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

Combination Course Description   A board approved 7 CE combination course meeting Florida license renewal CE requirements for Licensed Clinical Social Workers, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists, and Licensed Mental Health Counselors. This combo contains Preventing Errors in Mental Health Counseling and Ethics and Boundary Issues: Confidentiality, and Domestic Violence Update.

CE Broker#:  20-326627 

Preventing Errors in Mental Health Practice Description:  This two CE class provides a continuing discussion form the prior class Behavioral Health Practice Errors. Practitioners can expect to learn 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.

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

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 all mental health professionals.

CE Credits: 3 (NBCC Hours - 3)

Methods: Pre-test, study guide, post-test and evaluation, internet sources via URLs, Q&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 in domestic violence, the consequences of these legislative actions and resources for practitioners.

CE Credits: 2 (NBCC Hours - 2)

Agenda:

Hour One: Incidence and Prevalence, Legislation.

Hour Two: Court precedents, Same-sex violence.

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

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

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