Online Courses

The CDP provides interactive web-based training to educate professionals working with Service members and their families.

The CDP does not offer CE credits for these interactive online courses.  Individuals interested in taking these online courses for CE credits for a cost will instead be directed to Essential Learning.  These interactive web-based courses have been developed by Essential Learning (www.essentiallearning.com) in collaboration with CDP Subject Matter Experts.  Any questions regarding pricing, CE credits, or technical issues should be addressed to Essential Learning.

Please note that if you take any of our online courses for free, you will not be given the opportunity to take a test at the end of the course, nor will you be provided a certificate of completion.

• Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) for PTSD in Veterans and Military Personnel

• Epidemiology of PTSD in Military Personnel and Veterans: Working with Service Members and Veterans with PTSD

• Military Cultural Competence

• Prolonged Exposure (PE) Therapy for PTSD in Veterans and Military Personnel

• Provider Resiliency and Self-Care: An Ethical Issue

• The Impact of Deployment and Combat Stress on Families and Children, Part 1

• The Impact of Deployment and Combat Stress on Families and Children, Part 2

• The Fundamentals of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

The CDP has partnered with The National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare and Essential Learning to create the Serving Our Veterans Behavioral Health Certificate. It is comprised of 14 online courses and 20+ hours of continuing education credit. The program is designed to train civilian behavioral health and primary care providers on military orientation and specific issues that affect veterans and their families. For more information and to register, click below:

Serving Our Veterans Behavioral Health Certificate

The CDP's Deputy Director, William Brim Psy.D, delivers his presentation on the Assessment and Treatment of Sleep Disturbance Associated with Deployment during this live three hour and 20 minute event recorded onto two DVDs. The presentation is also available as a downloadable podcast or via streaming video.

Assessment and Treatment of Sleep Disturbance Associated with Deployment

The CDP has also developed an online course in collaborationwith the American Psychological Association (APA).  The following online course is a recording of a live APA pre-conference workshop.  Individuals interested in taking this course for CE credits for a cost will be directed to the APA website.