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Assessment and Diagnosis Catalog

[Note: The 'number' in the course designation - e.g., 4G, 3C or 4D - denotes the number of credit hours awarded for the course.]

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These courses address various aspects of assessment, diagnosis, and treatment issues - including the documentation of these things in the client's treatment record. 

We take a look at multiple populations, with a different slant for each.  In all of these courses, we address the clinical necessity and the professional ethics of assessing a client in a manner which allows good differential diagnosis, and the necessity of accurately documenting and addressing ALL diagnoses which are clinically evident from a clinical and historical basis.  We pay particular attention to assessment and documentation of dual diagnoses when they are evident, i.e., both a mental health diagnosis and an AOD-SA-CD diagnosis.

  • Assessment of children and adolescents.  Assessment Course 3C addresses serious assessment ERRORS to avoid, which can result in LEGAL complications and PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY issues, as well as the implications of erroneous or ignored DIAGNOSIS.  Although the course focuses upon Assessment and Diagnosis of minors, much of the material can be applied to adults (particularly the Crisis Assessment section).  For both AOD and Mental Health providers.

  • Assessment and treatment of geriatric/aging individuals.  Is there a difference between dementia and non-Alzheimer's cognitive confusion?  Yes.  And if it's non-Alzheimer's cognitive impairment, how do you treat it?  We demonstrate, with actual sample cases, HOW to assess the treatment priorities, when you have both cognitive confusion AND serious behavioral issues.  Watch a DEMO of our Aging Course 4G.

  • The ethics of assessment, diagnosis, and documentation with clients who have serious mental health and/or addiction issues, when insurance or other managed care contracts are paying the bill.  This course approaches assessment, diagnosis, and documentation from a professional ethics perspective.  How specific must we be in the client's clinical record, regarding the multiple aspects of assessment - i.e., definitive diagnosis, prognosis, and the response to treatment? Watch a DEMO of Ethics Courses 3D and 4D. 

 

   Course 3C - Beyond the Yellow Legal Pad! Child/Adol Mental Health and Substance Abuse Assessment
   Aging Course 4G - Treatment of Cognitive and Behavioral Functioning for Aging Adults
   Ethics 4D - The Ethics of Treatment Documentation and Other Ethical Dilemmas When Insurance Is Paying The Bill
   Ethics 3D - The Ethics of Treatment Documentation When Insurance Is Paying The Bill
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