Essential Learning announces new partnership with Hazelden

Aug 27 2012

Essential Learning, the leading provider of e-learning solutions to the behavioral health and human service industries, is pleased to announce a new partnership with Hazelden, a nonprofit organization for addiction treatment and publisher of treatment, behavioral health and youth violence educational resources. This partnership will enable Essential Learning to offer Hazelden courses within the Essential Learning online course library, thus expanding learning opportunities for healthcare professionals, addiction counselors, mental health providers, educators and other professionals involved in addiction treatment and youth violence prevention.

"We are delighted to partner with Hazelden, a nationally respected organization that has been a leader in addiction treatment and recovery for many years. Operating their own addiction treatment centers has given them keen insight into the training needs of staff," said Rick Rattray, President of Essential Learning. "Hazelden courses will be an excellent addition to our course library. Partnerships such as this support our commitment to provide our customers with affordable staff training of the highest quality."

"We are very pleased to have established a partnership with an organization of this caliber," said Gerald McCleery, PhD, Senior Vice President of Strategic Development for Essential Learning. "This reflects the continuing commitment of both Hazelden and Essential Learning to make high quality addictions and violence prevention training accessible to the professional service community."

Essential Learning offers online training services, including staff compliance training and continuing education for behavioral health, mental health, addiction treatment, community health, developmental disability, community action and child welfare and other human services organizations. Many courses are designed to assist organizations in meeting CARF, COA, and Joint Commission accreditation standards, along with state level training requirements.

In the coming weeks, look for additional announcements from Essential Learning highlighting the Hazelden courses as they become available in the Essential Learning library. Essential Learning courses are offered as an individual course-by-course purchase option through CEQuick, and through the state-of-the-art Learning Management System-Elevate^TM LMS. Elevate includes a comprehensive course library, enrollment, tracking, and reporting features that will help members save money and deliver training more efficiently.

Benefits Include:

• Access to a catalogue of 1,000+ of courses in wide ranging topics
• Individual professionals can select and purchase courses with CE Credits
• Completion certificates for continuing education
• Develop career paths for employees to prepare them for a new position or promotion
• Automate annual training - saves staff time

"We are very excited about this opportunity to expand the availability and access to Hazelden treatment, behavioral health, and prevention training," said Nick Motu, Publisher at Hazelden. "In partnering with Essential Learning, our goal is to ensure that professionals have access to the latest information on evidence-based practices. And that having access to this training will help staff stay informed and effective in their jobs."