High Gas Prices Getting You Down? 
Florida State University research cites more pain at the pump results in more employees experiencing stress on the job. 800 full-time employees were surveyed and found to be significantly less attentive on the job and less excited about going to work because of high gas prices. Essential Learning can help save you money in your training budget by making training accessible anytime or anywhere and by alleviating the need for live training. In addition to cost savings you can expand the training opportunities provided to your staff through access to our comprehensive course library and access to high quality is a proven staff retention strategy.

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WRAP® and Recovery Resources from Essential Learning 
If you missed the Mary Ellen Copeland Webinar, “Achieving Recovery for Those You Serve Through the Effective Use of WRAP®” on June 25, a free replay of this event is available until July 31.

This webinar provides an overview about the different ways recovery is defined and how to use WRAP® to develop cooperative relationships and treatment plans with those you serve. Content presentation is followed by a demonstration of Essential Learning's new service Build Your Own WRAP®.

Click here to access the replay and download presentation slides.

Online WRAP courses and a course “Achieving Recovery for Those You Serve Through the Effective Use of WRAP®” based on the recovery content of this webinar are available at www.mentalhealthrecovery.com and www.cequick.com. For continuing education credit for this webinar, go to these websites.

The Pay-As-You-Go option is now available for individuals to purchase access to Build Your Own WRAP®. Click here or go to www.mentalhealthrecovery.com and register for a one time fee of $15 to easily develop and store your own WRAP online.

If your agency would like to provide the Build Your Own WRAP® application as a community service to your consumers or for use by your staff then you can subscribe to the application and offer it free via your website. Request a Demo.

Partners Launch E-Learning Pages
Shery Mead Consulting features intentional peer support course online about how to form relationships that are mutually transformative, supportive and challenging and explores what makes peer support different from other kinds of help and the specific tasks for peer support. Other courses are coming soon to facilitate doing peer support in your community. The courses are also available as part of a subscription with Essential Learning’s new service, Community Access Site. Request a Demo of CAS.

U.S. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association (USPRA) brings you online training that provides the highest quality psychiatric rehabilitation education and training programs. USPRA members get 10 percent off courses. Courses available on this site are presented in co-sponsorship with Magellan Health Services. Coming soon, courses based on the 2008 USPRA conference workshop presentations.

Catholic Charities USA features Essential Learning’s course library that reflects Catholic traditions. Catholic Charities USA members receive a 10 percent discount on individual courses purchased on this site and for purchase of a subscription to our Organizational Learning Management System.

Synthesis offers accredited continuing education courses in Cluster-Based Planning. Cluster-Based Planning is designated as a best practice by the Ohio Department of Mental Health. The course available is “Painting Portraits of Adults with Severe Mental Disabilities: An Introduction to Cluster-Based Planning.” Coming soon a course entitled “Basic Training in the Assessment of Cluster Membership.” Synthesis clients receive a 10 percent discount off Essential Learning courses and a 20 percent discount off Synthesis courses.

Courses are free of charge to Essential Learning organizational customers.

Welcome New Customers
Alaska 211 - United Way of Alaska, AK
Catholic Charities of Fort Wayne & South Bend, IN
Catholic Charities of Omaha, NE
Catholic Social Services, AK
Cenpatico Behavioral Health, Inc., TX
Child and Family Guidance Center, CA
Children's Home Association of Illinois, IL
Community Mental Health Clinton Eaton Ingham, MI
Connections for Kids, ME
Counseling Center of Lake View, IL
Georgia Pines Community Service Board, GA
Goliven Group Home, MD
Henry Robinson/Anka, CA
Judson Center Inc., MI
Lifeways, Inc., OR
McIntosh Trail Community Service Board, GA
Midwestern Colorado Mental Health Center, CO
Moundbuilders Guidance Center, OH
River Oak Center for Children, CA
Rushford Center, Inc., CT
Ruth Meiers Adolescent Psychiatric Residential Treatment Center, ND
Sasha Youth Network, DC
Seattle Children's Home, WA
Sedgwick County, KS
The Lord's Ranch, AR
The Medical Foundation 211, MA
Youth Alternatives Ingraham, ME

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New Courses
Thanks to our content partnerships with Mary Ellen Copeland, NASMHPD Research Institute, Synthesis, Inc. and USPRA, we are pleased to announce the following 15 new courses. 

1. WRAP: Triggers and Triggers Action Plan
2. An Introduction to Cluster-Based Planning
3. First Aid Refresher
4. Evidence-Based Practice For Major Depressive Disorder: An Analysis Of Client Outcomes And Costs
5. The Impact of Chronic Medical Disorders Among Persons with Serious Mental Illness and a Model for Change
6. Implementing a Cross-Agency Behavioral Assessment System for Children
7. Mental Health Policy 2008: Winners Curse?
8. PTSD Then and Now, There and Here
9. Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Trainings, From Process to Outcomes: A Data Driven Story
10. Use of Antipsychotic Medications with Children: A Comprehensive and Current View
11. Using Data, Transforming Practice: Evaluating Mental Health Transformation in Washington State
12. Creating a Recovery-Based Mental Health Plan
13. Establishing Benchmarks for a Recovery Oriented Mental Health System
14. Forging Your Recovery Path
15. Putting Recovery Skills into Your Practice

To learn more about courses 1-3, click here.

To learn more about NRI courses 4-11, click here.

To learn more about USPRA courses 12-15, click here.

These courses are available at CEQuick or free of charge to Essential Learning organizational customers.

New Accreditations 
We are pleased to announce that the Oklahoma State Department of Health has approved nine Essential Learning courses for Oklahoma Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists and Oklahoma Licensed Professional Counselors. We also have continuing education for South Dakota Alcohol and Drug Counselors.

Essential Learning has been approved for Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI), the accreditation for Certified Human Resource Professionals for continuing education and recertification.