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Geographic Atrophy Secondary to Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Innovative Therapies for Sight Revival
Multimodal imaging is key for the early detection and monitoring of geographic atrophy (GA) secondary to age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Optical coherence tomography has recently been recommended by an international consensus to be the primary imaging method for the detection of atrophy in eyes. Once diagnosed, timely therapeutic intervention should be initiated with recently FDA-approved therapies that target components of the complement cascade. When optimally integrated into persona... |
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Best of ACTHIV® 2024: Beyond Viral Suppression: How Addressing Mental Health Directly Reduces Morbidity and Mortality in People with HIV
Description
Selected by attendees and the program planning committee as one of the best sessions of the ACTHIV® 2024 conference for the frontline HIV care team, this activity will focus on identifying causes of death that are direct outcomes of poor mental health among PWH, and provide guidance for the care team to better enable them to address mental health problems as a component of all HIV-related prevention, care and treatment approaches.
Learning Objectives
Identify three ca... |
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Best of ACTHIV® 2024: Balancing Management of Multimorbidity and Polypharmacy in Aging PWH
Description
Selected by attendees and the program planning committee as one of the best sessions of the ACTHIV® 2024 conference for the frontline HIV care team, this activity will focus on how polypharmacy applies to people with HIV, complications of polypharmacy, and how care teams can work together to identify patients who might benefit from deprescribing.
Learning Objectives
Describe polypharmacy and how it applies to People with HIV (PWH)
List complications of polypharma... |
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Best of ACTHIV® 2024: Aging with HIV and the Challenge of Multimorbidity
Description
Selected by attendees and the program planning committee as one of the best sessions of the ACTHIV® 2024 conference for the frontline HIV care team, this activity will focus on multimorbidity and its implications in the care of older people with HIV as well as approaches to screening for and managing multimorbidity and aging-related syndromes for the care team.
Learning Objectives
Recognize the changing demographics of HIV and comorbidity burden
Explain multimorb... |
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Essentials Emergency and Urgent Care Procedures Workshop
This program uses a case-based approach to equip participants with the practical skills and knowledge needed to perform fundamental, office-based procedures safely and efficiently. Through realistic scenarios, participants will explore a range of essential procedural skills, including:
Basic emergency ENT techniques
Management of simple dental trauma
Treatment of finger injuries
Anesthesia administration
Soft tissue infection management
Incision and drainage procedures
Proper orthopedic... |
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10th Annual Primary Care Update on Urgent Care and Emergency Medicine
Join us for the 10th Annual Primary Care Update on Urgent Care & Emergency Medicine Conference, set in the heart of Nashville at the Omni Nashville Hotel from September 21-23, 2025.
Engage in enriching half-day sessions exploring the latest developments in emergency and urgent care medicine, complemented by optional hands-on workshops. With afternoons free to enjoy the many incredible attractions of Nashville, this conference is designed to enhance clinical skills while offering a rejuv... |
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Patient‐Centered GA Care: A Synergistic Approach to Optimize Management
The recent FDA approval of 2 novel therapies for the management of patients with geographic atrophy (GA) secondary to age-related macular degeneration has further reenforced the necessity for early GA diagnosis to limit progression. Advances in imaging technologies now provide tools for better detection and characterization of GA, along with biomarkers to monitor progression over time. Optometrists, as front-line eye healthcare providers, play a critical role in the timely diagnosis, managemen... |
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Neuropsychiatric Complications of Parkinson’s Disease Psychosis
Target Audience
This activity is designed to meet the educational needs of Neurologists, neurology NPs, neurology PAs.
Program Overview
Join us for a dynamic one-hour CME activity on Parkinson’s Disease Psychosis (PDP) with top experts Mark F. Lew, MD, and Jennifer Hui, MD. Unlock the latest best practices for diagnosing PDP and implementing cutting-edge therapies. The session kicks off with a deep dive into Parkinson’s Disease, covering its prevalence, motor and nonmotor symptoms, an... |
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Halting the Spiral in Worsening Heart Failure: A Virtual Patient Simulation.
Target Audience
The intended audience for this activity includes cardiologists and cardiology advanced practice providers involved in the management of patients with heart failure.
Program Overview
Despite advances in guideline-directed medical therapy, patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) often experience worsening symptoms, leading to increased hospital admissions and a higher risk of adverse outcomes. Halting the Spiral in Worsening Heart Failure: A Virtua... |
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Case Studies in Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and People with HIV
By participating in this webinar, you will have the opportunity to enhance patient care by gaining a deeper understanding of the unique cardiovascular risks faced by people with HIV. With this knowledge, you’ll be better equipped to work with your care team to tailor preventive strategies, leading to improved patient outcomes and more comprehensive care. Additionally, the webinar will help you stay current with best practices in the ever-evolving field of HIV care. By learning about the late... |
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Pathways to Precision: Integrating Genetic Counseling and Testing Into Cancer Care
STATEMENT OF NEED
Precision medicine is a cutting-edge approach that incorporates an individual’s genomic, environmental, and lifestyle information to deliver personalized healthcare. Genetic testing and counseling are crucial components of precision medicine, enabling clinicians to deliver the right care to the right patient at the right time (Turbitt et al, 2023). However, genetic testing often remains an untapped resource for patients who may benefit from genetic risk assessment and ca... |
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Improving Equity in Endometrial Cancer Care and Treatment: Accelerating Change to Improve Patient Outcomes in Rural and Underserved Communities
Target Audience
This activity is designed specifically for oncologists, advanced practice providers, and other members of the healthcare team who serve patients from rural and underserved communities.
Program Overview
In rural and underserved communities, disparities in incidence, treatment, and prognosis are pervasive among women with endometrial cancer. Key factors contributing to these gaps include limited access to oncology specialty care and lack of familiarity with current therapeut... |
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Targeting the PI3K/AKT/PTEN Pathway for Treatment of Breast Cancer: Innovative Solutions for Equitable Care
Target Audience
This activity is designed specifically for oncologists, advanced practice providers, and other members of the healthcare team who serve patients from rural and underserved communities.
Program Overview
The PI3K/AKT/PTEN pathway has emerged as a key player in breast cancer development. Notably, up to 50% of patients with hormone receptor"positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2"negative (HR+/HER2-) breast cancer have actionable biomarkers within this pat... |
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Simple Steps for Improving the Quality of Healthcare for Patients with Chronic Idiopathic Constipation
To ensure your patients with chronic idiopathic constipation (CIC) receive timely, appropriate interventions and the best possible care, clinicians need to better distinguish CIC from similar conditions. In addition, working together, clinicians and patients can make better choices among the many treatment options through shared decision-making (SDM) strategies to help achieve treatment goals.
This digital format provides a brief questionnaire to capture your current practices and delivers... |
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Conversations Around Brain Health: Reframing Expectations for Healthcare Providers, Patients, and Caregivers
Clinicians often fail to initiate conversations with patients and/or caregivers around brain health, frequently due to discomfort with the topic and the incorrect perception that there is little benefit to diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease (AD) early. However, the failure to detect early signs of cognitive decline and diagnose appropriately prevents patients from gaining access to treatment and support services and deprives patients and caregivers of the opportunity to plan for future healthcar... |
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14th Annual Essentials in Primary Care Winter Conference
Prepare for an unparalleled experience in Naples Florida at the 14th Annual Essentials in Primary Care Winter Conference, hosted by Continuing Education Company. Over three decades of expertise culminate in this exclusive gathering, designed to empower primary care clinicians with cutting-edge insights in rapidly evolving therapeutic areas. From February 9-13, 2026, join us in Naples, a Gulf-side jewel in southwest Florida, for a conference that transcends the ordinary.
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Cleveland Clinic 6th Annual Updates in General Surgery (Streaming Online & USB Drive)
6th Annual Updates in General Surgery presents collaborative, innovative and cost-effective diagnostic approaches for surgeons dealing with complex cases including hernia, colorectal, trauma and much more. An internationally acclaimed faculty focuses on management and treatment options from a general surgical perspective, with special emphasis on enhanced recovery protocols and the continually evolving technology relevant to the practice. Worth up to 19 AMA PRA Category I Credits™ This acti... |
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11th Annual Diabetes, Obesity & Metabolic Disease Conference
CEC is pleased to host the 11th Annual Diabetes, Obesity, & Metabolic Disease Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, at the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel on May 1-3, 2026.
It is estimated that more than 1/3 of Americans suffer from a cardiometabolic disorder, a cluster of health conditions associated with cardiovascular disease and Type 2 diabetes. The associated morbidity and mortality deserve increased attention as clinicians address risk factors predisposing individuals to these disorder... |
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Exploring the Connection Between the Microbiome and Allergy Development
Jenifer R. Lightdale, MD, MPH, introduces the role of the gut microbiome in immune system development and allergen sensitization. She briefly reviews the epidemiology, diagnosis, and management of cow’s milk protein allergy (CMPA), with a focus on the latest guidelines and recommendations for reintroduction. Dr. Lightdale builds upon these topics by discussing the evidence supporting probiotics for the treatment of CMPA, summarizing the clinical data supporting the use of extensively hydroly... |
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Advising Parents on Complementary Feeding and Food Allergy Prevention
Complementary feeding can be a stressful period for caregivers of infants, with confusing and often conflicting guidance regarding best practices. This education begins with an overview of current recommendations for complementary feeding before focusing on early allergen introduction between 4 and 6 months of age. The data supporting early allergen introduction are reviewed along with current real-world practices and recommendations for improving uptake. Using a case-based approach, common co... |
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Dysphagia: The Team Approach to Best Practice
Dysphagia: The Team Approach to Best Practice is a 1-hour online continuing education (CE) course that focuses on the interdisciplinary team approach to identifying, treating and managing dysphagia.
Dysphagia is a wide spread problem in the elderly, with many going untreated. Older adults are at an increased risk due to having many factors that lead to swallowing difficulties. Some of these are a diagnosis of stroke, dementia, pneumonia and Parkinson’s disease. Many have generalized weakn... |
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Cleveland Clinic 18th Annual Obesity Summit
Cleveland Clinic’s 18th Annual Obesity Summit is designed for a diverse mix of health care practitioners interested in innovative solutions and new strategies to care for patients with obesity. Causes of obesity and diabetes, preventive strategies, and therapeutic management approaches are discussed throughout this activity, with special focus place on health disparities, lifestyle, diet & exercise, surgical treatment, medication, patient-centered treatment, complications and weight recu... |
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WEBINAR: Improving Antibiotic Use In Companion Animal Medicine: A Team-Based Approach
Overview - Research suggests that veterinarians often prescribe antibiotics to animals in an unsupported manner. Such prescribing patterns are concerning as they promote the development of antibiotic resistance in bacteria that can impact both animals and humans. Guidelines and best practices for veterinary antibiotic prescribing have been developed and promoted through various professional organizations. However, studies indicate that veterinarians are either unaware of such guidelines or, if... |
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Penn Radiology Breast Imaging Essentials and Innovations (Streaming Online and USB Flash Drive Formats)
Penn Radiology Breast Imaging Essentials and Innovations focuses on practical methods to improve interpretation, as well as new approaches to advance precision imaging in screening and diagnostic settings. In addition to the traditional breast imaging modalities, this activity explores beyond conventional mammography, with presentations dedicated to digital breast tomosynthesis, supplemental imaging with ultrasound, contrast-enhanced mammography, abbreviated breast MRI, artificial intelligence... |
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Ethics in Nutrition
Ethics in Nutrition is a 1-hour online continuing education (CE/CPEU) course that addresses the ethics of practice in nutrition and dietetics with the latest Code of Ethics from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
Ethical practice is a requirement and a duty of all health professionals. We are in a life and death business where mistakes or misjudgments can cause real harm, such as in the case of medical errors. Being an ethical practitioner is your responsibility. Some situations seem c... |
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WEBINAR: DSCSA - 13 Year Implementation & 2024 Update
The Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA), enacted in 2013, is approaching its final implementation phase. This 1-hour CE session will review the step-by-step implementation process and provide an important update for 2024 and beyond.
By November 27, 2026, pharmacies must comply with FDA enforcement requirements to electronically exchange transaction information and conduct package-level verification. This involves implementing systems for serialized transaction data, ensuring quick access... |
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Clinical Competence in Breast Imaging, Interventions and Management
Clinical Competence in Breast Imaging, Interventions and Management provides a complete tutorial in all modalities, diagnostic strategies and interventional considerations encountered in the modern breast imaging practice. Its fifty cases allow the participant to explore a wide range of benign and malignant disease, with special focus placed on the variety of presentations and patterns of enhancement observed on mammogram, ultrasound, MRI and tomosynthesis. This activity also expounds on the... |
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Body, Mind & Heart Interventions for ADHD: A Family Approach - Dr. Aaron Tobacco and Bridget O'Boyle-Jordan, CPNP, MSN
This course will discuss the most current scientific evidence about ADHD, interventions, and finding family health and balance amid the challenges and joys of children with ADHD. He will also discuss the types of ADHD related disruptions and family management styles. Studies show the frontal lobe involvement with ADHD, including working memory, internalizing speech, self-regulation, perceptions of time, and inhibition of responses. Bridget O'Boyle-Jordan, CPNP, MSN will discuss the different... |
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Early Intervention: Feeding and Speech-Language in Children with Cleft Lip and Palate - Dr. Kerry Callahan-Mandulak
This presentation will discuss early feeding difficulties commonly observed in infants and children with cleft palate with or without cleft lip. In addition, early speech and language difficulties will be examined with emphasis on appropriate early intervention approaches to remediating the speech-language difficulties.
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Evidence Based Treatments for Word Retrieval Impairments in Aphasia - Anastasia Raymer, PhD, CCC-SLP
This course reviews several perspectives that influence aphasia treatment for word retrieval impairments in aphasia, including the animal models of neuroplasticity, the World Health Organization (WHO) Model of Functioning, Disability, and Health, cognitive neuropsychological models of word retrieval, and methods of evidence based practice. Recent research will be highlighted contrasting restorative and reorganization approaches to the treatment of word retrieval impairments in stroke induced ... |
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A Clinical Perspective on Treating Patients with Trachs & Vents - Kristen King, PhD, CCC-SLP
A clinical perspective for the speech language pathologist offering a multi modality approach to the introduction of evaluation and treatment methods for people with tracheostomies and or ventilators in hospital, clinical, and school settings. This workshop offers an overview of various types of trachs and speaking valves on the market today, including their primary differences and their impact on speech and swallowing. After a broad overview, audience members will be introduced to basic metho... |
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Assessment & Treatment for Stuttering - Jessica Fanning, PhD CCC-SLP
Part 1: for this course reviews procedures for assessing stuttering concerns across the lifespan. The instructor will also review a variety of iPad apps that support data collection. This course is appropriate for clinicians seeking review of current assessment procedures and assumes clinicians have worked with several fluency clients. Participants will review differential diagnostic guidelines for identifying developmental stuttering versus typical disfluency. The course will review how to us... |
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Assumed Knowledge: Strengthening the Core of Social Cognition - Anna Vagin, PhD, CCC-SLP
This full day workshop explores the social thinking concepts that the Core Curriculum assumes to be present and developing along a typical course in students. However, students who may have diagnoses such as ASD, ADHD, NVLD, Language Disorder, Anxiety Disorder, Social Communication Disorder or Twice Exceptional often struggle with this social learning, so that their ability to learn becomes limited.
We will begin by reviewing multiple outcome standards across the Core Curriculum, focusing o... |
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Building Self-Regulation Through Communication - Chris Wing CCC-SLP, PhD
Language and communication skills play an important and unique role in the development of self-regulation. Words that describe the internal state of self and others predict the development of self-regulatory skills and should be fostered as part of education and intervention. Children with emotional/behavioral disorders may have undetected language delays/disorders. Strategies to foster self-regulation for these children include building strong relationships, emphasizing words to describe emot... |
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Comprehensive Approach to Treating Teens and Adults who Stutter - Glenn Weybright, MS CCC-SLP
This course will provide the speech language pathologist with a comprehensive approach to help teens and adults who stutter learn new ways to manage their disfluent speech. A comprehensive approach refers to teaching speech management tools to make the stuttering less annoying and at the same time help the person change negative attitudes and emotions and move forward with life. The course begins with a description of stuttering and useful models of stuttering origin and treatment. We briefly ... |
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Continuum of Treatment Approaches for Children with Autism - Anna Dvortcsak, MS, CCC-SLP
There are a variety of educational interventions and techniques that are used to improve the outcomes for children with an autism spectrum disorder. Research suggests that there is evidence to support the effectiveness of educational interventions that vary in theoretical framework and implementation. Overlap between the techniques used in educational interventions that vary in theoretical framework has also been reviewed in the literature. The purpose of this presentation is to briefly review... |
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Creating Solution-Focused Partnership - Lynn E. Fox, PhD, CCC-SLP
This course is targeted for Speech-Language Pathologists in acute and sub-acute rehabilitation settings. Couple and family therapists and some speech-language pathologists have recently begun to use solution-focused brief therapy to promote functional change in their clients lives. This session will illustrate how a solution-focused approach can also facilitate building partnerships between speech-language pathologists and members of their clients social network, including family members, and ... |
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Increasing Capabilities in Adults with Attention, Auditory Processing and Aspergers Syndrome/Autism - Judith Belk, PhD, CCC-SLP, CCC-A
Adults diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome/Autism Spectrum Disorder, once they begin on a path to explore how to operate more successfully in this quite noisy, socially competitive world, may be advised to consult clinicians about overly sensitive hearing, difficulty regulating attention, and numerous co-morbid issues, including anxiety, depression, limited goal-setting skills and poor ability to understand social cues. This course will examine a variety of approaches to reducing specific challe... |
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Maximizing Outcomes in Patients with Cognitive Impairments - Dr. Robert Winningham
Patients with cognitive impairment often have difficulty with functional activities as well as learning or relearning behaviors in the clinic. Many clients are functioning below their potential, because of fear or other psychological barriers. In addition, depressed, unmotivated, apathetic and/or anxious clients often do not benefit from treatment as much as others. As you know, these patients often pose difficult challenges for therapists. In this exciting and unique 2 day course, we will lea... |
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Navigating the Challenges of Stuttering Intervention - Dr. Jessica Fanning, CCC-SLP
Classic stuttering theories are reviewed in the context of how those concepts can be still be useful in experimenting with or describing stuttering to clients of all ages. Recent research in genetic, neurological, and motor bases of stuttering are discussed in order to provide clinicians with a solid foundation on which to evaluate research and select intervention approaches or programs. Methods for data collection and tracking are discussed so clinicians can maintain practice-based evidence w... |
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Pediatric Focus: Approaches to Increasing Capabilities of Individuals with Attention, Auditory Processing and Aspergers Syndrome/Autism Spectrum - Judith Belk, PhD, CCC-SLP, CCC-A
This course will examine the role of some successful approaches to engage and support individuals who struggle to tune in to and process essential auditory and/or visual information and at the same time also tune out background or non-essential details. We will highlight means available to professionals to work with clients who have difficulty in self-regulating attention. There is some new thinking by people with Autism Spectrum Disorder/Aspergers Syndrome issues that helps them understand an... |
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Response to Intervention & Multi-tiered Support Systems and the SLP - Lorraine Maida, MS CCC-SLP
Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) can play a number of important roles in using a Tiered Intervention model to identify children with speech and language differences and disabilities and provide needed instruction in general and special education settings. What fundamental shift in thinking needs to occur for SLPs to successfully engage in a three-tiered approach to speech-language and literacy interventions? What needs to change about the way we approach communication deficits and their fun... |
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Working with Children with Hearing Impairment - Judith Belk, Ph.D. CCC-SLP, Aud. and Leigh Leslie, MA
School-based speech-language pathologists and their assistants are prime players in managing therapeutic approaches for students diagnosed with unilateral or bilateral hearing loss and/or with auditory processing disorders (APD). While hearing impairment is a long recognized disability area recognized by special education law, auditory processing is not (yet) one of those areas. Technology has provided a changing landscape of possibilities for providing children with hearing loss with opportun... |
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Working with School-Age Children who Stutter - Glenn Weybright, M.S., CCC-SLP, BRS-FD
This course is intended for SLPs who work with school age children who stutter. We will cover treatment of stuttering. We begin with two assumptions: that stuttering is a motor speech disorder with a neurological base, and that once past eight years of age, most students who stutter will probably do so for some time. In other words, we cant cure stuttering or make it go away. For the SLP, this is liberating, because now we get to focus on what we do very well: teach communication-improving str... |
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Poise: The Psychology of Posture
Poise: The Psychology of Posture is a 2-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that explores how body language can be used to better understand our clients and improve their lives.
It is said that non-verbal communication represents two-thirds of all communication. Whether it be through gestures, posture, facial expressions, personal space or eye contact, how we position and move our bodies sends a message to those we are speaking to. Our poise is often a very telling look into ho... |
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Preventing Medical Errors & Improving Patient Safety
Preventing Medical Errors & Improving Patient Safety is a 2-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that illustrates the kinds of errors that occur in healthcare practice and offers strategies to help clinicians increase their effectiveness, thereby reducing the potential for making “medical” errors. This course satisfies the requirements of the Florida State Legislature mandating a two-hour course relating to the prevention of medical errors as part of the licensure and renew... |
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Counseling the Criminal Mind
Counseling the Criminal Mind is a 2-hour online continuing education (CE) course that examines the effects of mass incarceration and provides strategies for reducing criminal behavior.
When events such as mass shootings, acts of terrorism, and familicide occur, one question we might ask ourselves is: What goes through the mind of the perpetrator? In attempting to answer this question, this course will explore the many factors that lead to criminal behavior, including traumatic brain injury,... |
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Schizophrenia: Understanding & Treating
Schizophrenia: Understanding & Treating is a 3-hour online continuing education (CE) course that provides clinicians with practical guidance in understanding and treating schizophrenia.
Schizophrenia is a complex condition that is poorly understood by the general public and by many mental health clinicians, who receive little training on the condition. It’s important to understand because it’s the most debilitating and costly of all adult psychiatric illnesses.
To start, we’ll revi... |
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Autism Spectrum Disorder: Evidence-Based Screening & Assessment
Autism Spectrum Disorder: Evidence-Based Screening and Assessment is a 3-hour online continuing education (CE) course that summarizes proven approaches to screening, assessing and diagnosing ASD in children and young adults.
Epidemiological studies indicate a progressively rising prevalence trend in the number of individuals identified with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) over the past decade. Yet, compared with general population estimates, children, and youth with mild to moderate symptoms... |
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Therapy Tidbits Summer 2020
Therapy Tidbits – Summer 2020 is a 1-hour online continuing education (CE) course comprised of select articles from the Spring 2020 issue of The National Psychologist, a private, independent, quarterly newspaper intended to keep psychologists informed about practice issues. The articles included in this course are:
Psychologists Pivot to Teletherapy as Pandemic Takes Hold - Practitioners share their positive experiences of moving to tele-therapy and discuss the obstacles that must be over... |
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