Introduction
Date Course Created: July 2026
Many clinicians rely on subjective intuition for treatment planning and progress monitoring, leaving a gap in demonstrable clinical competence. Measurement-Based Care (MBC) closes this gap by systematically using validated instruments to evaluate symptoms and functioning to guide clinical decisions. This comprehensive course provides the framework for translating broad clinical concepts into observable, trackable data, elevating your practice from standard care to an evidence-informed standard of excellence.
Beyond clinical efficacy, MBC is a cornerstone of ethical practice and risk management. This training delves into the ACA Code of Ethics, demonstrating how outcome data fulfills the mandate to monitor effectiveness, prevent iatrogenic harm, and accurately represent competence. Furthermore, practitioners will learn how to leverage severity banding to create data-grounded Good Faith Estimates, ensuring compliance with the No Surprises Act while offering clients transparent, realistic treatment timelines.
Moving from theory to practice, the course introduces a robust 5-step case formulation sequence: Score, Problem List, Targets, Intervention, and Timeline. Participants will learn how to build targeted baseline batteries, differentiate between official severity bands and clinical planning heuristics, and utilize monthly reassessment data to narrate a client’s recovery journey. Through detailed vignettes spanning complex trauma to situational distress, clinicians will master the art of turning raw scores into precise, individualized treatment plans.
Finally, the course emphasizes the collaborative nature of MBC. You will discover how to share trajectory data with clients to build self-efficacy and momentum, effectively navigate progress plateaus, and make ethical, data-supported discharge decisions. By the end of this training, you will possess a complete, implementable system for integrating MBC into your practice, fostering lasting functional change and greater accountability.
This is a 5-CE noninteractive, self-paced online video course delivered in home study format via an industry-standard online learning platform.
Agenda
00:00 – 01:03 → Part 1: Orientation & Defining Competence
01:03 – 01:53 → Part 2: Ethics in Action (ACA, Good Faith Estimate, Risk Management)
01:53 – 03:00 → Part 3: The Assessment Framework
03:00 – 04:06 → Part 4: Application in Practice/Vignette
04:06 – 05:04 → Part 5: Progress Mapping, Client Education, Discharge & Implementation
Objectives
This training will provide participants clinical knowledge and tools to:
After completing this training, participants will be able to define Measurement-Based Care (MBC) and explain its critical role in operationalizing problems and guiding clinical decision-making throughout the course of treatment.- After completing this training, participants will be able to identify at least three professional ethical standards upheld by the structured implementation of MBC.
- After completing this training, participants will be able to apply severity banding to standardized assessment data to formulate data-grounded Good Faith Estimates and realistic treatment timelines.
- After completing this training, participants will be able to select and interpret baseline and reassessment instruments, accurately distinguishing between official validated scoring and clinical planning heuristics.
- After completing this training, participants will be able to construct operationalized treatment plans using the sequence of score, problem list, maintaining targets, matched interventions, and timeline.
- After completing this training, participants will be able to analyze monthly reassessment data to evaluate progress trajectories, navigate plateaus, and apply data-supported criteria for ethical client discharge.
Target Audience:
Mental Health Clinicians & Therapists, Social Workers, Psychologists, Marriage & Family Therapists, Counselors, School Personnel, and Healthcare Workers.
Instructional Level: Intermediate
Instructor(s): Piper Harris, LPC
Material Author(s): Piper Harris, LPC
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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:
National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC)
Online CE Credits has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6795. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Online CE Credits is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
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, 2025 – July 23, 2028. Social workers completing this course receive 5 ethics continuing education credits.
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