This course focuses on legal issues, ethical principles and professional considerations commonly faced by addiction professionals.

Topics covered include:

• Ethical principles and legal issues in addiction counseling
• Counselor-client relationships
• Transference/countertransference
• Boundary issues
• Clinical supervision and counselor competence
• Professional readiness
• Federal Confidentiality Regulations (42 CFR Part 2)
• The HIPAA Privacy Rule
• Application of NAADAC Code Ethics in professional practice

6 Hours – $100

This course offers a conceptual framework for working with diverse cultural groups in a substance abuse treatment setting.

Topics covered include:

• General principles for delivering culturally competent treatment services
• Health and social consequences of drug use
• Help seeking behaviors
• Access to care issues and barriers to treatment
• Core competences and skills
• Adapting treatment approaches to clients from culturally diverse backgrounds
• Drug cultures and the culture of recovery
• Culturally responsive assessment and treatment planning

25 Hours – $150