COURSE INFORMATION

Yield Theory, developed by Dr. Christian Conte, a Level V Anger Management Specialist, is the basis for Walking through Anger. It is an evidenced-based approach used by the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections and by other states and organizations. Although the theory can be briefly known by its three actions and seven fundamental components, its practice requires counselors, psychotherapists and anger management practitioners to be mindful of their own nature, strengths, and weaknesses. Once mastered, however, Yield Theory can be an effective tool that enhances communication, abbreviates and even eliminates anger, and provides avenues for positive behavioral outcomes.

Course Code: AM 500.

Contact hours of continuing education = 65.

Instructor/Course Author: Christian Conte, Ph.D

Link to Resume: Resume

TEXTBOOKS: There is one (1) required textbook for this course.

Walking Through Anger: A New Design for Confronting Conflict in an Emotionally Charged World, Christian Conte MD(Author, Narrator)

• ASIN: B07Z8BKHHQ

Link to Purchase on Amazon.com: click here

TIME FRAME: You are allotted two years from the date of enrollment, to complete this course. There are no set time-frames, other than the two year allotted time. If you do not complete the course within the two-year time-frame, you will be removed from the course and an “incomplete” will be recorded for you in our records. Also, if you would like to complete the course after this two-year expiration time, you would need to register and pay the course tuition fee again.

GRADING: You must achieve a passing score of at least 70% to complete this course and receive the 65 hours of awarded continuing education credit. There are no letter grades assigned. You will receive notice of your total % score. Those who score below the minimum of 70% will be contacted by AIHCP and will be permitted one more attempt to retake the online examination.

BOARD APPROVALS:

The American Institute of Health Care Professionals Inc: is an Approved Provider for Continuing Education by the South Carolina Professional Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists and Psycho-Educational Specialists licensing board, Provider # 4637. Access information

The American Institute of Health Care Professionals (The Provider) is approved by the California Board of Registered Nurses, Provider number # CEP 15595 for 65 Contact Hours.

The American Institute of Health Care Professionals, Inc. is an Approved Provider of Continuing Education by the Florida State Board of Nursing  Provider # 50-11975.

OTHER STATE BOARDS OF NURSING

The American Institute of Health Care Professionals Inc: is a Rule Approved Provider of Continuing Education by the Arkansas Board of Nursing. CE Provider # 50-11975.

The American Institute of Health Care Professionals Inc: is a Rule Approved Provider of Continuing Education by the Georgia Board of Nursing. CE Provider # 50-11975.

The American Institute of Health Care Professionals Inc: is a Rule Approved Provider of Continuing Education by the South Carolina Board of Nursing. CE Provider # 50-11975.

The American Institute of Health Care Professionals Inc: is a Rule Approved Provider of Continuing Education by the West Virginia Board of Examiners for Professional Registered Nurses. CE Provider # 50-11975.

The American Institute of Health Care Professionals Inc: is a Rule Approved Provider of Continuing Education by the Kentucky Board of Nursing CE Provider # 50-11975.

The American Institute of Health Care Professionals Inc: is a Rule Approved Provider of Continuing Education by the New Mexico Board of Nursing. CE Provider # 50-11975.

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ONLINE CLASSROOM RESOURCES AND TOOLS

• Examination Access: there is link to take you right to the online examination program where you can print out your examination and work with it. All examinations are formatted as “open book” tests. When you are ready, you can access the exam program at anytime and click in your responses to the questions. Full information is provided in the online classrooms.
• Student Resource Center: there is a link for access to a web page “Student Resource Center.” The Resource Center provides for easy access to all of our policies/procedures and additional information regarding applying for certification. We also have many links to many outside reference sites, such as online libraries that you may freely access.
• Online Evaluation: there is a link in the classroom where you may access the course evaluation. All students completing a course, must, without exception, complete the course evaluation.
• Faculty Access Information: you will have access to your instructor’s online resume/biography, as well as your instructor’s specific contact information.
• Additional Learning Materials: some faculty have prepared additional “readings” and /or brief lecture notes to enhance your experience. All of these are available in the online classrooms.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

1. Students will gain knowledge of the historical development of Yield Theory and its relation to other psychotherapeutic methodologies, such as Transactional Analysis.
2. Students will learn the three core actions of Yield Theory.
3. Students will learn the seven fundamental components of Yield Theory.
4. Students will acquire application skills to enhance listening, validating, and exploring options with emotionally charged people.
5. Students will understand the role acceptance, authenticity, compassion, conscious education, creativity, mindfulness, and nonattachment play in the practice of Yield Theory.
6. Students will learn models for creative psychotherapy and counseling.
7. Students will recognize and avoid the five errors of communication.

COURSE CONTENT:

A brief abstract of content:

• Students will learn to identify the type of approach necessary to communicate with an emotionally charged person.
• Students will learn how to construct alternative options for clients.
• Students will learn how to build communication bridges with clients.
• Students will understand the validation process.
• Students will acquire specific phrases and sentences to use to defuse explosive anger.
• Students will learn about the role their creativity plays in communicating with angry people

COURSE GOALS:

1. Students will attain methods for understanding the nature of anger.
2. Students will acquire methods for de-escalating the emotional intensity of angry people.
3. Students will know how to “drain the limbic system,” that is, to move an angry person from inner brain reaction to outer brain thinking.