Self-Paced Caseload Management & Ethical Practice: Caseload Formulation, Challenges, Successes, Measuring Progress, Transitioning Clients, Confidentiality, Crisis Planning & Related Best Practice Information

This self-paced course awards 3 CEUs

This offering is part of a series on clinical practice for social work and other counseling professionals. Courses can all be taken individually as well. This presentation offers information and resources on assessment of symptoms and behavior for diagnosis using the DSM V and understanding\use of the Mental Status Exam (MSE). This offering also provides other helpful and practical knowledge on diagnostic care principals. This self-paced course is beneficial for those new to clinical work and for more established counseling professionals seeking additional resources for assessment and practice skills.

Upon concluding this course, fully engaged participants will be able to:

• Identify and understand the key elements of caseload management.
• Recognize and comprehend common challenges in clinical practice such as Finding Work/Life Balance, individual Resistance and Lack of Engagement, Vicarious Trauma & Secondary Traumatic Stress and learn about strategies and resources to provide support.
• Identify and implement objective and subjective measurement tools to gauge client progress.
• Learn and initiate the 8 Principals for Individual-Centered Care.
• Recognize and address in their practice information on transitioning clients to higher levels of care, crisis management interventions, addressing issues related to confidentiality and related ethical practice.

Harry Livesay, LCSW-S, has been a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW-S) with over 25 years of counseling experience. He holds a Master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Houston- Graduate College of Social Work. He has spent most of his career working in public and non-profit, community-based behavioral health care settings providing counseling, support and empowerment for underserved communities in Texas.