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CE Course Description

Self-regulation and goal attainment are promising areas of focus for employment programs due to the role that self-regulation and goal attainment may play in the ability of low-income adults to get and keep a job.  This CE course presents a conceptual framework suggesting new approaches to improving economic self-sufficiency and well-being outcomes for low-income adults participating in employment programs.

Author:  Anderson, Mary Anne, Jacqueline F. Kauff, and Elizabeth W. Cavadel.  (2017, June).  Improving Outcomes Among Employment Program Participants Through Goal Attainment: A Conceptual Framework.  OPRE Report #2017-90, Washington DC: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

References:

Babcock, E.  “Using Brain Science to Design New Pathways Out of Poverty.”  Boston, MA: Crittenton Women’s Union, 2014.

Bick, J., and C.A. Nelson.  “Early Adverse Experiences and the Developing Brain.”  Neuropsychopharmacology, vol. 41, no. 1, 2016, pp. 177-196.

Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University.  “Building Core Capabilities for Life: The Science Behind the Skills Adults Need to Succeed in Parenting and in the Workplace.”  Cambridge, MA: Harvard University, 2016.

Retrieved from:  https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre

CE Course Objectives

1.  Conclude the phenomenon that can lead a person to make short-term decisions that alleviate urgent needs but cause greater financial challenges in the long run.

2.  Describe the five stages of behavioral change.

3.  Name the first step on the pathway to the ultimate outcome of interest and provides the foundation for the framework.

4.  Summarize the forms of psychotherapy that can be used when working with people on achieving their goals.

CE Outline with Main Points

1.  Foundational Research Supporting The Framework

a.  Self-regulation skills

b.  Goal achievement process

c.  The environment

2.  Elements Of The Conceptual Framework

a.  Cognitive skills

b.  Emotional skills

c.  Personality-related factors

d.  Readiness for change

e.  Goal setting

f.  Goal pursuit

g.  Evaluation

h.  Personal goal attainment and increased self-sufficiency

i.  The environment and the program context within it

j.  Interventions to strengthen self-regulation skills

k.  Strategies intended to facilitate the goal achievement process

l.  Strategies that address program context

Social Work Approval

Social Work CE Credit for this course is offered with the following approvals. Many state boards of social work will accept the approvals listed. Provider Approvals by state and license type can be found here.

• Quantum Units Education is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, CAMFT Provider #89970, to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEP. Quantum Units Education maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.
• Florida board for Social Workers CE Provider #50-8650 (Quantum 'immediately' reports CE Credits to Florida licensees) 
• Illinois Department of Professional Regulation, License No. 159.001261 approved CE Sponsor
• Ohio CSWMFTB #RCST091701 approved CE Provider
• Texas Board of SWE #5070 approved CE Provider
• Quantum Units Education, #1289, 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: 01/03/2023 - 01/03/2026. Social workers completing this course receive 1.00 'General' continuing education credits.

To see other approvals in your state, see our state by state provider approval listings here.

CAADE Approval

This course does not have CAADE approval for CEUs.

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Added On: 05/05/2019