CSS Web-Based Training Course List

Community Support Specialist Certification – Basic Core Courses (All Courses Required)

  • Case Management Basics
  • Crisis Management
  • Cultural Competence
  • Documenting the Treatment Planning Process
  • Overview of Assertive Community Treatment – Evidence Based Practices
  • Overview of Psychopharmacology
  • Person-Centered Planning in Behavioral Health
  • Safety In The Field
  • Bullying Prevention and Intervention
  • Therapeutic Boundaries
  • Understanding Recovery

Community Support Specialist – Electives

(Minimum of 2 courses)

  • A Culture-Centered Approach to Recovery
  • Coordinating Primary Care Needs of Clients for Paraprofessionals
  • Major Mental Health Disorders of Childhood
  • Overview of Serious Mental Illness for Paraprofessionals
  • Community Based Suicide Prevention
  • Stress Management for Behavioral Health Professionals

Lockout Period must be between 1 and 335 days.

Community Support Specialist – Population Specific Courses

(Minimum of 1 course, specific to the population(s) served

  • Recovery of Persons with Severe and Persistent Mental Illness
  • Positive Behavior Support for Children
  • Wrong to Strong: Using Positive Psychotherapy

Lockout Period must be between 1 and 335 days.