulus and response. Conditioned stimulus and response, Discriminitive stimuli, Punishment, Reinforcement, Learned helplessness, Extinction burst, Shaping and Chaining
  • Identify ways behavior modification can be used in therapy
  • Identify ways in which understanding of stimuli and rewards can be used to increase change

  $18.00 for 90 days
• Behavior Modification: Universal Applica…

  Objectives

  • Apply behavior modification in the home, workplace and for self-improvement
    
  • Reward and Punishment: Examining the positives and negatives
    
  • Triggers and Stimuli: For new and old behaviors
    
  • Chaining and Trouble Shooting: Examining missed triggers and increasing motivation
    

  $6.00 for 90 days
• Journey to Recovery Series (25 Hours)

  This course is designed to teach clinicians and paraprofessionals
  

  • Understanding Co-Occurring Disorders
    
  • Motivation
    
  • Goal Setting and Behavior Modification   
    
  • Mindfulness, Serenity and Purposeful Action
    
  • Physical/Biological Needs   
    
  • Creating Safety
    
  • Feelings, Emotions, Reactions
    
  • Cognitive Interventions
    
  • Coping Skills and Defense Mechanisms
    
  • Problem Solving
    
  • Decision making
    
  • Planning for emergencies
    
  • Relationships
    
  • Assertiveness Training and Refusal Skills
    
  • Enhancing social support networks
    
  • Getting in Touch—Lessons Learned from Your Family of Origin
    
  • Co-Dependency   
    
  • Self-Esteem: Your Relationship with Yourself
    
  • Boundaries   
    
  • Putting it Together   
    

  $35.00 for 90 days
• Writing Measurable Strengths Based Treat…

  Objectives

  • Identify basic components to good goals
  • Brainstorm ways to measure conceptual progress
  • Discuss the progression of objectives in good goals

  $3.00 for 30 days