Multimedia, online courses allow you to move through the training process at your convenience. Email with your instructor 8am-8pm 7 days a week. NAADAC and IC & RC approved continuing education provider
Objectives
Clinical Evaluation: 35 hours
Treatment Planning: 30 hours
Counseling: 50 hours
Case Management and Referral: 10 hours
Client, Family and Community Education: 15 hours
Documentation: 15 hours
Ethical and Professional Responsibilities: 30 hours
Accurately diagnose dementias based upon symptomatology and onset
Identify effective medications
Identify common problems of persons with dementia
Identify pharmacological interventions to deal with associated problems
Describe considerations when making patient placement/treatment decisions
Differentiate between effective and ineffective interventions for persons with dementia
List the symptoms common to the dementias
Discuss the types of information and education the patient and family require
Based in part on Counselor Toolbox Episode 222 Alzheimer's and Dementias
For mental health and addiction counselors (LPC, LMHC, LPCC, LADC, CADC, and counselors in training), social workers (LCSW, LMSW, LSW, RSW), pastoral staff, case managers (CCM) and marriage and family therapists (LMFT)
Explain the scope of practice and code of ethics for case managers
Compare and contrast the code of ethics and scope of practice for Case Managers to that of Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counselors and Social Workers
Identify case management needs of persons with substance abuse and/or mental health disorders (co-occurring).
Discuss how counseling differs from case management
Identify the five core functions of treatment professionals using case management
Identify the skills necessary to provide effective case management services
Identify common causes for the breakdown of service coordination
Define the various models of case management and describe how they are used with persons with mental healtha nd substance use disorders disorders
Identify the eight principles of case management
Effectively identify service gaps and establish and maintain relations with agencies and governmental entities who can address these unmet needs
Identify information to be shared with referral sources and necessary documentation and/or releases to provide that information
Establish realistic treatment and recovery expectations with the client
Develop relationships with agencies in order to enhance case finding activities
Differentiate between the services required during pretreatment, treatment and aftercare
Identify ways to effectively evaluate quality of care in case management programs
Effectively identify clients who have "special needs"
Identify the ways that each of the special needs impact the delivery of case management services
Identify referral resources in their communities
For mental health and addiction counselors (LPC, LMHC, LPCC, LADC, CADC, and counselors in training), social workers (LCSW, LMSW, LSW, RSW), pastoral staff, case managers (CCM) and marriage and family therapists (LMFT)
Identify the 6 basic fears and how they relate to crisis
Discuss characteristics of crisis
Learn about models of crisis Intervention
Examine cultural influences in behaviors
Practice the steps in Verbal Crisis De-Escalation
Use brief intervention approaches with persons in crisis to reduce symptoms of crisis and increase motivation for change and other health improvements
Support persons experiencing a crisis to engage meaningfully and safely in a critical incident stress
debriefing process within 24 to 72 hours post-crisis in order to reduce distress and improve mental health
Create crisis plans in collaboration with persons experiencing crisis using strength-based approaches
Explore how to use telecommunication- and technology-based solutions for people at risk for, or experiencing, crisis as a means for receiving:
Identify effective and trauma-informed interventions that can be utilized to mitigate or prevent future crisis in adults
Explore how case management can be used to support people in crisis
Examine Personalized Feedback Interventions for Gambling Disorders:
Identify treatment for Women Gamblers Using Web, Teleconference and Workbook
Explore Using Virtual Reality in the Treatment of Gambling Disorder
Review Psychological Treatments for Gambling Disorder
Review
the Guideline for Screening, Assessment and Treatment of Problem
Gambling, and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s Practice
Guidelines for Treating Gambling-Related Problems