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 Berkeley Training Associates

Stan Taubman, PhD, Director  
Berkeley Training Associates  
(800) 282-4122 / (510) 845-7650  
1635 Solano Avenue  
Berkeley, CA 94707  

btatraining@earthlink.net  




CE SELF-STUDY COURSES
ENGAGING, CONVENIENT SELF-STUDY COURSES for CE

BTA is certified by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) to provide workshops, seminars and self-study courses (CE Provider #ACE1010.) Social work boards in at least the following states have endorsed the ASWB's Approved Continuing Education program.
Alaska; Arizona; Connecticut; DC; Georgia; Indiana; Iowa; Kentucky; Maryland; Massachusetts; Mississippi; Montana; New Jersey; New Mexico; North Carolina; North Dakota; Oregon; Rhode Island; South Carolina; South Dakota; Tennessee; Texas; Vermont; Virginia; Virgin Islands; Washington; Wisconsin; and Wyoming

In California BTA is approved (Provider #PCE 114) by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.


BTA is also approved to provide CE units for social workers and marriage and family therapists, as required for licensure in California. California LMFT
's and LCSW's who renew licenses during the year 2000 and thereafter must complete 36 hours of approved CE coursework for license renewal. Self-study courses may account for up to 18 hours.

BTA Self-Study Courses are printed in a book.  They are convenient to use, at your own pace, in privacy, and in any location that's convenient to you.  Upon completion, simply submit your post-test to BTA by mail or fax, and you will receive your Certificate of Completion by mail or fax, per your request.  All BTA Self-Study Courses are written by Stan Taubman, Ph.D.  LCSW, Director of Berkeley Training Associates, unless otherwise specified.

COURSE CATALOG



Prices:
3 & 4 hour courses - $45
5 & 6 hour courses - $55
7 & 8 hour courses - $65


  • BT100 COMPREHENSIVE DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
    8 hours. Price: $65
    A foundation course which will enrich your ability to consider a full range of diagnostic options based on your client's presenting symptoms. Enhance your ability to rapidly recognize the Essential Features of a variety of diagnoses for a more comprehensive diagnostic formulation. Learn to better distinguish between closely related disorders.

  • BT101 THE MENTAL STATUS EXAM:
    A Framework for Differential Diagnosis

    6 hours. Price: $55
    How to use Mental Status Exam findings as a basis for expanding the range of options when conducting a differential diagnostic assessment. Better validate your diagnostic impressions by using M.S.E. findings as evidence of a well validated diagnosis.

  • BT110 COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING:
    Assessment and Diagnosis

    8 hours. Price: $65
    Make full use of the Mental Status Exam to assess and diagnose variations and disorders in clients' cognitive functioning. Includes a thorough Cognition Assessment Framework for use in clinical practice, and several vignettes for improving the specificity of cognitive assessments.

  • BT121 DIAGNOSTIC SPECIFICITY:
    Uses and Misuses of NOS Diagnoses

    6 hours. Price: $55
    This course clarifies the requirements for use of NOS diagnoses. Review the common errors made when using this indicator of diagnostic uncertainty. Identify specific, clinically observed syndromes for which NOS is the appropriate diagnosis.

  • BT217 INCEST:
    Causes, Consequences and Clinical Interventions

    6 hours. Price: $55
    This course will enhance your knowledge and skill in recognizing the causes and consequences of incestuous father-daughter relationships. Clinical interventions are reviewed in light of related cultural, family dynamic and personality issues.

  • BT216 EXPLOITIVE BEHAVIOR BY MEN
    4 hours. Price: $45
    Enhance your knowledge and skill in recognizing causes, manifestations, and consequences of exploitive behavior by men. Clinical interventions are reviewed, focusing on the central issue of shame experience as a contributing factor to both the problematic behavior and resistance to therapy.

  • BT400 SPIRITUALITY IN CLINICAL PRACTICE
    6 hours. Price: $55
    This, our most popular course, offers a way of understanding our own and our clients' spiritual nature, spiritual strivings, and ways of satisfying those spiritual strivings within the ethical bounds and scope of practice of a secular profession.

  • BT404 EFFICIENCY IN CLINICAL PRACTICE
    4 hours. Price: $45
    This workbook will enhance your knowledge and skill in recognizing issues related to obtaining the greatest possible effectiveness with the least possible expendtiure of clinical resources. Addresses values and ethical issues associated with efficient clinical practice, as well as the empirical research basis for efficient treatment planning.

  • BT405 THE FEAR OF MADNESS:
    PHRENOPHOBIC ANXIETY

    6 hours. Price: $55
    Phrenophobia, the irrational fear of impending insanity or 'loss of one's mind,' is commonly found among persons experiencing anxiety, depression, identity disturbances, and stress reactions. This continuing education course will enhance your ability to recognize the nature and manifestations of phrenophobic anxiety, identify its underlying cognitive distortions, and formulate effective treatment strategies for the severely phrenophobic client.

  • BT600 OVERVIEW OF LAW AND ETHICS FOR CALIFORNIA LCSW'S
    6 hours. Price: $55
    An up to date review of California laws and ethical standards for the Social Work profession. Easy to follow presentation of laws, highlights, commentary, and exercises to apply what you've learned. A handy desk reference. Meets the California BBS Law and Ethics CE requirement.

  • BT601 SPECIAL ISSUES IN LAW AND ETHICS FOR CALIFORNIA LCSW'S
    6 hours. Price: $55
    This course reviews how laws and ethical standards are applied to contemporary issues in clinical practice such as laws and ethics related to clinical documentation, the ethics of efficiency in clinical practice, clinical practice in a managed care context, and ethical issues related to addressing spirituality in clinical practice. Meets the California BBS Law and Ethics CE requirement.

  • BT700 OVERVIEW OF LAW AND ETHICS FOR CALIFORNIA LMFT'S
    6 hours. Price: $55
    An up to date review of California laws and ethical standards for the Marriage and Family Therapy profession. Easy to follow presentation of laws, highlights, commentary, and exercises to apply what you've learned. A handy desk reference. Meets the California BBS Law and Ethics CE requirement.

  • BT701 SPECIAL ISSUES IN LAW AND ETHICS FOR CALIFORNIA LMFT'S
    6 hours. Price: $55
    This course reviews how laws and ethical standards are applied to contemporary issues in clinical practice such as laws and ethics related to clinical documentation, the ethics of efficiency in clinical practice, clinical practice in a managed care context, and ethical issues related to addressing spirituality in clinical practice. Meets the California BBS Law and Ethics CE requirement.


  • BT800A SPECIAL ISSUES IN SOCIAL WORK ETHICS: Part A
    3 hours. Price: $45
    This course, designed for the experienced social work practitioner, examines special challenges of ethical practice.  Content addresses relationships between ethics and malpractice, addressing spirituality in a secular practice, ethics of clinical documentation, unprofessional conduct, and other ethics issues.  Includes engaging exercises and quizes.  This course is certified for social work ethics continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards through the Approved Continuing Education Program (ACE #1010-E1005-1).  BTA maintains responsibility for the program.,


  • BT800B SPECIAL ISSUES IN SOCIAL WORK ETHICS: Part B
    3 hours. Price: $45
    This course, designed for the experienced social work practitioner, examines special challenges of ethical practice.  Content addresses the ethics of efficiency in social work practice, communications with managed care organizations, the duty to warn, unprofessional conduct, and a variety of other ethics issues.  Includes engaging exercises and quizes.  This course is certified for social work ethics continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards through the Approved Continuing Education Program (ACE #1010-E1205-2).  BTA maintains responsibility for the program.

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