Approved by the Florida Board of CSW, MFT, MHC
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These courses meet the requirements of initial application for the Florida Board of CSW, MFT, MHC including:
-8 Hour Florida Laws & Rules online course and interactive chat
-2 Hour Domestic Violence*
-3 Hour HIV/AIDS.*
*These courses may be completed within six months of licensure.
As of July 1, 2016 the Medical Error Prevention Course is no longer required for initial licensure in Florida for social work, marriage & family therapy, & mental health counseling.
The Florida Board of CSW, MFT, MHC requires that you take part in an interactive way during this course (or any online 8 hour Laws and Rules course) for it to meet the requirements for initial licensure.
To meet this requirement we offer interactive chat’s during which we discuss sections and case studies. The times are listed below. We will email your certificate to you and to the board processor upon completion.
To enter the chat at the scheduled time please click on Enter Chat located on your My Profile Page. No audio or camera technology is required.
Please call 1-866-863-4225 or email ContactUs@BaysideCEU.com with any questions.
ONLY ONE CHAT IS REQUIRED
June 21st 9:00 am EST
June 25th 6:00 pm EST
July 2nd 9:00 am EST
July 11th 7:00 pm EST
July 20th 10:00 am EST
*Dates are subject to change. We try very hard to not make any changes and no changes will be made less than one week before a chat. Please check back within a week of the time selected to ensure no changes were necessary.
This course will award 13 continuing education hours.
Author: Leesa M. Robertson, M.Ed., CAP, LMHC
Florida Board of CSW, MFT, MHC
Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family-Therapy and Mental Health Counseling, #726 
Florida Board of Nursing
Every day counselors, nurses, psychiatric technicians, and others are called upon to intervene in crisis situations which may become dangerous if not handled properly. This course will explore the prevention of aggressive behavior and crisis intervention techniques, which can include verbal de-escalation and physical interventions. We will identify the definition of aggression, warning signs for aggressive behavior, strategies to diffuse aggressive situations, crisis intervention techniques, and staff responsibilities after an event.
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) was founded in 1935 to help alcoholics abstain from consumption of alcohol and to “stay sober” through the sharing of their experiences with others who have had similar experiences in a protected environment.
Continuing Education Provider, ACEP #6098. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Bayside Continuing Education is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
An assessment is a basis for understanding the client’s presentation and is the beginning of conceptualizing their functioning into a diagnosis. This continuing education course will explore mental status exams, mental health assessments, alcohol and drug assessments and the DSM V. We will also introduce the learner to a few popular assessment tools.
Effective treatment of asthma begins with correct diagnosis and classification of the disease. This course will explore what asthma is, the potential causes and contributing factors, signs and symptoms, as well as testing and other key elements in diagnosing asthma.
This course will explore the correlation between birth order or ordinal position and personality. We will identify the four basic classifications of birth order: the oldest, the only, the middle, and the youngest. We will discuss advantages, disadvantages, understanding of the importance and how to make the most of each position in a family constellation.
This course will prepare you with the knowledge to respond in an emergency situation. This course follows the guidelines of the American Heart Association, however 
The course provides an overview of the decision making process for individuals choosing the career path in front of them or attempting to improve upon previous poor decision making. Several decision-making techniques are introduced. This course is written from the perspective of an alcohol and drug counselor who has worked with thousands of recovering addicts over the course of his career utilizing this experience through examples.
Approximately 15 million Americans meet diagnostic criteria for alcohol abuse or dependence every year. This course will explore the alcohol and drug abuse evaluation process. The evaluation helps to determine if the 
Caregivers perform a wide variety of tasks to assist someone else in his or her daily life. This course will explore how to help the caregiver communicate more effectively with their patients. 
This course will focus on helping behavioral health professionals handle complaints made by clients and patients. The lesson will explore the complaint resolution process, what role each professional plays and how to prioritize complaints.
Drug or alcohol detoxification is the first step to recovery.
Records provide an ongoing “picture” of the nature of child welfare involvement with families, the progress toward achieving outcomes, and the basis of decisions that eventually lead to case closure. The process of record-keeping itself helps to clarify and focus child welfare work.
A drug test is an analysis of a biological sample used to determine the presence of specific substances. Drug testing is done pre-employment, randomly by employers, after an accident on the job, during probation, by the police, in the prison system, in recovery programs, in hospitals and by parents. 
Florida Certification Board
Florida Board of Nursing
NAADAC
Social media has the potential ability to profoundly impact our relationships, communication, self-esteem, privacy, careers, governments, and beliefs.
In the mental health field records are maintained for a variety of reasons, the most important of which is the benefit of the client and continuity of care. Records allow a psychologist, counselor, or social worker to document and review the delivery of psychological services. The nature and extent of the record will vary depending upon the type and purpose of psychological services. Records can provide a history and current status in the event of a necessary referral or legal need. 
This course explores utilizing physical activity as a viable adjunctive intervention strategy for improving the mental health of patients. It explores the effect exercise has on anxiety, depression and post traumatic stress disorder, the role of self-esteem and self-efficacy in mental well being, and prepares professionals in the mental health field to use incorporate exercise as a complimentary approach in treatment.
This course will explore the various theories that can be used with a family with addiction issues.
Fire is a serious threat for any health care facility. Many clients have special needs that make them especially vulnerable in a fire emergency, thus increasing the risk of fire-casualties. Health care staff must make every effort to prevent fires from starting and must be prepared to respond if a fire breaks out.
Bayside Continuing Education has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP #6098. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Bayside Continuing Education is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
This course meets the requirements for the 3 hour Florida Laws and Rules Update required every third biennium for license renewal. It is not the 8 hour initial licensure course. Please see below for the 8 hour Laws and Rules course.
This course was designed to educate the health care provider on the stages of growth and development.
This course will update our current understanding of what HIV and AIDS are and how they are transmitted. The prevalence of the disease and how it attacks the body will be explained. Current information on the transmission, as well as the correction of several common myths, will be taught. The importance of testing and diagnosis is ever increasing with the significant progress being made regarding the treatment of HIV.
The best way to reduce your risk of exposure to the flu virus in your workplace is to use basic hygiene precautions and to avoid close contact with ill people. If your job involves contact with clients or other healthcare services, then you may need to take additional precautions.
It is crucial that mental health care providers have a fundamental understanding of the legal issues associated with mental health patients.
Young people can have mental, emotional, and behavioral problems that are real, painful, and costly. These problems, often called “disorders,” are sources of stress for children and their families, schools, and communities.
Motivational interviewing is a client-centered, directive counseling method aimed at enhancing intrinsic motivation that helps people resolve ambivalent feelings and insecurities to find the internal motivation they need to change their behavior.
This includes both the RISF handbook, orientation and annual education.
Pain is an individualized concept that requires an equally individualized solution. 
This course will explore the myriad of issues relating to setting and maintaining boundaries with the counseling relationship:
This course will examine the early years of the twenty-first century child; how the traditional autocratic styles of child rearing have evolved into a more democratic social system that nurtures through an interdependence of family and community systems. We will evaluate the impact of changing environmental forces upon young children including family, social dynamics, and diet.
Recovery residences are sober, safe, and healthy living environments that promote recovery from AOD use and associated problems. At a minimum, recovery residences offer peer-to-peer recovery support with some providing professionally delivered clinical services all aimed at promoting abstinence based, long-term recovery. This course will explore the supportive environment and types of care generally offered in a recovery residence. We will look at recovery plans, lengths of stay, participation requirements, supportive services, and relapse prevention.
There are specific tasks that a Certified Recovery Residence Administrator must conduct to provide for the residents’ quality of life and safety. Initial screening and intake procedures determine a client’s eligibility and readiness for a program. This course will explore the policies and procedures for admission, the tools utilized to establish criteria for admission, discuss the rights and requirements of admission and explore the financial management policies.
The use of electronic media and information technologies in behavioral health treatment, recovery support, and prevention programs is rapidly gaining acceptance. There are many benefits and concerns about using internet based assessments, programs and platforms.
Insomnia affects about 60 million Americans each year. It can interfere with health, well-being, relationships, careers and the quality of life. This course will explore the impact of insomnia, common causes and explore pharmaceutical, non pharmaceutical and behavioral treatments.
ADHD is currently considered to be a persistent and chronic syndrome for which no medical cure is available. However, in the last decade, scientists have learned much about the course of the disorder and are now able to identify and treat those who have it.
Vaccines are one of the great public health achievements. Thanks to vaccines, serious and often fatal diseases like polio, that were once common, are now only distant memories for most Americans.