Washington Social Work - 36 Hour CE Package
This 36 hour package is perfect for Washington Social Workers looking to fulfill all of their WA CE requirements.
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 4
Course Release Date: 5/11/2022
About the Course
In practicing a profession, three interrelated but distinct areas come into play: professional values, ethics, and the law. Although all three areas are related to one another, sometimes they can conflict with one another. Sometimes, also, values can conflict with other values, as can ethics. When ethics conflict, an ethical dilemma results.
When professional values conflict with professional ethics, the organized and generally agreed-upon framework of an ethical code is vital. When ethics and the law collide, it may be necessary to consult the relevant professional organization. The American Medical Association, for example, has become involved when the law required that a physician be present at an execution. The AMA code of ethics explicitly forbids physicians from participating in capital punishment (Henry, 2018).
This intermediate course is intended to provide healthcare professionals such as social workers with an overview of how professional values, ethics, and the law come into play in mental health practice.
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Suicide Assessment and Prevention 6
Course release date: 4/1/2026
Course Overview
Suicide is a major preventable public health problem and cause of mortality. This course will review the major aspects of suicide assessment, management, and prevention, with a special focus on military veterans. Primary care contact may represent the last opportunity for intervention in the severely depressed suicidal patient, making the thorough comprehension of identification and treatment of depression and suicide risk imperative. -
ADHD: Etiology and Management for Healthcare Professionals 1
Course Release Date: 7/1/2022
Now more than ever, it is important that healthcare professionals be prepared to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) throughout the lifespan. ADHD is no longer seen as a childhood disorder and it is likely that many adults affected by ADHD are undiagnosed. This intermediate-level course has been developed to educate healthcare professionals, such as nurses, social workers, counselors, psychologists, and marriage and family therapists, and to bring clarity and a deeper understanding to the research, diagnosis, and treatment of ADHD in individuals of all ages and various life stages. -
Clinical Neuropsychology: Applications in Practice, 3rd edition 2
Course release: 10/01/2022
This intermediate course will provide information about the origins of the field of clinical neuropsychology, how clinical neuropsychologists are trained, the functional organization of the brain, what happens during a typical neuropsychological evaluation, multicultural considerations, how and when to make a referral to a neuropsychologist, how to read a neuropsychological report, and detailed examples of common referral questions to neuropsychologists for child, adult, and geriatric patients. -
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. -
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. -
Hospice and Palliative Care 3
Course release: 7/10/2023
About the CourseThis course provides an overview of hospice and palliative care and describes care that meets the physical, psychological, social, and spiritual needs of suffering patients and families. Palliative care is the overarching supportive approach that helps seriously ill patients and families address problems and improve their quality of life (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research [MFMER], 2021). Hospice is a type of palliative care specifically for those that have a terminal disease and life-limiting prognosis. The course will review theoretical models of the dying process, the psychological and physical symptoms as death approaches, misconceptions and barriers to providing end-of-life care.
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LGBTQ for Healthcare Professionals: Improving Access to Care 1
Release date: 8/15/2022
The purpose of this course is to help improve care and health outcomes of the LGBTQ population by recognizing the existing disparities and increased health risks present in this population. We will examine system and provider/client barriers to equality in healthcare. -
Management of Post-Traumatic and Secondary Traumatic Stress in Healthcare Professionals 1
Course Release: 11/1/2023
About the course
Job burnout, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and secondary traumatic stress (STS) are consequences of extreme job demands in the healthcare profession. Such demands may include frequent and intense contact with traumatized clients and chronic exposure to traumatic content at work. PTSD has long-term physical and psychological complications that can affect health and lifelong functioning.
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Maternal Health Disparities 4
Course release date: 11/1/2023
Course Overview
There is no question that maternal health disparities are a significant problem in the United States. Inequalities have been noted associated with many factors, including education level, literacy, and socioeconomic status. However, the greatest disparities have been noted among racial/ethnic minority women and have been linked to explicit and implicit biases in healthcare providers and systems. It is of the utmost importance that those working in health care and caring for patients in the peripartum and postpartum period are committed on lowering the morbidity and mortality rates of all mothers of color. Promoting equity and cultural competence, effectively addressing modifiable risk factors, improving communication and monitoring, and engaging in regular training are needed to improve these maternal health disparities. -
Overdose: Pain Pills, Heroin, Fentanyl and Beyond, 2nd Edition 2
Course release date: 10/7/2024
About the Course
The opioid epidemic is a major public health crisis affecting Americans at alarming rates. In 2020, an estimated 2.7 million people aged 12 or older in the United States had an opioid use disorder (OUD) within the past 12 months, including 2.3 million people with a prescription OUD (National Institute on Drug Abuse [NIDA], 2021). The number of drug overdose deaths has continued to rise, with over 107,000 deaths reported in 2021 (NIDA, 2024). This course will focus on opioid addiction and overdose, with close attention paid to the trends of both prescription and street drug abuse. In this course, the healthcare professional will learn about the pharmacology of opioids, risk factors for opioid addiction, and individual and community consequences of addiction. Additionally, the provider will become familiar with the levels of prevention theory and how to effectively prevent, screen, treat, and reduce harm from opioid addiction.
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PTSD: The "Long-Haul" Hurt 1
Course release date: 7/10/2023
About the Course
The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has overwhelmed healthcare workers across the nation. Healthcare workers have been psychologically and physically impacted by the demands of providing care to patients with COVID-19. It is important to be knowledgeable about how healthcare workers have been affected by the pandemic, and interventions that will manage positive PTSD symptoms.