Support and Care for Veterans and their Families: Approaching Treatment

This is the fifth in a series of twelve courses on serving Veteran populations. They can be taken in order or as stand-alone courses.

Available as a live course for contracted groups. Contact us for information.

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

2017

Revised 2022

Description: This module continues our discussion of the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to provide mental health and related support services to Veterans and their families. The approach to treatment planning and coordination of support services is critical to providing care for Veterans. In Module Four we learned about common stresses that affect Service members and Veterans and ways the VA has developed to unravel the stories about service experiences in a culturally sensitive and competent process to assess problems and needs. In this module, we will go from assessment to the approach to care planning. The discussion will cover the role of resilience, obstacles to help to seek, potential problems Veterans may bring for treatment, and incorporate the Veteran’s view, motivation and strengths into the planning for treatment, services and other forms of care.

Objectives: Participants will be able to:

Discuss the importance of resiliency in military culture.

Describe the common problems Veterans may present when seeking services.

Identify ways to incorporate the client's view, motivation, and strengths into assessment and planning.

CE Credits: 2 CE

CE Broker #: (HS) 20-562301 (OL) 20-562307

Agenda:

Hour One: Resiliency in military culture

Hour Two: Common presenting problems, incorporating client view into services.

Methods: Study guide, pre and posttests, evaluation, Q and A by email.

Purpose: To prepare social service (mental health, peer support, and allied professionals) practitioners to provide knowledgeable and competent intervention with Veterans and their families who present with problems and concerns related to their military service experiences.

Target Audience: The target audience includes all Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Department of Defense (DoD) providers, private health care professionals (to include nurses, advance practice nurses, social workers, professional counselors, marriage and family therapists) who work with Veterans and their families.

Approvals:

Program Services is an NBCC Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP) and may offer NBCC-approved clock hours for events that meet NBCC requirements. The ACEP solely is responsible for all aspects of the program. #5978

Social Work State Licensing Board Approval Information for Continuing Education- Accepts Program Services Credits- Accepts our national approvals Alabama, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, Accepts other state SW boards Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia Cross-disciplinary, no specified requirements/limitations or self- submit after the fact Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Maine, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Wyoming, New Mexico Does not approve Program Services credits Hawaii, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana

National Association of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC) #86395

Florida Board of Nursing FBN #2456 CEBroker provider # 50-1651

Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, and Mental Health Counseling: BAP #162 CEBroker provider # 50-1651

Florida Certification Board, Inc. #159A

Alabama State Board of Social Work Examiners #0339

Allied profession approvals can be found at https://www.programservices.org/approvals?other=true

Online Course

CE Broker#:: 20-562307
CE Credits:: 2
Price:: $20.00

Online Course

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