Therapy Tidbits – Winter/Spring 2025
$14.00
Introductory
Online
Course Abstract
Therapy Tidbits – Winter/Spring 2025 is a 1-hour online continuing education (CE) course comprised of select articles from the current issue of The National Psychologist, a family-owned, independent publication founded in 1991 to keep clinicians informed about practice issues.
The articles included in this course are:
- Curbing Youth Violence – Explains the rise in violent crime arrests in children, highlighting how “hot spots” influence phenotypic expression and subsequent behaviors and decisions of young individuals, and outlining intervention strategies for supporting youth in these areas.
- Pros and Cons of PSYPACT – Three psychologists share their experiences with PSYPACT, outlining the pros and cons of practicing teletherapy in PSYPACT states.
- New HIPAA Disclosure Requirements – Summarizes the new attestation requirements from parties requesting PHI “potentially related” to reproductive healthcare.
- Psychologists Can Have Public Health Roles in Disaster Recovery – Offers a personal account of secondary traumatization as the author discusses how clinicians can support communities during disaster recovery.
- Technology in Clinical Practice: What’s in It for Me? – Outlines three ways in which clinicians can integrate technology into their professional life.
- Methods To Access Professional Literature – Lists six methods for accessing professional literature, making it easier to stay current with research and developments in one’s chosen specialties.
- New Ethics Code Will be Trouble for Psychologists – Discusses the challenges of complying with HIPAA patient access laws while keeping test materials secure and how the upcoming revision to the APA Ethics Code may address it.
- The Unregulated Coaching Industry – Distinguishes between “coaching” and psychotherapy/counseling, and the risk coaching poses to clients due to the lack of operating within an established and regulated standard of care.
- From Overwhelmed to Optimized: Rethinking Assessment Psychology in the Age of AI – Demonstrates how practitioners can utilize AI and automation workflows into their practice.
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Course #11-57 | 2025 | 19 pages | 10 posttest questions
Learning Objectives
- Explain the new HIPAA disclosure requirements regarding requests for PHI “potentially related” to reproductive healthcare
- Describe five tips for supporting individuals and communities during disaster recovery
- Identify three methods for accessing professional literature at no cost
- Summarize the 4 A’s Framework for using AI in clinical practice
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 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 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).
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 #1046, ACE Program); the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists (#MFT-0100 - Note: New York MFTs will receive 1 continuing education credit(s) for completing this self-study course); the Texas Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists (#114); 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 as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 6/12/2022 - 6/12/2025. Social workers completing this course receive 1 clinical continuing education credits.
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 Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers (#SW-0664 - Note: New York social workers will receive 1 continuing education credit(s) for completing this self-study course). Professional Development Resources is also approved by the Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiners (#5678).
