Conducting Annual Wellness Visits for Law Enforcement Officers
4 Hours | 4 CEs
The on-demand professional training program on Conducting Annual Wellness Visits for Law Enforcement Officers is presented by Nancy Ryba Panza, PhD, ABPP.
Having law enforcement officers attend a periodic visit with a mental health professional is a practice that is increasing in frequency across the United States. In some cases, states have passed legislation that requires such a visit; in others, individual departments have voluntarily initiated this practice. Despite the increased use of wellness visits, there is great variety in how these visits are carried out and a lack of clarity on the issues involved.
This program presents an overview of important issues that practitioners should understand before providing this clinical service. Upon completion of this program, practitioners understand the issues involved and are able to determine whether they are in a position to begin providing wellness visits for law enforcement officers.
Topics to be covered include:
- what is (and isn’t) a wellness visit
- how to help agencies initiate a program of wellness visits
- what procedures clinicians should follow, including suggested content and outcomes for the visits
- what ethical and legal considerations are relevant
- what research has been conducted regarding these visits
Intended Audience
This on-demand professional training program is intended for mental health and other allied professionals
Experience Level
This on-demand professional training program is appropriate for beginner, intermediate, and advanced level clinicians.
CE / CPD Credit
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Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this program you will be able to:
Describe what a wellness visit is and what it is not
Describe important issues for agencies implementing a program of wellness visits
Describe best practices for conducting wellness visits, including content covered during a visit and expected outcomes
Describe legal and ethical considerations related to confidentiality, privilege, and record-keeping for wellness visits
Describe advice from clinicians who are currently conducting wellness visits
Describe program evaluation and how to gather data to determine the impacts of wellness visits within an agency
Presented By
Nancy Panza, PhD, ABPP
Dr. Nancy Panza is a Board-Certified Police and Public Safety Psychologist with over 20 years of experience working with first responders. Her educational background includes BS and MA degrees from Towson University and a PhD in Clinical Psychology with a concentration in Psychology and Law from the...
Curriculum
1. Introduction
2. What is a Wellness Visit?
3. Legislation Related to Wellness Visits
4. Developing a Program of Wellness Visits
5. Conducting Wellness Visits
6. Record Keeping Issues
7. Evaluating the Effectiveness of Wellness Visits
8. Conclusions
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CE Sponsorship Information
Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT), SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0356 and the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0073. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6811. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CONCEPT Professional Training, #1480, 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 provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. CONCEPT Professional Training maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 11/22/23-11/22/26. Social workers completing this course receive (clinical or social work ethics) continuing education credits.