Producer: Vermont Psychological Association
Insomnia is widely recognized to be the most common sleep problem and is also a leading complaint in primary care settings. The consequences and morbidity associated with chronic insomnia can be substantial across several domains and can include increased health care utilization, impaired quality of life, increased risk of falls and hip fractures, increased risk of medical and psychiatric disorders, and ultimately worse outcomes for all co-morbid disorders.
Effective treatment of insomnia not only improves sleep quality and daytime functioning, but also may improve comorbid conditions such as chronic pain and depression. In particular, cognitive-behavioral treatments for insomnia have been shown to be of equal or greater effectiveness when compared to sedative hypnotic medication.
This workshop is designed to provide clinical and research faculty from multiple disciplines the core elements of cognitive-behavioral treatment for insomnia. The course starts by grounding participants in the basics of sleep medicine that undergird the practice of CBT-I. It goes on to present systematic, empirically validated treatment methods and essential information about the etiology and evolution of chronic insomnia necessary to inform assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and the handling of treatment resistance.
6.5 CE Credits
The Vermont Psychological Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists, and is also approved by the Vermont Board of Psychological Examiners to sponsor continuing education for psychologists licensed in Vermont. This course is intended to qualify for specialty mandated credit types as follows:
Ethics: 0
Cultural Competency: 6
Continuing education courses sponsored by the Vermont Psychological Association are pre-approved by the Vermont Office of Professional Regulation for continuing education credit for licensed independent clinical social workers in Vermont. This course is intended to qualify for the following specialty mandated credit types;
Ethics: 0
Cultural Competency: 6
Continuing education courses sponsored by the Vermont Psychological Association are pre-approved by the Vermont Board of Allied Mental Health for continuing education credit for licensed clinical mental health counselors and licensed marriage and family therapists in Vermont. This course is intended to qualify for the following specialty mandated credit types:
Ethics: 0
Cultural Competency: 6
6.5 CE Credits
The Vermont Psychological Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Connecticut accepts these credits for continuing education for psychologists in Connecticut pursuant to Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-191c(b). This course is intended to qualify for specialty mandated credit types as follows:
Veterans' Mental Health: 0
The Vermont Psychological Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing educaiton for psychologists. Based on this approval, this course is pre-approved for credit for Connecticut licensed professional counselors under Conn. Agencies Regs § 20-195cc-3(a)(1). This course is intended to qualify for mandated credit types as follows:
Ethics: 6
Veterans' Mental Health: 0
6.5 CE Credits for Psychologists & LMHCs
6.5 CE Credits for LCSWs
The Vermont Psychological Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor live continuing education for psychologists. The Massachusetts Board of Registration of Psychologists accepts credits earned from courses sponsored by APA-approved sponsors as indicated in 251 C.M.R. §§ 4.02, 4.03.
The Vermont Psychological Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education to psychologists. As a course sponsored by an organization with such approval, this course qualifies for credit for clinical social workers and certified social workers in Massachusetts under 258 CMR sec 31.04(2)(d).
6.5 CE Credits
The Vermont Psychological Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor live continuing education for psychologists. The New Hampshire Board of Psychologists accepts credits earned from courses sponsored by APA-approved sponsors as indicated in Psyc § 402.01(d)(11). This course is intended to qualify for specialty mandated credit types as follows:
Ethics: 0
The Vermont Psychological Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education to psychologists. As a course sponosred by an organization with such approval, these credits are also accepted by the New Hampshire Board of Mental Health Practice for clinical social workers licensed in New Hampshire, as provided in Mhp 402.02(b)(1). This course is intended to qualify for the following specialty mandated credits:
Ethics: 0
Suicide Prevention: 0
The Vermont Psychological Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education to psychologists. As a course sponosred by an organization with such approval, these credits are also accepted by the New Hampshire Board of Mental Health Practice for clinical mental health counselors licensed in New Hampshire, as provided in Mhp 402.02(b)(1). This course is intended to qualify for the following specialty mandated credits:
Ethics: 0
Suicide Prevention: 0
The Vermont Psychological Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. As a course sponosred by an organization with such approval, these credits are also accepted by the New Hampshire Board of Mental Health Practice for marriage and family therapists; pastoral psychotherapists; and school social workers licensed in New Hampshire, as provided in Mhp 402.02(b)(1). The course is intended to qualify for the following specialty mandated credit types:
Ethics: 0
Suicide Prevention: 0
6.5 CE Contact Hours
The Vermont Psychological Association is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0210. This course is intended to qualify for specialty mandated continuing education topics as follows:
Ethics: 0
Professional Boundaries: 0
6.5 CE Credits
Both the Pennsylvania Psychological Association and the Vermont Psychological Association are approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Vermont Psychological Association maintains responsiblity for this program and its content. This course is intended to qualify for specialty mandated credit types as follows:
Ethics: 0
Child Abuse Reporting: 0
Both the Pennsylvania Psychological Association and the Vermont Psychological Association are approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. On the basis of that approval, this course qualifies for continuing education credit for Pennsylvania clinical social workers under 49 P.A. Code § 47.36(a)(6)(ix). This course is intended to qualify for specialty mandated credit types as follows:
Ethics: 0
Child Abuse Recognition: 0
Suicide Prevention: 0
Both the Vermont and the Pennsylvania Psychological Associations are approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. On the basis of this approval, this course qualifies for continuing education credit for Massachusetts licensed professional counselors under 49 P. A. Code §49.36(a)(6)(ix). This program is intended to qualify for the following specialty mandated credits:
Ethics:
Child Abuse Recognition:
6.5 CE Credits
The Vermont Psychological Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor live continuing education for psychologists. The Vermont Psychological Association maintains responsibility for its programs and their content. Psychologists and other professionals licensed in states whose respective licensing boards approve continuing education offered by APA-approved sponsors may earn continuing education credits for this course.
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Dr. Donn Posner is the Founder and President of Sleepwell Consultants and has been consulting to organizations and individuals on a wide variety of sleep health issues including insomnia, circadian dysrhythmia, CPAP adherence, and parasomnias. He is also currently an Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine and a consulting psychologist for the Palo Alto VA. Dr. Posner is currently working on a number of grants exploring the effects of CBT-I in Gulf War veterans, and veterans with insomnia and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. He is also working on a pilot aimed at using CBT-I techniques to decrease fatigue in breast cancer survivors by increasing total sleep time.
Prior to this he spent 25 years serving as the Director of Behavioral Sleep Medicine for the Sleep Disorders Center of Lifespan Hospitals, and was a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University. Dr. Posner is a member of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and is one of the first Certified Behavioral Sleep Medicine specialists recognized by that group. He is also a founding member of the Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine and he has also now achieved the status of Diplomate with the Board of Behavioral Sleep Medicine (BBSM).
Define the basics of sleep nomenclature including sleep period, phase, continuity, and architecture.
Define and distinguish acute insomnia from insomnia disorder and discuss the importance of treating the chronic form as a specifically targeted comorbidity.
Cite the evidence for the efficacy of CBT-I for both primary and co-morbid insomnia disorder.
Explain the Spielman model of insomnia and basics of sleep regulation, and demonstrate how to utilize these concepts in the deployment of CBT-I.
Explain how to obtain useable patient sleep diary data, and how to analyze the data for use in the course of CBT-I treatment.
Apply the techniques of stimulus control and sleep restriction therapy to the treatment of chronic insomnia.
Apply the techniques of sleep hygiene education and cognitive therapeutic strategies to the treatment of chronic insomnia.
Apply a decision-making algorithm to case conceptualization, and explain the steps necessary to aide in good relapse prevention.
