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The APT Diploma for working in Secure Psychiatric and Forensic Settings.

The APT Diploma for Working in Secure Psychiatric and Forensic Settings provides 90 hours (or more) of focused training and is from the Association for Psychological Therapies (APT), a leading provider of training for professionals working in mental health and related areas in Canada.

It is the only such Diploma that is APT Delegate Accredited and uniquely combines built-in APT Registration with automatic access to our renowned post-course resources to help you support your clients. The course is available for teams and individuals and can be attended face-to-face or online.

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Executive Summary:

The APT Diploma for Working in Secure Psychiatric and Forensic Settings provides 90 hours of training, leading to Level 4 APT Registration. We bring the training to you for a fixed fee, to ensure you get a supportive group addressing the same material.

The diploma comprizes at least 15 days of training made up by attending your chosen courses from the list below (e.g. five 3-day courses). If you are part of a team then your team/organization chooses the courses and you then all attend the same ones:

• Motivational Interviewing, and how to use it effectively (3-days)  ^ *
• The RAID^® Course for working with Challenging Behavior (3-days)  *
• DBT Essentials (3-days)  ^ *
• Running DBT Skills-Development Groups (3-days)  ^
• CBT for Working with Offenders (3-days)
• ACT Essentials (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) (3-days)  ^ *
• SFT Essentials (Solution Focused Therapy) (3-days)  *
• Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) (3-days)  ^
• The DICES^® System for Risk Assessment and Management (3-days)  *
• Key Knowledge & Skills for Suicide Prevention (3-days)  *
• Key Knowledge & Skills for working with Anger and Violence (3-days)
• The ADDRESS^® Course for working Personality Disorder (3-days)  *
• Realising Recovery and Social Inclusion (3-days)
• Positive Behaviour Support (PBS)  *
• 10-minute CBT: The BITS™ Course (2-days)

Key:
*  Course also available for individuals and whole teams to attend 'online anytime'.
^  Course also available for individuals to attend 'online live'.

To be awarded the diploma, students must also complete an online exam after each course.

If you have already attended one or more of these courses in the last 2 years, then you have an exemption for that subject(s), you don't need to attend the same course again. If you have already attended the equivalent of one or more of these courses from another training-provider in the last 2 years, then again you have an exemption for that subject(s), although you do need to submit evidence of the training and pay a reading fee for APT to assess it.

Please note that the diploma should be completed within 2 years from the date you undertake the first course.

The diploma can be achieved either by enrolling on the full programme, or by purchasing and completing the individual qualifying courses separately over the 2-year period.

What you receive as a result of attending the training:

You will be registered as having attended the course, thereby gaining APT's Diploma for Working in Secure Psychiatric and Forensic Settings, and receive a certificate to this effect and Level 4 APT Registration which gains you access to the resources associated with the course.

Your record of attendance lasts indefinitely, whilst your APT Registration Level lasts for 3 years from the date of completion and is renewable.

APT Registration Levels are given value by the fact that over 150,000 people have attended APT training. See APT Registration for full details.

Booking is easy... choose your favourite option: Option 1: Online Anytime course: A highly engaging pre-recorded course you can start any time you like – right now if you want. Price: $2,275 + GST/HST per person (or purchase the 5 courses individually at $455 + GST/HST per person, per course). The fee covers: 3 years access to the courses, certification, registration, and Level 4 APT Registration by completing the course and inbuilt exams. For organizations booking training for teams, invoices can be provided for multiple places, with delegate names added later if preferred. Managers can also monitor their team’s progress through the training.  Guarantee If you don’t complete the course for some reason, then you can simply ask for your money back! If you are a manager ordering multiple courses, and some of your team don’t complete them, you can ask us to transfer those courses to others in your team! (Valid for up to 3 years from the date the training was assigned.) Buy Now (access immediately)  Request Invoice (access when paid) Top of page Option 2: Online Live & Exclusive course: Live and interactive online course, delivered via Zoom or Teams exclusively for your team or organisation. Price: $8,230 + GST/HST per 3-day course and $5,937 + GST/HST per 2-day course, for a group of up to 15 people. Extra delegates: $180 + GST/HST per person, per day. (A minimum of 15-days training needs to be selected for the Diploma.) Book Now Top of page

As a bona fide APT event, this course automatically has accreditation from The Association for Psychological Therapies. This means (i) that it contains the right amount of relevant information for its duration, and (ii) the information is presented in an engaging way, and in a way that will make it likely to be used after the course. APT verifies the accreditation by publishing the delegates' average ratings of relevance and presentation-quality for all its accredited courses. The accreditation is given value by over 150,000 professionals having attended APT courses.

Reviews.

APT prides itself on the feedback we receive about our courses. Below are just some of the great comments the modules for The APT Diploma for working in Secure Psychiatric and Forensic Settings courses have received.

"One of the best presented, organized and thought-out courses I have been on. I speak as a course participant but also as a trainer of 20 years experience."

"Without a doubt the best training course I have ever attended. Thoroughly enjoyable, relevant and helpful for my job role."