Elsevier Expands DirectCourse for Mental Health Practitioners

Elsevier Expands DirectCourse for MentalElsevier Expands DirectCourse for Mental Health Practitioners PR Newswire PHILADELPHIA, October 17, 2013 New curriculum is designed for continued professional training and education of community mental health practitioners Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, announced today the launch of a new curriculum, The College of Recovery and Community Inclusion. In conjunction with the Temple University Collaborative on Community Inclusion of Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities, Elsevier has made this new curriculum available via DirectCourse, a suite of online curricula designed to help the workforce who support the social and employment needs of people with intellectual, developmental and physical disabilities. This new curriculum now offers five web-based courses. The College of Recovery and Community Inclusion is an integrated, web- based curriculum designed for community mental health practitioners working at state and county mental health offices, private providers, and nonprofit agencies who have day-to-day contact with individuals who have mental health conditions.