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I think from now on I’m just going to putt he discount codes from this provider in this post and you can get the updated codes either in a comment on the post or I’ll just edit the text of the post to include the current discount codes. If it drops off the most current page you can always get to it by clicking on the healthforumonline category or the discount codes category on the right hand column.

Buy any two or more courses at a 20% discount now
• Take the courses online at any future time – when and where you choose or download the materials
• Generate your own certificate to meet your CE/CEU deadline needs
• Free course updates keep you current
Use Promo Code HFOMS at checkout to get your discount when you buy two or more courses.

Aspira Continuing Education will be doing beta testing starting May 1st, 2009. I am looking for mental health professionals or social workers to “test” the sight right from your home and give Aspira feedback via email or phone. In exchange, Aspira will provide you with complimentary continuing education units. Please contact me via Linkedin mail if you are interested. Currently Aspira may issue ceu’s to California (MFT, LCSW), Texas (MFT), Nevada (MFT, LCSW), Hawaii (LPC,MFT, LCSW), Colorado (MFT, LPC, LCSW), Michigan (LCSW), and New York (LCSW).
Thanks and I hope to hear from you!
Nicole Hiltibran, MA, LMFT
Co-Founder and CEO, Aspira Continuing Education

Anyone interested can contact nicole.hiltibran@aspirace.com and the cutoff time is about the third week of April/ April 25th.

ALSO: March is National Brain Injury Awareness month.

PsychCEU.com announced that related courses are 10% off until 4/30/09 when you use the discount code “BRAIN” at checkout

Special thanks to Dr. Caroline Lewin for her mention of this site in her article in the Ohio Psychological Association Review. She discusses the opportunities available in home study courses for Psychologists.

And anotehr discount code: http://www.Healthforumonline.com put out there 20% discount when you buy two courses (you don’t have to take the right away), the discount code is: HFOTRANS  I’m not sure if theres an expiration on it, it doesn’t say there is in the e-mail

If you register at Healthforumonline you will be enterred in to a drawing to win free ce courses for one year:

http://www.healthforumonline.com/Win-Free-Courses/584/

They’re also promoting a 20% discount on a CE course until March 1st, 2009 (you don’t have to take it now just buy it)- the discount code to enter at checkout is HFOFEB09

Which is kind of an interesting code- it looks like HFO for Health Forum Online and then the first three letters of the month and then the “09″ for the year,  I’m not sure how often their discount codes follow this structure or how many times they have them in a year but it doesn’t hurt to try it out in the checkout if its no longer february, 2009 when you read this if you get my drift ex HFO[monthabbreviation][last 2 digits of the year]

US Journal Training allows you to listen to the audio of their presentations right online through windows media player or whatever you’re using- and you don’t have to buy first. You also get the powerpoint presentation with the program. You might like to go ahead and listen to a few of the speakers for a minute or two before you decide on which one you’re going to tackle- such as John Briere, Ph.D.’s “Mindfulness- Healing from Psychological Trauma.” 2 CE credits for the cost of $14.64.  They are approved to provide Continuing Education credit hours (CEUs) by the following boards (possibly among others): NASW, ASWB, APA, CAADE, NAADAC, CAADAC, California Board of Registered Nursing. Check out US Journal Training to: Earn Online Ceus Today, great prices

I own a lot of psychology related domain names and websites and so I end up getting e-mail from all over from time to time. The other day an associate producer from one of those true crime television shows on one of the discovery channels (Investigation Discovery) e-mailed me looking for leads on psychologists to interview for the show ‘Wicked Attraction’ (I own the domain name spreekilling.com if you’re curious about the connection). Anyway, Dr. Robert Hare came to my mind right away as someone who might be a good fit for their intended topic, but I wasn’t sure how he’d be in an interview- then I saw at J & K Seminars you could get CE credits for a lecture of his that had been taped: Without Conscience: Understanding and Assessing Psychopaths

It looks like they only have that one in CD or cassette tape format, but you can at least hear his voice as opposed to simply reading. The newer presentations from J & K are also available on DVD, so it would be like watching TV and then getting CE credits (of course its just a taped lecture, not Dancing with the Stars).

It looks like as of today they have 7 presentations available in DVD format. Among the DVD presenters are Russell Barkley, M.D. on ADHD;

Gerald Koocher, Ph.D. presenting an Ethics Update for Experienced Therapists,

John Preston, Psy.D. with a
Psychopharmacology Update For Experienced Therapists

and John Foxman, Ph.D. presenting
The Worried Child: Diagnosing and Treating Anxious Children

If you visit the site you can see all courses available in DVD video format by browsing home study course offerings and selecting “available in DVD video format.” I think the DVD option (and sites that are starting to incorporate other multimedia and even online video) give people with different learning styles more opportunities for home study courses and may increase the likelihood that people who don’t want to read a lot or listen to audio only will have more options in the future. While you probably won’t see psychology continuing education programs on the Discovery Channel any time soon, you never know- you may see them on Youtube or one of the CE providers offering multimedia and video presentations online or in DVD format. You can already see lectures from places like authors at google, etc., and many online CE companies have the text of their ce programs online for free without purchase- why not do it with videos on sites like youtube- put them up for free and then charge to process the CEs, hey there may already be videos there that could be worth a ce or two ;)  But for now, why not check out these DVDs if you’re looking for a different way to get your CEs, perhaps one that includes a bag of popcorn ;) 

I was interested in the concept of the Depressive Personality Disorder and the research leading up to the publication of DSM-V expected in May, 2012 (and the ICD-11 is coming as well) and so I’ve decided to write a book with some of the information I’ve come up with. There will likely be continuing education deals related to the material that I will be able to tell you about if you keep up with this blog or register for updates related to the book at http://www.depressivepersonality.com Thanks! 

http://www.AATBS.com

Use Code S4NL before 3/31/09 and buy 2 and get 1 free, AATBS is pretty cheap anyway so you could probably get quite a few credits at a nice deal with this code

An alert reader tipped me off to some CDs Pearson is offering. I think my wife actually picked one or two of them up at the MMPI-2-RF seminar she went to but I haven’t actually looked at them yet. They are available free at Pearson (MDMD and MCMI-III training CDs w/ a test fee of around $12).

Dear (for whatever reason my name didn’t come threw on this e-mail so perhaps they won’t mind me passing it along to you),

Thank you for choosing AATBS for your Continuing Education needs!

Now that you’re a valued AATBS customer, we hope to earn your continued business. Your recent order automatically makes you eligible for our preferred customer loyalty program. This program offers a discount exclusively for our regular customers.

Simply reference promotion code REG49 when placing additional orders and you will receive 25% OFF your entire CE purchase!

From the entire staff here at AATBS, we sincerely thank you for choosing us for all your continuing education needs. We’re working hard to earn your continued business.

Sincerely yours,

The AATBS CE Team
(800) 472-1931
www.aatbs.com

25% discount valid on new CE purchases from 11/21/08 - 12/31/08. Not combinable with any other offers. Must use code to receive discount, Orders placed without code will not be credited. Code REG49 expires 12/31/08,