Florida Mental Health CE Requirements for License Renewal with Domestic Violence Two

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Home Study

CE Broker #: 10-1238764
CE Credits: 7.00

Online Course

CE Broker #: 10-1238757
CE Credits: 7.00

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This is a board approved combination course meeting Florida license renewal CE requirements for Licensed Clinical Social Workers, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists, and Licensed Mental Health Counselors. This version contains Behavioral Health Practice Errors and Ethics, Boundary Issues: Ethical Decision Making and Domestic Violence Update.

Note: Florida psychologists need to take combination courses with psychology in the title. If you have purchased this course in error contact us and we will switch out this course for the one your board approves for license renewal.

A board approved combination course meeting Florida license renewal CE requirements for Licensed Clinical Social Workers, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists, and Licensed Mental Health Counselors. This version contains Behavioral Health Practice Errors, Ethics and Boundary Issues: Ethical Decision Making and Domestic Violence Update.

CE Broker Course#: OL 10-431714 HS 10-431713

Preventing Errors in Mental health Practice Description:

This two CE Credit class provides a continuing discussion form the prior class “Behavioral Health Practice Errors” on practice errors in mental health. Practitioners can expect to learn valuable information about patient safety, root cause analysis and error reduction and prevention. Some highlights of the class include: identifying some of the recent quality improvement research in mental health. In addition, JCAHO patient safety goals and the National Quality Forum’s ideas about patient safety practices are summarized; several new terms which define and describe problems and solutions are introduced. Outcomes information from recent root cause analyses will identify critical prevention information in primary problems areas for mental health practice; namely communication, uniform standards, developing a safety culture, and documentation improvements. The class concludes with an actual latent error situation that the participant is invited to evaluate. A discussion follows with which the learner may compare his or her own thoughts.

Objectives:

1.Participants will be identify three targeted problems that are a focus of quality improvement research.

2.Participants will be able to list the five core areas identified by JCAHO for error reduction.

3. Participants will be able to identify and discuss solutions for the three most prevalent root causes in mental health practice.

4. Participants will be able to define, automatic and rule-based mistakes, active and latent errors, incorrect and defective information, and legally sufficient information.

5. Participants will be able to describe a safety culture.

Agenda:

Hour One: Introduction: statistics and overview, Research present and future JCAHO patient safety goals, Outcomes of root cause analyses in sentinel events in mental health, Delays in treatment, Suicide events.

Hour Two: Safety practices, Patient safety practices, Safety cultures, Communication and documentation solutions, Practical application case study.

CE Credits: 2 HS 10-1238764 OL 10-1238757

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Purpose: To provide practitioners with information to reduce or prevent practice errors.

Ethics and Boundary Issues: Confidentiality Description:

This course presents a brief discussion of the ethical challenges for mental health professionals in the area of confidentiality. The study guide presents the limitations and responsibilities of the right to privacy of mental health and substance abuse patients. Federal legislation (HIPPA and CFR 42Part Two) is also presented. This course meets the Florida content requirements for instruction in professional ethics and boundary issues. Excellent ethics course for any mental health professional in U.S. and Canada.

Objectives:

1. Participants will be able to identify the ethical challenges regarding confidentiality and patient rights to privacy.

2. Participants will be able to define relevant terminology specific to confidentiality.

3. Participants will be able to describe limitations of confidentiality.

CE Credits: 3

Agenda:

Hour One: Ethical challenges to patient rights to confidentiality

Hour Two: Terminology, limitations of confidentiality

Hour Three: Federal confidentiality protections for substance abuse clients

Methods: Pretest, study guide, pre and posttest and evaluation, Q and A by email.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to acquaint practitioners with a refresher on ethics in the area of patient rights to privacy and confidentiality

Domestic Violence Update Description:

Domestic violence has been identified by many states as an under reported and under addressed problem. Through real-life, vantage points this course will overview the conversation on domestic violence as it has unfolded in the US. The discussion will provide incidence and prevalence information, historical perspective regarding legislative efforts to intervene on domestic violence, the consequences of these legislative actions and resources for practitioners.

Note: If you are considering this course for initial licensure Domestic Violence course requirements please order the Domestic Violence Core Course or the Initial Licensure Combo Course. This is an appropriate and approved course to meet Florida license renewal requirements for domestic violence education for psychologists, social workers, marriage and family therapists and mental health counselors as well as other allied health professionals.

Objectives:

1. Participants will be able to discuss incidence and prevalence of domestic violence in US.

2. Participants will be able to list two critical advances against domestic violence in the last decade.

3. Participants will be able to describe the barriers to women in effective management of domestic violence.

4. Participants will be able to discuss some special problems of same sex violence.

CE Credits: 2.

Agenda:

Hour One: Incidence and Prevalence, Legislation.

Hour Two: Court precedents, Same-sex violence.

Methods: Pre test, Study guide, Posttest and evaluation form. Q&A by Email.

Purpose: The course provides information that will facilitate effective and early identification and intervention of domestic violence problems.