Seven Stages: Providing Treatment in a Mental Health Crisis (1.5 CE)   

Presenter: Lauren Reed, LCSW, LSSW, MPA (She/Her)

Course Description: Middle School is a difficult developmental period for many adolescents. Many will encounter mental health needs that could lead them to cope by self-harming, experiencing suicidal or homicidal thoughts, or having a psychotic episode. Knowing how to provide treatment during a crisis can decrease the potential of the event becoming traumatic and increase the effectiveness of the intervention. In this session, participants will learn how to use Albert R. Robert’s 7-Stage Crisis Intervention Model to intervene through assessment, provide the most effective and least restrictive disposition, and reintegrate the student back into school. Rules of confidentiality, duty to warn, and state laws will be taken into consideration.

CEs: This course is equal to 1.5 CEs

Learning Goals:

1) Participants will apply Albert R. Robert’s 7-Stage Crisis Intervention to complete a comprehensive crisis assessment.

2) Participants will use provided tools for determining the most effective and least restrictive disposition.

3) Participants will apply assessment and disposition through case vignettes.

Content level: Beginning

Target Audience: School Social Workers

Refund policy: No refunds will be given.

School Social Work Association of America, 1789, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. School Social Work Association of America maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 7/27/2023-7/27/2026. 

Note: Many state licensing boards impose specific limitations on course content, distance education, or other elements of continuing education, even when courses are taken from approved providers. It is your sole responsibility to ensure that the courses taken will meet the requirements for your license.

Instructions to receive Credit: Social workers completing this course receive 1.5 CE continuing education credit. Certificates will be provided to participants for download upon successful completion of the webinar.

1. Participants must view the entire length of the professional development training recording.
2. Participants must complete the evaluation to receive credit.
3. Participants must pass the Posttest with a minimum 80% passing rate (within a maximum of 2 attempts). 

System Requirements-- Participants must have a computer and audio to participate in the webinar. For any questions, concerns, or accessibility accommodations, please reach out to ContactUs@sswaa.org