This 7 CE combination course contains three educational requirements (medical errors, ethics and boundary issues and domestic violence) for individuals who are renewing licensure as a marriage and family therapist, social worker or mental health counselor in the state of Florida. This combination package is approved by the licensure board. Program Services updates licensee credit record at CE Broker.

Approved for F.S. 491 Florida Mental Health Profesionals,   State-specific courses are generally not applicable to other states.

Developed by: Karen Albig Smith, LMFT, LCAS, MAC, CAP, SAP, SAE

Revised 2024

 

Combination Course Description  This is a board approved 7 CE combination course including the required license renewal courses for Florida Licensed Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Mental Health Counselors. Contains Mental Health Practice Error Vignettes, Ethics and Boundary Issues: Multiple Relationships, and Domestic Violence: Special Populations.

CE Broker #: 20-326730

Mental Health Practice Error Vignettes Description:   This 2 CE course invites learners to read and consider four mental health practice error vignettes published by DHHS, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Each vignette is followed by processing questions which the learner considers before reading the commentaries provided. Learners determine how well they perform the risk assessment and analysis function implemented as part of root cause analysis.

Objectives:
1. Participants will be able to identify the type of error in each vignette.
2. Participants will be able to identify the root cause of each scenario described.
3. Participants will be able to identify safety improvements for each vignette.

CE Credits: 2 (NBCC Hours - 2)

Agenda:
Hour One: Vignette One, Processing questions, Vignette two.
Hour Two: Processing questions Vignette three, Processing questions.

Methods: Pre-test, study guide, post test and evaluation, internet sources via URLs, Q&A by email.

Purpose: To provide information error situations in mental health practice to help practitioners reduce and prevent practice missteps.

Ethics and Boundary Issues: Multiple Relationships Description:  The ethical dilemma of multiple relationships continues to hold the attention of ethics commissions across all the major counseling disciplines. This study is inclusive of the five major professions; psychology, social work, mental health counseling, marriage and family therapy and addictions professionals and will acquaint the reader with the current guidelines. The study concentrates on the area of non-sexual multiple relationships and rather than discuss various specific multiple relationships. The learner will obtain an enhanced understanding of the line between crossing a boundary and violating a boundary.

Objectives:
1. Participants will be able to describe the shift in thinking regarding multiple relationships in clinical practice.
2. Participants will be able to differentiate between a boundary crossing and a boundary violation.
3. Participants will be able to discuss the differences in ethics codes regarding multiple relationships across five counseling professions.
4. Participants will be able to describe two classifications of multiple relationships.
5. Participants will be prepared to manage multiple relationships through evaluating assumptions, reviewing for cognitive errors and utilizing recommended steps.

CE Credits: 3 (NBCC Hours - 3)

Agenda:
Hour One: Overview; definitions.
Hour Two: Professional codes as they pertain to multiple relationships.
Hour Three: Management of multiple relationships.

Methods: Pre-test, study guide, post test and evaluation, internet sources via URLs, Q&A by email.

Purpose: To provide information on ethics and boundary issues to assist practitioners in resolving ethical dilemmas.

Domestic Violence: Special Populations Description:  Using real-life perspectives this course will discuss special populations affected by domestic violence. The class includes incidence and prevalence information, historical perspectives, and current concepts. Some special populations/topics that are increasingly exposed to family violence discussed in the study include; child custody where domestic violence is prevalent, teen dating violence, human trafficking, immigration issues, assessment, and resources.

Objectives:
1. Participants will be able to discuss child custody where intimate partner violence is present.
2. Participants will be able to discuss new typologies of intimate partner violence.
3. Participants will be able to describe incidence and prevalence of teen dating violence.
4. Participants will be able to discuss issues affecting victims of human trafficking.

CE Credits: 2 (NBCC Hours - 2)

Agenda:
Hour One: Child custody, Teen dating.
Hour Two: Human trafficking, Immigration and domestic violence, Florida Supplement.

Methods: Pre-test, study guide, post test and evaluation, internet sources via URLs, Q&A by email.

Purpose: Domestic violence has been identified by many states as an under-identified and under assessed problem, it is the intent of this course to provide information that will assist in effective and early identification and assessment of domestic violence problems.

Target audience: Social workers, marriage and family therapists, mental health counselors, registered interns and provisional licensees in these professions.

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Online Course

CE Broker#:
20-326730
CE Credits:
7 (NBCC Hours - 7)
Price:
$70.00

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