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- Define Critical Incident Stress Management
- Identify the core components of CISM
- Discuss the nature of human stress
- Define and differentiate between Acute Stress and Post Traumatic Stress
- Explain the function of the symptoms experienced by persons with ASD or PTSD
- Define and describe Demobilization, Defusing and Debriefing and when each should be used
- Explain the process for establishing and maintaining a Critical Incident Management team
- Pre-Crisis Preparation
- Strategic Planning: Identifying and aligning stakeholders
- Identifying team members
- Guidelines for effective CISM
- Pitfall prevention
- Record Keeping and Standard Operating Procedures
- Continuing Education for team members
$24.00 for 90 days Objective
- Explore crisis/ disaster counseling
- Define Critical Incident Stress Management
- Identify the core components of CISM
- Discuss the nature of human stress
- Define and differentiate between Acute Stress and Post Traumatic Stress
- Explain the function of the symptoms experienced by persons with ASD or PTSD
- Define and describe Demobilization, Defusing and Debriefing and when each should be used
- Explain the process for establishing and maintaining a Critical Incident Management team
- Pre-Crisis Preparation Strategic Planning
$24.00 for 90 daysObjectives:
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Learn about the effects of acute and intergenerational trauma
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Review risk and protective factors for PTSD
- Identify strategies to enhance resiliency in persons who have experienced past trauma
$6.00 for 90 days-
- Objectives
- Post Traumatic Stress and the development of gambling issues
- Issues related to the co-occurrence of food addiction and gambling diorder
- Explore financial interventions with problem gamblers
- Learn about triggers for problem gambling and related issues in the elderly
- Review the relationship between gambling and domestic violence
- Review the literature related to patients with alexthymia who also have gambling disorder.
- Identify issues and interventions related to treatment of persons with bipolar disorder and gambling problems
- Explore the public stigma of gambling issues
- Identify unique concerns, issues and recommendations for people with gambling issues who use internet gambling modalities.
$72.00 for 90 days - Includes Courses: Complicated Grief (4 Hours) Helping Clients Deal with Grief (3 Hours) Complicated Grief and Attachment Theory (2 Hours) Trauma, Grief and Personality Disordered Symptoms (2 Hours) Grief, Loss and the Holidays (1 Hour) Moral Injury and Disenfranchised Grief (4 Hours) Prolonged Grief Disorder and other DSM 5 TR Revisions (5 Hours)$63.00 for 365 days
- Objectives
- Identify grief, trauma and depression triggers
- -Explore ways to deal with them Trauma and Grief
- Trauma results when people feel a lack of control, disempowerment and unsafeness
- Grief is commonly associated with a sense of powerlessness over the loss of something important (people, pets, faith, ability to do what you feel you “should”)
- Grief can be traumatic
- Trauma almost always results in losses to be grieved
$3.00 for 90 days Objectives:
- Learn about the inner child
- Examples of behaviors that can traumatize the IC
- Impacts of trauma on the IC
- Core issues faced by many people with a wounded IC
- Strategies to being healing the IC
$6.00 for 90 daysObjectives
Circadian Rhythms and Sleep (90 minutes)- Identify the effects of poor sleep on older adults’ physical and cognitive health, including increased inflammation, pain, and dysregulated blood sugar.
- Explain the relationship between sleep disruption and emotional/behavioral changes such as irritability, reduced energy, and cognitive fog.
- Analyze common causes of circadian rhythm disruption in older adults (e.g., nocturia, reflux, medication schedules, poor lighting).
- Apply evidence-based strategies to improve sleep hygiene and circadian rhythm regulation in older adults.
Nutrition for the Older Adult (90 minutes)
- Describe how changes in nutrient absorption and utilization in older adults affect stress, cognition, and chronic illness progression.
- Identify specific nutrient deficiencies (Vitamin D, B12, iron, calcium, fiber) and their role in worsening cognitive and emotional wellbeing.
- Explain the connection between dehydration, constipation, and symptoms such as irritability, fatigue, and brain fog in older adults.
- Implement strategies to improve hydration and bowel function that support resident behavior, cognition, and mood stability.
- Recognize sensory changes (taste, smell, swallowing difficulties) that contribute to reduced food intake in older adults.
- Develop individualized strategies to enhance nutrition and increase healthy food intake in collaboration with occupational therapy.
Oral Health and Cognition (30 minutes)
- Describe how oral health problems (tooth loss, gum disease, dry mouth) contribute to inflammation, pain, and cognitive decline.
- Identify practical interventions to address oral health challenges and support older adult wellbeing.
Hearing Loss and Resident Wellbeing (30 minutes)
- Explain how hearing loss impacts cognition, balance, mood, energy levels, and blood sugar regulation.
- Evaluate interventions (environmental modifications, hearing aids, apps) to improve communication and reduce isolation in older adults with hearing loss.
Creating Safe and Empowering Environments (30 minutes)
- Identify the impact of sensory changes, trauma history, and perceived lack of safety on resident stress and behavior.
- Apply trauma-informed approaches to reduce triggers and promote empowerment for older adults.
- Develop environmental strategies to address sensory sensitivities related to noise, lighting, movement, and smells.
Addressing Nervous System Dysregulation (60 minutes)
- Recognize signs of sympathetic nervous system dominance in older adults (e.g., irritability, agitation, restlessness).
- Apply strategies such as redirection, restructuring, and distress tolerance techniques to reduce agitation and improve resident regulation.
Putting It Together: Behaviors as Communication (30 minutes)
- Interpret challenging resident behaviors through a lens of physical, emotional, or environmental unmet needs.
- Use backward chaining to identify triggers contributing to stress responses and difficult behaviors.
- Apply effective communication strategies to explore physical issues (pain, illness), emotional concerns, and environmental stressors.
- Demonstrate skills in case-based application by analyzing a resident scenario and identifying the underlying needs behind the behavior.
- Integrate strategies across sleep, nutrition, oral health, sensory adjustments, and trauma-informed care to create holistic care plans that enhance resident wellbeing.
Note: This course is presented via live webinar. You must actively participate during the course in addition to passing an end of course quiz.
Additional Note: In Tennessee, online, interactive training courses are acceptable as continuing education for Assisted Care Living Facility Administratorshttps://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/hfc/documents/HFC-BLHCF_Interpretive_Guidelines.pdf (Page 14)$30.00 for 90 daysObjectives:
- Define and explain the HPA-Axis
- Identify the impact of trauma on the HPA Axis
- Identify the impact of chronic stress/cumulative trauma on the HPA-Axis
- Identify symptoms of HPA-Axis dysfunction
- Identify interventions useful for this population
$6.00 for 90 daysObjectives:
- Review the literature related to diverse sexual practices and perception of pathology (including the DSM V)
- Explore the prevalence of sexual diversity
- Review issues experienced by people who are sexually diverse in public and with medical, spiritual and mental health practitioners
- Highlight why embracing diversity is imperative to providing trauma informed, culturally responsive care.
- Define kink in general
- Learn about the 5 stages of kink identity development
- Identify benefits of kink (empowerment, communication, self-exploration)
- The importance of consent
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Review the differences between abuse and kink
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Learn about bondage, discipline, sadistic and masochistic practices in general
- Personality traits of BDSM practitioners
- Understanding subspace
- The importance of aftercare
- Types of Dominant/submissive relationships dominant/submissive, master/slave, owner/pet, Daddy/little, Female Led Relationships
- Bedroom vs. Lifestyle relationships
- Define asexuality, polyamory and open relationships
- Learn about the prevalence of each
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Explore the research related to effects of the practice of each on mental health
Based in part on the Counselor Toolbox Podcast Series on Human Sexuality, Kink and Polyamory
$30.00 for 90 days