Self-Care for Clinical Practitioners During Community-Level

Self-Care for Clinical Practitioners During Community-Level Crises
(3 CEUs)

Instructors: Dr. Stan Taubman, LCSW, PhD and Lora Pierce, BSW, MS

This course was developed to support licensed behavioral health practitioners as they professionally respond to nationwide and local community crises.

Format: Mixed-media 1 — Read online content that incorporates case vignettes, reader exercises, and web-based video clips.

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Course Agenda

1. Instructions
1. Pretest Instructions
2. Pretest
1. Course Overview
1. Print Posttest Study Guide
2. The Importance of Self-Care for Practitioners
3. Required Video: The Missing Ingredient in Self-Care (11:19 minutes)
1. The Importance of Testing During a Public Health Crisis
2. Stressors Related to Short-Term Shelter-in-Place Orders
3. Known Effects of Severe or Prolonged Social Isolation
4. Psychological Effects and Major Stressors During Extended Community Crises
1. Reviewing the Nature of “Stress”
2. Reviewing the Nature of “Burnout”
3. Reviewing the Differences Between Stress and Burnout
4. Reviewing the Nature of “Coping”
5. Strategies for Preventing Burnout
6. Strategies for Improving Resilience
7. Required Video: Transforming Vicarious Trauma (5:42 minutes)
1. Effects of Crises on Brain Functioning
2. Strategies for Maintaining Healthy Defenses
3. Required Video: 5 Tips for Falling Asleep Quicker, According to a Sleep Expert (5:23 minutes)
4. Optional Video: Sleep Is Your Superpower
1. Exploring the Role of Social Support
2. Social Support for Practitioners
3. Mutual Self-Help Groups/Support
4. Required Video: Staying Connected While Apart; How Social Support Keeps Us Healthy in Hard Times (3:10 minutes)
1. Nonjudgmental Acceptance, Serenity, and Surrender
2. Maintaining Daily Routines
3. Required Video: 10-Minute Mindfulness Meditation
1. Required Video: Self-Care for Therapists (5 to 7 minutes)
2. Optional Resource: University of Buffalo School of Social Work Self-Care Website
1. Vignette Description
2. Vignette Discussion
3. Setting Goals, Objectives, and Expectations for Telehealth Services
4. Optional Resources Related to Telehealth
1. Conclusion
1. Optional Resources
1. References
1. Posttest
1. Evaluation

About this course

$27.00
40 lessons

Course Details

Course Description

This course was developed to support licensed behavioral health practitioners as they professionally respond to nationwide and local community crises. In the best of circumstances, being a service provider can be challenging, but crises can significantly change the world, along with the roles and responsibilities of behavioral health and other service professionals. The course begins by providing a review of key public health practices utilized during epidemics and pandemics, and briefly explores the psychosocial impact of prolonged restrictions on normal day-to-day activities. There is also a review of key strategies and tools for managing stress, preventing burnout, and increasing resilience, with the focus on practitioners. Additionally, there is a review of the biological, social, and psychological aspects of coping during crises. Throughout the course content, short video clips and optional resources related to specific coping strategies are presented.

Target Audience

This course was developed to support licensed behavioral health professionals in balancing their personal and professional lives in the midst of worldwide, national, or local community crises.

Learning Objectives

After completion of this course, readers will be able to do the following:

Identify public health purposes, goals, and terms associated with a pandemic, along with known effects of short-term and prolonged crises.
Identify strategies to minimize practitioner stress and burnout.
Identify biological, social, and psychological aspects of coping with national and community-level crises, along with specific copying strategies.

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