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The CADE Autism Assessment Tool

If you’re interested in a different way to assess ASD symptoms that focuses heavily on “real life” usability, this is a good course for you.

For this course, Dr. Jeremy Sharp sits down with Dr. Anna Kroncke and Dr. Marcy Willard to talk about:

  • Research on the assessment tool
  • How CADE is different than other tools out there
  • Remote assessment of ASD
  • Future directions for the software

Target audience: Psychologists, mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, addiction counselors, nurses.

This CE course is designated as intermediate.

Content Category: Testing/Assessment

Format: Asynchronous, distance learning. Non-interactive. Recorded audio with transcript.

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Interview with Anna Kroncke and Marcy Willard

This course does not offer ASWB ACE CE credit to social workers.

Conflict of interest or commercial support disclaimer: Dr. Kroncke and Dr. Willard are the lead developers of the CADE assessment tool.  

This interview was published in December 2020.

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Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Assessment

In the audio portion of this course, Dr. Jeremy Sharp speaks with Dr. Byn Harris about:

  • What is culturally and linguistically responsive assessment?
  • What are some common cultural or linguistic ethical dilemmas that psychologists might stumble into when conducting assessment?
  • Why using a nonverbal intelligence measure isn’t always the answer
  • When to use an interpreter vs. conducting a bilingual assessment?
  • Considerations of writing culturally responsive reports
  • Resources for early career and more advanced clinicians

The text-only portion of this course includes SAMHSA's TIP 59, Improving Cultural Competence. The quick guide provided will assist professional care providers and administrators in understanding the role of culture in the delivery of mental and substance use disorder services.

TIP 59:
• Defines cultural competence, presents a rationale for pursuing it, and describes the process of becoming
culturally competent and responsive to client needs.
• Addresses the development of cultural awareness.
• Describes core competencies for counselors and other clinical staff.
• Provides guidelines for culturally responsive clinical services.
• Provides organizational strategies to promote the development and implementation of culturally
responsive practices.
• Provides a general introduction to each major racial and ethnic group, providing specific cultural
knowledge related to substance use and treatment.
• Explores the concept of “drug culture” and its role in substance use disorder treatment.

Interview conducted: Early 2019

CE Content Category: Cultural Competence; Assessment and Testing

Format: Asynchronous, distance learning. Non-interactive. Recorded audio with transcript.

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Interview with Bryn Harris, PhD

Target audience: Psychologists, mental health counselors, social workers, marriage and family therapists, addiction counselors, nurses, case managers.

This CE course is designated as beginner.

There is no known conflict of interest or commercial support.

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Unconscious Bias in Assessment

For this course, Dr. Jeremy Sharp sits down with Dr. Linda McGhee to discuss unconscious bias, which includes the implicit assumptions or beliefs about clients that clinicians bring to testing. This program dovetails nicely with Cultural Competence in Assessment, published a couple of months ago, presenting the other side of the coin – examiner beliefs rather than client beliefs.

Here are just a few things covered in this information-packed discussion:

  • Examples of implicit bias in testing
  • Behavior as pathological vs symptomatic
  • How to tailor recommendations for different groups
  • The role of racial trauma in our biases

Interview conducted: November 2020

CE Content Category: Cultural Competence; Testing and Assessment

Target audience: Psychologists, mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, addiction counselors, nurses, case managers.

Format: Asynchronous, distance learning. Non-interactive. Recorded audio with transcript.

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Interview with Linda McGhee, J.D., Psy.D.

This course does not offer ASWB ACE CE credit to social workers.

This CE course is designated as beginner.

There is no known conflict of interest or commercial support.

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Clergy Evaluations

Dr. Jeremy Sharp speaks with Dr. Andres Chou about clergy evaluations in this fascinating course.

Here are a few of the specifics covered during their conversation:

  • What types of clergy evaluations can we do?
  • What does the battery look like?
  • Where do these evaluation referrals come from?
  • Challenges involved with clergy evaluations

Interview Date: 10/2020

Target audience: Psychologists, mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, addiction counselors, nurses.

Content Category: Testing/Assessment

This CE program is designated as beginner

There is no known conflict of interest or commercial support.

Format: Asynchronous, distance learning. Non-interactive. Recorded audio with transcript.

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Interview with Andres Chou, PsyD

This course does not offer ASWB ACE CE credit to social workers.

This interview was published in October of 2020.

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Using Artificial Intelligence in Suicide Risk Assessment

Suicide is a growing public health concern, not just nationally, but globally. The current process of evaluating suicide risk is highly subjective, which can limit the efficacy and accuracy of prediction efforts. Because of that,  suicide detection strategies are shifting toward artificial intelligence platforms.  These platforms can identify patterns within ‘big data’ to generate risk algorithms that can determine the effects of risk (and protective) factors on suicide outcomes, predict suicide outbreaks and identify at-risk individuals or populations.

In this interview, Dr. Sharp speaks with Dr. April Foreman and Dr. Tony Wood about the role of artificial intelligence in optimizing suicide risk prediction and behavior management. The two of them have an infectious energy and a clear passion for this incredibly important topic, and both of these qualities are on full display during this episode. Here are just a few of the things that are discussed:

  • Artificial intelligence in this context of suicide research
  • The true impact of risk factors in suicide assessment
  • Ethics of AI research
  • Things that can be done in clinical practice to help manage patients who may be at risk for suicide

This interview was published in 11/2020

Content Category: Assessment/Testing/Suicide

Format: Asynchronous, distance learning. Non-interactive. Recorded audio with transcript.

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Interview with April Foreman, PhD and Tony Wood

Target audience: Psychologists, mental health counselors, social workers, marriage and family therapists,  addiction counselors, nurses

This CE program is designated as beginner

Conflict of interest or commercial support disclaimer:  Dr. Tony Wood is the COO of Qntfy and the founder of #SPSM.  

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Remote Administration of the MMPI-3

In this interview, Dr. Dave Corey talks with Jeremy Sharp about a wide range of topics related to remote test administration in general, but also more specifically, with the newly released MMPI-3.

Here are a few things covered in this conversation:

  • The 'pause points' of administering the MMPI-3 remotely
  • The one thing you absolutely do NOT want to do when administering remote assessments
  • The core elements that protect the interpretability of a test
  • Guideline 7 from the APA's Guidelines for the Practice of Telepsychology
  • Admissibility of remote administrations in forensic applications

This interview was published in 10/2020

Content Category: Assessment/Testing

Format: Asynchronous, distance learning. Non-interactive. Recorded audio with transcript.

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Interview with David Corey, PhD, ABPP

Target audience: Psychologists, mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists,  addiction counselors, nurses.

This course does not offer ASWB ACE CE credit to social workers.

This CE program is designated as intermediate.

Conflict of interest or commercial support disclaimer: Dr. Dave Corey is a pioneering MMPI researcher and clinician.  

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Differentiating Adolescent Psychosis

In this interview-based course, Dr. Jeremy Sharp speaks with Dr. Stephanie Nelson about differentiating adolescent-onset psychosis.  Stephanie has a wonderful balance of clinical acumen, knowledge of the research, and humility that is on full display during this lively conversation.

The following topics are covered in their discussion:

  • The role of viral infection and birth date in risk for psychosis
  • Relationship between trauma and auditory hallucinations
  • Relationship between medical issues and psychosis
  • Typical “causes” of psychosis – acute vs. episodic
  • A battery for assessing psychosis
  • Delivering feedback for a psychosis diagnosis

Target audience: Psychologists, mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists,  addiction counselors, nurses.

This course does not offer ASWB ACE CE credit to social workers.

This CE program is designated as intermediate.

CE Content Category: Clinical; Testing; Assessment

Format: Asynchronous, distance learning. Non-interactive. Recorded audio with transcript.

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Interview with Stephanie Nelson

There is no known conflict of interest or commercial support.

This interview was published in October 2020.

 

 

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Child Custody Evaluations

This course features Dr. Jeremy Sharp, PhD. speaking with Dr. Chris Mulchay all about child custody evaluations. Here are a few things that are covered in the conversation:

  • Definitions and types of custody evaluations
  • The importance of being a neutral observer when working a child custody case
  • What should be investigated in a child custody evaluation
  • What you will need before beginning work with child custody evaluations
  • Essential guidelines and training for those interested in doing child custody evaluations

Interview conducted: August 2020

CE Content Category: Clinical; Testing

Format: Asynchronous, distance learning. Non-interactive. Recorded audio with transcript.

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Interview with Chris Mulchay, PhD

Target audience: Psychologists, mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, addiction counselors, nurses, case managers.

This CE course is designated as beginner.

There is no known conflict of interest or commercial support.

Do you have questions about this course? Please Contact Us and we'll be happy to help.