Therapy Tidbits – Summer 2021
$14.00
Introductory
Online
Course Abstract
Therapy Tidbits – Summer 2021 is a 1-hour online continuing education (CE) course comprised of select articles from the Summer 2021 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:
Improving Health through Community Policies Gains Momentum – Provides an overview of the Blue Zone Project and the impact on community members’ health.
Psychologists Will Be on Front Lines of Helping Recovering COVID Patients – Describes a variety of after-effects of COVID on patients’ mental health and offers strategies for supporting them.
Retailers Could Help Shape Future of Mental Health Treatment – Discusses the need for affordable access to mental health care and how local retailers, such as CVS, are filing that gap.
FDA Approval of New Alzheimer’s Drug is Fraught with Controversy – An overview of the FDA approval, and researchers’ criticism, of the drug aducanumab.
My Patient May Be Placing Others at Risk of Contracting COVID-19: What Should I Do? – The authors offer advice on discussing with patients the possible need for quarantining.
Posting of Test Questions Online: Both Ill-Advised and Illegal – Highlights the need to prevent and contest the online publication of psychological and educational assessment questions.
Prescribing Psychologists Share Stories of their Journey – Three pioneers among prescribing psychologists in Illinois share their stories.
Are We Genetically Predisposed to Conflict and Violence? (Viewpoint) – The author questions whether combining knowledge derived from genetic and neuroscience research will allow us to develop a more complete understanding of human emotions, cognitions, behavior, and personality development.
Experiential Learning Comes from Cultural Immersion and Autism – A psychologist, who is on the autistic spectrum, shares a personal account of living and practicing in rural Alaska.
Course #11-43 | 2021 | 17 pages | 10 posttest questions
Learning Objectives
- Describe the Blue Zone Project’s approach to achieving a healthy lifestyle
- List three strategies for supporting a patient recovering from COVID-19
- Name the possible positive effect the drug, Aduhelm has on patients with Alzheimer’s Disease
- Explain how becoming a prescribing psychologist can benefit patients
Course Directions
This online course provides instant access to the course materials (PDF download) and CE test. The course is text-based (reading) and the CE test is open-book (you can print the test to mark your answers on it while reading the course document).
Successful completion of this course involves passing an online test (80% required, 3 chances to take) and we ask that you also complete a brief course evaluation.
About the Author(s)
CE Information
Counseling
Professional Development Resources (PDR) has been approved by the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5590. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. PDR is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Professional Development Resources is also approved as a provider of online (home study) continuing education by the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy, and Mental Health Counseling (#50-1635); the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors (#MHC-0135 - Note: New York counselors will receive 1 continuing education credits for completing this self-study course); the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker, and Marriage & Family Therapist Board (#RCST100501 - Note: Ohio counselors completing this course will receive 1 clinical continuing education credits); the South Carolina Board of Professional Counselors and Marriage & Family Therapists (#193); and is CE Broker compliant (#50-1635 - all courses are reported within two business days of completion).
Marriage and Family Therapy
Professional Development Resources is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Professional Development Resources maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Professional Development Resources is also approved by the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC ACEP #5590); the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB Provider #1046, ACE Program); the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA Provider #3159); the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR Provider #PR001); the Alabama State Board of Occupational Therapy; the Arizona Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners; the Florida Boards of Social Work, Mental Health Counseling and Marriage and Family Therapy (#BAP346), Psychology & School Psychology (#50-1635), Dietetics & Nutrition (#50-1635), and Occupational Therapy Practice (#34); the Georgia State Board of Occupational Therapy; the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors (#MHC-0135); the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker & MFT Board (#RCST100501) Note: Ohio Counselors, Social Workers, and MFTs completing this course will receive 1 clinical continuing education credit; the South Carolina Board of Professional Counselors & MFTs (#193); the Texas Board of Examiners of Marriage & Family Therapists (#114) and State Board of Social Worker Examiners (#5678); and is CE Broker compliant (#50-1635) (all courses are reported within two business days of completion).
Psychology
Professional Development Resources is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Professional Development Resources maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Professional Development Resources is CE Broker compliant (#50-1635 - all courses are reported within two business days of completion). Professional Development Resources, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists (#PSY-0145).
School Psychology
Professional Development Resources is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Professional Development Resources maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Professional Development Resources is CE Broker compliant (#50-1635 - all courses are reported within two business days of completion). Professional Development Resources, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists (#PSY-0145).
Social Work
Professional Development Resources, #1046, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Professional Development Resources maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 6/12/2019 - 6/12/2022. Social workers completing this course receive 1 clinical continuing education credits.
Professional Development Resources is also approved by the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy, and Mental Health Counseling (Provider #BAP346); the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage & Family Therapist Board (Provider #RCST100501) Note: Ohio Counselors, Social Workers, and MFTs completing this course will receive 1 clinical continuing education credits; and the Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiners (#5678); and is CE Broker compliant (#50-1635) (all courses are reported within two business days of completion).
Customer Testimonials
Good quality journalism.
An interesting combination of topics and I particularly found the Covid article useful and current.
First time doing a Therapy Tidbits, I found it refreshing and relevant.
I learn so much from the National Psychologist articles and quiz. Thank you for making the quiz straightforward and not unnecessarily tricky, like some CEU courses.
I like having the questions in front of me when I go to read...it helps me to focus...It becomes kind of fun.
More Testimonials
Again, I like the Therapy Tidbits courses due to exposure to a group of ideas, concepts, clinical concerns. This group of topics was interesting. My favorite was The Blue Zones article as I have been meaning to learn more about that. I've seen one program that discussed The Blue Zones with a person identified as creating the research interested. The program, Down to Earth with Zac Efron, was produced by and starred Zac Efron as well as Darin Olien, who is known for a book called, Superlife, which discusses superfoods. The conclusions in the Blue Zone article are the same as those featured in the show. Still, it's good to be able to digest it in a less time intensive way than watching a TV episode. Also, the test questions here were fair and well-worded.
Enjoyed the reading-interesting course with relevant information.
I thought the topics and analysis were fascinating. Many of them were totally new to me. Thank you.
