Details
Product Details
- Average Rating:
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4.7
- Faculty:
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Robert Bogenberger
- Duration:
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5 Hours 39 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
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14 Jun, 2012
- Product Code:
- POS050585
- Media Type:
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Digital Seminar
- Access:
- Never expires.
CPD
Continuing Professional Development Certificates
PsychOz Publications, in collaboration with PESI in the USA, offers quality online continuing professional development events from the leaders in the field at a standard recognized by professional associations including psychology, social work, occupational therapy, alcohol and drug professionals, counselling and psychotherapy. On completion of the training, a Professional Development Certificate is issued after the individual has answered and submitted a quiz and course evaluation. This online program is worth 5.75 hours CPD.
Faculty
MA, Ph.D.
Robert Bogenberger, MA, Ph.D. is a nationally acclaimed instructor who has trained thousands of fellow professionals in the process of DSM® diagnosis via years of APA accredited workshops presented across the country. He is a practicing psychologist with more than 20 years of clinical experience in a wide range of mental health settings …assessment and diagnosis including preschoolers and K-12 learning disordered students, emergency settings, adults with eating and substance disorders, and elderly populations. Special focus has been given to trauma, PTSD, substance abuse, children & adolescents, and end of life issues.
Robert is an experienced professional educator, published author and training consultant, currently licensed as a psychologist in California, Washington and Colorado. He is known for dynamic presentations that bring clarity and humor to even the most complex and multifaceted topics.
Additional Info
Program Information
Access for Self-Study (Non-Interactive)
Access never expires for this product.
Objectives
- Adapt treatment approaches to the changing needs of elder clients.
- Summarize a framework with the essential components of problem behavior assessment.
- Explain the differences and similarities in presentation of dementia, delirium and depression.
- Improve ability to develop rapport with anxious, frustrated, or angrily defended elder clients.
- Create transition plans for care and residential settings.
- Describe standard of care approaches and treatment plans for dementia, depression, and the most common challenging geriatric behaviors.
- Incorporate into your professional work the most common medication interventions, risk-benefit analysis and evidence based indications for usage.
- Differentiate between common dementias and age related cognitive decline.
Outline
Healthy Aging
- What is normal?
- Middle, late-life cognitive decline
Age-Related Presentations
- Biochemical, physiological changes
- Depression
- Agitation and aggressive behavior
- Decisional incapacity/competency assessment
- Anxiety
- Difficult adjustment to losses, moves, failing health and ability
- Alzheimer’s/other dementias
- Substance abuse
- Wandering
- Sleepless nights
Age and Diagnostic Evaluation
- Psychosocial assessment
- Physical factors and medication
- Differentiating dementia, depression and delirium
- Identifying sensory, cognitive, personal resilience and vulnerability
Most Frequent Psychiatric Diagnoses& Treatment
- Anxiety Disorders
- Cognitive Disorders – Mild Cognitive Impairment, Dementia, Delirium
- Mood Disorders
- Psychiatric symptoms produced by medical conditions (and medical treatments)
Risk Assessment
- Suicidality
- Elders increased vulnerability to treatment errors
- Responding to lost or disrupted social supports
Age Specific Assessment Tools
- Depression scales
- Mental status exam (MOCA, SLUMS)
- Verbal/Spatial screening tools
- Clinical functional assessment
Strategies to Develop An Effective Therapeutic Relationship
- Engaging reluctant clients, consent issues
- Multidisciplinary team approach—families, therapists, nurses
Concrete Intervention Techniques
- Behavioral issues
- Loss and complicated grief
- Stimulation based therapies for reducing, defusing agitation
- Proven cognitive approaches
Ethical Considerations:
- Confidentiality and HIPAA
- Competency – therapist and client
- Family involvement
- Right to refuse care
- End of life decision making
Target Audience
Counselors, Mental Health Professionals, Therapists, Social Workers, Psychologists, Hospice Personnel, Addiction Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists, Nurses, Chaplins/Clergy, Other Caring Professionals
Reviews
Overall:
4.7
Total Reviews: 65
