PART 1 Mental Health Counseling for People Living with HIV-AIDS: History, Medical Facts, Cultural Awareness, Social Determinants of Health, and Ethical Issues (3.75 L&E CE hours)
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Part 1 provides mental health counselors with a foundational understanding of HIV, including how the virus is transmitted, how it affects the immune system, and how it progresses if it is not treated. Part 1 covers key concepts in current medical care and common acronyms, such as viral load, PrEP which is a protective treatment taken by someone who is not infected, and the role of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in suppressing the virus and preventing transmission. Social determinants of health are covered in the next lesson, and then the third lesson shares lived experience and the history of populations particularly impacted by the AIDS pandemic when it first arose in the 1980s. While counselors do not provide medical care, having a clear grasp of these basics supports informed, affirming, and collaborative work with clients living with HIV, and allows clinicians to confidently integrate psychoeducation and advocacy into their practice when appropriate. Legal and ethical considerations specific to counseling people living with HIV are covered.
Note: A CE certificate will be generated only at the end of each of the two parts, rather than individually when each section is completed. Post-tests will be taken periodically through each module to check your knowledge when it is fresh. Once you pass the third post-test, you’ll submit a course eval, and then receive your first CE certificate, which will be for 3.75 CE hours (which includes 1.75 law and ethics CEs). Then, PART 2 can be purchased separately and provides for an additional 3.25 CE hours.
This course is specifically designed as part of a comprehensive two-module program of training that meets the California BBS requirement for assessing and working with people living with HIV/AIDS training for counselors, therapists, and social workers on first license renewal. You’ll need to complete all lessons in each of the modules to earn the 7 CEs. Partial CEs cannot be awarded.
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Lesson 1.1 IntroductionYou are in PART 1 of the two-part training. PART 1 is 3.75 CE hours total, including 1.75 law and ethics CE hours. PART 2, which is 3.25 CE hours, must be purchased separately, once you have completed PART 1. You'll earn a total of 7 CE hours (including 2 law and ethics CE hours) if you complete both parts.
PART 1 has three modules:
- Understanding HIV/AIDS Medically and Legally for Counseling Professionals
- Stigma, Discrimination, and Communities Most Affected by HIV
- Historical Contexts and Affirmative Practices
Each module is constructed of videos and reading, test questions, and some engagement activities. You need to complete them in sequence. You'll take a post-test at the end of each module. You must pass the post-test with at least a 70% score, and don't worry, retakes are allowed if you don't make it through the first time.
When you complete all three modules of PART 1, you'll submit a course evalution, and then a CE certificate will be displayed for the 3.75 CE hours.
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Pre-Test: Knowledge CheckThese questions are meant to generate reflection and as a knowledge check. These are ungraded and do not affect your ability to earn CEs in the course. Please be candid with your responses. -
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Stories of People Living with HIV/AIDS: Ellie
My HIV Story: Being diagnosed
by Ellie Harrison
posted on YouTube April 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNvFlIUZMWM
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Lesson 1.2 Understanding HIV and AIDS Including Relevant Law
This lesson provides an overview of the differences between HIV and AIDS, and offers definitions of many common acronyms and terms related to the disease. An introduction to relevant state and federal laws concerning HIV and also the criminalization of HIV is offered.
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Resource: State laws that criminalize behaviors of PLWHDifferent states have enacted legislation that imposes criminal penalties or enhanced sentences for people living with HIV/AIDS engaged in certain behaviors.
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Lesson 1.3 Stories of People Living with HIV/AIDS: Michael
My HIV Symptoms Prediagnosis | HIV symptoms experience | HIV symptoms | hiv story
channel: Michael K
posted 7/5/2019
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Lesson 1.4 Laws & Ethics, Disease Progression, and Treatment
This section covers more information on legal and ethical considerations of counseling clients who are living with HIV/AIDS, as well as further medical information about how the disease progresses once someone is infected.
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Summary of California Laws on HIV Disclosure
This is a summary of California-specific laws around medical confidentiality related to HIV.
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Lesson 1.5 Prevention
This section continues the discussion of prevention of spread of HIV.
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Resource: Needle exchange locator
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Lesson 1.6 Prevention: PrEP
This final video discusses Pre-Exposure Prophylactic, or PrEP, which is a medication that someone who is not diagnosed with HIV can take to protect them from contracting it if they engage in higher-risk activities or are in a sexual relationship with a PLWH.
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Resource: Clinics that prescribe PrEP
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Module 1 Post-Test: Understanding HIV/AIDS Medically & Legally for Mental Health ProfessionalsPost-test for Module 1
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Lesson 2.1 Stories of People Living with HIV/AIDS: Omar
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Resource: Demographic data on PLWH in the U.S.
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Resource: California HIV Public Health Disparities Report 2022 -
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Lesson 2.2 Stigma, Discrimination, Social Determinants of Health, California Data
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HIV.gov: Impact on Racial and Ethnic Minorities
This is another report showing the disproportionate impact of HIV on minorities, this time using national data from 2018-2022.
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Module 2 Post-Test: Stigma, Discrimination, Communities Most Affected
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Lesson 3.1 The AIDS epidemic in San Francisco
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Lesson 3.2 Overcoming Irrational Fear of AIDS
Content warning: This video includes medical professionals openly expressing homophobic and insensitive views.
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(Optional) The response to AIDS in San Francisco in the 1980s
This video is optional, and is not required as part of the course.
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Lesson 3.3 Stories of People Living with HIV/AIDS: Derrick
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(Optional) Stories of People Living with HIV: Vitor from Brazil
This video is optional, and is not required to complete the course.
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Reflection Exercise
Reflecting on experiences of PLWH
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Module 3 Post-Test: Historical Context and Cultural Considerations
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PART 1 COURSE EVALUATION
Congratulations! You have completed the three-module sequence of trainings for PART 1. You are now ready to submit the course evaluation, at which point your CE certificate will be generated. This CE certificate will show you have earned 3.75 CE hours (of which 1.75 count as Law & Ethics CE hours).
If you continue on with PART 2 of this HIV/AIDS training (purchased separately), you'll be able to earn an additional 3.25 CE hours, bringing the total for the full course to 7 CE hours, which is the requirement for the California BBS.
No pre-requisites for Part 1.
Mental health professionals, including Licensed Professional Clinical Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Licensed Clinical Social Workers.
