Alabama Psychologists Continuing Education and License

Alabama Psychologists Continuing Education and
License Renewals
Alabama-licensed psychologists have a yearly license renewal with an October 15th deadline.
Continuing education is due by September 30, and 20 hours are required for license renewal.
There are no limits on home study if APA approved. The board accepts APA approval of
continuing education hours.
Professional Development Resources is approved by the American Psychological Association
(APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Professional Development Resources
maintains responsibility for all programs and content.
Continuing Education Requirements
Psychologists licensed in the state of Alabama have a license renewal every year with an October
15th deadline. Twenty (20) hours of continuing education are required in order to renew a
license, and all continuing education is due by September 30th every year. There is no limit on
home study if APA approved. The board accepts APA approval of continuing education credits.
Information obtained from the Alabama Board of Examiners in Psychology on July 25, 2014.
Online and Video Continuing Education Courses for Psychologists
From Contention to Contemplation: Overcoming Core Impasses in Couples Therapy is a 1-
hour online video continuing education course. Many couples come to therapy emotionally
disconnected from each other, polarized by a constant state of struggle and unable to see past the
last fight. Couples often engage in a repetitive cycle of interaction, resulting in their feeling stuck
and hopeless. Once this reciprocal pattern can be identified, couples can be empowered to break
the pattern and learn new ways of relating to one another that better satisfies their needs. The
purpose of this course is to train therapists to conduct a strength-based assessment and identify
those dynamics in a couple’s interaction that serve to perpetuate unsatisfactory relationship
patterns. Therapeutic techniques discussed include diagramming a couple’s vulnerability cycle
using pictorial representations and facilitating new patterns by identifying the partners’ beliefs
and core premises and providing training in retroactive analysis of conflictual interactions.
Course #10-79 | 2014 | 54 minute video | 7 posttest questions
How Temperamental Differences Affect Young Children is a 2-hour online video continuing
education course. Temperament plays a significant role in a child’s development, experience,
relationships, and behaviors. Children often need supportive intervention to allow them to
function in healthy ways and reach their potential. This video course will include a discussion of
normal early childhood development and the range of normal functioning as it is impacted by
temperament. The purpose of this course is to help participants understand the role that
temperament plays in the trajectory of normal child development including inner experience,
relationships, and behavior and learn effective, supportive interventions. It is intended for all
types of therapists who work with children or their parents, as well as for school-based personnel
and classroom teachers. Course #20-83 | 2014 | 14 posttest questions
Building Resilience in your Young Client is a 3-hour online course. It has long been observed
that there are certain children who experience better outcomes than others who are subjected to
similar adversities, and a significant amount of literature has been devoted to the question of why
this disparity exists. Research has largely focused on what has been termed “resilience.” Health
professionals are treating an increasing number of children who have difficulty coping with
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century everyday life. Issues that are hard to deal with include excessive pressure to succeed
in school, bullying, divorce, or even abuse at home. This course provides a working definition of
resilience and descriptions of the characteristics that may be associated with better outcomes for
children who confront adversity in their lives. It also identifies particular groups of children –
most notably those with developmental challenges and learning disabilities – who are most likely
to benefit from resilience training. The bulk of the course – presented in two sections – offers a
wide variety of resilience interventions that can be used in therapy, school, and home
settings. Course #30-72 | 2014 | 53 pages | 21 posttest questions
Bullying Prevention: Raising Strong Kids by Responding to Hurtful & Harmful Behavior
is a 3-hour online video course. This video course starts with a thoughtful definition of
“bullying” and goes on to illustrate the functional roles of the three participant groups: the
targeted individuals, the bullies, and the bystanders. The speaker discusses the concepts of
resiliency, empathy, and growth/fixed mindsets, and considers the pros and cons of alternative
responses to harmful behavior. Included also are an examination of the utility of zero tolerance
policies and a variety of adult responses when becoming aware of bullying behavior. The
speaker utilizes multiple examples and scenarios to propose strategies and techniques intended to
offer connection, support and reframing to targeted individuals, motivation to change in the form
of progressive, escalating consequences to bullies, and multiple intervention options to
bystanders. Further segments discuss ways in which schools can create safe, pro-social
climates. Course #30-73 | 2014 | 21 posttest questions
Therapy with Coerced and Reluctant Clients is a 6-hour test-only course. This CE test is
based on the book “Therapy with Coerced and Reluctant Clients” (2010, 233 pages). In this
book, Brodsky examines the difficulties faced by therapists who work with involuntary clients
including those who come to therapy through the judicial system. He addresses the challenges
faced when working with reluctant clients including problem employees and teenagers or
spouses persuaded to enter therapy. By looking at theory and research, Brodsky begins the
process of considering alternatives to asking questions. He then identifies interventions and
techniques that use assertive statements instead of asking questions to better address patient
issues. Brodsky ends by exploring ways to work with client hostility, scorn and avoidance using
case-studies as examples. Course #60-98 | 42 posttest questions
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