Managing Pain Before It Manages You
Course Description
Target Audience: Social workers, counselor, and other mental health professionals.
Course Content Level: Advanced
Number of CE Hours: 7
Type of CE hours: General
Delivery format: Reading based asynchronous distance learning.
Course completion requirements:
How to Obtain Continuing Education Credit
Please follow the steps below to obtain the necessary contact hours of home study continuing
education credit:
1. Read course objectives.
2. Study the course text:
3. The questions for the final examination are attached here. Answer these questions by marking
your Scantron card:
Write your name on every Scantron card in the space provided. Also write the exam title
in the space marked “Subject”.
True/false examination Mark the Scantron card as follows: Use A for true answers, B for
false answers. Disregard C, D and E.
Multiple-choice questions Choose the letter of the correct answer and mark the Scantron
card accordingly.
Marking the Scantron card Use No. 2 pencil only. Make dark marks. Erase completely to
change.
4. Complete the licensure information on the examination sheet.
5. Return the scantron card, examination sheet and student evaluation of the course.
You’ll need 70% correct score on the post-test for successful completion of the course.
6. Retain a copy of the answers for your record.
Homestead Schools, Inc. is solely responsible for the quality and content of this CE
program and for the selection of its instructor/author, and receives no outside financial
support in the preparation, presentation or implementation of its CE activities.
The sponsor has no affiliation with companies whose products or services are mentioned
in this course material; they are mentioned only for their educational and
informational value. The sponsor’s sole source of revenue is the tuition paid by
participants like you in its CE program.
Instructor Credentials: N/A
ACE Provider Approval Statement: Homestead Schools, Inc., 1070, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Assoiciation of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses for continuing education credit.
ACE provider approval period: 4/2/2023-4/2/2026. Social workers completing this course receive 7 General continuing education credits.
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Cancellation/Refund Policy: Should you need to cancel your order or if you are not satisfied with the quality of our course material, you can return the course (before a certificate is issued) within 90 days and receive a prompt and full refund (less shipping and handling.)
Course last updated: June, 2024
Learning Objectives
After completion of the course you’ll be able to:
- Explain what “accepting ownership of your pain” means.
- Differentiate between the physical sensation of the pain and any negative emotional response to the pain.
- Explain how to keep a pain diary.
- Distinguish between acute and chronic pain and describe the processes involved in either of these.
- Describe the role of peripheral nerves, spinal cord, and brain in chronic pain.
- Explain how insomnia, depression/anxiety, and the use of alcohol can exacerbate the pain experience.
- Describe the connection between chronic pain and chronic stress.
- Demonstrate diaphragmatic breathing exercises.
- Describe the basic and advanced relaxation response techniques.
- List three factors that help you keep active while in pain.
- List Ellis’s ten “irrational beliefs” of “rational-emotive therapy.”
- Identify David Burns’ 10 common cognitive distortions that can contribute to negative emotions.
- Explain the role played by learned helplessness and anger/hostility in fostering chronic pain.
- Describe five phases of forgiveness.
- Explain how nutritional therapies can help one cope with chronic pain.
- Describe three basic types of communication problems.
- Differentiate between passive, aggressive and assertive communications.
- Describe effective problem-solving techniques.
- Formulate a plan to cope with various stages of pain.
- Describe some common chronic pain conditions.
To assess the effectiveness of the course material, we ask that you evaluate your achievement of each learning objective on a scale of A to D (A=excellent, B=good, C=fair, D=unsatisfactory). Please indicate your responses next to each learning objective and return it to us with your completed exam.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Beginning to Take Control of Your Pain
Chapter 2: Understanding Pain
Chapter 3: Mind-Body Connection
Chapter 4: The Body-Mind Connection
Chapter 5: The Power of the Mind
Chapter 6: Adopting Healthy Attitudes
Chapter 7: Nutrition and Pain
Chapter 8: Effective Communication
Chapter 9″ Effective Problem Solving
Chapter 10: The End of the Beginning
Chapter Appendix A: Common Chronic Pain Conditions