Course Catalog

Nursing and Health/Human Services Courses

Mental and Behavioral Health

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Advanced Family Systems

November 13, 2009
Fri, 8:45 am-4:00 pm
Downtown, Cole Center
HCHS 442201 1900
CEUs: 0.6     $135
Instructor: Francis Chiappa, Ph.D.
Contact Hours: Awarded to RNs, Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, and Marriage and Family Therapists (6.0).


Anxiety Disorders

November 10, 2009
Tues, 8:45 am-4:00 pm
Downtown, Cole Center
HCHS 448801 1900
CEUs: 0.6     $135
Instructor: Laura DeHelian, PhD, APRN, BC
Contact Hours: Awarded to RNs, Counselors, Social Workers, and Nursing Home Administrators (6.0)-Preferred Provider # CSU 84-P-09.


Anxious and Stressed Clients: Alternative Therapeutic Techniques

June 11, 2010
Fri, 8:45 am-12:00 pm
Solon, East Center
HCHS 437601 6050
CEUs: 0.3     $75
Instructor: Lou Sauer, PhD, NCC
Contact Hours: Awarded to Psychologists, RNs, Counselors, Social Workers and Marriage/Family Therapists (3.0).


Blood, Sweat, and Tears: Coping with Borderline Personality Disorders

December 8, 2009
Tues, 8:45 am-4:00 pm
Solon, East Center
HCHS 463201 5950
CEUs: 0.6     $135
Instructor: Laura DeHelian, PhD, APRN, BC
Contact Hours: Awarded to RNs, Social Workers, and Counselors (6.0).
 

Boundaries: Ethical, Legal, and Clinical Considerations

March 12, 2010
Fri, 8:45 am-12 noon
Downtown, Cole Center
HCHS 449401 2000
CEUs: 0.3     $75
Instructor: Laura DeHelian, PhD, APRN, BC
Contact Hours: Awarded to RNs & LPNs, Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, and Marriage and Family Therapists, and Nursing Home Administrators, Preferred Provider #CSU 18-P-10 (3.0). Meets ethics requirement.
 

Competence to Practice, Confidentiality and Consent: Ethics Essentials for Mental Health Professionals

November 13, 2009
Fri, 8:45 am-12 pm
Downtown, Cole Center
HCHS 535601 1900
CEUs: 0.3     $79

May 8, 2010
Sat, 8:45 am-12:00 pm
Downtown, Cole Center
HCHS 535601 2000
CEUs: 0.3     $79

June 18, 2010
Fri, 8:45 am-12 pm
Solon, East Center
HCHS 535601 6050
CEUs: 0.3     $79

Instructor: Elizabeth Reynolds Welfel, Ph.D.
Contact Hours: Awarded to RNs, Psychologists, Counselors, Social Workers, and Marriage and Family Therapists (3.0). Meets ethics requirement.


Choices and Meaning

March 10, 2010
Wed, 8:45 am-4:00 pm
Downtown, Cole Center
HCHS 446501 2000
CEUs: 0.6     $135
Instructor: Melvin E. Allerhand, Ph.D., ABPP and Rabbi Roger C. Klein, PhD
Contact Hours: Awarded to Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Nursing Home Administrators Preferred Provider #CSU 13-P-10 (6.0).
 

Critical Communication Skills for Healthcare Professionals

February 17, 2010
Wed, 8:45 am-4:00 pm
Downtown, Cole Center
HCHS 440601 2000
CEUs: 0.6     $135
Instructor: Edward Leigh, MA
Contact Hours: Awarded to RNs, LPNs, Social Workers, Nursing Home Administrators (6.0)-Preferred Provider #CSU 7-P-10.


De-Escalation and Crisis Intervention Techniques with Children

April 17, 2010
Sat, 9:00 am-12:15 pm
Downtown, Cole Center
HCHS 445401 2000
CEUs 0.3     $75
Instructor: Paula V. Atwood, EMBA, LISW-S, LICDC
Contact Hours: Awarded to RNs, Social Workers and Counselors (3.0)
 

Depressive Disorders

November 21, 2009
Sat, 8:45 am-4:00 pm
Westlake, West Center
HCHS 443501 5900
CEUs: 0.6     $135
Instructor: Grace Fochtman Herwig, RN, MSN, CCDC III, MBA
Contact Hours: Awarded to RNs (6.0), Counselors, Social Workers, and Marriage and Family Therapists (6.0).


Domestic Violence

November 12, 2009
Thurs, 8:45 am-4:00 pm
Downtown, Cole Center
HCHS 462201 1900
CEUs: 0.6     $135

May 13, 2010
Thurs, 8:45 am-4:00 pm
Westlake, West Center
HCHS 462201 6000
CEUs: 0.6     $135

Instructor: Amy Burzinski, LSW
Contact Hours: Awarded to RNs, LPNs, Social Workers, Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists and Nursing Home Administrators, Preferred Provider #CSU 36-P-10 (6.0).
 

Ethical Issues in Psychological Practice

February 19, 2010
Fri, 8:45 am-12:00 pm
Downtown, Cole Center
HCHS 464301 2000
CEUs: 0.3     $75
Instructor: Allyson Robichaud, PhD
Contact Hours: Awarded to RNs, Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, and Marriage and Family Therapists (3.0). Meets ethics requirement.


Facing Ethical Dilemmas: Practical Solutions to Difficult Situations

April 7, 2010
Wed, 8:45 am–12:00 pm
Downtown, Cole Center
HCHS 437001 2000
CEUs: 0.3     $75
Instructor: Melvin Allerhand, PhD, APPB
Contact Hours: Awarded to RNs, Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Nursing Home Administrators (3.0)-Preferred Provider #CSU 27-P-10. Meets ethics requirement.


Learning from Our Feelings Toward the Patient and Family

February 24, 2010
Wed, 9:15 am-4:30 pm
Downtown, Cole Center
HCHS 443201 2000
CEUs: 0.6     $135
Instructor: Jane Belkin, MSSA, LISW
Contact Hours: Awarded to RNs, LPNs, Counselors, Social Workers and Nursing Home Administrators, Preferred Provider #CSU 9-P-10 (6.0).
 

Life Span Development: Practical Insights for Counseling Practice

March 30, 2010
Tues, 8:45 am-4:00 pm
Downtown, Cole Center
HCHS 448401 2000
CEUs: 0.6 $    135 
Instructor: Francis Chiappa, Ph.D.
Contact Hours: Awarded to RNs, Psychologists, Counselors, Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Nursing Home Administrators, Preferred Provider #CSU 22-P-10 (6.0).


Mental Health Assessment

December 12, 2009
Sat, 8:45 am-4:00 pm
Downtown, Cole Center
HCHS 438401 1900
CEUs: 0.6     $135
Instructor: Grace Fochtman Herwig, RN, MSN, CCDC III, MBA
Contact Hours: Awarded to RNs, LPNs, Counselors and Social Workers (6.0).


Optimizing Group Outcomes

May 5, 2010
Wed, 9:15 am-4:30 pm
Solon, East Center
HCHS 439301 6050
CEUs: 0.6     $135
Instructor: Jane Belkin, MSSA, LISW
Contact Hours: Awarded to RNs, Counselors and Social Workers (6.0).
 

A Primer in Pediatric Psychiatry

March 8, 2010
Mon, 8:45 am-4:00 pm
Westlake, West Center
HCHS 535101 6000 
CEUs: 0.6     $135
Instructor: Theresa Puckett, PhD[c], RN, CPNP, CNE
Contact Hours: Awarded to RNs, Counselors, Social Workers (6.0).


Psychological Disorders within a Trauma Framework

April 24, 2009
Sat, 8:45 am-4:00 pm
Westlake, West Center
HCHS 437101 6000
CEUs: 0.6     $135
Instructor: Grace Fochtman Herwig, RN, MSN, CCDC III, MBA
Contact Hours: Awarded to RNs (6.0), Social Workers, Counselors, and Marriage and Family Therapists (6.0).


Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders

March 13, 2010
Sat, 8:45 am-4:00 pm
Downtown, Cole Center
HCHS 451601 2000
CEUs: 0.6     $135
Instructor: Grace Fochtman Herwig, RN, MSN, CCDC III, MBA
Contact Hours: Awarded to RNs, Social Workers and Counselors (6.0).


Separation: A Psychological Journey from Birth to Death

November 19, 2009
Thurs, 8:45 am-4:00 pm
Downtown, Cole Center
HCHS 440901 1900
CEUs: 0.6     $135
Instructor: Melvin E. Allerhand, Ph.D., ABPP
Contact Hours: Awarded to RNs, Psychologists, Social Worker, Counselors, and Nursing Home Administrators (6.0)-Preferred Provider #CSU 89-P-09.


Torn and Frayed: Children in Contentious Divorces

April 23, 2010
Fri, 8:45 am-4:00 pm
Solon, East Center
HCHS 445301 6050
CEUs: 0.6     $135
Instructors: Randall Baenen, PhD and Francis Chiappa, PhD
Contact Hours: Awarded to RNs, Psychologists, Counselors, Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists.


Trauma! Helping People Learn to Cope with Traumatic Events and Develop Resiliency

February 25, 2010
Thurs, 8:45 am-4:00 pm
Downtown, Cole Center
HCHS 439501 2000
CEUs: 0.6     $135
Instructor: Amy Burzinski, LSW
Contact Hours: Awarded to Counselors, Social Workers, and Nursing Home Administrators, Preferred Provider #CSU 10-P-10 (6.0).


Uncovering Personality Power using MBTI ®

March 4, 2010
Thurs, 8:30 am-4:30 pm
Downtown, Cole Center
MGMT 477501 2000
CEUs: 0.7     $229
Instructor: Patrick H. O’Leary, MS, MDiv


Working with Resistant Clients

March 19, 2010
Fri, 9:00 am-12:15 pm
Downtown, Cole Center
HCHS 439801 2000
CEUs: 0.3     $75
Instructor: Paula V. Atwood, EMBA, LISW-S, LICDC
Contact Hours: Awarded to RNs, Social Workers and Counselors (3.0)


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