Course modules
18 modules across four tracks. Complete every lesson and quiz to unlock your certificate.
Foundations
Psychiatric Rehabilitation Foundations
Where psychiatric rehabilitation came from, what makes it different from clinical treatment, and why recovery is the organizing frame for every service you will deliver.
Core PRA Principles and the Practitioner Role
The Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association principles translated into observable behaviors you can be coached on and audited against.
Regulatory
Maryland COMAR Guidance for PRP Services
A working orientation to Maryland's regulatory expectations for Psychiatric Rehabilitation Programs, written for practitioners rather than attorneys.
Scope of Practice and Professional Limits
Knowing exactly where your authority ends protects participants and keeps your license, credential, and program intact.
Documentation, Notes, and Billing Integrity
Writing notes that are clinically useful, audit-defensible, and finished before you go home.
Quality Assurance and Outcome Measurement
Chart audits, outcome data, and continuous improvement from the practitioner's seat rather than the compliance office.
Service Delivery
Admissions, Eligibility, and Medical Necessity
How people get in the door correctly: eligibility screening, functional impairment evidence, and medical necessity language that survives review.
Functional Assessment and Readiness
Conducting assessments that produce a usable plan: functional domains, readiness, strengths, environmental supports, and cultural context.
Writing Rehabilitation Plans That Work
Turning assessment into measurable, participant-owned plans with objectives that guide sessions and satisfy reviewers.
The Six Elements of Skills Training
The teaching engine of psychiatric rehabilitation: direct skills teaching, modeling, practice, feedback, generalization, and programming for maintenance.
Designing and Facilitating Rehabilitation Groups
Structured, skills-based group work that produces measurable individual progress rather than attendance records.
Community Integration and Natural Supports
Moving people from program-based life to community-based life through real settings, real roles, and supports that outlast your involvement.
Specialty Practice
Supported Employment and Vocational Services
IPS-informed practice: rapid job search, competitive integrated employment, benefits counseling, disclosure decisions, and follow-along support.
Adult PRP vs. Minor PRP: Practice Differences
What changes when the participant is a child or adolescent: family systems, schools, consent, developmental fit, and transition planning.
Professional Growth
Supervision, Coaching, and Team Practice
Getting real value from supervision, receiving feedback well, and functioning inside a multidisciplinary team.
Ethics, Confidentiality, and Cultural Humility
Practical ethics for the field: HIPAA and 42 CFR Part 2 in daily situations, dual relationships, technology, and culturally humble practice.
Burnout Prevention and Practitioner Sustainability
Vicarious trauma, caseload load management, boundaries, and the practical habits that keep good specialists in the field past year two.
Your First 90 Days as a Rehabilitation Specialist
A week-by-week onboarding roadmap: what to learn, who to meet, what to document, and how to build a reputation for reliability.