MDCH - Continuing Education Requirements and Approved Programs

Continuing Education Requirements and Approved Programs

All staff of the Department, a community mental health services program, or a licensed private hospital, employed for the purpose of providing recipient rights services shall attend and successfully complete the Basic Skills curriculum as determined by the State Office of Recipient Rights, within the first 90 days of employment. Within the first three months of employment, the Rights Officer/Advisor and any alternate(s) shall attend and successfully complete the Basic Skills Training Program offered by the Department's Office of Recipient Rights.

The Community Mental Health Service Program (CMHSP) shall assure that:

Within one (1) year of the effective date of employment, Executive Directors hired by a CMHSP shall be required to attend those sections of the Basic Skills Training Program designated by the Department.
In addition, every three (3) years during their employment, all CMHSP Rights Staff must complete a Recipient Rights Update Training as specified by the Department.

The Community Mental Health Services Program shall also assure that all contractual agreements with service providers who: (1) are required by the Mental Health Code to implement their right system or, (2) through contractual agreement are required to implement their own rights system, include language which requires staff appointed as Rights Officers/Advisors (and those identified as their alternates) to attend and successfully complete the Basic Skills Training Program offered by the Department's Office of Recipient Rights.

A minumum of 36 clock hours of education or training shall be required over a three (3) year period subsequent to the completion of the Basic Skills requirements, and in every three (3) year period thereafter.

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Click this link for the Recipient Rights CEU Course Application (word format)

Click this link for Recipient Rights CEU Course Application Fill In document (word format)

2013 Approved Programs

Course	Date	Name of Course	Source	CEU'S	Category
13-002	10/31/12	Excell 2010 Level 2 Training	New Horizons - Great Lakes	6.0	IV
13-003	11/02/12	Mental Health 101	Joseph Gage	2.5	I
13-004	11/02/12	Responding to Subpoenas	Dianne L. Baker, J.D.	1.75	II
13-005	01/24/13	Communication Skills for Women	Career Track	7.0	IV
13-007	01/16/13	Risk vs Choice Concepts	Online: John Mathus	0.5	IV
13-008	01/25/13	Confidentiality in 42RF2 & HIPPA	Online-MI-PTE	6.0	I
13-009	01/25/13	Recipient Rights Training	Online-MI-PTE	6.0	IV
13-010	02/01/13	Interviewing from a Mental Health Perspective	Mary DeCarolis, LMSW	2.0	I
13-011	02/01/13	Reviewing the Involuntary Admission Process	Jessica Hanselman Beverly Sobolewski	1.5	I
13-013	05/10/13	Intergrating Mental Health, Substance Abuse and Physical Health Care	Thomas Renwick, J.D.	2.5	II
13-014	05/10/13	When Retaliation/Harassment Occurs	Dianne L. Baker, J.D.	1.5	I
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2012 Approved Programs

Course	Date	Name of Course	Source	CEU'S	Category
12-001	01/27/12	Fundamentals in Ethics for the Behavioral Health Professionals	Michelle Mualem, LMSW	5.0	IV
12-002	02/07/12	Stigma: Utilizing the New Anti-Stigma Toolkit	Colleen Jasper	1.5	IV
12-003	ongoing	Primary Clinician Training 2011	GCCMH Intranet	2.0	IV
12-004	03/13/12	Social Work Ethics & Boundaries	Jean Pfaendtner, LMSW	5.0	IV
12-005	04/04/12	Geriatric Ground Rounds: Psychosis in Late Life	Suanne Keller, Ph.D.	1.0	IV
12-006	05/04/12	Partnering with Patients for Safety	Sue Witting	2.25	I
12-007	05/04/12	Technical Requirement for Behavior Treatment Plan Review Committees Revision FY 12 Guide to Prevention	Price Pullins	1.75	I
12-008	07/16/12	ATO's, Jail Diversion and Mental Health Court	Steven Mays	.75	III
12-009	07/19/12	Self-Determination	Lori Owen	1.5	III
12-010	08/15/12 08/17/12	Making Recovery Real	NorthCare and MDCH Terrance Smithers	3.0	III
12-011	08/02/12 08/03/12	Abuse, Neglect and Financial Exploitation	RROAM Ron Tatro	7.5	I
12-012	08/29/12	Seeking Safety Training	Brenda Underhill, MS	5.0	IV
12-013	08/09/12	Improving Care of the Difficult Patient	Jeffrey Porter, Ph.D.	1.0	IV

2011 Approved Programs

Course	Date	Name of Course	Source	CEU'S	Category
11-001	10/07/10	Understanding Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder	Online	1.5	IV
11-002	Ongoing	Helping Family & Young Adults Protect Their Rights	F2FHIEC	5.0	I & III
11-003	02/02/11	Biting the Hand that Feeds: The Employee Theft Epidemic	RROAM	2.5	I
11-004	05/06/11	A Culture of Gentleness	RROAM	3.0	I
11-005	02/28/11	Functional Assessments for Persons with Serious Mental Illness	Webinar	1.5	IV
11-007	04/14/11	Creating a Culture of Trauma-Informed Person Centered Planning	Sharon Patton	1.0	IV
11-008	08/04/11	Recipient Rights Procedures in Substance Abuse Programs	Shane Ray, LMSW Justin Peer, Ph.D. Denice C. Virgo, LMSW	5.0	IV
11-009	08/05/11	Education Rights for Students with Disabilities	Crystal Grant, JD, MSW	1.5	IV
11-010	06/27/11	Understand Trauma and its Impact on our Communities	Raul Almazar, RN, MA	6.0	IV
11-011	09/22/11	Dialogue as a Vehicle for Social Justice	Anne Smiley	1.5	IV
11-013	11/04/11	An Introduction to Motivation Interviewing	Ron Skidmore, M.A.	4.0	I