This self-paced, skills lab course familiarizes you with psychosis and mania.

Available dates
  • Online self-paced

    Complete online at your own pace (Self-paced)

Description

During your time as a caregiver you may interact with a consumer who experiences psychosis and/or mania. In this simulation, learners will meet multiple consumers who are experiencing symptoms of psychosis or mania. Learners will be prompted to make decisions about how to interact with and support the consumer. By the end of this course, learners would be able to:

  • Identify symptoms of psychosis and mania
  • Familiarized with strategies to support care of person dealing with symptoms of psychosis and mania
  • Make decisions about promoting the consumer's safety
  • Make the decision about how and when to seek help

This is course #2090 in IHSS Career Pathways and CalGrows. It is in the Cognitive Impairments & Behavioral Health Pathway, which is a specialized pathway, and is eligible for the Career Builder incentive in CalGrows.

This course is self-paced and expected to take roughly 1 hour to complete. If you need to pause for any reason, you can save progress and come back to resume it when ready. Courses should be completed within 30 days of starting them.

To register for this course, click the registration link and input your information. The security code for Homebridge Career Pathways courses is 744016. You will receive an email to activate your email, and upon activation you will have access to all Homebridge On-Demand classes.