Texas Counselor 24 Hour CE Package
185
Included Courses
Courses included in this package. Click on a course to learn more.
- Cultural Humility for Behavioral Health Professionals 6
Course Release Date: 7/10/2023
About the Course
The purpose of this education program is to present an introduction to cultural humility and offers tools for psychologists and mental healthcare professionals to use when working with diverse patients in a culturally humble manner. - Keeping Clients Safe: Error and Safety in Behavioral Health Settings 3Course Release date: 7/10/2023
This course focuses on five major components of the problem of medical error for behavioral health professionals. The first section describes the severity of the problem of medical error in the U.S. and outlines the evolution of the patient safety movement. The second section introduces concepts from human factors research that are essential to understanding the complexity of patient safety, and also outlines the importance of a culture of safety. The third section presents three basic strategies to reduce harm: Safety briefings, root cause analysis, and full disclosure. A fourth section addresses three error-prone situations that are common in behavioral health settings: Inadequate assessment of suicide risk, failure to comply with mandatory reporting laws, and failure to detect medical conditions that have psychological symptoms. The final section describes the psychosocial needs of survivors of medical error and their families. This course is intended for social workers, mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, psychologists, and advanced practice and psychiatric nurses. - Mental Health Concerns and the Older Adult 4Course release date: 10/12/2022
About the Course
The healthcare worker meeting mental health needs will be able to view the older adult within the context of aging theories and identify interpersonal connection, biopsychosocial elements, and the assessment and treatment for common mental health problems in the older adult. The target audience is any healthcare worker who will assess, intervene, or treat mental health needs of an older adult client. Registered nurses, mental health technicians, mental health providers, case managers, and primary care healthcare workers can benefit from the perspective provided by this course. - Suicidal Ideation and Behavior in the Global Youth Population 4Release Date: 7/10/2023About the courseThis course explores suicidal thoughts and behavior in the global youth population. The course aims to merge different research analysis and summaries from different peer-reviewed literatures, therapy guidelines and research institutions with primary focus on the local and urban drivers of suicidal ideation and outcomes in the global youth population. Earlier research attempts to understand the drivers of suicidal trends globally identified a few key risk factors. However, in recent years, general population surveys centered on suicidal thoughts has identified a complex interplay of factors actively driving the triggers, method, and outcomes of suicidal behaviors.
- Texas Laws and Regulations for Ethical Practice In Counseling 6Course release date: 7/10/2023About the CourseThis basic-level course will provide information specific to the state of Texas on ethical counseling practice. Topics will include state and federal legal guidelines, national association codes of ethics, issues of ethical concern in counseling, decision-making models, and guidelines to promote ethical practice. This course meets the requirements listed in the Texas Administrative Code, referred to as TAC, for the six-hour continuing education requirement in ethics for counseling practice. TAC including the Occupational Code, Counseling and Therapy Acts, the Texas Family Code, and HIPAA regulations will be reviewed.
- Adolescent Substance Use Disorders for Healthcare Professionals, 2nd edition 1
Course Release: 10/09/2023
About the course
Description of current state: The key risk periods for substance use disorders (SUD) occur during life transitions, such as adolescence. This means that substance use assessment and intervention is especially critical for the adolescent population. The emphasis for this basic-level course is on helping healthcare professionals to effectively assess adolescents for substance use disorders and intervene effectively with adolescents who are dealing with such disorders.