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Evaluating Adults’ Mental Health Needs: An Essential Feature Of OT Practice

Course: #6386Level: Intermediate 2 Hours 1432 Reviews
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Screening and evaluating clients’ emotional, cognitive, and social performance is an essential skill set for occupational therapy practitioners working with adults across various practice settings. This course provides evidence-based, clinically useful tools and methods for assessing adult clients’ emotional, cognitive, and social abilities to design effective intervention plans, interact therapeutically, and make reasoned referrals.

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Course Type: Video, Audio, Text

CEUs/Hours Offered: AOTA/0.2 Intermediate, OT Service Delivery, 09764; CE Broker/2.0 CE Broker #20-1248478; IACET/0.2; NBCOT PDUs/2.5 Intermediate, Mental Health

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Learning Outcomes

  • checkmarkAfter this course, participants will be able to identify three reasons that the screening and evaluation of adult clients’ mental health needs is an essential and appropriate function for OT practitioners in any setting.
  • checkmarkAfter this course, participants will be able to recognize key differences between screening and evaluation and be prepared to utilize appropriate evidence-based assessment tools and methods for each.
  • checkmarkAfter this course, participants will be able to compare/contrast various tools and methods for determining a client’s emotional, cognitive, and social needs as they affect occupational performance and life roles.

Course created on September 12, 2024

Agenda

0-5 Minutes Introduction
5-15 Minutes Situational Emotional Distress; Co-occurring Mental Disorders
15-20 Minutes Reflection
20-35 Minutes Therapeutic use of self
35-60 Minutes Published/formal screeners
60-80 Minutes When the Screening is Positive
80-110 Minutes Therapeutic Evaluation
110-120 Minutes Summary; Q&A

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Presenter Disclosure: Financial: Debora Davidson has received an honorarium for presenting this course. Non-financial: Debora Davidson has no relevant non-financial relationships to disclose.

Sponsor Disclosure: This Course is presented by OccupationalTherapy.com, a Continued site.

Content Disclosure: This learning event does not focus exclusively on any specific product or service.

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American Occupational Therapy Association

American Occupational Therapy Association

OccupationalTherapy.com is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development, #7659. Course approval ID# 09764. This distance learning - independent course is offered at 0.2 CEUs/contact hours (Intermediate level, OT Service Delivery Area). The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.


CE Broker

CE Broker

OccupationalTherapy.com is an approved provider for CE Broker, provider #50-14558. This course is offered for 2.0 hours. If you are an OT/OTA in Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina or Tennessee, CE Broker may be of interest to you.


International Association for Continuing Education and Training

International Association for Continuing Education and Training

continued, LLC, DBA OccupationalTherapy.com, is accredited by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET). continued complies with the ANSI/IACET Standard, which is recognized internationally as a standard of excellence in instructional practices. As a result of this accreditation, continued is authorized to issue the IACET CEU. continued, LLC, is authorized by IACET to offer 0.2 CEUs for this program.


National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy

National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy

OccupationalTherapy.com is a NBCOT® Professional Development Provider. This course is offered for 2.5 NBCOT PDUs (Intermediate level, Mental Health Area). NBCOT® is a registered trademark of The National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, Inc.


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