National Social Work Ebook Continuing Education - B

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Chapter 1: Adolescent Substance Use Disorders for Healthcare Professionals, 2nd edition [1 CE Hour] 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

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adolescents who are dealing with such disorders. Chapter 2: Cultural Humility in Behavioral Health [3 CE Hours]

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The purpose of this education program is to present an introduction to cultural humility and offers tools for psychologists and other behavioral healthcare professionals to use when working with patients from diverse backgrounds in a culturally humble manner. Chapter 3: Ethics in Behavioral Health Documentation: Reasons, Risks, and Rewards [3 CE Hours] This 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. Chapter 4: Managing Professional Boundaries

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[3 CE Hours] This course is intended for healthcare professionals who provide care to clients/patients. The course discusses professional standards and principles for providing safe ethical care, how those standards are reflected in clinical boundaries, common boundary dilemmas faced by clinicians, and how to apply a decision-making model to navigate boundary situations. Chapter 5: Pain Assessment and Management [2 CE Hours] 80 The purpose of this basic-level course is to elaborate on the definition of pain and its perception, factors hampering pain management, assessment of a client for pain, and interventions to improve function in clients with pain. The goal is to provide evidence-based practices that the health professional can use when working with clients who have pain. Chapter 6: Suicide Risk in Adults: Assessment and Intervention, 2nd Edition [3 CE Hours] 97 The purpose of this course is to assist clinicians in understanding factors that contribute to suicidal behavior, conducting comprehensive suicide risk assessments, and engaging patients in brief, empirically-supported interventions to reduce risk of death. This course meets an increasing demand of many mental health professionals seeking information about working with suicidal clients and conducting empirically-supported suicide risk assessments.

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SOCIAL WORK CONTINUING EDUCATION

Book Code: SWUS1524B

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