Alternative Learning COURSE LISTINGs

Alternative Learning Course listings include courses that are Online, On Demand, Teleconference, Recorded Webinar, Hybrid Complete, Self Paced, or Home Study. To search Alternative Learning Course listings, use the Search by CE Type (Standard, Pain, Ethics), Search By Course Type (On Demand, Self Paced, Online, etc) or use the search box below.

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Women's Health: Depression

Date Available: NOW

Course Type: Home Study

This course begins by examining the signs, symptoms, duration, and treatment methods associated with depressions that most affect women, such as Major Depression, Dysthymia, Bipolar Depression, and Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD). Participants will gain an understanding of how genetics, hormones, interpersonal relationships (family history and/or physical and psychological abuse), physical abilities, and biochemistry influence the existence and/or persistence of depression.

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Women's Health: Chronic Pain

Date Available: NOW

Course Type: Home Study

This course covers the most recent findings on a number of the most common conditions that underlie chronic pain in women, including: back pain, breast pain, Firbromyalgia, lupus, arthritis, scleroderma, trigeminal neuralgia, pelvic pain, central pain syndrome, peripheral neuropathy, and others.

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Vitamins, Minerals, & Supplements

Course Type: Home Study

Date Available: NOW

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Understanding Anger

Date Available: NOW

Course Type: Home Study

This independent study health update reviews the sources of anger, types of anger, neurophysiology of anger and other important dimensions of anger including the anger cycle, the anger habit, and factors that influence the expression of anger.

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Types of Pain & Pain Pathways

Date Available: NOW

Course Type: Home Study

The Types of Pain & Pain Pathways home study course is written by qualified and experienced professionals to facilitate an easy and effective understanding of pain and its salient characteristics including how to differentiate between acute and chronic pain, how pain is transmitted and how it is expressed differently between males and females.

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Types of Pain & Pain Pathways

Date Available: NOW

Course Type: Home Study

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The Healing Power of Sleep

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Course Type: Home Study

This course is designed to shed light on the clinical consequences and correlations of insomnia and various sleep disorders. Home Study

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Stop Losing Sleep

Date Available: NOW

Course Type: Home Study

This course explores the issues of diagnosis, differential diagnosis and management of sleep and related disorders, namely restless leg syndrome and periodic limb movement disorder and other conditions that may contribute to or intensify sleep disorders.

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Stimulants: Caffeine, Amphetamines, & Appetite Suppressants

Date Available: NOW

Course Type: Home Study

This course discusses psychotimulants, their desired effects and adverse effects if abused, as well as the proper management of people with addictions. The pHysiological, pharmacological, and psychoneurological properties of stimulants are also explored, including the mechanisms involved in their addictive properties.

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Poles Apart: Unipolar vs. Biplar Depression

Date Available: NOW

Course Type: Home Study

Overall, this home study course gives a thorough review of the latest theories and research concerning unipolar disorder and bipolar disorder and their effects on health. This is essential for clinicians to effectively communicate and collaborate with other health care professionals.

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Traumatic Brain Injury and Substance Use

Date Available: NOW

Course Type: Online, Self Paced

This training course features information related to the complex topic of alcohol and other drug use after brain injury.

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Traumatic Brain Injury & Public Services in Michigan

Date Available: NOW

Course Type: Online, Self Paced

The objectives of the course are to ensure service providers understand the range of outcomes of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and the implications for assessment and care-planning, and to improve the ability of service providers to identify and deliver appropriate services for persons with TBI - including coordination across service agencies when appropriate.

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Supporting Families After Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Infant Death

Date Available: NOW

Course Type: Online, Self Paced

The purpose of this course is to prepare professionals to appropriately provide grief support services to families who have experienced miscarriage, stillbirth, and infant death.

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Smoke Free Baby & Me

Date Available: NOW

Course Type: Online, Self Paced

The goal of this course is to provide individuals caring for pregnant women with counseling strategies and interventions for smoking cessation. The course is especially important for agencies and health care providers who care for Michigan's pregnant population.

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Safe Sleep Independent Study

Date Available: NOW

Course Type: Online Training, Self Paced

The goal of this online course is to provide individuals caring for pregnant women and infants the counseling strategies and interventions to promote a consistent safe sleep environment. The course is especially important for agencies and health care providers who care for Michigan's Medicaid population.

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Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury

Date Available: NOW

Course Type: Online, Self Paced

This pediatric traumatic brain injury training is split into four modules: module one presents an overview of pediatric traumatic brain injury, addresses the incidence and prevalence of pediatric TBI, the nature of injury and some key predictors of outcome; module two discusses specific cognitive effects of pediatric traumatic brain injury, some of the effects on academic skills, school progress, and children's needs; Module three covers the psychological and psychiatric consequences and needs and module four focuses on how a brain injury can affect other family member and discusses social consequences, and peer relations of the brain injured person.

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On Loss & Grief

Date Available: NOW

Course Type: Home Study

This home study course is designed to provide an in-depth examination of the complex experience of loss and grief in order to assist the clinician with understanding both the process, and the reactions that may be involved.

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Non-Violent Self-Defense: Physical Crisis Intervention

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Course Type:
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Dealing with anger, aggression, and emotional crisis in the workplace is one of the most difficult tasks healthcare professionals may encounter. This DVD explains the various clinical aspects of physical crisis intervention pertaining to nonviolent self-defense and behavioral management.

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Neck and Shoulder Pain

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Course Type:
Home Study

Home Study-This course will give social workers an understanding of the anatomy and function of the neck and shoulder joint, which will help them identify the variou neck and shoulder disorders.

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MiAPP Resilience & Positive Development

Date Available:
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Course Type: Online, Self Paced

The purpose of the course is to provide foundational information on the topic of adolescent resilience and positive youth development to support case managers and health provider's work with adolescents.

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