Course Catalog

Course 1K - Introduction to Effective Harm-Reduction Strategies for Prevention and Treatment of HIV in Persons with Co-Occurring Behavioral Health Disorders

This short Continuing Education course is sponsored online by CEU By Net, LLC. The course content is written and copyrighted by SAMHSA, published in the public domain in 2020 with a forward updated in May 2021. SAMHSA presents current, research-validated strategies for the prevention and treatment of persons who are living with HIV concurrent with SUD and/or Mental Disorders, with an emphasis on HARM REDUCTION. The course materials examine three currently operating community-based programs that utilize emerging and best practices for working with this population and identify the challenges and strategies for implementation.

The three model programs utilize client-centered, harm-reduction approaches in diverse settings that have demonstrated effectiveness in treating persons with concurrent HIV and Substance Use and/or Mental Disorders, as well as prevention of HIV in this vulnerable behavioral health population. The strategies described are part of a comprehensive HIV program.

The programs feature practices to increase uptake and improve adherence to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP), syringe exchange programs (SEP), Contingency Management (CM), Patient Navigation (PN), and linkage and retention.

This continuing education course earns 2 CEUs for TCBAP-TCB-TAAP and Texas BHEC, California CAADE and CADTP, NAADAC, IC&RC, and Florida Certification Board (FCB), Florida Mental Health Board, CE Broker and most states. Earns 1.75 for Florida Mental Health licenses, and 1.25 credit hours for NBCC and California BBS. EACC 2 PDHs Domain I, II, III expires June 13, 2025

Based upon these credentials, the course credits are accepted by MOST MENTAL HEALTH and ADDICTION licensing boards nationwide.

This CE course contains Chapter 4 of the larger SAMHSA document entitled 'Prevention and Treatment of HIV Among People Living with Substance Use and/or Mental Disorders' -- published by SAMHSA in the public domain in 2020 with a May 2021 forward by Elinore F. McCance-Katz, MD, Ph.D., Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The document is the result of a collaboration of expert panels of federal, state, and non-governmental participants who provided input for each of the chapters in the document. Panel members include accomplished scientists, researchers, service providers, community administrators, federal and state policymakers, and people with lived experience

The Goals of This Course:

1. Learn the details of three research-validated service delivery models in diverse settings in which HIV can be effectively prevented and treated in persons living with HIV and concurrent SUD and/ or Mental Illness, including those who may engage in unprotected sex.

2. Learn the effective approach to encouraging uptake and consistent compliance with Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) in various CULTURAL populations, including transsexual women and gay men.

3. Understand the roles of Biomedical Intervention, Psychosocial Intervention, and awareness of cultural characteristics in the prevention and treatment of HIV in persons with concurrent behavioral health disorders (SUD and mental illness).

4. Learn how Syringe Exchange programs are successfully integrated within communities and the most effective approach to implementation with persons with concurrent behavioral health disorders.

5. Learn the role of Peer Health Navigation (PHN) and Contingency Management (CM) in achieving behavioral and biomedical targets in transgender women of color who are at risk for or have HIV and concurrent behavioral health disorders.

6. Know why it is critical that programs primarily serving people with serious behavioral health disorders assess their clients for HIV risk, conduct HIV testing, and provide integrated HIV prevention and treatment services to address their complex needs.

Note: You are free to read, download, save, and print the Study Guide(s) and Quiz(zes) for this Course, before deciding to enroll in the course. These course materials are public domain, and CEU By Net is sponsoring the course for CE Credit. You may STUDY THIS COURSE and the quiz AT NO CHARGE. You may enroll in the course at any time. You must take the quiz ONLINE, by logging into your My Home Page , clicking on the course you want to complete, completing the quiz or quizzes required, and submitting the Feedback Form. You will then instantly receive your course completion certificate! For more information on this course - and to see a COPY of the online quiz - click the '+' symbols, below:

Guide for Course 1K

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Course 1D Clinical Issues in Intensive Outpatient Treatment

This course is sponsored online by CEU By Net and earns 1 Clock Hour of credit for multiple State Boards including Florida and Texas, TCBAP-TAAP, IC&RC, NAADAC, California CCADE and CADTP, and Florida Certification Board. EACC 1 PDH Domain III expires June 30, 2024. It also awards 0.5 CA BBS Hours and 0.5 NBCC Hours. Based upon these credentials, this course is accepted by most state boards for multiple licenses.

This short course serves as a demonstration of our text-based course format. You can also sign up for FREE Course 1B in the catalog, which is in a slide show format.

MORE ABOUT THIS PUBLICATION: This mini-course is appropriate for Mental Health, AOD, and Dual Diagnosis treatment professionals and related service providers. The publication SUMMARIZES the current National Guideline for providing Intensive Outpatient Programs to persons with SA-CD-AOD issues. The Guideline was created by the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and Its Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT).

PLEASE NOTE: This short sponsored document - 'Substance Abuse: Clinical Issues in Intensive Outpatient Treatment' - is a SUMMARY of a rather lengthy but informative treatise available on the SAMHSA website.

To view the study materials AND the QUIZ for this short 1 credit mini-course, click the little + sign below this course description.

This course is a SUMMARY of a larger publication, and as such, the GOALS of this mini-course are limited to obtaining an OVERVIEW of the major points which SAMHSA believes to be essential in assessing the relevance and appropriateness of - and setting up - an Intensive Outpatient Treatment program for persons with Substance Use Disorders.

The GOALS are as follows:

1. Review the key elements and principles of the continuum of care for Substance Abuse treatment.

2. Know which services are EFFECTIVE and APPROPRIATE for individuals admitted to Intensive Outpatient Treatment programs with substance abuse issues.

3. Know which services are the 'Core and Enhanced Services' recommended by SAMHSA-CSAT for Intensive Outpatient Programs

4. Understand the recognized issues associated with ENTRY into an Intensive Outpatient Program, ENGAGEMENT in the program and the treatment plan, and the most critical TREATMENT ISSUES which often arise.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: SAMHSA is a branch of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The article is published and accessed on the internet through the National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC). The chair of the SAMHSA-CSAT work group which put this GUIDELINE together is Robert F. Forman, PhD (Chair), Clinical Scientist in Medical Affairs, Cambridge, Massachusetts (Formerly Senior Investigator, Treatment Research Institute, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine).

Note: You are free to read, download, save, and print the Study Guide(s) and Quiz(zes) for this Course, before deciding to enroll in the course. These course materials are public domain, and CEU By Net is sponsoring the course for CE Credit. You may STUDY THIS COURSE and the quiz AT NO CHARGE. You may enroll in the course at any time. You must take the quiz ONLINE, by logging into your My Home Page , clicking on the course you want to complete, completing the quiz or quizzes required, and submitting the Feedback Form. You will then instantly receive your course completion certificate! For more information on this course - and to see a COPY of the online quiz - click the '+' symbols, below:

FREE Course 1D Clinical Issues in Intensive Outpatient Treatment

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Course 1B - It's Not Your Grandpa's Chevy - Intro to Goals, Clinical Concerns, and Opportunities In Behavioral Health Managed Care

Course 1B is now updated and expanded! The course now addresses the trending and potential impact of the Affordable Care Act upon Behavioral Health providers. This is a FREE COURSE with a FREE CE CERTIFICATE. The course now earns 1.5 clock hours of CE credit for multiple State Boards including Texas, Florida and Alabama, and for TCBAP-TAAP, IC&RC, NAADAC, California CCADE and CADTP, and Florida Certification Board. EACC 1.5 PDHs Domain I, II, III expires June 30, 2024. It also awards 1.5 CA BBS Hours and 1.5 NBCC Credit Hours.

Based upon these credentials, this course is accepted by most state boards for multiple licenses.

This free course is a quick introduction to our online quiz and certificate process. It's also an introduction to the PDF 'SLIDE SHOW' format in which some of our courses are rendered. (Most of our courses are, however, NOT in this slide show format. The majority are text-based professional publications and training manuals. If you want to try an example of that format, sign up for Free Course 1D too!)

NOTE: As with ALL of the courses on this website, you can now READ the Study Guides and Quizzes for this course, for FREE - even before you decide if you want to register on the site or enroll in the course. Just click the links at the bottom of this course description. You may also ENROLL in the course for free, and take the quiz and earn your CE Certificate for free.

This is a 'non-traditional' course that you won't find anywhere else. The course is authored and copyrighted by Marsha Naylor, MA, LPC, CEU By Net, Pendragon Associates LLC.

The course addresses the key client record documentation issues facing providers who are involved in assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of mental health and addiction clients, under the Health Care Reform initiative which is driven by Managed Care, 'narrow networks', and limited funds.

The transition of Mental Health and AOD treatment to a MANAGED SYSTEM OF CARE is not new in some states, but in others it's a recent development. Regardless, the nationwide expansion of ACA Health Care Reform has brought new relevance to the 'Care Management' philosophy.

It's important to understand that Care Management is not only a process; it's a PHILOSOPHY which approaches approval for behavioral health services in a way that is difficult for many practitioners to accommodate.

Treatment within this venue requires new types of justification through WRITTEN CLINICAL DOCUMENTATION which surpasses that which was required in the past

Understanding of the 'Care Management' approach is important for those delivering intensive treatment, as well as to those REFERRING TO intensive treatment - and to most individuals delivering short term counseling [which is usually not considered to be "medical" in nature]. The issue here, is that the APPROACH to AUTHORIZATION of services is essentially one of DOCUMENTATION of "MEDICAL NECESSITY", even if what we are delivering is not "medical".

Our Managed Care series is applicable to all behavioral health providers - those in private practice who are participating in a "panel" or network, as well as those who work for a public or private agency involved in Medicare or Medicaid or Block Grant services or other such contracts - including the EAP provider, whose work is now often done under the auspices of a managed system of care, i.e., a contract manager. It's important to understand that Care Management is a PHILOSOPHY which approaches approval for behavioral health services in a whole new way, and requires WRITTEN JUSTIFICATION from those who deliver services which surpasses that which was required in the past

The first half of this course focuses upon the impact that Health Care Reform and Managed Systems of Care have upon providers and their clients. The second half of this short course focuses upon "Understanding How Managed Care ‘Thinks’ . . . An Introduction to the Clinical, Therapeutic, and Documentation Issues Which Drive the Care Management Process".

GOALS OF COURSE 1B – ‘Intro to Goals, Clinical Concerns, and Opportunities In Behavioral Health Managed Care – It's Not Your Grandpa's Chevy’

1. Obtain a Basic Understanding of the Scope and Impact of the Health Care Reform Movement, in Terms of a 'Managed System of Care', Which Affects 'Who' Gets 'What' Treatment.

2. Know the Current Trends and Potential Shifts In Who Directs and Delivers Treatment Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

3. Obtain an Introduction to Clinical Concerns and Requirements for Behavioral Health Professionals under a Managed System of Care - Approach to Client's Diagnosis, Prognosis, Treatment, Response or Lack of Response, and DOCUMENTATION of Same.

4. Understand the Concept of Care Management and Utilization Review – It’s a 'Medical Model' for all of us [even if we are delivering short term counseling which is typically not considered to be "medical" in nature].

5. Identify Clinical Approaches to Documentation of Need for Treatment and the Types of Intervention Programs Which Are Workable and Appropriate Under a Managed System of Care.

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