Evaluating Adults’ Mental Health Needs: An Essential Feature Of OT Practice
Course: #6386Level: Intermediate 2 Hours 2108 Reviews
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.
On Demand
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
Course Preview
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Learning Outcomes
- After 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.
- After 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.
- After 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 |
Reviews
2108 ReviewsPresented By
Debora Davidson
PhD, OTR/L
Dr. Davidson has practiced mental health and psychosocial occupational therapy since 1979, providing OT to individuals aged 5 to 65 years in acute care psychiatry, outpatient psychiatry, community mental health, therapeutic schools, and clients’ homes and communities. She has taught OT in Mental Health to hundreds of graduate OT students and consults with OT practitioners who are developing independent practices. She has published in OT textbooks and professional journals and presented at international, national, and state conferences on topics in mental health OT.
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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
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
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
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.