DHS-Drexel - APRIL/MAY 2021 On-Line - Be Well: Self-Care for the Practitioners Online Registration

Training offered by Drexel University

Description:  Practitioners in the helping professions face specific occupational hazards due to the nature of their work. These hazards, or costs of caring, may manifest in clusters of symptoms identified as compassion fatigue, burnout, and secondary traumatic stress.

In this course, the complexities of providing behavioral healthcare services, common stress responses, and personal and professional stressors impacting wellness will be explored. Provider impairment will be analyzed in relation to ethical principles, and self-care strategies to prevent impairment will be examined.

Participants are encouraged to engage in self-evaluation and the formulation of an individualized plan for self-care and wellness.

Learning Objectives:  By the end of this web-based training, participants will be able to:

• Discuss at least 3 occupational hazards of providing behavioral healthcare services.
• Describe psychological stress responses common to clinical practice.
• Characterize the 8 dimensions of holistic wellness.
• Identify 5 personal and professional stressors impacting wellness and client services.
• Apply 2 self-care strategies for impairment prevention and intervention.

In order to receive continuing education credit at no cost to you for this course:

• you must pre-register
• you must be a Chester County Provider

(Click on 5/31/21 link below to register.  Due to an issue with the software we need to include a date/time on the initial link; the course is available NOW.)

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