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CEMI336
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Chemically Dependent Family Systems
The disease of chemical dependency not only affects the individual suffering, but greatly impacts the entire family system. Relationships erode, dysfunctional roles emerge, and structure breaks down. Through this presentation, you will gain greater insight into the dynamics surrounding chemically dependent family systems, learn intervention strategies that support all family members, and be able to design treatment plans that capitalize on family strengths and resources.
Prerequisites: Course provides 6 contact hours for NYS Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists and Licensed Mental Health Counselors.
Course provides 6 hours of continuing education credits for NYS Licensed Clinical and Master Social Workers.
Tompkins Cortland Community College 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 Marriage and Family Therapists. # MFT-0042. Please note: Enrollment in the course(s) does not permit an unlicensed person to complete activities that are restricted to licensed professionals and the course(s) do not prepare students for the practice of therapy. Tompkins Cortland Community College 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 #0260. Please note: Enrollment in the course(s) does not permit an unlicensed person to complete activities that are restricted to licensed professionals and the course(s) do not prepare students for the practice of social work. Tompkins Cortland Community College 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-0125. Please note: Enrollment in the course(s) does not permit an unlicensed person to complete activities that are restricted to licensed professionals and the course(s) do not prepare students for the practice of mental health.
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CEMI338
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The Immediate and Ongoing Consequences of Bullying
Childhood bullying is an international phenomenon; however the immediate and long-lasting impacts are not well-recognized. Learn what the most important consequences for children, adolescents, and adults are. What should we look for to identify children involved in bullying? What is the impact that can be seen on adults and in adult relationships as a result of childhood bullying? You will be given essential information for your work as a clinician.
Prerequisites: Course provides 2 contact hours for NYS Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists and Licensed Mental Health Counselors.
Course provides 2 hours of continuing education credits for NYS Licensed Clinical and Master Social Workers.
Tompkins Cortland Community College 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 Marriage and Family Therapists. # MFT-0042. Please note: Enrollment in the course(s) does not permit an unlicensed person to complete activities that are restricted to licensed professionals and the course(s) do not prepare students for the practice of therapy. Tompkins Cortland Community College 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 #0260. Please note: Enrollment in the course(s) does not permit an unlicensed person to complete activities that are restricted to licensed professionals and the course(s) do not prepare students for the practice of social work. Tompkins Cortland Community College 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-0125. Please note: Enrollment in the course(s) does not permit an unlicensed person to complete activities that are restricted to licensed professionals and the course(s) do not prepare students for the practice of mental health.
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CEMI344
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How Do You Hug a Porcupine? Engaging and Supporting Challenging Youth
Adolescent resistance in and out of the clinical setting is common. As many of our youth struggle to discover themselves, they reject our efforts of engagement and support as they attempt to move towards independence. You will explore the concept of resistance, inter/intra-personal influences, the role of pop culture, and support and engagement strategies designed to promote the bond between client and counselor.
You will:
• Learn the concept, purpose, and dynamics of resistance
• Explore engagement and support strategies
• Discover contributing inter/intra-personal factors
• Review frequently seen diagnoses
• Learn how to utilize parents as a resource
• Learn managing our countertransference
Prerequisites:
Course provides 6 contact hours for NYS Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists and Licensed Mental Health Counselors.
Course provides 6 hours of continuing education credits for NYS Licensed Clinical and Master Social Workers.
Tompkins Cortland Community College 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 Marriage and Family Therapists. # MFT-0042. Please note: Enrollment in the course(s) does not permit an unlicensed person to complete activities that are restricted to licensed professionals and the course(s) do not prepare students for the practice of therapy. Tompkins Cortland Community College 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 #0260. Please note: Enrollment in the course(s) does not permit an unlicensed person to complete activities that are restricted to licensed professionals and the course(s) do not prepare students for the practice of social work. Tompkins Cortland Community College 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-0125. Please note: Enrollment in the course(s) does not permit an unlicensed person to complete activities that are restricted to licensed professionals and the course(s) do not prepare students for the practice of mental health.
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CEMI345
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Adolescent Suicide: Prevention, Assessment, Intervention, & Postvention
Suicide rates among the adolescent population are at an alarming level. Significant stress factors, limited supports and resources, and ineffective coping strategies intensify feelings of helplessness and hopelessness. You will learn about prevention strategies, assessment tools, intervention techniques, and crisis response.
You will learn:
• Suicide prevention strategies
• The use of risk-assessment tools
• Intervention techniques
• Crisis response roles and responsibilities
• Postvention strategies
Prerequisites: Course provides 6 contact hours for NYS Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists and Licensed Mental Health Counselors.
Course provides 6 hours of continuing education credits for NYS Licensed Clinical and Master Social Workers.
Tompkins Cortland Community College 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 Marriage and Family Therapists. # MFT-0042. Please note: Enrollment in the course(s) does not permit an unlicensed person to complete activities that are restricted to licensed professionals and the course(s) do not prepare students for the practice of therapy. Tompkins Cortland Community College 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 #0260. Please note: Enrollment in the course(s) does not permit an unlicensed person to complete activities that are restricted to licensed professionals and the course(s) do not prepare students for the practice of social work. Tompkins Cortland Community College 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-0125. Please note: Enrollment in the course(s) does not permit an unlicensed person to complete activities that are restricted to licensed professionals and the course(s) do not prepare students for the practice of mental health.
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CEMI346
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Affirmative Care with Transgender Individuals and their Families
Transgender individuals and their families have a unique dependence on mental health professionals to pursue medical and legal gender transition options. Mental health clinicians will learn critical information to begin and/or incorporate affirmative practices with transgender individuals and their families.
Presentation and discussion will include:
• Gender identity development – including coming out and coming in to a transgender identity
• Risks and resiliency factors – using information from current research and literature
• Assisting transgender clients in the readiness process for medical gender transition and composing letters of support for clients to obtain medical gender transition treatments
• Assessing family dynamics of the client to determine potential to work towards increased acceptance and support
• Working with multiple systems – including medical professionals, school settings, and employers
You will:
• Be knowledgeable about gender identity development in transgender individuals
• Understand the unique challenges faced by transgender youth, adults, and their families
• Be able to conduct readiness process for gender transition and compose letters of support
• Provide affirmative mental health care for transgender individuals and their families
Prerequisites: Course provides 6 contact hours for NYS Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists and Licensed Mental Health Counselors.
Course provides 6 hours of continuing education credits for NYS Licensed Clinical and Master Social Workers.
Tompkins Cortland Community College 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 Marriage and Family Therapists. # MFT-0042. Please note: Enrollment in the course(s) does not permit an unlicensed person to complete activities that are restricted to licensed professionals and the course(s) do not prepare students for the practice of therapy. Tompkins Cortland Community College 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 #0260. Please note: Enrollment in the course(s) does not permit an unlicensed person to complete activities that are restricted to licensed professionals and the course(s) do not prepare students for the practice of social work. Tompkins Cortland Community College 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-0125. Please note: Enrollment in the course(s) does not permit an unlicensed person to complete activities that are restricted to licensed professionals and the course(s) do not prepare students for the practice of mental health.
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CEMI347
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Child Sexual Abuse, Complex Trauma and Long-term Effects
Childhood sexual abuse not identified until adulthood will often have a life-long impact on the survivor. A child who is sexually abused is more likely to experience Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), complex trauma, depression, substance abuse, relationship problems, and chronic health issues in adulthood. We often work with survivors of child sexual abuse unknowingly, as they may not be able to tell us what happened. This workshop will focus on the long-term impact of the abuse, understanding how complex trauma presents differently single incident PTSD, assessment, and treatment implications. Prevention, intervention, breaking multi-generational cycles of abuse, and healing will be addressed.
You will:
• Understand the prevalence of child sexual abuse
• Identify the myths and facts about child sexual abuse
• Learn the long-term impact of unidentified abuse
• Discover reasons why clients are unable to disclose abuse
• Know how to assess abuse
• Be introduced to the Adverse Childhood Experience Questionnaire and study
• Learn the definition of complex trauma and treatment implications
• Know how to handle disclosures of abuse
• Know how to engage complex trauma survivors
Prerequisites: Course provides 6 contact hours for NYS Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists and Licensed Mental Health Counselors.
Course provides 6 hours of continuing education credits for NYS Licensed Clinical and Master Social Workers.
Course provides 6 contact hours for NYS Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists and Licensed Mental Health Counselors. Course provides 6 hours of continuing education credits for NYS LMSW and LCSW. Tompkins Cortland Community College 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 Marriage and Family Therapists. # MFT-0042. Please note: Enrollment in the course(s) does not permit an unlicensed person to complete activities that are restricted to licensed professionals and the course(s) do not prepare students for the practice of therapy. Tompkins Cortland Community College 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 #0260. Please note: Enrollment in the course(s) does not permit an unlicensed person to complete activities that are restricted to licensed professionals and the course(s) do not prepare students for the practice of social work. Tompkins Cortland Community College 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-0125. Please note: Enrollment in the course(s) does not permit an unlicensed person to complete activities that are restricted to licensed professionals and the course(s) do not prepare students for the practice of mental health.
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CEMI348
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Trauma Informed Care: A Client Centered Approach
You will learn how to assess trauma and establish trust and safety, while learning about the stages of healing and current trauma treatments and interventions. A special emphasis will be placed on understanding complex trauma, which is the exposure to multiple traumatic events occurring in childhood and adolescence. The results include a damaged sense of self, inability to trust others or environment and significant brain changes. Complex trauma is often mistaken for personality disorders, resistance and non-compliance, which impacts treatment success.
You will:
• Learn the definition of trauma-informed care
• Understand the principles of trauma-informed care
• Be able to define complex trauma
• Understand the difference between complex trauma and PTSD
• Be introduced to the Adverse Childhood Experience Questionnaire and study
• Differentiate complex trauma from personality disorders
• Understand how trauma changes the brain
• Learn to engage complex trauma survivors
• Establish trust and safety with clients
• Be able to work with people during all stages of healing
Prerequisites: Course provides 6 contact hours for NYS Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists and Licensed Mental Health Counselors.
Course provides 6 hours of continuing education credits for NYS Licensed Clinical and Master Social Workers.
Tompkins Cortland Community College 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 Marriage and Family Therapists. # MFT-0042. Please note: Enrollment in the course(s) does not permit an unlicensed person to complete activities that are restricted to licensed professionals and the course(s) do not prepare students for the practice of therapy. Tompkins Cortland Community College 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 #0260. Please note: Enrollment in the course(s) does not permit an unlicensed person to complete activities that are restricted to licensed professionals and the course(s) do not prepare students for the practice of social work. Tompkins Cortland Community College 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-0125. Please note: Enrollment in the course(s) does not permit an unlicensed person to complete activities that are restricted to licensed professionals and the course(s) do not prepare students for the practice of mental health.
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CEPE099
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Id & Reporting of Child Abuse
New York state law mandates many licensed professionals, teachers, and school administrators to complete a two-hour course regarding the identification and reporting of child abuse and maltreatment.
You will learn:
• How to identify and report child abuse/maltreatment
• The statutory reporting requirements
This course meets the two-hour Identification and Reporting of Child Abuse training requirements for licensed professionals, teachers, school professionals, and coaches in New York State seeking certification.
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CEPE105
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Introduction to Notary Public
Prepare for the New York State Notary Public Exam
You will:
• Understand confusing laws and procedures
• Prepare to competently execute all duties
• Learn how to avoid conflict of interest, maintain professional ethics, charge proper fees, handle special situations, minimize legal liability
• Feel confident taking the exam
You’ll also have access to a webpage to post your notary-related questions after the course.
“The instructor is very effective. He created real life situations and used examples to explain everything—makes it very easy to remember and learning about this topic really fun!”
– Past participant
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CEPE353
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Schools Against Violence in Education
Introduces research-based strategies and experience for preventing and dealing with the effects of school violence at all grade levels.
This course meets the two-hour SAVE training requirements for teachers, school professionals, and coaches in New York State seeking certification.
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CEPE633
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Hidden Loss: A Therapeutic Intervention for Children with an Incarcerated Parent or Caregiver
Children with incarcerated parents, and those who care for them, face a variety of issues. Family members and children left behind when parents are sent to prison face a unique set of challenges and experiences. You will learn a therapeutic intervention model that can be used for children who have incarcerated parents or caregivers (past or present). Any individual working in the field with children (therapists, counselors, MFTs, social workers, school personnel, residential providers), especially those working in a therapeutic or clinical setting, will benefit.
You will:
• Understand the challenges and issues faced by children and families with an incarcerated parent or caregiver
• Be able to identify themes and issues that present in therapy when working with children of incarcerated caregivers and ways to address them
• Learn a model of a short-term, easy-to-implement therapeutic intervention for group or individual therapy for children with an incarcerated (or formally incarcerated) parent or caregiver
Prerequisites: Course provides 2 contact hours for NYS Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists and Licensed Mental Health Counselors. Course provides 2 hours of continuing education credits for NYS Licensed Clinical and Master Social Workers.
Tompkins Cortland Community College 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 Marriage and Family Therapists. # MFT-0042. Please note: Enrollment in the course(s) does not permit an unlicensed person to complete activities that are restricted to licensed professionals and the course(s) do not prepare students for the practice of therapy. Tompkins Cortland Community College 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 #0260. Please note: Enrollment in the course(s) does not permit an unlicensed person to complete activities that are restricted to licensed professionals and the course(s) do not prepare students for the practice of social work. Tompkins Cortland Community College 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-0125. Please note: Enrollment in the course(s) does not permit an unlicensed person to complete activities that are restricted to licensed professionals and the course(s) do not prepare students for the practice of mental health.
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