Home Study Courses

Seguin Family Institute is approved by the Texas State Board of Social Work Examiners, the Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage & Family Therapists, and the Texas State Board of Professional Counselors as a provider of continuing education. NOT ALL ENTITIES RECOGNIZE OR ALLOW HOMESTUDY COURSES AS FULL OR PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THEIR TRAINING REQUIREMENTS. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR CHECKING WITH YOUR BOARD FOR VERIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE OF HOMESTUDY COURSES.

Our home study courses offer superior quality in professional continuing education. The courses are some of the most interesting, practical, flexible, and cost-effective professional learning opportunities. Each course package includes a course book that is yours to keep, an examination, and a course evaluation. All examinations are due within 90 days of your receipt of course materials. CEU certificates are awarded within 48 hours of the receipt of completed and approved materials.

Each course is designed to take approximately 1 hour for each 0.1 CEU or 1.0 training hour granted.

Orders can be placed by faxing or mailing the order form to SEGUIN FAMILY INSTITUTE.

Payment should be in the form of check, money order, or credit card. If you are in a hurry, the course package can be over-nighted to you, at an additional charge. Also, we can receive your completed examination and course evaluation by FAX. We can FAX your certificate to you, if you request this.

COURSE SELECTIONS

0.6 CEU / 6 Hours - ($69.00 registration fee)

Mandated Evaluations - From Start to Finish
Learn how to conduct these court-ordered evaluations, what information to include in the reports, and how to present the written and/or oral findings.

So you want to be an offender therapist?
Learn what personal traits an offender therapist should possess in order to be effective and to prevent burn-out.

Working with special populations: Female offenders, learning disabled offenders, and juvenile offenders
Learn about issues concerning each population that no one ever talks about, until problems arise! Learning to deal with these issues early will help you succeed in your efforts with them.

Therapy issues with family violence offenders
Learn about the dynamics of many of these offenders. Learn how to supervise or treat them. Learn how "the system" often makes these tasks extremely difficult or even dangerous.

Disputed custody evaluations
Learn what issues to expect, how to obtain the necessary data from all parties, and how to present the findings in clear, concise, and assertive report form.

0.3 CEU / 3 Hours - ($39.00 registration fee)

Ethics and the offender in your office
Learn the special issues concerning confidentiality, reporting requirements, etc.

Safety rules for offenders: What are they, why are they needed, and how do you monitor?
Offenders on probation and in treatment must adhere to certain safety rules. Learn about these and how to ensure they are being followed!

Consultation for today's world
Learn about different types of consultation services, along with some rules and practices within each type.

Testifying Basics
Learn tips and skills that will reduce the fear and the stress of testifying.

Ethics and the practice of play therapy
This course addresses some of the many ethcial considerations that play therapists often do not consider. A must for therapists who engage in this type of therapy with their youngest clients.

The Ethics of working with those accused of abuse
Learn about informed consent and reporting requirements, as well as some ethical considerations of working with individuals who have been accused of abuse - by your adult or child clients or by strangers.

Ethics and the records in your possession
Learn about some of the ethical issues surrounding the release of confidential information - to your client and to others who may request the records.