Course Details
Course Description
NOTE: This 5 CE course has been approved for 2 hours of POST CPE credit. Important note about this learning material: This course is Part 2 of a three-part series designed to meet the 15-hour prelicensure or general license renewal requirements on the topics of culture and the psychosocial implications of socioeconomic position for social work, psychology, marriage and family therapy, and clinical counseling professionals in the state of California. Part 1 can be found here and Part 3 can be found here. Learners intending to fulfill their California requirement should take only these courses. This content is similar to the non-state-specific versions of this course for social workers, psychologists, marriage and family therapists, and counselors titled Part 2: Social Construction in Assessment and Treatment that can be found here for social workers and here for psychologists, marriage and family therapists, and counselors. Because of content overlap, participants should take either Part 2 of the California offering or Part 2 of the non-state-specific offerings, but not both. This course focuses on the importance of adapting therapeutic interventions to integrate and account for social determinants of health (SDH). Part 1: Culture and Social Determinants of Health provides the information necessary for a clinician to develop a basic knowledge base about focuses on introducing the reader to the concept of SDH broadly, as well as more specifically considering some of the impacts of particular SDH in the United States and in California. In this course social workers, psychologists, marriage and family therapists, and counselors are provided guidelines for integrating this information into the ways they engage with clients in assessment and intervention. Concepts and practice questions for assessment of specific SDH are provided with an aim of this course is for clinicians to incorporate this valuable information into their practices and to gain a pathway to approaching topics that might previously have been uncomfortable for them or outside of their awareness as necessary aspects of assessment information. Integration of SDH into treatment is examined in the context of existing treatment modalities commonly in use in mental health care, including Solution Focused Treatment, Cognitive Behavioral Treatment, Motivational Interviewing, Interpersonal Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Mindfulness, and Play Therapy. Clinical vignettes help illustrate the concepts and sample dialogues give the reader a sense of practical application of the ideas presented in each section. Finally, lengthier vignettes are presented with questions for thought and deeper engagement.
Course Objectives
Introduction
Assessment
_Cultural Competence and Cultural HumilityPossible Questions for Expanding AssessmentEngagement in Treatment
_Treatment Engagement ConsiderationsTrauma-Informed CareEstablished Treatment Modalities
_Cognitive-Behavioral TherapySolution Focused TherapyInterpersonal TherapyMotivational InterviewingDialectical Behavior TherapyMindfulnessPlay TherapyVignettes
Conclusion
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