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It’s Time for Counselors to Modify Our Language: It Matters

Title:
It’s Time for Counselors to Modify Our Language: It Matters When We Call Our Clients Schizophrenics Versus People With Schizophrenia
Presenter(s)/Author(s):
Darcy Haag Granello, PhD and Sean R. Gorby, PhD
Description:
This article highlights how language used by professional counselors and trainees requires self-awareness. The potential adverse effects of labels that equate people with a psychiatric diagnoses may foster heightened levels of stigma, including internalized stigma. This study provides the first empirical evidence for practitioners to eliminate the term “schizophrenic” from clinical practice and educational programs.
Learning Objectives:
1.Consider humanistic and social justice implications of language used by professional counselors and trainees.
2.Learn why practitioners and trainees should refrain from referring to a client/student by diagnostic labels, such as ""schizophrenic"".
3.Explore alternative terminology intended to empower clients and reduce stigma.
CE Credit(s):
1 NBCC Hours; 0 CRCC Hours; 1 WA Hours; 0 APT Hours; 0 NAADAC Hours; 1 NY Hours; 0 Ethics Hours
NBCC ACEP No. 1000
January 03, 2022
Text-Based Continuing Education Product
1
$22.00
$42.00
$42.00
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Like It or Not, Online Education Is Here to Stay

Title:
Like It or Not, Online Education Is Here to Stay: Best Practices for Online Teaching
Presenter(s)/Author(s):
Suzan Z. Wasik, PhD; Chadwick Royal, PhD; Jennifer Barrow, PhD; and Racheal Brooks, PhD
Description:
Online education is here to stay, whether you like it or not. With increasing numbers of counselor education programs and courses adopting an online model, counselor educators have an opportunity to cross the online divide by being proactive and committed to excellence as early adopters in this frontier of educational delivery. Join this honest and informative conversation on the issues and best practices for delivering outstanding online counselor education, led by professors from an accredited online program.
Learning Objectives:
1.As a result of this session, professional counselors and counselor educators will: 1. ÊExamine the current graduate online learning landscape as it pertains to students and educators in the field of professional counseling.
2.Apply research-based best practices and online teaching and learning strategies and tactics into their own current or future online courses to the benefit of their students and their clients.
3.Objectively evaluate potential limitations and drawbacks as well as the quality of standards of an online counseling course from both professional and educational perspectives.
CE Credit(s):
1.5 NBCC Hours; 0 CRCC Hours; 1.5 WA Hours; 0 APT Hours; 0 NAADAC Hours; 1.5 NY Hours; 0 Ethics Hours
NBCC ACEP No. 1000
November 27, 2018
Video-Based Continuing Education Product
1.5
$39.00
$59.00
$59.00
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More than a Feeling: Constructing Emotion in Theory and

Title:
More than a Feeling: Constructing Emotion in Theory and Practice
Presenter(s)/Author(s):
Joel Givens, PhD and Brett D. Wilkinson, PhD
Description:
More than a feeling: Constructing emotion in theory and practice (Givens & Wilkinson, 2022) provides counselors with alternative epistemology and different language and innovative practices in response to recent research supporting the perspective that emotions are co-constructed rather than discovered. This Continuing Professional Development resource provides counselors with a rationale to describe the philosophical and epistemological implications of the theory of constructed emotion, discuss emotion in the context of predictive processing and interoception, and identify implications for practice, counseling theory, and areas for future research.
Learning Objectives:
1.Describe the philosophical and epistemological implications of the theory of constructed emotion
2.Discuss emotion in the context of predictive processing and interception
3.Identify implications for practice, counseling theory, and areas for future research
CE Credit(s):
1 NBCC Hours; 0 CRCC Hours; 1 WA Hours; 0 APT Hours; 0 NAADAC Hours; 1 NY Hours; 0 Ethics Hours
NBCC ACEP No. 1000
October 03, 2022
Text-Based Continuing Education Product
1
$22.00
$42.00
$42.00
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Prolonged Grief and Existential Counseling

Title:
Prolonged Grief and Existential Counseling
Authors:
Nathaniel Ivers, PhD; David A. Johnson, PhD; Robert Casares, Marlise R. Lonn, PhD, and Thelma Duffey, PhD
Description:
Counselors need to understand prolonged grief through a phenomenological, holistic, and relational lens so they can develop a blueprint for understanding and effectively treating it (Ivers et al., 2024). The authors of this professional development explore how existential perspectives and principles provide a clinically useful explanation for the presence and etiology of many of the symptoms of prolonged grief. Counselors who register for this continuing education will learn about the historical and contemporary conceptualizations of and treatment for prolong grief. They will also understand prolong grief from a phenomenological, holistic and relational lens and apply existential conceptualizations of prolonged grief to formulate integrated, flexible, and culturally responsive treatment plans.
Learning Objectives:
1.Know the historical and contemporary conceptualizations of and treatment for prolonged grief.
2.Understand prolong grief from a phenomenological, holistic, and relational lens.
3.Apply existential conceptualizations of prolonged grief to formulate integrated, flexible, and culturally responsive treatment plans.
CE Credit(s):
1 NBCC Hours; 0 CRCC Hours; 1 WA Hours; 0 APT Hours; 0 NAADAC Hours; 1 NY Hours; 0 Ethics Hours
NBCC ACEP No. 1000
May 01, 2024
Text-Based Continuing Education Product
1
$22.00
$42.00
$42.00
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Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders

Title:
Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders
Presenter(s)/Author(s):
Todd F. Lewis, PhD
Description:
In this webinar, Todd F. Lewis, PH.D., LPC, NCC, discuss schizophrenia spectrum disorders and disorders that “look like” schizophrenia but do not fully meeting the criteria as outlined in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. He provides an overview of symptoms and key features, and discusses how to distinguish schizophrenia from other disorders on the spectrum. Dr. Lewis is an associate professor of Counseling and Counselor Education at North Dakota State University. This is the fifth webinar in a series of seven about the DSM-5.
Learning Objectives:
1.Summarize the basic tenets of Dr. Todd F. Lewis’ webinar presentation: Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders.
2.Discuss schizophrenia spectrum disorders and other psychotic disorders.
3.Provide an overview of symptoms and key features, and how to distinguish schizophrenia from other disorders on the spectrum.
CE Credit(s):
1 NBCC Hours; 0 CRCC Hours; 1 WA Hours; 0 APT Hours; 0 NAADAC Hours; 1 NY Hours; 0 Ethics Hours
NBCC ACEP No. 1000
May 06, 2015
Video-Based Continuing Education Product
1
$29.00
$49.00
$49.00
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The SLO Movement

Title:
The SLO Movement, The Bigger Picture of Program Evaluation, and Identifying Objectives and Mapping Curricula and Processes of Program Evaluation, and Identifying Objectives and Mapping Curricula and Processes
Presenter(s)/Author(s):
Casey A. Barrio Minton, PhD; Donna M. Gibson, PhD; and Carrie A. Wachter Morris, PhD
Description:
Provided is a brief review of accountability and SLO assessment movements in higher education, a general program evaluation model, illustrate ways in which these processes link with the types of data you will utilize in program evaluation, and identify resources for learning more about the big-picture program evaluation process, explore what we mean by SLOs and discuss the process of creating SLOs to guide program and course assessment processes. Attention to curriculum mapping as a means for ensuring that curricula includes the types of experiences students need to develop SLOs, and procedures and tools for crafting broad-based, curriculum-linked, SLO-focused assessment plans.
Learning Objectives:
1.Understand how to evaluate student learning outcomes in higher education
2.Examine best practices for engaging in student and program evaluation
3.Explore the process of creating SLOs to guide program and course assessment processes
CE Credit(s):
2 NBCC Hours; 0 CRCC Hours; 2 WA Hours; 0 APT Hours; 0 NAADAC Hours; 0 NY Hours; 0 Ethics Hours

This CE is based on an ACA book. Click Evaluating Student Learning Outcomes in Counselor Education to view the Table of Contents and purchase the book.
NBCC ACEP No. 1000
September 21, 2016
Text-Based Continuing Education Product
2
$42.00
$62.00
$62.00
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Using the DSM-5 in Clinical Practice

Title:
Using the DSM-5 in Clinical Practice
Presenter(s)/Author(s):
Stephanie F. Dailey, EdD and John P. Duggan, EdD
Description:
In this webinar, Dr. Dailey reviews updates to the DSM-5 and how the ICD-9 and ICD-10 are represented in the new book. Participants will learn the history behind the updates, and then see examples of the new codes and learn how to accurately choose the correct codes for clients.
Learning Objectives:
1.Understand why the DSM-5 relies on a biological model rather than a medical model
2.Learn ways to avoid errors in diagnosis and documentation
3.See what is new to the DSM-5 that is not in previous editions
CE Credit(s):
1 NBCC Hours; 0 CRCC Hours; 1 WA Hours; 0 APT Hours; 0 NAADAC Hours; 1 NY Hours; 0 Ethics Hours
NBCC ACEP No. 1000
March 21, 2018
Video-Based Continuing Education Product
1
$29.00
$49.00
$49.00
Available for Immediate Download

What Counselors Should Know about the DSM-5-TR

Title:
What Counselors Should Know about the DSM-5-TR
Presenters:
Carman Gill, PhD, LPC, NCC, ACS; Casey A. Barrio Minton, PhD, NCC; Shannon Karl, Ph.D., LMHC, NCC, CCMHC, ACS
Description:
In March 2022, the American Psychiatric Association released the DSM-5-TR. This revision includes a new Prolonged Grief Disorder; more than 70 modified criteria sets; integration of more nuanced considerations regarding race, gender identity, and discrimination; and diagnostic attention to Suicidal Behavior and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury. Presenters will provide a brief description of changes in the DSM-5-TR with special attention to those most relevant for counseling practice and counselor education, including information from APA’s Supplementals.
Learning Objectives:
1.Participants will understand diagnostic criteria and relevance of Prolonged Grief Disorder.
2.Participants will understand how to integrate attention to race, gender identity, and discrimination within the context of diagnosis.
3.Participants will identify at least 5 changes to diagnostic criteria sets relevant to counseling practice and counselor education.
CE Credit(s):
1 NBCC Hours; 0 CRCC Hours; 1 WA Hours; 0 APT Hours; 0 NAADAC Hours; 1 NY Hours; 0 Ethics Hours
NBCC ACEP No. 1000
March 28, 2024
Video-Based Continuing Education Product
1
$10.00
$15.00
$15.00
Available for Immediate Download
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