CE Courses for Counseling

Executive functioning skills are largely predictive of academic success, with deficits related to several childhood disorders. This presentation provides an overview of what executive functioning skills are, what the research says about commonly-used EF interventions, and provides strategies to help children who struggle in this area.

Behavior issues that can make it difficult for children and adolescents to learn and communicate effectively are described in this course, along with their types, causes and associated factors. Evidence-based intervention techniques that can be implemented at various stages of escalation are provided, and case studies are utilized to illustrate these strategies.

Positive Solutions for Families is an evidence-based training for promoting early childhood learners’ approaches to learning, social and emotional competence, language and communication, cognition, and perceptual, motor, and physical development. Behavior Has Meaning is the cornerstone of emotional and behavioral self-regulation, positive parent and child interactions, and family relationships. It includes successfully observing and defining the functions of behaviors, the context in which they occur, and the psychological and/or physiological needs the child is attempting to achieve. Throughout this course, participants will acquire parent engagement skills, response strategies for supporting parents and families with recognizing, preventing, and responding to challenging behaviors, and techniques for fostering practical child and caregiver bonds and secure attachments.

Non-suicidal self-injury is prevalent. Therefore understanding modern treatment approaches for detecting and treating NSSI is essential. This course explores modern treatment approaches and how to apply practical therapy skills with NSSI clients.

Cognitive therapy is a widely used therapeutic intervention that is supported by evidence-based practice in treating various clinical issues. This webinar will explore cognitive therapy, its features, and uses.

Learn about screening for pediatric anxiety, as well as differentiating developmentally-appropriate worries from clinical concerns. Diagnostic criteria for the most common pediatric anxiety disorders and basic evidence-based treatment of anxiety are also discussed.

Implicit bias training is an important first step in understanding the complexities of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in healthcare. This course will discuss the current research on implicit biases and what interventions organizations can do to combat and dismantle implicit bias.

Implicit bias training is an important first step in understanding the complexities of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in healthcare. This course covers what implicit biases are, how they impact health professionals, and interventions health practitioners can use to address them.

Social anxiety is commonly experienced by teens making it essential to recognize key signs and effective treatment approaches. Learn about social anxiety in teens including the etiology and presentation of social anxiety disorder, consequences, and co-morbidities of social anxiety, and evidence-based treatment options.

In today's global culture, there are stigmas associated with weight that prevent treatment and proper healthcare. This course aims to build awareness among mental health professionals to support promoting progressive initiatives to ensure weight stigma does not interfere with access to healthcare.