Behavioral Health Services and the LGBTQ+ Community
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American Psychological Association
Relias, LLC is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Relias, LLC maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
California Board of Registered Nursing
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, CEP# 13791
Nurses will receive 1.00 contact hours for participating in this course.
District of Columbia Board of Nursing
DC-RN -- District of Columbia Board of Nursing Approved Continuing Education program (CE Provider #50-290).
Nurses will receive 1.00 contact hours for participating in this course.
Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling
Provider #50-290 This activity is approved for 1.00 contact hours.
Illinois Professional Counselor/Clinical Counselor
This activity is approved for 1.00 contact hours.
National Board for Certified Counselors
Relias, LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No.6110. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Relias , LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. This activity is approved for 1.00 contact hours
Ohio Marriage and Family Therapist Board
CE Provider #RTX050401 for Marriage and Family Therapists:State of Ohio Counselor , Social Worker, and Marriage and Family Therapist Board.
CEBroker Provider 50- 290.
Ohio Professional Counselor Board
Provider # RCX100502 290
This activity is approved for 1.00 contact hours.
Texas State Board of Professional Counselors
This activity is approved for 1.00 contact hours.
Florida Board of Nursing
Florida Board of Nursing CE Provider #: 50-290
Nurses will receive 1.00 contact hours for participating in this course.
Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists
This activity is approved for 1.00 contact hours.
American Nurses Credentialing Center
Relias, LLC is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Nurses will receive 1.00 contact hours for participating in this course.
Association of Social Work Boards
Relias, LLC, #1273, 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. Relias LLC maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 02/10/2018-02/10/2021.
Course Delivery Format: Asynchronous Distance Learning-interaction includes quizzes with questions and answers, post-tests. This module is Reading-Based.
Social workers completing this course receive 1.00 Clinical continuing education clock hours.
New York State Education Department, Office of the Professions, Division of Professional Licensing Services, Social Work Unit
Relias, LLC 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-0009.
Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of licensed master social work and licensed clinical social work in New York. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice for an LMSW and LCSW. A licensee who practices beyond the authorized scope of practice could be charged with unprofessional conduct under the Education Law and Regents Rules.
As a provider of online, asynchronous education, some courses offered by Relias Learning are considered “self-study” under section 74.10(c)(2)(ii)(b)(4) of the Commissioner’s Regulations. The regulations limit self-study activities taken from a provider approved by the Education Department to no more than 12 hours in the 36-month registration period or one-third of the hours in a registration period other than 36 months.
Social workers will receive 1.00 continuing education hours for participating in this course. This activity is approved for 1.00 contact hours.
Florida Board of Psychology
Georgia Board of Nursing
Georgia Board of Nursing CE Provider #: 50-290
Nurses will receive 1.00 contact hours for participating in this course.
Illinois, Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Marriage and Family Therapist Continuing Education Sponsor
This activity is approved for 1.00 contact hours.
New York State Education Department, Office of the Professions, State Board for Mental Health Practitioners, Mental Health Counselors (MHC)
Relias, LLC, is recognized by 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-0011
As a provider of online, asynchronous education, some courses offered by Relias, LLC are considered "self-study". The regulations limit self-study activities taken from a provider approved by the Education Department to no more than 12 hours in the 36-month registration period or one-third of the hours in a registration period other than 36 months.
This activity is approved for 1.00 contact hours.
New York State Education Department, Office of the Professions, State Board for Mental Health Practitioners, Marriage and Family Therapists (MFT)
Relias, LLC, is recognized by 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-0009
As a provider of online, asynchronous education, some courses offered by Relias are considered "self-study". The regulations limit self-study activities taken from a provider approved by the Education Department to no more than 12 hours in the 36-month registration period or one-third of the hours in a registration period other than 36 months.
This activity is approved for 1.00 contact hours.
South Carolina Board of Nursing
This program was approved by the South Carolina Board of Nursing Approved Continuing Education Program (CE provider #50-290) CE Broker Course # 20-[Custom_Code]
Louisiana Addictive Disorder Regulatory Authority
This activity is approved for 1.00 contact hours.
Michigan Certification Board for Addiction Professionals
Education hours MCBAP-R
This activity is approved for 1.00 contact hours.
Breining Institute for Registered Addiction Specialists
This activity is approved for 1.00 contact hours.
Ohio Chemical Dependency Professionals Board
This activity is approved for 1.00 contact hours. Content Area: R1/Prevention
California Consortium of Addiction Programs and Professionals
Provider approved by CCAPP, Provider number 1S-06-729-0220 for 1.00 CEH's
Missouri Credentialing Board
This activity is approved for 1.00 contact hours.
West Virginia Board of Registered Nursing
NAADAC, The Association for Addiction Professionals
This course has been approved by Relias LLC, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for 1.00 CE. NAADAC Provider #86124, Relias, LLC is responsible for all
aspects of their programming.
Pennsylvania Certification Board
PCB Approved Education
This activity is approved for 1.00 contact hours.
California Association of Alcohol and Drug Educators
Relias Learning is an approved provider of Continuing Education. Provider number: CP40 910 H 0318 for 1.00 CEHs.
Oklahoma Board of Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselors
Alcohol & Drug Abuse Certification Board of Georgia
This activity is approved for 1.00 contact hours.
National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals
This activity is approved for 1.00 contact hours.
Connecticut Certification Board
This activity is approved for 1.00 contact hours.
Course Details
Summarize the concerns of the LGBTQ+ community-at-large regarding behavioral health needs and services.
Be able to identify specific roadblocks to care, including care for medical and integrated services.
Describe outreach efforts and interventions that can assist LGBTQ+ community members to obtain effective healthcare and meet behavioral health needs.
Outline:
Behavioral Health Services and the LGBTQ+ Community
Section 1: Introduction
About This Course
Learning Objectives
Section 2: Key Terms and Inclusive Language
Rory’s First and Last Meeting with Maxine
Understanding Terms Related to Gender and Sexuality
Central Concepts Related to Gender and Sexuality
Quick Check
Intersex Condition or Differences of Sex Development
What is Inclusive Language?
Review
Summary
Section 3: The LGBTQ+ Community and Behavioral Health Needs
An Overview of Behavioral Health Needs in the LGBTQ+ Community
The Impact of Oppression and Discrimination
Suicidality
Substance Abuse among LGBTQ+ People
The Importance of Trauma-Informed Care
Violence Toward LGBTQ+ Individuals
The Impact of Microaggressions
Review
Summary
Section 4: Overcoming Roadblocks to Affirming Care
Mistreatment and Discrimination within Healthcare
Training Deficits
Concerns of the LGBTQ+ Community
The Need for Integrated Care
Identifying and Addressing Internalized Messages and Implicit Bias
Legal Discrimination and Access to Healthcare
Review
Summary
Section 5: Meeting the Behavioral Health Needs of the LGBTQ+ Community
Supportive and Affirmative Approaches
Ensure Compliance with National Guidelines
Assess Whether Your Practice is an Affirming Environment
Outreach Programs and Public Health Campaigns
Facilitating Referrals
Honoring non-Western Healing Methods
Importance of Peer Support and Group Facilitators Who Share Identities
Review
Summary
Section 6: Conclusion
Summary
Course Contributor
Resources
References
Congratulations!
Tavi Hawn, LCSW trained in both macro and micro social work at the University of Washington in Seattle. After working on the West Coast with houseless youth, children who'd experienced severe abuse or neglect, and adults in residential substance abuse treatment, they returned home to North Carolina and worked with youth in the juvenile justice system. They then started a private therapy practice, primarily seeing transgender and gender non-conforming people of all ages. They co-founded a nonprofit summer camp for queer and trans youth and youth from LGBTQ+ families, and also formed an LGBTQ+ Wellness Center Collaborative providing a variety of healing modalities and community events. Tavi is a queer, two spirit, multi-racial, native person who currently provides consultation and training for organizations and individuals seeking to become more trans-affirming, in addition to facilitating a two spirit wellness circle through a local urban Indian center, and maintaining a small private therapy practice in Maryland. They continue to seek ways to use their privileges to increase access for trans, two spirit, gender non-conforming people in the fields of social work and mental health as practitioners, instructors, and recipients of services. Disclosure: Tavi Hawn, LCSW-C discloses the following potential conflict of interests/commercial interests: Relevant Financial Relationship with Jessica Kingsley Publishing as Royalties Relevant Financial Relationship with Maryland Addiction Recovery Center as Consultant
The target audience for this course is: entry and intermediate level Social Workers; entry level Alcohol and Drug Counselors; entry level Professional Counselors; entry level Psychologists; Nurses; in the following settings: Health and Human Services.
Asynchronous/Online Distance Learning; please see certificate details for specifics on delivery format.
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To earn continuing education credit for this course you must achieve a passing score of 80% on the post-test and complete the course evaluation.
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