California Social Work CE Requirements 36-Hour Package
Included Courses
Courses included in this package. Click on a course to learn more.
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Ethics in Behavioral Health Documentation: Reasons, Risks, and Rewards 3
Release Date: 7/10/23About the courseThis basic-level course will help practitioners approach documentation in a way that is guided not solely by what is mandated, but by what is mutually beneficial to all stakeholders in the documentation process: The practitioner, the agency, the funding source, and - most of all - the clients.
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Professional Ethics and Law in California, 2nd Edition 6
Course Release: 11/21/2023
About the course
This course is intended to provide details on professional ethics, professional values, and California law for behavioral and mental health professionals. It emphasizes the importance of professional values and ethics and identifies the role and impact of laws for these professions, so that practitioners can prevent unethical or unlawful behaviors in their practice and provide exceptional patient care.
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Telemental Health: An Alternative to Traditional Psychotherapy, 2nd Edition 3
Course Release: 2/13/2024
About the course
Telemental health (TMH) is a broad term that refers to the provision of behavioral and mental health services using telecommunications or videoconferencing technology. Because technological advances in TMH are developing so rapidly, many practitioners may not have learned about how these advances can be integrated into clinical practice. Research has shown no evidence that TMH delivery of evidence-based mental health treatment is less effective than in-person delivery, even in the treatment of complex disorders like PTSD. This intermediate-level course provides a framework for understanding issues relating to TMH and offers information for developing TMH clinical practices.
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Frontotemporal Dementia 2
Course release date: 11/1/2024
Course Overview
Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a group of degenerative brain disorders causing progressive deterioration in behavior, language, and/or movement. There are presently approximately 60,000 people with FTD in the United States. Onset generally occurs between 50 and 70 years of age, making FTD one of the most common presenile dementias. FTD affects the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain, which control emotions, judgment, personality, memory and language. The clinical diagnosis of FTD can be challenging, as some symptoms overlap with Alzheimer disease and other forms of dementia. FTD can be categorized based on its primary symptoms into three basic types: behavioral variant FTD, primary progressive aphasia, and progressive motor decline. Although most FTD does not appear to be inherited, genetics does play a role in a significant minority of cases. There is no effective treatment or cure for FTD, but there are strategies for management of symptoms. This course will discuss the possible causes and pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management strategies for FTD. -
Integrative and Comprehensive Trauma Treatment, 3rd Edition 9
Release Date: 7/10/2023
About the Course:
This intermediate-level course summarizes the theories on understanding trauma from psychological, developmental, and neurobiological perspectives; discusses various forms of trauma treatment; introduces the reader to integrative approaches to healing that reflect a holistic perspective; and explains practitioner self-care and the prevention of secondary or vicarious traumatization. Case vignettes throughout highlight key learning concepts. -
Keeping Clients Safe: Error and Safety in Behavioral Health Settings 3
Course 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. -
Neglect and Abandonment: Supporting Clients 6
Course release date: 4/7/2025
Course Overview
This course offers an examination of neglect and abandonment as unique forms of trauma, and their lasting impact on survivors. Practitioners will explore how these experiences shape individuals throughout their lives, drawing on many different trauma theories and frameworks such as attachment theory and developmental psychopathology. This course provides therapeutic interventions and practical skills for mental and behavioral health professionals working with clients affected by neglect and/or abandonment by their caregivers, offering tools to support and empower clients who are in all stages of healing. Through case studies, interactive exercises, and evidence-based practices, healthcare professionals will gain effective strategies and approaches, with attention to cultural and contextual factors, including some of the unique challenges faced by marginalized groups such as LGBTQ and BIPOC survivors. Ethical and professional considerations are also addressed. -
Postcombat-Related Disorders: Counseling Veterans and Military Personnel - 2nd Edition 4
Release Date: September 22, 2022
About the Course:
With increasing frequency, military personnel and veterans experience mental health problems upon return from deployment. This intermediate-level course sensitizes mental health providers to military cultural norms. The course describes postdeployment transition, reintegration, and adjustment, and identifies common mistakes that clinicians make in treating this population. Military families are discussed, including marital satisfaction and the effects of military life on the spouse and children. Assessment and treatment methods for PTSD, depression, suicide risk, substance use disorders, and traumatic brain injury are all described. The various treatment methods are explained in detail, and include case vignettes to illustrate client and therapist interactions.