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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.

It is the only Secure Psychiatric and Forensic Settings Diploma that is APT-accredited and also gives you access to APT’s relevant downloadable resources for use post-course. 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 accreditation. 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)
• SFT Essentials (Solution Focused Therapy) (3-days)  *
• Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) (3-days)  ^
• The DICES^® System for Risk Assessment and Management (3-days)  *
• CBT Plus, for Suicide Prevention (3-days)  *
• CBT Plus, for 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 assessing it. 

Please note that the diploma should be completed in not more than 2 years from the date you undertake the first course. 

The Diploma can also be awarded by completing the individual courses separately, across 2 years
 

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 accreditation which gains you access to the resources associated with the course.

Your registration lasts indefinitely, and your accreditation to use the resources lasts for 3 years and is renewable by attending a Masterclass top-up day or submitting evidence of continued practice, and your reflections on that practice (to the required level).

Your accreditation is given value by the fact of over 150,000 people having attended APT training. See APT accreditation 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: $2,150 CAD per person (or purchase the 5 courses individually at $430 CAD per person, per person, per course). The fee covers: 3 years access to the courses, certification, registration, and Level 4 APT Accreditation by completing the course and inbuilt exams.  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! Pay 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: $7,760 CAD per 3-day course and $5,600 CAD per 2-day course, for a group of up to 15 people. Extra delegates: $170 CAD per person, per day. (A minimum of 15-days training needs to be selected for the Diploma.) Book Now Top of page Option 3: Face-to-Face Onsite course: We bring the course and tutor to you, for an all-inclusive fee. Price: $12,400 CAD per 3-day course and $9,085 CAD per 2-day course, for a group of up to 15 people. Extra delegates: $270 CAD per person per day. (A minimum of 15-days training needs to be selected for the Diploma and prices exclude tutor travel and accommodation expenses.) 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."