Spring Live Interactive Online and In-Person class 2024 CE Schedule

Contact Info: ceu@akulafoundation.com Phone: (504) 418-0791

Open to all Nurses, Social Workers and LPC’s (LPCs not Spring Ethics) for Board Approved Continuing Educational Contact Hours. Anyone interested in the topic may also attend.

Organized By: Akula Continuing Education LLC

  • The Akula Continuing Education LLC continues to partner with Eventbrite (Separate Fee) to make registering for all our workshops efficient and easier for our participants to register and to obtain their CEU certifications.

DSM-5-TR (Text Revision) Major Updated Changes – Online Class
– By: Lee Matthews PhD

  • April 24, 2024
  • 2.5 Contact Hours Clinical

The learner will be able to describe and identify the major additional updated diagnosis in the new DSM-5 TR included in the manual to identify common misconceptions and aid in improved diagnosis knowledge and outcomes.

DSM-5-TR (Text Revision) Major Updated Changes – In-Person Class
– By: Lee Matthews PhD

  • May 1, 2024
  • 2.5 Contact Hours Clinical

The learner will be able to describe and identify the major additional updated diagnosis in the new DSM-5 TR included in the manual to identify common misconceptions and aid in improved diagnosis knowledge and outcomes.


Geriatric Psychological and Physical related disorders. – In-Person Class
– By: John R Batty RN, MSN

  • May 15, 2024
  • 2.5 Contact Hours Clinical

The aging process can become a very challenging time in a person’s life. Geriatric patients may have psychologic, and physical changes resulting from aging, and it is often difficult for the aging person to understand and accept the changes.


Ethics for Clinical Practice – Online Class

  • June 5, 2024
  • 3.75 Ethics Contact Hours
  • This is a 3-hour Workshop.

Part 1: Medical Ethics with influences by cultural and racial beliefs. -By: Dr Philip Hemphill PhD, LCSW
Part 2: Compromised Ethical Standards in a Disaster Environment – By: John R. Batty RN, MSN
Part 3: Online Professionalism and Ethics for Clinical Practice – By: Lee Matthews PhD
*This presentation is not approved for LPCs


DSM-5 TR Trauma and Stress related disorders – In-Person Class
-by: Lee Matthews PhD

  • June 26, 2024
  • 2.5 Contact Hours Clinical

The learner will be able to describe and identify the new DSM-5 chapter: Trauma and Stressor- Related Disorders that can no longer simply be considered an anxiety disorder.