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Indiana Psychologists Continuing Education and License Renewals

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Indiana-licensed psychologists have a biennial license renewal with an August 31st deadline, even years. Forty (40) hours of continuing education are required for license renewal. Of the forty hours, a minimum of twenty (20) hours are required from Category 1, six (6) hours of Ethics is required, and three (3) hours must be Category 1. Thirty (30) hours (10 hours Category 1, 20 hours Category 2) are allowed from home study if APA approved.

Professional Development Resources is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Professional Development Resources maintains responsibility for all programs and content.

Requirements for Continuing Education

Psychologists licensed in the state of Indiana have a license renewal every two years with an August 31st deadline, even years. 40 hours of continuing education are required in order to renew a license. Of the forty hours, a minimum of 20 hours are required from Category 1, 6 hours of Ethics is required, and 3 hours must be Category 1. 30 hours (10 hours Category 1, 20 hours Category 2) are allowed from home study if APA approved.

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New Jersey Marriage and Family Therapists Continuing Education and License Renewals

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New Jersey Marriage and Family Therapists Continuing EducationNew Jersey-licensed marriage and family therapists have a biennial license renewal with a June 30th deadline, even years. Forty (40) continuing education hours are required for license renewal. Twenty (20) hours are allowed from home study, and twenty (20) hours must be face to face. Five (5) hours of ethics, and three (3) hours of social/cultural competence are required at each renewal. National accreditation accepted: NBCC, APA, NAADAC.

Professional Development Resources is approved as a provider of continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB Provider #1046, ACE Program); by the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC Provider #5590); by the American Psychological Association (APA).

Continuing Education Requirements

Marriage and family therapists licensed in the state of New Jersey have a biennial license renewal with a June 30th deadline, even years. Forty hours of continuing education are required to renew a license. Twenty hours are allowed from home study, and twenty hours must be face to face. Five hours of ethics, and three hours of social/cultural competence are required at each renewal period. National accreditation accepted: NBCC, APA, NAADAC.

Information obtained from the New Jersey Board of MFT Examiners on June 3, 2014.

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New Study Strengthens Gut Bacteria-Autism Link

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From The Huffington Post | By Amanda L. Chan

New Study Strengthens Gut Bacteria-Autism LinkNew research adds more strength to the potential link between gut bacteria and autism.

In a small study, researchers from Arizona State University found evidence that gut bacteria may differ between children with and without autism.

Specifically, the researchers found that the fecal concentrations of certain metabolites — which are chemicals produced by bacteria — differ between children with autism and children without the condition. Researchers examined 56 different metabolites in the children’s feces, and identified seven with differing concentrations.

“Most of the seven metabolites could play a role in the brain, working as neurotransmitters or controlling neurotransmitter biosynthesis,” study researcher Dae-Wook Kang, of the university’s Biodesign Institute, said in a statement. “We suspect that gut microbes may alter levels of neurotransmitter-related metabolites affecting gut-to-brain communication and/or altering brain function.”

The study was presented at a meeting of the American Society for Microbiology; because the findings have yet to be published in a peer-reviewed journal, they should be regarded as preliminary. However, NBC News reported that the researchers are now seeking approval to conduct research on whether fecal transplants could affect autism symptoms.

The study included 21 children without autism and 23 with autism, NBC News reported.

Homovanillate was one of the metabolites that was present at lower levels in children with autism; it’s what’s produced when the neurotransmitter dopamine is broken down. N,N-dimethylglycine was another metabolite found at lower levels in children with autism; it’s been used before to decrease autism symptoms. Meanwhile, the ratio of glutamine to glutamate was higher among children with autism, researchers found. According to a release on the findings:

Glutamine and glutamate are further metabolized to gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), an inhibitory neurotransmitter. An imbalance between glutamate and GABA transmission has been associated with ASD-like behaviors such as hyper-excitation.

This isn’t the first time there have been signs of gut bacteria differences between children with and without autism. Arizona State University researchers had a study published last year in the journal PLOS One showing that children with autism seemed to have lower levels of three gut bacteria — Prevotella, Coprococcus and Veillonellaceae — compared with children without autism, Medscape reported. Meanwhile, New Scientist reported in 2010 on a study from Imperial College London scientists, who found that a urine chemical signature — indicative of gut bacteria differences — is present in children with autism.

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Autism: The New Spectrum of Diagnostics, Treatment & NutritionAutism: The New Spectrum of Diagnostics, Treatment & Nutrition is a 4-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that traces the history of the diagnostic concept of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), culminating in the revised criteria of the 2013 version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the DSM-5, with specific focus on the shift from five subtypes to a single spectrum diagnosis. It also aims to provide epidemiological prevalence estimates, identify factors that may play a role in causing ASD, and list the components of a core assessment battery. It also includes brief descriptions of some of the major intervention models that have some empirical support. Section two describes common GI problems and feeding difficulties in autism, exploring the empirical data and/or lack thereof regarding any links between GI disorders and autism. Sections on feeding difficulties offer interventions and behavior change techniques. A final section on nutritional considerations discusses evaluation of nutritional status, supplementation, and dietary modifications with an objective look at the science and theory behind a variety of nutrition interventions. Other theoretical interventions are also reviewed. Course #40-38 | 2013 | 50 pages | 30 posttest questions

This online course provides instant access to the course materials (PDF download) and CE test. Successful completion of the online CE test (80% required to pass, 3 chances to take) and course evaluation are required to earn a certificate of completion. You can print the test (download test from My Courses tab of your account after purchasing) and mark your answers on while reading the course document. Then submit online when ready to receive credit.

Professional Development Resources is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists; the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC ACEP #5590); the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB Provider #1046, ACE Program); the Continuing Education Board of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA Provider #AAUM); the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA Provider #3159); the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR Provider #PR001); the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (#PCE1625); 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 Ohio Counselor, Social Worker & MFT Board (#RCST100501); the South Carolina Board of Professional Counselors & MFTs (#193); and the Texas Board of Examiners of Marriage & Family Therapists (#114) and State Board of Social Worker Examiners (#5678).

Building Resilience in your Young Client – New 3 Hour Online CE Course

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By Adina Soclof, MS, CCC-SLP

Building Resilience in your Young ClientModern childhood is full of challenges. Health professionals are treating an increasing number of children who have difficulty coping with 21st century everyday life. Issues that are hard to deal with include excessive pressure in school to succeed, bullying, divorce, or even abuse at home. Children face additional stressors when adapting to new schools or classrooms, navigating sibling and peer relationships, and schoolwork. While many children thrive in the face of adversity and meet their challenges with resilience, others experience setbacks and disappointment when confronting difficulties.

Regarding the latter, it has long been observed that there are certain children who experience better outcomes than others who are subjected to similar adversities. A significant amount of literature has been devoted to the question of why this disparity exists. Guided by the research evidence concerning what constitutes resilience in children and which strategies have been demonstrated to build resilience, Building Resilience in your Young Client will set forth groups of behavioral interventions that can be taught by health professionals to parents and teachers who deal with at-risk children in homes and classrooms.

Building Resilience in your Young Client is a 3-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that offers a wide variety of resilience interventions that can be used in therapy, school, and home settings. This online course provides instant access to the course materials (PDF download) and CE test. Successful completion of the online CE test (80% required to pass, 3 chances to take) and course evaluation are required to earn a certificate of completion. You can print the test (download test from My Courses tab of your account after purchasing) and mark your answers on while reading the course document. Then submit online when ready to receive credit.

Professional Development Resources is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists; 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 California Board of Behavioral Sciences (#PCE1625); 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 Ohio Counselor, Social Worker & MFT Board (#RCST100501); the South Carolina Board of Professional Counselors & MFTs (#193); and the Texas Board of Examiners of Marriage & Family Therapists (#114) and State Board of Social Worker Examiners (#5678).

 

Massachusetts Psychologists Continuing Education and License Renewal Information

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Massachusetts-licensed psychologists have a biennial license renewal with a June 30th deadline, even years. Twenty (20) continuing education hours are required for license renewal. There are no limits on home study if APA approved.

The pursuit of continuing education ensures the best possible standards for the psychology profession. All psychologists are required to complete continuing education as a licensing requirement.

Professional Development Resources is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Professional Development Resources maintains responsibility for all programs and content.

Continuing Education Requirements

Psychologists licensed in the state of Massachusetts have a license renewal every two years with a June 30th deadline, even years. Twenty (20) hours of continuing education are required to renew a license. There are no limits on home study if APA approved.

Information gathered from the Massachusetts Board of Registration of Psychologists on May 15, 2014.

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Ethics and Law in Florida Psychology

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Ethics & Law in Florida PsychologyPsychologists licensed to practice in the State of Florida are required to complete – upon each biennial renewal of their professional license – a three-hour CE course covering professional ethics and Florida Statutes and rules affecting the practice of psychology. The continuing education course, Ethics and Law in Florida Psychology, was written to meet this requirement and is based on these four documents:

  1. The Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct of the American Psychological Association
  2. The Florida Health Professions and Occupations General Provisions
  3. The Florida Psychological Services Act
  4. The Florida Administrative Code: Board of Psychology

“The intent of the biennial CE requirement, according to the Florida Administrative Code, is to ‘to enhance the psychological skills and/or psychological knowledge of the licensee,’” says Leo Christie, PhD, president of Professional Development Resources. “As an example, a critical issue in healthcare ethics is the concern for privacy in handling clients’ personal information. This is far more challenging today than it was even a decade ago. The pervasive use of electronic communication technologies like cell phones, laptops, email, the Internet, and social networking has created an environment in which new protections must be implemented. Psychologists need to be trained in the most current procedures for safeguarding their clients’ protected health information in the recording, storage, and transmission of electronic communications.”

The new Professional Development Resources online CE course Ethics & Law in Florida Psychology includes sections on distinguishing between the concepts of law and ethics, deciding what to do when ethics and the law are in conflict, understanding multiple relationships, knowing when a client’s confidentiality can – and should – be broken, resolving ethical dilemmas posed by the Patriot Act, and identifying legal restrictions placed upon sexual intimacies between psychologists and clients.

“I am occasionally asked why it is necessary to keep taking an ethics and law course again and again over one’s career,” says Christie. “My response is always the same: There are five fundamental reasons for psychologists to study ethical theories, principles, and laws on a regular basis. First, therapy is important work; it can never be taken lightly. Second, ethical and legal practice is not simple; in fact it is occasionally overwhelmingly complex. Third, psychologists – like all human beings – are subject to certain prejudices, biases, and blind spots; they must be discovered and understood. Fourth, the practice and process of psychotherapy is a dynamic – not a static – process; the world and the psychologists in it change with time and technology. And, fifth, to the extent that psychologists effectively regulate themselves, they will be able to maintain professional autonomy and avoid undue intrusions by outside parties.”

By May 31, 2014 all Florida psychologists must complete their required 40 hours of continuing education courses and renew their professional licenses. In addition to the ethics and law course, they are also required to complete a course on Preventing Medical Errors, and – every six years – a course on Domestic Violence.

Professional Development Resources is approved by the American Psychological Association 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 Florida Board of Psychology and the Office of School Psychology and is CE Broker compliant (#50-1635).

Iowa Psychologists Continuing Education and License Renewals

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iowa psychologists continuing education and license renewalsIowa-licensed psychologists have a biennial license renewal with a June 30th deadline, even years. Forty (40) continuing education are required to renew a license, and there are no limits on home study if APA approved. There must be a certificate. Six (6) hours of ethics, laws and regulations, or risk management are required at each renewal.

Professional Development Resources is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Professional Development Resources maintains responsibility for all programs and content.

Requirements for Continuing Education

Psychologists licensed in the state of Iowa have a license renewal every two years with a June 30th deadline, even years. Forty hours of continuing education are required for license renewal. There are no home study limits if APA approved, and there must be a certificate. Six (6) hours of ethics, laws and regulations, or risk management are required at each renewal.

Information obtained from the Iowa Board of Psychology on April 23, 2014.

Online Continuing Education Courses for Psychologists: https://www.pdresources.org/courselisting/newarrival/1

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Rhode Island Psychologists Continuing Education and License Renewals

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rhode island psychologists continuing education and license renewalsRhode Island-licensed psychologists have a biennial license renewal with a June 30th deadline. Renewal applications are due by June 1st. Twenty-four (24) continuing education hours are required to renew a license. There are no limits on home study if APA approved.

The completion of continuing education allows for the highest possible standards for the psychology profession. All psychologists are required to complete continuing education hours as a condition of licensing.

Professional Development Resources is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Professional Development Resources maintains responsibility for all programs and content.

Continuing Education Courses for Psychologists: https://www.pdresources.org/courselisting/newarrival/1

Requirements for Continuing Education

Psychologists licensed in the state of Rhode Island have a license renewal every two years with renewal applications due by June 1st, and a June 30th deadline. Twenty-four (24) hours of continuing education are required for license renewal. There are no limits on home study if APA approved.

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California Psychologists Continuing Education and License Renewal Information

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california psychologists continuing education requirements and license renewalsCalifornia-licensed psychologists have a biennial license renewal with a birth date license expiration.

Thirty-six (36) hours of continuing education are required for license renewal. From the 36 hours, twenty-seven hours are allowed from home study or independent learning if APA approved.

California law and ethics are required at each renewal.

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Professional Development Resources is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Professional Development Resources maintains responsibility for all programs and content.

Continuing Education Requirements

Psychologists licensed in the state of California have a birth date license renewal every two years. Thirty-six (36) continuing education are required in order to renew a license. Of the 36 hours, twenty-seven (27) hours are allowed from home study (independent learning) if APA approved. California law and ethics are required at each renewal.

Information gathered from the California Board of Psychology on January 27, 2014.

Continuing Education Courses Online for Psychologists

Mindfulness: The Healing Power of Compassionate Presence is a 6-hour online course. This course will give you the mindfulness skills necessary to work directly, effectively and courageously, with your own and your client’s life struggles. Compassion towards others starts with compassion towards self. Practicing mindfulness cultivates our ability to pay intentional attention to our experience from moment to moment. Mindfulness teaches us to become patiently and spaciously aware of what is going on in our mind and body without judgment, reaction, and distraction, thus inviting into the clinical process, the inner strengths and resources that help achieve healing results not otherwise possible. Bringing the power of mindful presence to your clinical practice produces considerable clinical impact in the treatment of anxiety, depression, PTSD, chronic pain, high blood pressure, fibromyalgia, colitis/IBS, and migraines/tension headaches. The emphasis of this course is largely experiential and will offer you the benefit of having a direct experience of the mindfulness experience in a safe and supportive fashion. You will utilize the power of “taking the client there” as an effective technique of introducing the mindful experience in your practice setting. As you will learn, the mindfulness practice has to be experienced rather than talked about. This course will provide you with an excellent understanding of exactly what mindfulness is, why it works, and how to use it. You will also develop the tools that help you introduce mindful experiences in your practice, and how to deal with possible client resistance. Course #60-75 | 2008 | 73 pages | 27 posttest questions

How Temperamental Differences Affect Young Children is a 2-hour online video course. Temperament plays a significant role in a child’s development, experience, relationships, and behaviors. Children often need supportive intervention to allow them to function in healthy ways and reach their potential. This video course will include a discussion of normal early childhood development and the range of normal functioning as it is impacted by temperament. The purpose of this course is to help participants understand the role that temperament plays in the trajectory of normal child development including inner experience, relationships, and behavior and learn effective, supportive interventions. It is intended for all types of therapists who work with children or their parents, as well as for school-based personnel and classroom teachers. Course #20-83 | 2014 | 14 posttest questions

Autism Movement Therapy is a 2-hour online video CE course. Autism Movement Therapy® is an emerging therapy that combines movement and music with positive behavior support strategies to assist individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in meeting and achieving their speech and language, social and academic goals. Its purpose is to connect left and right hemisphere brain functioning by combining patterning, visual movement calculation, audile receptive processing, rhythm and sequencing into a “whole brain” cognitive thinking approach that can significantly improve behavioral, emotional, academic, social, and speech and language skills. This course is presented in two parts. Part 1 summarizes what is known about the brain functioning of individuals with ASD and illustrates how participation in dance, music and the arts can render the brain more amenable to learning social and language skills. Part 2 is a documentary created by Joanne Lara – Generation A: Portraits of Autism and the Arts, which spotlights – from a strikingly positive perspective – the challenges and accomplishments of eight individuals with ASD. Course #20-82 | 2014 | 106 minute video | 14 posttest questions

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Alaska Mental Health Counselors Continuing Education and License Renewals

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alaska mental health counselors continuing educationAlaska-licensed mental health counselors have a biennial license renewal with an October 31st deadline in odd years. Forty (40) hours of continuing education are required in order to renew a license. Of the forty hours, not more than half of the total hours are allowed from home study. The board accepts APA and NBCC approval of continuing education credits.

The pursuit of continuing education assures the best possible standards for the mental health counseling profession. All licensees are required to participate in continuing education as a licensing condition.

Professional Development Resources is an NBCC-Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP #5590) and may offer NBCC-approved clock hours for events that meet NBCC requirements. The ACEP solely is responsible for all aspects of the program.

Continuing Education Requirements

Alaska-licensed mental health counselors have a license renewal every two years with an October 31st deadline, odd years. Forty (40) continuing education hours are required to renew a license. Of the forty hours, not more than twenty hours are allowed from home study.

Information obtained from the Alaska Board of Professional Counselors on October 1, 2013.

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