Online Courses

This 2-hour course is one in a series of courses, designed to offer participants an opportunity to take a deep dive into the HCBS Final Rule. Some participants will take this course because they are required to implement the federal requirements of the HCBS Final Rule; others will take this course to learn about how to support people in achieving better lives. Thus, this course and the best practices that it supports will live on long after the March 2023 deadline for “compliance”, and even in environments that are not required to adhere to the federal requirements outlined in this series.

Here, participants will review federal requirement #5 - which centers around the right to choice of services and supports.

Following each benchmark requirement of this federal rule, Essential CEU instructor(s) will present opportunities for daily practice, inclusion in report writing, and also suggested revisions to one’s program design.

Requirements #1-5: RESIDENTIAL AND NON-RESIDENTIAL

-       #1: Access To The Community

-       #2: Choice of Setting

-       #3: Right to Be Treated Well

-       #4: Independence

Requirements #6-10: RESIDENTIAL

-       #6: Residential Agreement

-       #7: Privacy

-       #8: Schedule and Access to Food

-       #9: Right to Visitors

-       #10: Accessibility

Approvals: This course meets requirements towards the ARF, Group Home, STRTP and RCFE recertification hours for certified administrators. 

This 3-hour course is one in a series of courses, designed to offer participants an opportunity to take a deep dive into the HCBS Final Rule. Some participants will take this course because they are required to implement the federal requirements of the HCBS Final Rule; others will take this course to learn about how to support people in achieving better lives. Thus, this course and the best practices that it supports will live on long after the March 2023 deadline for “compliance”, and even in environments that are not required to adhere to the federal requirements outlined in this series.

Here, participants will review federal requirement #4 - which centers around the right to independence.

Following each benchmark requirement of this federal rule, Essential CEU instructor(s) will present opportunities for daily practice, inclusion in report writing, and also suggested revisions to one’s program design.

Requirements #1-5: RESIDENTIAL AND NON-RESIDENTIAL

-       #1: Access To The Community

-       #2: Choice of Setting

-       #3: Right to Be Treated Well

-       #4: Independence

-       #5: Choice of Services and Supports

Requirements #6-10: RESIDENTIAL

-       #6: Residential Agreement

-       #7: Privacy

-       #8: Schedule and Access to Food

-       #9: Right to Visitors

-       #10: Accessibility

Approvals: This course meets requirements towards the ARF, Group Home, STRTP and RCFE recertification hours for certified administrators. 

This 4-hour course is one in a series of courses, designed to offer participants an opportunity to take a deep dive into the HCBS Final Rule. Some participants will take this course because they are REQUIRED to implement the federal requirements of the HCBS Final Rule; others will take this course to learn about how to support people in achieving BETTER LIVES. Thus, this course and the best practices that it supports will live on long after the March 2023 deadline for “compliance”, and even in environments that are not required to adhere to the federal requirements outlined in this series.

 

Here, participants will review federal requirement #3 - the right to be treated well.

Following each benchmark requirement of this federal rule, Essential CEU instructor(s) will present opportunities for daily practice, inclusion in report writing, and also suggested revisions to one’s program design.

Requirements #1-5: RESIDENTIAL AND NON-RESIDENTIAL

-       #1: Access To The Community

-       #2: Choice of Setting

-       #3: Right to Be Treated Well

-       #4: Independence

-       #5: Choice of Services and Supports

Requirements #6-10: RESIDENTIAL

-       #6: Residential Agreement

-       #7: Privacy

-       #8: Schedule and Access to Food

-       #9: Right to Visitors

-       #10: Accessibility

Approvals: This course meets requirements towards the ARF, Group Home, STRTP and RCFE recertification hours for certified administrators. 

This 2-hour course is one in a series of courses, designed to offer participants an opportunity to take a deep dive into the HCBS Final Rule. Some participants will take this course because they are required to implement the federal requirements of the HCBS Final Rule; others will take this course to learn about how to support people in achieving better lives. Thus, this course and the best practices that it supports will live on long after the March 2023 deadline for “compliance”, and even in environments that are not required to adhere to the federal requirements outlined in this series.

Here, participants will review federal requirement #2 – which centers around the right to choice of setting.

Following each benchmark requirement of this federal rule, Essential CEU instructor(s) will present opportunities for daily practice, inclusion in report writing, and also suggested revisions to one’s program design.

Requirements #1-5: RESIDENTIAL AND NON-RESIDENTIAL

-       #1: Access To The Community

-       #2: Choice of Setting

-       #3: Right to Be Treated Well

-       #4: Independence

-       #5: Choice of Services and Supports

Requirements #6-10: RESIDENTIAL

-       #6: Residential Agreement

-       #7: Privacy

-       #8: Schedule and Access to Food

-       #9: Right to Visitors

-       #10: Accessibility

Approvals: This course meets requirements towards the ARF, Group Home, STRTP and RCFE recertification hours for certified administrators. 

This 3-hour course is one in a series of courses, designed to offer participants an opportunity to take a deep dive into the HCBS Final Rule. Some participants will take this course because they are REQUIRED to implement the federal requirements of the HCBS Final Rule; others will take this course to learn about how to support people in achieving BETTER LIVES. Thus, this course and the best practices that it supports will live on long after the March 2023 deadline for “compliance”, and even in environments that are not required to adhere to the federal requirements outlined in this series.

 

Here, participants will review federal requirement #1 – which centers around the right to access to the community.

Following each benchmark requirement of this federal rule, Essential CEU instructor(s) will present opportunities for daily practice, inclusion in report writing, and also suggested revisions to one’s program design.

Requirements #1-5: RESIDENTIAL AND NON-RESIDENTIAL

-       #1: Access To The Community

-       #2: Choice of Setting

-       #3: Right to Be Treated Well

-       #4: Independence

-       #5: Choice of Services and Supports

Requirements #6-10: RESIDENTIAL

-       #6: Residential Agreement

-       #7: Privacy

-       #8: Schedule and Access to Food

-       #9: Right to Visitors

-       #10: Accessibility

Approvals: This course meets requirements towards the ARF, Group Home, STRTP and RCFE recertification hours for certified administrators. 

This 2-hour ONLINE course is designed to offer support for the preventative and responsive changes to line-of-sight supervision that individuals deserve across the continuum of care. Ideal participants range from licensed and certified professionals to agency owners to direct support staff.

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

-       Define levels of supervision 

-       Identify ways to prevent support staff fatigue and avoid distractions with               line-of-sight duties

-       Identify methods of measuring procedural fidelity of line-of-sight duties

-       Identifying at least two person-centered ways to balance important TO and           FOR 

Course Description: This 4-hour ONLINE course is ideal for those who want to learn or refresh their knowledge about Enhanced Behavioral Supports Homes in California, and particularly those who want to learn more about Title 22 regulations in EBSH environments.

Important note: This course IS coded as a Regulations course by DSS/CCLD. The Title 17 version of this course is NOT coded as a Regulations Course.

• This is an overview course and users are recommended to engage in additional, in-depth learning on related (e.g., Title 17) topics or course subtopics 

• Caution: This course is not intended to provide approved continuing education for RCFE or STRTP Administrators

 

• Review Title 22 regulations associated with Enhanced Behavioral Supports Homes 

• Identify the components, timelines and submission requirements of the Individual Behavior Supports Plan (IBSP)

• Identify the persons that comprise the Individual Behavior Supports Team (IBST)

• Outline the personnel and record keeping requirements in Enhanced Behavioral Supports Homes

Approvals: This course meets requirements towards the ARF and Group Home recertification hours for certified administrators in California. 

This 2-hour ONLINE course is designed to support individuals and their teams as they gracefully navigate back to a community life following the pandemic restrictions introduced starting March 2020. Content will be divided into support tips based on what is important TO an individual vs. what is important FOR an individual. This HCBS-friendly course incorporates person-centered support principles throughout. For this reason, participants should come ready for active participation and sharing.

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

-       Differentiate what is important TO an individual and what is important FOR an individual as it relates to a community life

-       Use judgment and creativity to identify conversation starters for immediate implementation in the support environment 

Approvals: This course meets requirements towards the ARF, Group Home, STRTP and RCFE recertification hours for certified administrators. 

Course Description: This 2-hour ONLINE course is designed to offer participants an opportunity to incorporate behavioral support and person-centered principles to study incidents that require learning and correction. Although the course will use behavioral and medication-mediated incidents as a springboard for learning, the objectives can readily be generalized to other reportable incident types – and how to move forward from them.

Course Objectives:  Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

-      Name two types of behavioral incidents

-      Name two types of medical incidents

-      Describe how person-centered tools can be used to prevent and respond to incidents

-      Describe the term “replacement behavior” and how this can be incorporated into planning and reacting

Approvals: This course meets requirements towards the ARF, Group Home, STRTP and RCFE recertification process for certified administrators. 

This 4-hour ONLINE course is ideal for those who want to learn or refresh their knowledge about Enhanced Behavioral Supports Homes in California, and particularly those who want to learn more about Title 17 regulations in EBSH environments.

•  This is an overview course and users are recommended to engage in additional, in-depth learning on related (e.g., Title 22) topics or course subtopics 

•  NOTE: This course is not intended to provide approved continuing education for RCFE or STRTP Administrators
- Secondly, California Administrators should be aware that this course is approved under the Management/Staff Supervision core of knowledge for GH and ARF, and is NOT approved in the Regulations core of knowledge. This is because it pertains to Title 17 and not 22. Please see other courses for the Regulations core of knowledge category for GH and ARF Administrators. 

•  Alert: This is a regulation-based course, and has a lot of technical information and terms. The great news is that you will be able to immediately implement the requirements and incorporate your own best practices thereafter. There are more intra- and post-course quiz items included to ensure that users are demonstrating their participation and learning, and also because this is a longer course than most. Please be sure to take breaks and our system will remember where you left off. Voila!

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

•  Review the 11 articles within the Title 17 Enhanced Behavioral Supports Homes regulations

•  Identify the components, timelines and submission requirements of the Individual Behavior Supports Plan (IBSP)

•  Identify the persons that comprise the Individual Behavior Supports Team (IBST)

•  Outline the monitoring requirements of Enhanced Behavior Supports Homes vendors

Approvals: This course meets requirements towards the ARF and Group Home recertification hours for certified administrators. This is NOT approved for STRTP or RCFE Administrators in California.

This 1-hour ONLINE course is designed to offer participants rich opportunities to identify behavioral support strategies. These may be helpful during school breaks, pandemic precautions, work holidays, and even during loss of routine. Consider this course to ensure that life remains rich and exciting, but not traumatic. As all person-centered discussions should, the course includes examples for individuals, households and also programs.

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

-       Name at least two strategies for supporting routine during times of uncertainty

-       Identify at least three teaching opportunities when “only home will do”

-       Identify the balance between keeping things exciting and avoiding satiation when “only home will do”

Approvals: This course meets requirements towards the ARF, Group Home, STRTP and RCFE recertification hours for certified administrators. 

This 2-hour ONLINE course is designed to offer participants a discussion about regulations surrounding personal and incidental money management in California. This course also serves as a source of best practice tips and recommendations for these person-centered times. Join us for an in-depth review of ways to exceed compliance and incorporate ethics into money management. This course is also helpful for managers and Licensees who wish to have safeguards for fraud, mismanagement and abuse prevention in the workplace.

This two-hour course will enable participants to:

Approvals: This course meets requirements towards the ARF, Group Home, STRTP and RCFE recertification process for certified administrators. 

Law and regulations topics are required for recertification as an ARF, RCFE, GH or STRTP Administrator. 

Course Description:

This ONLINE course is designed to offer participants an opportunity to take into consideration applicable legal, regulatory, and workplace requirements specifically addressing data collection, storage, and transportation. This will include electronic storage of sensitive information, paper storage of sensitive information, photos, confidential information, etc. The guiding principles outlined in this course are consistent with the Behavior Analyst Certification Board’s (see bacb.com) Professional and Ethical Compliance Code for Behavior Analysts as related to data collection, storage, and transportation.

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Recognize specific applicable sections of the BACB’s Professional and Ethical Compliance Code for Behavior Analysts as related to data collection, storage, and transportation
- Provide a summary of what HIPAA includes and who enforces it
- Take into account workplace requirements specific to data collection, storage, and transportation

Approvals: This course is NOT approved for California Administrators, but IS approved for the following professional certification types.

Course Description: This 1-hour ONLINE course is designed to offer participants a glimpse into the behavior analytic methods of carefully defining the behavior of interest. Learn or refresh your techniques in summarizing the purpose of operational definitions, and identifying three components of a good definition. Set aside the mentalistic descriptions for the observable, and join us for this stimulating course.

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
 -Understand the magnitude of observation and measurement in understanding, designing, and modifying behavioral supports
- Distinguish between mentalistic and observable examples of behavior
- Summarize the purpose of an operational definition
- List the three components of a good operational definition

Approvals: This course meets requirements towards the ARF, Group Home, STRTP and RCFE recertification hours for certified administrators.

Course Description: This 1-hour ONLINE course is designed to offer participants a definition of what stakeholders are and to emphasize the importance of creating and maintaining effective teamwork amongst persons that are interested in or concerned about an individual’s outcomes. Join us for a discussion of the pitfalls and triumphs of stakeholder mastery of effective teamwork.

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

Approvals: This course meets requirements towards the ARF, Group Home, STRTP and RCFE recertification hours for certified administrators.

Course Description: This 1-hour ONLINE course is designed to offer participants an introduction to the applied behavior-analytic topic of verbal behavior, which is simply defined as behavior that is reinforced through the mediation of another individual’s own behavior. Verbal behavior is not limited to spoken words! This exciting material will introduce the types of verbal operants and how they differ from one another in the outcomes that they produce. This is an essential topic for persons who support others, both within and seemingly outside of behavior support settings. Learn which types of communication produce powerful and meaningful change in the lives of those that we support. 

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

Approvals: This course meets requirements towards the ARF, Group Home, STRTP and RCFE recertification hours for certified administrators.

Course Description: This 1-hour ONLINE course is designed to offer participants an introduction to the topi of transfer stimulus control. An understanding of stimulus control is important to those providing behavioral support across the continuum of care, as it helps us to understand those antecedent stimuli that we can and cannot readily observe. Stimulus control helps to explain why certain people, times of day, objects and other antecedents elicit behavior. Don’t just react — prevent!

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

Approvals: This course is NOT approved for California Administrators, but IS approved for the following professional certification types.

Course Description: This 1-hour ONLINE course is designed to offer participants an introduction to the power of associations, such as when objects, events or people are repeatedly paired together. Admit it - you hear a song and it takes you back to that special memory, and the song was so heavily paired with that memory that it unlocks more memories. Stimulus control is a technical behavioral term that deserves to be de-mystified. Join us as we learn about stimulus control, discriminative stimuli, and stimulus-stimulus pairs. Learn by association!

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

Approvals: This course is NOT approved for California Administrators, but IS approved for the following professional certification types.

Course Description: This 1-hour ONLINE course is designed to offer participants an introduction to the use of antecedent-based interventions across the continuum of care. Antecedent-based interventions are proactive and preventative, thereby reducing the frequency of maladaptive behavior. 

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

Approvals: This course meets requirements towards the ARF, Group Home, STRTP and RCFE recertification hours for certified administrators.

Course Description: This 1-hour ONLINE course is designed to offer participants a discussion about how to use everyday opportunities to help clients that we support to gain new skills and become more independent. We foster independence by understanding the times of prompts, their risks and benefits, and fading prompts as quickly as possible.

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

Approvals: This course meets requirements towards the ARF, Group Home, STRTP and RCFE recertification hours for certified administrators.

This two-hour course is designed to offer participants a detailed discussion of each of the personal rights that apply to group homes in Community Care Facilities (CCFs) in California.

This course is regulation-heavy in content, but will be a rich opportunity to hear about the Personal Rights form that many Administrators and their teams sign off on, but don’t have the opportunity to revisit.

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

This course meets requirements towards the Group Home recertification hours for certified administrators. Note that this course is NOT intended for approval for other administrator types at this time, as content is specific to the age/setting noted above.

This one-hour course is designed to offer participants an introduction to the topic of mandating and incident reporting. Mandated reporting of known or suspected abuse is required by law, by regulation and in workplaces across the continuum of care. Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to: 

Approvals: This course meets requirements towards the ARF, Group Home, STRTP and RCFE recertification hours for certified administrators. 

This one-hour course is designed to offer participants an introduction to A-B-C (Antecedent-Behavior-Consequence) and setting event recording. These descriptive assessment procedures are helpful with new, unusual or returning behaviors that require further consideration. ABC analyses are helpful in identifying patterns and in conjunction with other functional assessment procedures. Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to: 

Approvals: This course meets requirements towards the ARF, Group Home, STRTP and RCFE recertification hours for certified administrators. 

This one-hour course is designed to offer participants an introduction to naturalistic teaching procedures, which are also referred to as incidental teaching. Naturalistic learning offers a low stress, highly reinforcing compliment to more contrived learning methods such as discrete trial teaching (DTT). Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to: 

Approvals: This course meets requirements towards the ARF, Group Home, STRTP and RCFE recertification hours for certified administrators. 

The focus of this one-hour course is designed to offer participants an introduction to considerations with crisis and emergency support across the continuum of care. This course is NOT meant to replace or negate crisis intervention programs and training for severe behaviors, but instead, to supplement them. This course will help us to identify the difference between everyday behavioral interventions and crisis management interventions. Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to: 

Approvals: This course meets requirements towards the ARF, Group Home, STRTP and RCFE recertification process for certified administrators. 

This one-hour course is designed to offer participants a discussion on preparing for data collection, including whether a behavior is observable – or not – and an introduction to one method of behavioral monitoring called permanent product recording. Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to: 

Approvals: This course meets requirements towards the ARF, Group Home, STRTP and RCFE recertification hours for certified administrators. 

This one-hour course is designed to offer participants a discussion of dignity and rights across the continuum of care. Specific emphasis will be given to environments that offer behavioral support. Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to: 

Approvals: This course meets requirements towards the ARF, Group Home, STRTP and RCFE recertification hours for certified administrators. 

This one-hour course is designed to offer participants an introduction to the field of applied behavior analysis, and how its principles have positively impacted the continuum of care.

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

This course meets requirements towards the ARF, Group Home, STRTP and RCFE recertification hours for certified administrators.

Summer 2020 ALERT: Due to the pandemic of 2020, and related concerns, the implementation date of the HCBS Final Rule was delayed by one year. The new date is March 2023.

This two-hour course is designed to offer a discussion of trauma-informed support in the context of behavioral support across the continuum of care Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to: 

Approvals: This course meets requirements towards the ARF, Group Home, STRTP and RCFE recertification hours for certified administrators. 

This two-hour course is designed to offer a discussion of trauma-informed support in the context of behavioral support across the continuum of care.

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

This course meets requirements towards the ARF, Group Home, STRTP and RCFE recertification hours for certified administrators.

This two-hour course is designed to offer participants tips on comfort and heat ilness prevention during the hot weather season. Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to: 

Approvals: This course meets requirements towards the ARF, Group Home and RCFE recertification hours for certified administrators. 

This course is designed to offer participants a detailed review of the regulations pertaining to hospice care in non-medical, Community Care-licensed facilities (CCFs) in California.

This two-hour course will enable participants to:

This course meets requirements towards the ARF and RCFE recertification process for certified administrators. Law and regulations topics are required for recertification as an ARF and RCFE Administrators. This course is NOT intended for GH or STRTP Administrators.

This two-hour course will enable participants to:
- Identify the specific Title 22 regulations that govern criminal record clearances and exemptions
- Discuss the reasons for the criminal record clearance process
- Identify who must receive criminal record clearance in community care facilities (CCFs)
- Discuss applications to specific community members and persons who may enter a CCF
- Identify methods of obtaining criminal record clearance
- Differentiate between exemptions, exceptions and waivers

This course meets requirements towards the ARF, Group Home, STRTP and RCFE recertification process for certified administrators. Law and regulations topics are required for recertification as an ARF, RCFE, STRTP or GH Administrator.

This two-hour course will enable participants to: 

Approvals: This course meets requirements towards the ARF, Group Home and RCFE recertification process for certified administrators. 

This three-hour course is designed for persons who work in Community Care Facilities (CCFs) in California. There is a specific orientation to the general and facility type-specific requirements surrounding food storage, preparation and service. Case examples are discussed throughout, as are required and best practice safeguards. Note that this is part one of a two-part food service course, so we invite you to join us for both.This course meets requirements towards the ARF, Group Home and RCFE recertification process for certified administrators.

Approvals: This course meets requirements towards the ARF, Group Home, STRTP and RCFE recertification process for certified administrators. 

This two-hour course is designed for persons who work in Community Care Facilities (CCFs) in California. Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to: 

Approvals: This course meets requirements towards the ARF, Group Home, STRTP and RCFE recertification process for certified administrators. 

This two-hour course is designed for persons who work in all ranks and roles of care. Individuals who require ongoing care – particularly those in out-of-home placements due to behavioral and/or skill support needs – are often totally reliant on us to engage in activities, to be excited about these activities, and even to accept medical care. Join us for a unique discussion – starting with resting bliss facial expressions from caregivers! The discussion will culminate with behavioral and skill development tips as they relate to caregiver resting bliss face.

Approvals: This course meets requirements towards the ARF, Group Home and RCFE recertification process for certified administrators. 

This three-hour course is Part One of a medication series and focuses on the importance of medication dispensation, use of correct medication terminology (e.g., administration, self-administration, dispensation, etc.), and ways to both meet – and exceed – regulations with best practice safeguards. Participants will also receive tips for addressing medications during physician visits and rollover management. This course will end with a discussion on medication labels and an introductory discussion of storing medications.

Approvals: This course meets requirements towards the ARF, Group Home and RCFE recertification process for certified administrators. 

This two-hour course is Part Two of a medication series and focuses on required documentation of medication dispensation and side effects. In addition, Part Two offers discussion on discontinuing medications, windows around prescribed medication times, and working with special circumstance medications such as inhalants, injectables and introduction to PRN medications. Part Two extends to offer methods of successful management of medication delays as well as to initiate conversations about behavioral goals targeting medication compliance. Lastly, the course offers a discussion surrounding incident reporting following medication mishaps. This course offers intensive discussion around regulatory requirements, but is coded as a Medication course in the Core of Knowledge guidelines.

Approvals: This course meets requirements towards the ARF, Group Home and RCFE recertification process for certified administrators. 

This two-hour course focuses on the impact of holidays on individuals and industries, as well as the identification of sources of holiday blues – and bliss. The discussion includes persons with dementia, with developmental disabilities, persons away from family, and persons with or at risk for depression. This course is not specific to winter months, and participants learn that most months include major holidays!

Approvals: This course meets requirements towards the ARF, Group Home and RCFE recertification process for certified administrators. 

This two-hour course focuses on methods of implementing PRN medication planning, dispensation and documentation that meet regulatory and agency requirements. This course meets requirements towards the ARF, Group Home and RCFE recertification process for certified administrators. and their teams.

Approvals: This course meets requirements towards the ARF, Group Home and RCFE recertification process for certified administrators. 

The focus of this two-hour course is on AWOL behaviors and successful prevention and/or mitigation of their effects.

Approvals: This course meets requirements towards the ARF, Group Home and RCFE recertification process for certified administrators. 

The focus of this three-hour course is on successful planning for, coordination of and attendance at resident medical appointments. Resident medical care is a critical area of service provision and is often difficult to navigate. And who knows? It might help you manage your own personal medical contacts and files better!

Approvals: This course meets requirements towards the ARF, Group Home and RCFE recertification process for certified administrators. 

The focus of this two-hour course is on topics related to placement and intake considerations for prospective LGBT residents. This includes a discussion on LGBT terminology, identification of preferred pronoun, name and other accommodations that may be included for LGBT residents. The current LGBT diversity special topic course also addresses paperwork, intake questionnaire or interview and room occupancy discussions for care providers who are interested in both upholding rights and showing respect to LGBT individuals.

Approvals: This course meets requirements towards the ARF, Group Home, STRTP and RCFE recertification process for certified administrators.