Description
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This bundle provides you what you need to launch your telemental health services.
It includes the full THTC training program, the TeleMental Health Provider Workbook, and a one-hour consultation.
The THTC training program trains you on all the essential competencies of telemental health. The Workbook provides you the steps for launching your telemental health services, sample clinical forms, and sample policies and procedures for your practice. The one-hour consultation will allow you ask specific questions related to your practice and to have our consultant review your program and provide recommendations for improvement.
The following eight courses are provided:
- Introduction to TeleMental Health, 1 Credit Hour
- Legal Aspects of TeleMental Health, 1 Ethics Credit Hour
- Ethics of Using Technology in Behavioral Health, 1 Ethics Credit Hour
- HIPAA Compliance for Mental Health Professionals, 1.5 Ethics Credit Hours
- Ethical, Legal, and Clinical Aspects of Selecting Technology, 2.5 Ethics Credit Hours
- Emergency Management Planning for TeleMental Health, 1 Credit Hour
- Screening for Fit for TeleMental Health Services, 0.5 Credit Hour
- Ethical and Clinical Skills of Video and Phone Sessions, 2 Credit Hours
- Offer your clients more ways to have sessions with you.
- Meet the demand for online counseling.
- Reduce risk for your client, your license, and your practice.
- Adhere to your code of ethics and practice within your boundaries of competence.
- Become a preferred provider for insurance companies, EAPs, and organizations who are seeking telemental health providers.
How to Attend
Attend your courses in the bundle by:
- Register for the bundle
- In the navigation bar above click on "My Courses”
- You then can access each course by clicking on the course title
The courses are non-interactive, self-study courses.
After registering for this bundle you can schedule your one-hour consultation by calling us at (585) 687-8837.
Course List & Competencies
Introduction to TeleMental Health, 1 Credit Hour
- Define Telehealth and telemental health
- Explain the benefits of telemental health
- Explain the possible drawbacks and risks of telemental health
- Describe the support for telemental health
- Describe the history of telemental health
- Summarize the research findings on telemental health
- List the types of settings and locations of telemental health
- List three resources for telemental health updates
Legal Aspects of TeleMental Health, 1 Ethics Credit Hour
- Explain how to determine if you can legally practice telemental health
- Explain how to determine if you can provide clinical services to a client who is not located in the jurisdiction in which you have obtained a professional license
- Describe how to handle a situation in which a client is going to be outside the jurisdiction in which you are authorized to practice while requesting your clinical services
Ethics of Using Technology in Behavioral Health, 1 Ethics Credit Hour
- List the sources of telemental health ethical guidelines
- Explain how you can ensure to practice within your boundaries of competence when providing telemental health
- Explain how to ethically use social media and create a social media policy
- List at least five topics that ought to be in an informed consent related to telemental health
- Explain how to verify identity when providing telemental health services
- Describe three possible ethical dilemmas that can occur when providing telemental health
HIPAA Compliance for Mental Health Professionals, 1.5 Ethics Credit Hours
- List four sources for privacy law in the United States
- List three risks to confidentiality when using technology
- List at least four risks to you if you fail to be HIPAA compliant
- Define a breach to protected health information
- Explain the steps to becoming HIPAA compliant
- Explain the requirements of the privacy rule in HIPAA law
- Explain the requirements of the security rule in HIPAA law
- Explain the requirements of the breach notification rule in HIPAA law
- Explain how to conduct a risk analysis and create a risk management plan
- Describe the three safeguards in HIPAA law
- Explain when you need to obtain a Business Associate Agreement
Ethical, Legal, and Clinical Aspects of Selecting Technology, 2.5 Ethics Credit Hours
- List the types of technology used in clinical practice
- Explain the ethical considerations in choosing technology
- Explain the legal considerations in choosing technology
- Explain the clinical considerations in choosing technology
- List the steps of choosing technology for clinical services
- List the considerations in choosing technology for clinical records
- List the considerations in choosing technology for video conferencing
- List the considerations in choosing technology for messaging
- List the considerations in choosing technology for phone calls, voicemail, and fax
- List the considerations in choosing technology for payment processing and document transferring
- List the considerations in choosing technology for data storage, backup, and archiving
- List at least seven technology components using in video conferencing
- Describe how to prevent, respond to, and process with clients technology issues
- Explain how to mitigate the risks to clinical sessions being recorded
Emergency Management Planning for TeleMental Health, 1 Credit Hour
- Establish with the client an emergency management plan for each session in both a supervised and unsupervised environment
- List what information is required in order to create an emergency management plan
- Explain the process of responding to an emergency during a telemental health session
Screening for Fit for TeleMental Health Services, 0.5 Credit Hour
- Assess if a prospective and/or current client is a fit for telemental health services
- List at least three reasons why an individual may not be a fit for telemental health services
Ethical and Clinical Skills of Video and Phone Sessions, 2 Credit Hours
- Describe the different technology and environment used when providing video sessions
- List the potential issues caused by clinicians when providing video sessions
- List the potential issues caused by clients with receiving video sessions
- Explain how to create a telehealth station
- Explain video session etiquette
- List the steps or providing video sessions
- Explain how to prepare a client for a video session
- Respond to and process tech issues with a client
- Explain possible applications used during a video session
- Explain how to register a client and collect payment when a client is in a different location than the clinician
- Explain reimbursement options for video sessions
- Explain how to prepare a client for a phone session
- Describe phone session skills
- List the benefits and drawbacks of phone sessions
- Explain reimbursement options for phone sessions
CE Hours
Credit Hours:
Each of the eight courses provides credit hours.
All of the eight courses combined offer a total of 10.5 credit hours (6 of which are ethics)
Counselors:
Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No, 6693. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0048. Approval renewal date: 1/31/2023
Marriage and Family Therapists:
Many MFT licensing boards accept our courses or one of the approvals which we have from professional associations. You can check with your board to determine if this course would be accepted by your licensing board.
Social Workers:
Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC, #1609, is approved as a provider for social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) www.aswb.org, through the Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC maintains responsibility for the program. ASWB Approval Period: 05/02/2018 – 05/02/2021. Social workers should contact their regulatory board to determine course approval for continuing education credits.
Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0435. Approval renewal date: 2/28/2023
Addiction Professionals:
Telehealth Certification Institute is an approved provider of continuing education by NAADAC, The Association for Addiction Professionals, provider #193104. Full attendance is required; no partial credit will be awarded for partial attendance.
Instructor(s)
Raymond Barrett, LMHC, LPC, BC-TMH, M.S., has extensively provided telemental health counseling services in private practice, for facilities, and for an EAP program. Both as a practitioner and trainer, his aim is to fill every knowledge gap as it arises in the telemental health profession, and that his training allows for immediate implementation. Ray has developed several courses on telemental health and ensures his courses are kept updated. Trainees find Ray to be very approachable, available and knowledgeable. Ray appreciates hearing from each training participant individually in order to fulfill their specific learning needs and to incorporate their questions and successes into the training program. He has presented on telebehavioral health at several conferences and has assisted many organizations to create, launch, and enhance their telehealth programs through his consultation services.
How to obtain the THTC certificate
Included in this training program is your THTC. You can obtain your THTC certificate after attesting to completing the entire THTC program.
Who should attend
This course is intended for clinicians who provide behavioral health services.
Teaching methods
Teaching methods for these courses include recorded lectures, videos, a post-test, and a course evaluation. The courses may include required reading.
Course Availability
You have six months to access online courses from the time of purchase.