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HIV/AIDS: Module 1 Understanding HIV and AIDS Register Now
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| Instructor: |
Rena M. Palloff, PhD, LCSW Click to View Biography
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| Number of CEUs: |
3.5
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| Price: |
35.00
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| Course
Description: |
This course is designed to provide a basic understanding of the elements and issues involved with HIV and AIDS, including definitions of both, transmission facts, epidemiology, how HIV and AIDS impact different populations around the world, and suggestions for social workers around case management when working with clients infected with HIV or AIDS. The material presented is a synthesis of the myriad facts and sources of information regarding the pandemic and allows social workers to glean the information most important to them in working with clients who may be HIV positive or have AIDS. In addition to providing facts and important information for social workers, the course also contains vignettes that assist in the application of the material.
Two Modules
This course is broken into two modules, which may be taken together or separately. If registrants complete both modules, they will earn a total of seven (7) CEUs. These seven continuing education units (CEUs) meet the California State Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) one-time (first license) renewal requirement for obtaining seven (7) hours of course content in HIV/AIDS.
Module 1: Understanding HIV/AIDS 3.5-CEUs
Module 2: Living with HIV/AIDS 3.5-CEUs
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| Target Audience: |
This course is designed for those social workers, counselors, or therapists with a beginning level of information about HIV and AIDS or for those who are seeking a refresher on the facts associated with these issues.
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| Learning
Objectives: |
On completion of this course, registrants will:
- Have a basic understanding of the elements, issues, and facts involved with HIV and AIDS.
- Develop awareness of the magnitude and impact of this pandemic.
- Understand the social worker or therapist’s duty to treat or refer HIV infected clients.
- Develop approaches and strategies for managing clients infected with HIV or AIDS.
- Understand the ways in which HIV and AIDS impact different populations and formulate strategies for working with or referring special populations.
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Course Agenda: |
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| Copyright:
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