Suicide and Veterans: What Social Workers Can Do to Help

Hours: 1.00
Course Number: 1530
Course Date: 07/19/2023

Suicide and Veterans: What Social Workers Can Do to Help is a 1-hour continuing education course for social workers. It describes some common mental health issues and risk factors experienced by veterans. The course also describes how social workers help meet the needs of the veteran, their family, and caregivers. It also reviews evidence-based practices in post-traumatic stress disorder, major depression and alcohol use disorder that may reduce or prevent suicide in veterans.

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Learning Objectives

1. Describe common mental health issues and risk factors experienced by veterans 2. Describe how social workers help meet the needs of the veteran, their family and caregivers 3. Review evidence-based practices in post-traumatic stress disorder, major depression and alcohol use disorder that may reduce or prevent suicide in veterans

Course Outline

Instructor: Dr. James Collins, PhD

Jim Collins, PhD, Gerontologist, has provided training, education and consultation to the senior care industry for over 30 years and has experience in skilled nursing, assisted living, home health and has been Executive Director for a hospice agency. He also has decades of experience in geropsychiatry, aging and mental health and neurodevelopmental disorders. He has written two books and is a speaker, including KeyNote for health care and assisted living association conferences around the country.

Target Audience

Beginner Level Social Worker in Senior Care

Course Delivery Method and Format

Asynchronous recorded video-based activity.

Criteria for Successful Completion

To receive continuing education credit for this program, you must complete the entire course, including registration, viewing the video program, taking the post-test and obtaining a score of at least 70% or better, and completing the program evaluation. If you do not score a 70% or better, you may take the exam again as many times as necessary to receive a passing score. When a score of 70% or better is achieved, you will be able to move forward to the evaluation and receive your certificate online.

Certifications

Social Workers


1.00 HOURS
Collins Learning, #1781, 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. Collins Learning maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 01/27/2022 – 01/27/2026. Social workers completing this course receive one (1) continuing education credits.
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