Evelyn Perez
evperez@wiley.com
Wiley
201-748-6358
Susan Erskine
serskine@essentiallearning.com
Essential Learning
619-398-7745
Essential Learning and John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Form Partnership to Provide Continuing Education Credits For Behavioral Health Professionals Through Book-Based Online Education
Hoboken, N.J., January 4, 2007 — Essential Learning, the largest provider of E-learning services in the behavioral health and human services industry, and John Wiley & Sons, Inc., the global publisher, are partnering to offer busy behavioral health professionals continuing education credits through a new book-based online education program. This partnership makes possible the approval of more than 80 Wiley books, developed for mental health professionals, for continuing education credit through such organizations as the American Psychological Association, American Nurses Credentialing Center, Association for Social Work Boards, National Board of Certified Counselors, National Association of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors, as well as many state licensing boards.
The Wiley professional books available for continuing education credit may be found at www.wiley.com/ceuLearn. The books are tagged "CE Credit" on the site and in the catalog of Wiley Books and Resources for Mental Health Professionals. Professionals simply purchase and read the book, then log on to www.cequick.com/Wiley to access the test and other information associated with the book.
About Wiley
Founded in 1807, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. provides must-have content and services to customers worldwide. Our core businesses include scientific, technical and medical journals, encyclopedias, books and online products and services; professional and consumer books and subscription services; and educational materials for undergraduate and graduate students and lifelong learners. Wiley has publishing, marketing and distribution centers in the US, Canada, Europe, Asia and Australia. The Company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbols JWa and JWb. Wiley's Internet site can be accessed at http://www.wiley.com.
Essential Learning was founded in 2002 and is based in San Diego, California. Essential Learning provides a web-based Learning Management System (LMS) and more than 300 online courses and reporting tools designed to meet the training and compliance needs of behavioral health and human service organizations. Essential Learning contracts with more than 300 organizations nationally.
For more information, call 1-800-729-9198, visit Essential Learning's website, www.essentiallearning.com, or email serskine@essentiallearning.com.
