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by David Nowell, Ph.D. | Jul 26, 2021 | Uncategorized
Date course created: July 2021
Skillful application of attentional/executive functioning is a required skill in the 21st century. The result of our “Attention Industrial Complex” is that these skills – now more than ever – are crucial for clients with ADD/ADHD, mood and anxiety disorders, head injury, and other medical conditions which impact cognitive efficiency. The ability to rapidly identify processing disorders and provide targeted treatment recommendations is one of the professional clinical skills necessary to help these clients improve function.
Attend this workshop presented by Dr. David Nowell, an internationally known ADHD coach and neuropsychologist, and learn how to apply leading edge research to your own clinical practice with clients who struggle with these attentional skills. Gain a wide range of concrete skills including assessment of processing and organizational deficits from multiple perspectives and managing symptom overlap among related disorders.
Some of the topics covered will include:
- What are the basics we need to grasp regarding the pros and cons of stimulant medication for ADHD?
- What evidence-based non-medical options can be offered to clients who encounter problems with focus and concentration?
- What real-life and immediately applicable strategies can be introduced to clients who may not be diagnosed with ADD/ADHD but who struggle with procrastination and self-motivation?
- How can clients and their families realistically manage the impact of screens and other technology on sleep quality, relationship goals, and time management?
- Is the recent increase in ADHD diagnosis a real thing or a consequence of lifestyle?
- What constitutes “normal” capacity – across the lifespan – for managing distractions and directing our limited attentional resources?
**This is a 6.25-CE noninteractive, self-paced online video course delivered in home study format via an industry-standard online learning platform**
Agenda:
00:00 – 02:00: The Human Brain
02:00 – 04:00: ADHD 301
04:00 – 05:00: Top – Down and Bottom – Up Supports
05:00 – 06:00: The Big 5
06:00 – 06:20: Strategic Behavioral Inquiry
Objectives:
a). After completing this training, participants will be able to identify executive and organizational deficits across a wide range of childhood and adult disorders.
b). After completing this training, participants will be able to differentiate and describe the processing disorders.
c). After completing this training, participants will be able to implement specific skills for managing school, work, and relationship challenges for clients with executive dysfunction.
d). After completing this training, participants will be able to apply techniques for involvement of teachers, family, and spouses in your evaluation and treatment.
e). After completing this training, participants will be able to acquire a set of tools you can adapt to children and adults with executive dysfunction or “everyday” time management challenges and mood instability.
f). After completing this training, participants will be able to contrast diagnostic approaches to making the distinction between normal from abnormal attentional challenges at work, in the home, and at school.
g). After completing this training, participants will be able to identify the risks and benefits of medication for ADHD.
Target Audience:
The target audience for this event includes psychologists, licensed clinical social workers, licensed counselors, MFT’s, and other clinical mental health professionals.
Instructional Level: Intermediate
Instructor(s): David Nowell, Ph.D.
Material Author(s): David Nowell, Ph.D.
David Nowell, Ph.D., is a clinical neuropsychologist in private practice in Massachusetts. One of his passions is the translation of neuropsychological and brain research to functional and understandable terms which clients, families and practitioners can quickly put to use to solve real problems. His research interests include the impact of traumatic brain injury on social and occupational functioning. He has served as clinical director of the Learning Disability Assessment program at UMass Medical School Disability Evaluation Service. Dr. Nowell speaks internationally and trains professionals in human services organizations, hospital staff and welfare agencies. A member of the American Psychological Association and the Massachusetts Neuropsychological Association, he earned his doctorate at the University of Alabama and completed an internship program in neuropsychology at Tulane University Medical Center in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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by Kristin Coen | May 19, 2021 | Live Events
You are currently registered to attend:
EMDR Skills: A Comprehensive Step-By-Step Workshop (12 CE’s)
January 6, 2022
January 7, 2022
9:00 am – 4:30 pm CENTRAL TIME
WEBINAR INFORMATION:
Due to increasing Covid-19 cases, we have canceled the in-person event. In-person ticket attendees will still be able to attend the event virtually.
All attendees will attend the interactive Zoom meeting with the option to participate in breakout rooms as well as interact directly with Dr. Sweeton and other attendees.
MISSED LIVE EVENTS POLICY:
If you miss this live event, you may request access to a previous similar recording, at no additional charge. If you miss the event but still desire CE credit, you have already acknowledged at registration that you must purchase a similar previously produced home study course separately. It is available here for 8.75 home study CE’s.
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A beginning code word will be given at the start of this workshop verbally, as well as typed at the top of the chat dialogue within the first 10 minutes of the webinar. An ending code word will be given at the conclusion of the workshop verbally as well as typed into the chat dialogue.
We are only permitted to give these out once. These code words are used to verify attendance as required by our national CE provider credentialing bodies. Therefore we ask that you take special care to be present and pay attention as these code words are given so that you can log attendance to receive a CE completion certificate.
The event starts at 9:00am CENTRAL TIME. Lunch break is from 12:00pm to 1:00pm both days. You will be given a code word at the beginning and end of the workshop.
After the event concludes, within 3 days you must access the course module for your event under “Your Courses” in your Online CE Credits Dashboard (you’re taken to the Dashboard immediately after logging into www.onlinececredits.com). Once there, scroll all the way down to the Course Content section where you’ll see the Code Word Attendance “quiz” and Evaluation “quiz.” Click the Code Word Attendance “quiz” and answer the beginning and ending code words. From there, you’ll be taken to the Evaluation module to complete a short eval before receiving your official signed completion certificate for “live” CE credit.
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by Patrick B. McGrath, Ph.D. | Apr 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
Date course created: April 2021
While hoarding is not a new problem, it has finally achieved the status of becoming its own diagnosable condition. Hoarding can impact people’s lives significantly, from the personal distress that the hoarding can cause to family discord and even health concerns of those in the home due to mold and infestation.
Hoarding can be dangerous if there is a shift of items that traps someone or if there is a fire in the home. In fact, a study out of Melbourne, Australia found that hoarding homes account for less than 1% of all house fires, but 24% of house fire fatalities (WPI).
Interventions for individuals who hoard should be multifaceted to ensure successful treatment. Clinicians should assess for acquiring, saving, and discarding/disorganization behaviors. It is also important to assess for executive functioning, decision-making ability, as well as possible ADHD symptoms. Further, the items themselves must be evaluated for sentimental (emotion), instrumental (useful), and intrinsic (beauty) value.
In this course we will review the basics of hoarding, the influences of acquiring and saving and disorganization, and the value that is placed on items. Further, areas of focus, such as attention, decision-making, and executive functioning will be reviewed. Case examples will be discussed from the presenter’s personal cases, as well as his cases from the show, Hoarding: Buried Alive.
**This is a 3-CE noninteractive, self-paced online video course delivered in home study format via an industry-standard online learning platform**
Agenda:
00:00 – 01:00: Understanding Hoarding Disorder
01:00 – 02:00: Differentiating and Recognizing Hoarding
02:00 – 03:00: Addressing Hoarding Behavior
Objectives:
a). After completing this training, participants will be able to learn how Hoarding is defined in the DSM-5 and is no longer considered a subset of OCD, but its own diagnosis.
b). After completing this training, participants will be able to learn how to apply the basics of CBT for Hoarding to cases that are referred to you, including assessing areas such as executive functioning, attention, and decision-making.
c). After completing this training, participants will be able to learn how to approach working with individuals who hoard to clean out their living space in a way that is humane and honoring of their possessions.
Target Audience:
The target audience for this event includes psychologists, licensed clinical social workers, licensed counselors, MFT’s, and other clinical mental health professionals.
Instructional Level: Intermediate
Instructor(s): Patrick B. McGrath, Ph.D.
Material Author(s): Patrick B. McGrath, Ph.D.
Patrick B. McGrath, Ph.D. is the author of The OCD Answer Book and the workbook Don’t Try Harder, Try Different. He is the Head of Clinical Services and Lead Psychologist at Amita Health, (Residential Treatment for Anxiety, OCD and PTSD located in the Chicago Area), President of the Anxiety Center in Illinois, USA, President OCD Midwest USA, and Fellow at the Association of Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies Association. Currently, Dr. McGrath directs both a Partial Hospitalization and an Intensive Outpatient Program for OCD and anxiety. He is the Co-Director of the School Anxiety/School Refusal Program and was awarded a grant from the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs to begin a PTSD treatment program for returning veterans from Iraq. In addition to treating clients, Dr. McGrath trains students from graduate schools across the metropolitan Chicago area and provides training on anxiety disorders. Dr. McGrath’s postdoctoral fellowship was at the St. Louis Behavioral Medicine Institute. His experience includes leading the Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) component at Michigan State University’s Counselling Center and launching the Anxiety Services Program at Linden Oaks Hospital at Edward in Naperville, Illinois, treating individuals with intensive CBT and Exposure and Response Prevention therapy for all anxiety disorders. Dr. McGrath is a regular speaker at conferences for the Obsessive Compulsive Foundation (for which he is on the Scientific Advisory Board), the Anxiety Disorders Association of America and the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. He has been featured on PBS television in Chicago for his work on PTSD, as well as in the Chicago Tribune, Daily Herald and on over 300 radio stations across the USA including WGN, The Sally Jesse Raphael Show and National Public Radio. He has also been featured on the documentary “Anxious” for the Discovery Health Channel, and three episodes of “Hoarding: Buried Alive” for The Learning Channel.
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- Delivery Method – this course is a recorded asynchronous, self-paced webinar training, and there is no access time limit or due date to complete it once enrolled. The enrolled learner will stream the recorded presentation and view the materials from their internet connected device via an industry-standard online learning platform.
CE Approvals:
Online CE Credits has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6795. Programs that do not quality for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Online CE Credits is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Mind Works Professional Education, Inc. DBA Online CE Credits, #1974, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: July 23, 2024 – July 23, 2025. Social workers completing this course receive [see advertisement] asynchronous distance learning continuing education credits.
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- Posttest Requirements – you must answer 80% or more of the Quiz questions correctly to pass. If you fail to pass the first time, you may attempt the quiz again until you are able to pass with a score of 80% or better. Quizzes are graded instantly and automatically by the learning management system once your attempt is submitted.
- Certificate of Completion – certificates of completion are automatically generated – downloadable from your Dashboard and emailed to you – once you view the Lesson materials and complete the Quiz and the course evaluation.
- How to Enroll – Login to the website first if you already have a user account. If not, you will create your permanent user account login information during course enrollment. Select the appropriate course library using the top menu of the website. Once inside your chosen course library, find and select your desired course to be taken to the main course page. Click the button on the top banner to enroll. When the order window pops up, enter your details and place your order. You will be emailed an enrollment confirmation message, and you’ll be sent to a landing page instructing you how to begin your newly enrolled course.
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by Sheri Van Dijk, MSW, RSW | Apr 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
Date course created: April 2021
Bipolar Disorder (BD) is a serious mental health problem that typically creates chaos in an individual’s life, often leading to risky and impulsive behaviors, damaged relationship and careers, substance use problems, hospitalization, and even suicide. Because of the complexity of this disorder – the different episodes, variability of symptoms from person to person as well as from episode to episode within the same individual – Bipolar Disorder can be difficult for clinicians to recognize. Improper diagnosis leads to improper treatment, which can cause worsening of symptoms for individuals. Once an accurate diagnosis has been made, however, it’s often equally as difficult to help our clients to accept and understand this diagnosis, which contributes to difficulties following prescribed treatment recommendations.
In this webinar you will learn about bipolar disorder, including the different diagnostic categories of BD, and its causes, as well as the disorders that often co-occur with bipolar disorder and the difficulties people experience in living with this and the co-morbid disorders. In gaining a greater understanding yourself as a clinician of bipolar disorder, you’ll be in a more effective position to help your clients to understand and accept their mental health problems, which will typically lead to improved outcomes for clients. You’ll also learn about the existing psycho-therapies being used to treat bipolar disorder.
Finally, based on her ground-breaking work using Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) to treat BD, Sheri Van Dijk will examine the efficacy of DBT in treating this illness, and delve into some of the DBT skills most pertinent to clients with this complex illness.
**This is a 4.75-CE noninteractive, self-paced online video course delivered in home study format via an industry-standard online learning platform**
Agenda:
00:00 – 01:00: Diagnostic Intricacies of Bipolar Disorder
01:00 – 02:00: Mania and Hypomania
02:00 – 03:00: Impact of Race, Ethnicity, and Misdiagnosis in Mental Health
03:00 – 04:00: DBT-Informed Method for Treating Bipolar Disorder
04:00 – 04:45: Review Treatment Options
Objectives:
a). After completing this training, participants will be able to learn and understand the DSM-5 diagnoses, rates, and etiology of Bipolar Disorder.
b). After completing this training, participants will be able to understand the co-morbidities, suicidality and other difficulties of living with Bipolar Disorder.
c). After completing this training, participants will be able to understand and describe Bipolar Disorder clinical information in order to provide effective psychoeducation to clients.
d). After completing this training, participants will be able to develop skills to assist clients in accepting and understanding their Bipolar illness to enable more effective illness management.
e.) After completing this training, participants will be able to learn current evidence-based treatments for Bipolar Disorder, and understand how DBT will be helpful in treating this population.
f). After completing this training, participants will be able to understand the theoretical rationale for using Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) in treating Bipolar Disorder.
g). After completing this training, participants will be able to learn the primary DBT skills used in treating Bipolar Disorder, including mindfulness and acceptance techniques, distress tolerance skills, and skills to manage emotions more effectively.
Target Audience:
The target audience for this event includes psychologists, licensed clinical social workers, licensed counselors, MFT’s, and other clinical mental health professionals.
Instructional Level: Intermediate
Instructor(s): Sheri Van Dijk, MSW, RSW
Material Author(s): Sheri Van Dijk, MSW, RSW
Sheri Van Dijk, MSW, RSW, is the author of seven DBT books, including The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook for Bipolar Disorder, Calming the Emotional Storm, and Don’t Let Your Emotions Run Your Life for Teens, the focus of which is to teach clients how to use mindfulness practice and DBT skills to help them live emotionally healthier lives. She has also written DBT Made Simple, the aim of which was to make DBT more accessible to therapists working with diagnoses other than BPD; and she has been presenting extensively in Canada and abroad with this goal as well. Sheri is the winner of the R.O. Jones award for her research on using DBT skills with bipolar disorder, presented at the Canadian Psychiatric Association Conference in September, 2010. Sheri is an experienced presenter who has been training professionals extensively in Canada and the USA over the last nine years. Her training is fast-paced, full of examples from her clinical practice, and demonstrates the use of self she describes as essential to working with clients in DBT. She draws from her clinical experience with the clients she works with in both her private practice and at a community hospital in Ontario, Canada, where she has been providing DBT-informed therapy for clients with mixed diagnosis in individual and group therapy.
For additional information about this course, the instructors, or the material authors, please contact Content Assistance at content@onlinececredits.com.
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- Course materials – The course is composed of a recorded presentation and written materials (e.g. a slide deck and/or other worksheets, manuals, or handouts as provided by the instructor). The slide deck and any additional worksheets or handouts (as provided by the instructor) are made available inside the Lesson module after a course is purchased.
- Delivery Method – this course is a recorded asynchronous, self-paced webinar training, and there is no access time limit or due date to complete it once enrolled. The enrolled learner will stream the recorded presentation and view the materials from their internet connected device via an industry-standard online learning platform.
CE Approvals:
Online CE Credits has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6795. Programs that do not quality for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Online CE Credits is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Mind Works Professional Education, Inc. DBA Online CE Credits, #1974, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: July 23, 2024 – July 23, 2025. Social workers completing this course receive [see advertisement] asynchronous distance learning continuing education credits.
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- Posttest Requirements – you must answer 80% or more of the Quiz questions correctly to pass. If you fail to pass the first time, you may attempt the quiz again until you are able to pass with a score of 80% or better. Quizzes are graded instantly and automatically by the learning management system once your attempt is submitted.
- Certificate of Completion – certificates of completion are automatically generated – downloadable from your Dashboard and emailed to you – once you view the Lesson materials and complete the Quiz and the course evaluation.
- How to Enroll – Login to the website first if you already have a user account. If not, you will create your permanent user account login information during course enrollment. Select the appropriate course library using the top menu of the website. Once inside your chosen course library, find and select your desired course to be taken to the main course page. Click the button on the top banner to enroll. When the order window pops up, enter your details and place your order. You will be emailed an enrollment confirmation message, and you’ll be sent to a landing page instructing you how to begin your newly enrolled course.
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by Leo DeBroeck, MS, LMHC, CMHS, MHP | Jan 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
Date course created: January 2021
Clients with a history of abusive relationships tend to exhibit certain predictable behavior patterns, underlying emotional needs, and related cognitive distortions. Important topics and skills for helping clinicians and their clients identify these patterns and their underlying causes will be reviewed. This comprehensive course will review the evidence and breakthroughs provided by research as well as undoing past misconceptions and errors in prior research on codependency.
Areas of focus for the course will include the development and use of codependency, understanding DSM-5 Dependent Personality Disorder, attachment styles, and using specific treatment tools with clients. We’ll practice using the wheel of power and control, the four horsemen, the love languages, and the sound relationship house. We’ll discuss how to identify and work through transference issues that are common in treating clients with dependent traits as well as engage in thoughtful peer discussion of presented case vignettes. Recent research on treatment/symptom management for these clients will also be broken down into useful and practical counseling techniques. The seminar will include time for questions, practicing skills, and interacting with others in the course.
**This is a 5.5-CE noninteractive, self-paced online video course delivered in home study format via an industry-standard online learning platform**
Agenda:
00:00 – 01:00: Understanding Patterns in Abusive Relationships
01:00 – 02:00: Diagnosis and Symptomology of Dependent Personality Disorder (DPD)
02:00 – 03:00: Understanding Relationship Styles
03:00 – 04:00: Family Dynamics and Codependency
04:00 – 05:00: Leaving the Lab: Identity and Addiction
05:00 – 05:30: Discussion
Objectives:
This training will provide participants clinical knowledge and tools to:
a). After completing this training, participants will be able to define dependency and codependency.
b). After completing this training, participants will be able to explain the purpose of using roles in relationships.
c). After completing this training, participants will be able to identify at least five of the eight diagnostic criteria of DPD and one common impact of symptoms.
d). After completing this training, participants will be able to describe and use objectifiable measurements in unhealthy dependent emotional needs and behaviors.
e). After completing this training, participants will be able to identify patterns in healthy relationships.
f). After completing this training, participants will be able to name 5 family relationship styles as part of fostering dependent behavior.
g). After completing this training, participants will be able to implement at least one intervention for addressing feelings and behaviors of unhealthy dependency.
Target Audience:
Mental health counselors, psychologists, social workers, drug and alcohol counselors, marriage and family therapists, telehealth treatment professionals, and other clinical mental health professionals.
Instructional Level: Intermediate
Instructor(s): LeoDeBroeck MS, LMHC, CMHS, MHP
Material Author(s): LeoDeBroeck MS, LMHC, CMHS, MHP
Leo DeBroeck is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Child Mental Health Specialist in Washington State. He is CBT Plus certified through the University of Washington and Harborview Sexual Assault and Traumatic Stress Center and works full-time at a community health center as a therapist with a team of Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists, Licensed Clinical Social Workers, Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioners, and Psychologists. Mr. DeBroeck has completed his Masters of Science in Clinical Psychology at Eastern Washington University submitting his thesis on factors in suicide. He has experience working with children and adolescents at an intensive inpatient program in Spokane, Washington for several years. He has worked in several different levels of care for mental health treatment including long-term inpatient care, WISe wraparound intensive services, school-based therapy services, and outpatient clinical settings. Leo also works as a quarterly faculty lecturer for Eastern Washington University’s satellite campus at Bellevue College. He teaches night classes to graduate and undergraduates in foundations of psychotherapy, trauma: assessment, management, and treatment, cognitive and behavior change, and others. Leo has also published peer-reviewed scientific research on young adults related to suicidality and has written several children’s therapy books, which are published on Amazon, for use in therapy settings addressing grief, addiction, neglect, abuse, etc. Mr. DeBroeck is the president and founder of Counselor’s Choice Award, LLC which reviews and promotes scientifically validated counseling products, therapeutic tools, and books.
For additional information about this course, the instructors, or the material authors, please contact Content Assistance at content@onlinececredits.com.
Course Materials & Delivery Method:
- Course materials – The course is composed of a recorded presentation and written materials (e.g. a slide deck and/or other worksheets, manuals, or handouts as provided by the instructor). The slide deck and any additional worksheets or handouts (as provided by the instructor) are made available inside the Lesson module after a course is purchased.
- Delivery Method – this course is a recorded asynchronous, self-paced webinar training, and there is no access time limit or due date to complete it once enrolled. The enrolled learner will stream the recorded presentation and view the materials from their internet connected device via an industry-standard online learning platform.
CE Approvals:
Online CE Credits has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6795. Programs that do not quality for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Online CE Credits is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Mind Works Professional Education, Inc. DBA Online CE Credits, #1974, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: July 23, 2024 – July 23, 2025. Social workers completing this course receive [see advertisement] asynchronous distance learning continuing education credits.
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- Refund & Cancellation Policy – you may review this policy at any time by clicking here.
- Accessibility Accommodations – if you require a reasonable accommodation for any reason, please email your request to cc@onlinececredits.com
- Course Completion Requirements – 1.) View the entire Lesson module (accessible from the main course page), to include the embedded and/or linked presentation video(s), slide deck, additional materials, and/or links to any shared video clip(s) that may have been edited from the presentation video(s) to comply with copyright laws. 2.) Click into the Quiz module accessible from either the main course page or the Lesson page and complete the Quiz with an 80% or better pass rate. 3.) Complete the course evaluation – you’ll be sent to the evaluation automatically once you successfully pass the Quiz.
- Posttest Requirements – you must answer 80% or more of the Quiz questions correctly to pass. If you fail to pass the first time, you may attempt the quiz again until you are able to pass with a score of 80% or better. Quizzes are graded instantly and automatically by the learning management system once your attempt is submitted.
- Certificate of Completion – certificates of completion are automatically generated – downloadable from your Dashboard and emailed to you – once you view the Lesson materials and complete the Quiz and the course evaluation.
- How to Enroll – Login to the website first if you already have a user account. If not, you will create your permanent user account login information during course enrollment. Select the appropriate course library using the top menu of the website. Once inside your chosen course library, find and select your desired course to be taken to the main course page. Click the button on the top banner to enroll. When the order window pops up, enter your details and place your order. You will be emailed an enrollment confirmation message, and you’ll be sent to a landing page instructing you how to begin your newly enrolled course.
- System Requirements –
- Recommended Devices: Desktop, Laptop, or Tablet computer. (Note: Our platform is mobile responsive and may be fully accessed from a connected smartphone).
- Suggested Browsers: Updated version of Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, or Apple Safari.
- Recommended Network: Home wifi, ethernet, or a public wifi with VPN (Note: agency or corporate networks are often equipped with restrictive firewalls that may adversely impact your experience on our platform).
- Recommended speed/bandwidth: Minimum download speed > 20Mbps and minimum upload speed > 6Mbps.
