Private Group Trainings for the ASSYST Procedures
In a world experiencing an increased number of mental disorders, mental health conditions, or ongoing traumatic stress, mental health professionals need to be able to respond confidently and effectively in their community. With fewer resources available and a higher demand of services needed, mental health therapists need an intervention that is quick and efficient. The Acute Stress Syndrome Stabilization (ASSYST)© procedure can be offered online or in-person, and individually or in a group setting. The ASSYST is specifically designed to provide support to clients who present Acute Stress Disorder (ASD) or Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Clients experiencing intense psychological distress or somatic reactivity caused by the disorder’s intrusion symptoms.
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For example, recurrent memories of the adverse experience(s) that includes one or more of the following components:
- Sensory (e.g., images, smells, sounds, touch or be touched, taste).
- Emotional (physical sensations associated with affective states).
- Physiological (visceral sensations: vomit sensation, sense of heat for a burn victim, shortness of breath for a near-drowning experience survivor).
Purpose
This offering is available if you want to customize your training experience by having an intimate training group setting. The pricing reflects the trainer costs, along with administrative fees and the unique experience. The pricing also includes Continuing Education (CE) credits for each person in the training. If you prefer to join one of our live in-person or online training, then check out our schedule here.
Who is eligible?
Our intended audience are: 1) Licensed Therapists or 2) Pre-licensed therapists who have graduated with their master’s degree, who are working toward their clinical licensure and are under supervision, and 3) Master’s Level Graduate Students pursuing a career in mental health counseling. If you are not yet licensed, then you must have a letter of approval from your clinical supervisor and you must be working with clients in a clinical setting.
Virtual:
20-29 people = $5,000
30-39 people = $7,000
40 – 49 people = $8,500
50+ people = $10,000
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Learning Objectives
- Explain the Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) theoretical model.
- Describe the relationship between the AIP theoretical model and the nervous system.
- Identify what clinicians should do during critical care, rapid response, or early intervention and why.
- List what clinicians should do to stabilize the client’s nervous system.
- Describe the relationship between the Polyvagal theory and the co-regulation.
- Identify how clinicians can keep a physiological non-anxious presence to help the clients co-regulate.
- Explain the ASSYST treatment procedures in a group, individual, and web-based formats definition, design, and objective.
- Describe the importance of the PTSD intrusion symptoms in clinical practice.
- Identify why EMDR clinicians can use the ASSYS Individual treatment intervention to increase the prevention of dissociative reactions during reprocessing.
- Describe examples of online and in-person support with the ASSYST treatment procedures.
Live, Online Training Itinerary
8:00am to 8:30am – Log in. General information about logistics
8:30am to 10:30am – Structured PPT presentation with theory and procedure explanations
10:30am to 10:45am – Break
10:45am to 12:00pm – Structured PPT presentation with theory and procedure explanations
12:00pm to 1:30pm – Lunch
1:30pm to 2:00pm – Role play demonstration of the ASSYST Individual or watch a video demonstration
2:00pm to 2:30pm – Review ASSYST Individual Script together as a group to discuss and become familiar. Teach participants the difference between Option A and Option B with examples.
2:30pm to 3:30pm – ASSYST Individual Practicum between participants in dyads (30 minutes each one). One person is the therapist, and one person is the client.
3:30pm to 3:45pm – Break
3:45pm to 4:00pm – Q&A about the ASSYST Practicum.
4:00pm to 4:30pm – ASSYST Group Practicum. Participants will be invited to participate in a simulation rehearsal to have a firsthand experience of the ASSYST-G. Participation will be voluntary. Those participants that do not wish to participate will be observers.
4:30pm to 5:00pm – Q&A about the ASSYST-G Practicum. Explanation about the role of the Emotional Protection Team (EPT) members and the typical ASSYST-G schedule.
Important Note: Certificate Details for the Live ASSYST Training
Please note that in order to receive a certificate of completion for the live Acute Stress Syndrome Stabilization (ASSYST) Procedures Course, you must be present during the full training day with your camera on. This allows the Scaling Up Trainers and Staff to ensure that you were in attendance for the full training and therefore eligible to receive the continuing education credits included on the certificate. This also ensures that you are eligible to be matched with another participant for the practicum portions of the training. If you attend the training but are absent for parts of it, or unengaged with your camera off, you will be responsible for reviewing the on-demand course materials and taking the on-demand quiz (160 questions) in order to receive your certificate.
Continuing Education (CE) Credits for the Live Course
CE’s FOR LICENSE RENEWAL
Licensure renewal CEs are available for a $30 fee. Scaling Up offers 7.5 CEs for NBCC clock hours and 7.5 Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) continuing education credits. It is the responsibility of the therapist to check with their licensure board for CE eligibility.
National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC): Scaling Up, LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7065. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Scaling Up, LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Psychotherapists completing this course will receive 7.5 continuing education credits.
Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB): Scaling Up (provider number 1834), is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provisional regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Scaling Up maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 7.5 continuing education credits.
American Psychological Association (APA): This course is not eligible for APA CEs. Scaling Up, LLC is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Scaling Up, LLC maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
*** This course is not eligible for EMDRIA or APA (American Psychological Association) continuing education credits (CEs). Licensed Psychologists taking this course will not receive any CEs. Mental health providers seeking EMDR Certification through EMDRIA will not receive EMDRIA CEUs for this course.