Topics covered include:

• Theories of Addiction – 24 hours
• Counseling Procedures/Strategies with Addicted Populations – 30 hours
• Group Process and Techniques with Addicted Populations – 18 hours
• Assessment and Diagnosis of Addiction – 24 hours
• Relationship Counseling with Addicted Populations – 24 hours
• Pharmacology – 18 hours
• Prevention Strategies – 12 hours
• Treatment Planning – 18 hours
• Ethics – 12 hours

180 Hours – $1095

Please contact our office for information regarding payment plan options.

This course focuses on theoretical models of addiction and various theoretical approaches to substance abuse treatment.

Topics covered include:

• Behavioral approaches
• Cognitive-behavioral approaches
• Strategic-interactional approaches
• Humanistic and existential approaches
• Psychodynamic approaches
• Family-based approaches
• Group therapy approaches
• Evaluation and outcome studies

24 Hours – $130

This course focuses on the principles and techniques of motivational interviewing and the application of motivational enhancement approaches to substance abuse treatment.

Topics covered include:

• Transtheoretical stages of change
• Principles of motivational interviewing
• Adapting motivational strategies and interventions to client stage of change
• Building readiness and commitment to change
• Engaging and retaining clients in treatment
• Motivational enhancements with coerced clients
• Measuring components of client motivation
• Integration of motivational approaches to diverse treatment populations and settings

30 Hours – $145

This course focuses on group treatment approaches with substance abusing clients.

Topics covered include:

• Advantages of group treatment for substance abusing populations
• Group models commonly used in substance abuse treatment
• Criteria for placement in groups
• Assessing readiness for group
• Group development and phase-specific tasks
• Managing common problems in groups
• Group therapy strategies and techniques
• Group leadership competencies and skills

18 Hours – $125

This course focuses on screening and assessment procedures in substance abuse treatment.

Topics covered include:

• Screening and assessment instruments
• Interviewing skills and competencies
• Ethnic and cultural issues
• Co-morbid psychiatric disorders
• Screening and assessment skills and techniques
• Screening and assessment with special populations
• Essential concepts in drug testing
• Drug toxicology testing procedures

24 Hours – $130

This course focuses on the integration of family therapy models and family therapy practices into substance abuse treatment.

Topics covered include:

• Family systems theory
• Primary models of family therapy
• Impact of alcoholism and substance abuse on families
• Differences between family therapy and substance abuse treatment approaches
• Family assessment issues
• Integration of family therapy practices into substance abuse treatment
• Cultural considerations
• Family therapy skills and competencies

24 Hours – $130

This course focuses on the physical, psychological and pharmacological effects of drugs of abuse. Psychoactive substances covered include cocaine, hallucinogens and dissociative drugs, heroin, inhalants, marijuana, MDMA (ecstasy), methamphetamine, prescription medications, steroids and other APEDs, and tobacco.

Topics covered include:

• Scope and prevalence of psychoactive substance use in the United States
• The pharmacology of addiction
• Brain chemistry and neurotransmission
• Brain rewards mechanisms and systems
• Tolerance and withdrawal
• Predisposing risk factors
• Short- and long-term behavioral consequences
• Short- and long-term medical complications and consequences
• Effects of prenatal and maternal use

18 Hours – $155

This course focuses on research-based principles for preventing alcohol and drug abuse among children and adolescents.

Topics covered include:

• Patterns of drug use among children and adolescents
• Risk and protective factors among children and adolescents
• Community-based prevention models
• Applying prevention principles to drug abuse prevention programs
• Models of research-based prevention programs
• Principles of substance abuse prevention for early childhood
• Characteristic features of early childhood interventions
• Universal, selective, and tiered early intervention substance abuse prevention programs

12 Hours – $120

This course focuses on best-practice philosophies for effective substance abuse treatment planning.

Topics covered include:

• Prioritizing client needs
• Components of treatment planning
• Treatment goals, objectives and interventions
• Re-evaluation of treatment plans
• Client participation in the treatment planning process
• Treatment planning skills and competencies
• Client motivation and readiness for change
• Co-Occurring disorders and special populations

18 Hours – $125

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

12 Hours – $125