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 SSD Certification Course Online!

When:  Monday nights from 6-8:30pm for 10 weeks

Begins: September 10, 2012
Ends: November 12, 2012

Where:  Your home or office
How:    Access to the internet and a phone line 
Cost: $385
Contact: heather@brookerusso.com

Upon completion of the course the student will be able to:
  • Understand the role of the SSD as defined in F250
  • Effectively interview residents to complete psychosocial assessments
  • Identify the required interview techniques for the MDS 3.0
  • Identify the residents’ needs: psychosocial, financial, discharge planning, home health care
  • Understand the SSD role with psychotropics
  • Understand the RAI process: MDS (intro to 3.0), CAAs, Careplans
  • Facilitate IDT meetings: psychotropics, weights, physical restraints, falls, care conferences
  • Coordinate and execute safe discharge planning
  • Recognize the differences in needs between the frail elderly, chronically ill, cognitively impaired, dual-diagnosed, chronically mentally ill, and indigent
  • Understand required concepts of documentation 
  • Understand possible causal factors of resident behaviors and identify non-drug interventions

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