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Assessment and Treatment of Sleep Disturbances in Military Populations: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) Via Second Life


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Insomnia
Faculty:
William Brim |  Dr. Diana Dolan, PsyD |  Timothy Rogers, Ph.D.
Course Levels:
Intermediate
Media Type:
Classroom
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Access for 5 month(s) after purchase.



Description

This 2-day workshop provides training in the assessment of military-related sleep disturbance and treatment of insomnia via Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I), an evidence-based approach to treating sleep problems.  The workshop begins with a broad foundation of normal sleep, including sleep mechanisms and theories, which builds to instruction on sleep-focused differential assessment with a focus on functional analysis.  From this perspective, we explore the etiology of insomnia and introduce clinical interventions within a step-by-step CBTI protocol. Experiential and interactive elements develop practical skills for using Stimulus Control, Sleep Restriction, and cognitive therapy.  Military case examples are incorporated to illustrate key concepts and techniques. Participants are expected to engage in case discussion and role-plays in class to practice CBT-I techniques. Attendees must attend both days, and must participate using a separate computer rather than joining a group of people viewing via one computer.


This course will be held online through Second Life. If you are unfamiliar with Second Life, we HIGHLY recommend watching these brief orientation videos we have created to introduce Second Life to new participants. Full attendance on both days is required. We will take attendance manually at the start, end and throughout the workshop. Attendees must participate using a separate computer rather than joining a group of people viewing via one machine to acquire credit for attendance. To be successful in a course offered through Second Life, participants will need to complete multiple steps before the start of training. Step-by-step technical support is provided within the course itself, and trained staff are available to assist as needed.  

  1. Have or create a Second Life account (link here)
  2. Download the Second Life Viewer application (link here)
  3. Attend a MANDATORY CDP Open House for proficiency in Second Life. (sign-up in purchase confirmation email)

If you require technical assistance with the above steps, please feel free to contact our Technical Support Specialist, Mr. Phil Thompkins at pthompkins@deploymentpsych.org. For questions regarding the training itself, please reach out to the manager of the workshop, Mr. Aric Bowie at abowie@deploymentpsych.org.

 

A functioning microphone is MANDATORY to attend, in order to hear the presenters and participate in the role-play sessions. Headphones are HIGHLY RECOMMENDED to reduce audio feedback and echoing effects. 

 

Participants are also required to attend one of the pre-event "Open Houses" held online in Second Life, unless they have previously attended a CDP-led training in Second Life. This is to ensure that participants can successfully log into Second Life, enter the training space, hear the presenter and speak with them via their computer's microphone. Participants will not need to attend for the entire "open house," just a portion of the two-hour window.

 

Failure to attend one of the Open Houses will result in being disenrolled from the training.

 

The scheduled times for the open-houses are as follows:

  • 15 May, 9-11 a.m. Eastern

  • 18 May, 7-9 p.m. Eastern

  • 20 May, 9-11 a.m. Eastern

  • 22 May, 2-4 p.m. Eastern​

Failure to attend one of the Open Houses will result in being disenrolled from the training. 

 

Learning Objectives

  • Articulate the prevalence of insomnia experienced by military personnel.
  • Demonstrate the Two-Process (Homeostatic & Circadian) Model of Sleep.
  • Evaluate the four stages of sleep.
  • Perform sleep-focused differential assessment.
  • Plan an appropriate course of CBT-I treatment based on individualized case conceptualization.
  • Incorporate recommended subjective sleep measures into assessment.
  • Discriminate between subtypes of insomnia and the symptoms associated with such sleep disturbance.
  • Communicate basic sleep principles and sleep hygiene to patient using psychoeducation.
  • Score a patient’s baseline sleep log including calculations of sleep efficiency.
  • Apply principles of stimulus control to patients with insomnia.
  • Calculate sleep data to prescribe bedtime and wake time schedule using sleep restriction.
  • Recommend strategies for implementing individual and group CBT-I.
  • Employ adaptations of standard cognitive approaches to patients with insomnia.
  • Justify the role of CBT-I in cases of insomnia with co-morbidities.

 

Agenda

Day One

0900 - 0915 Check-in

0915 - 0930 Introduction & Course Overview

0930 - 1000 Military Aspects of Sleep

1000 - 1215 Overview of Normal Human Sleep

1215 - 1315 Insomnia: Diagnosis & Etiology

1315 - 1415 Lunch Break

1415 - 1745 Assessment of Sleep Disturbance

 

Day Two

0900 - 0915 Check-in

0915 - 1245 Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Insomnia

1245 - 1345 Lunch Break

1345 - 1730 Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Insomnia

1730 - 1745 Post Training Eval

 

This activity is approved for 14 continuing education credits (CEs)

 

The Center for Deployment Psychology is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Center for Deployment Psychology maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

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William Brim's Profile

William Brim Related Seminars and Products

Deputy Director

Center for Deployment Psychology


William Brim, Psy.D., is the deputy director of the Center for Deployment Psychology (CDP). He joined the CDP in 2007, initially as a deployment behavioral health psychologist at Malcolm Grow (USAF) Medical Center and has served as the deputy director since 2008. Prior to joining the CDP, Dr. Brim served on active duty as a psychologist in the United States Air Force from 1997 to 2007. 

Dr. Brim received his Bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Tennessee and his Master's and Doctorate degrees in clinical psychology from Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He is a graduate of the Wilford Hall (USAF) Medical Center Psychology Residency Program and the Wilford Hall Clinical Health Psychology Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program.

The focus of Dr. Brim's clinical work, supervision and training is on deployment and redeployment related to mental health issues, specifically assessment and treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder and insomnia. Additionally, Dr. Brim focuses on health psychology clinical practice and supervision, the integration of mental health services in primary care and offers forensic psychology expert consultation and witness services. 

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: William Brim has no relevant financial relationship to disclose

Nonfinancial: William Brim has no relevant nonfinancial relationship to disclose


Dr. Diana Dolan, PsyD Related Seminars and Products

Center for Deployment Psychology


Diana C. Dolan, Ph.D., CBSM is a clinical psychologist serving as an evidence-based (EBP) psychotherapy trainer with the Center for Deployment Psychology at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland. In this capacity, she develops and presents trainings on a variety of EBPs and deployment-related topics, and provides consultation services.  Dr. Dolan is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. As an active duty psychologist, she served as chief, Primary Care Psychology at Lackland AFB, Texas, overseeing integrated behavioral health services in primary care. She was also responsible for overseeing the base post-deployment health reassessment program. Having been raised in an active duty Air Force family, she has long-term experience in military life and the impact of deployment on families.

Dr. Dolan graduated from the University of North Texas with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and earned her doctorate in clinical health psychology and behavioral medicine from the University of North Texas. She completed a clinical psychology internship at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center in San Antonio, Texas.  Prior to her current position, she was a deployment behavioral health psychologist with  CDP and the associate training director for the clinical psychology internship at Wilford Hall.

Dr. Dolan’s professional interests include behavioral treatment of health conditions, in particular sleep disorders and within brief-natured primary care settings, clinical psychology training and program evaluation, and military psychology.

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Diana Dolan has no relevant financial relationship to disclose

Nonfinancial: Diana Dolan is a member of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) and Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine (SBSM)


Timothy Rogers, Ph.D. Related Seminars and Products

Military Internship Behavioral Health Psychologist

Center for Deployment Psychology


Timothy Rogers, Ph.D.  is a Military Internship Behavioral Health Psychologist and is assigned to the 59th Mental Health Flight, Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center (WHASC), Lackland AFB, TX. He serves as the Clinical Psychology Training Program Associate Program Director and is responsible for supervision and training of psychology interns with a focus on deployment-related issues.

Dr. Rogers received his Ph.D. in 2009 in Counseling Psychology at the University of Akron. He completed his Clinical Psychology Residency at Wilford Hall Medical Center and served over six years as an active duty psychologist before separating in the summer of 2014. While on active duty, he was Chief, Behavioral Health for Holloman AFB, Chief ADAPT Element for Randolph AFB and has served as interim/deputy Flight Commander at both Holloman and Randolph AFB. Research interests include help-seeking behaviors, PTSD and insomnia treatment, and training in health service psychology.

Financial: Timothy Rogers is employed by the Center for Deployment Psychology.

 

Nonfinancial: Timothy Rogers has no relevant nonfinancial relationship to disclose.


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