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Assessment and Diagnosis of Addiction (24 Hours)
Screening and Assessment for Substance Use Disorders
Screening and Assessment for Substance Use Disorders
$150
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
25 Hours – $150
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Clinical Supervision (30 Hours)
Clinical Supervision in Substance Abuse Treatment
Clinical Supervision in Substance Abuse Treatment
$325
This course focuses on advanced supervisory issues and techniques in substance abuse counseling.
Topics covered include:
- Principles and models of clinical supervision
- Supervisory skills and competencies
- Assessment and evaluation
- Counselor development
- Management and administration
- Professional development
- Program development and quality assurance
- Professional and ethical standards
- Dual relationships and counselor impairment
- Cultural competence and contextual factors
30 Hours – $325
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Counseling Procedures/Strategies with Addicted Populations (30 Hours)
Enhancing Motivation for Change in Substance Abuse Treatment
Enhancing Motivation for Change in Substance Abuse Treatment
$175
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 – $175
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Trauma-Informed Care in Substance Abuse Treatment
Trauma-Informed Care in Substance Abuse Treatment
$175
This course focuses on evidence-based practices for working with individuals who have been exposed to acute and chronic traumas in substance abuse treatment settings.
Topics covered include:
- Rationale for trauma-informed care
- Trauma-informed intervention and treatment principles
- Types of trauma
- Common experiences and responses to trauma
- Trauma-related symptoms and disorders
- Screening and assessment issues and instruments
- Trauma-informed prevention and treatment objectives
- Clinical issues and counselor self-care
- Treatment strategies and interventions
30 Hours – $175
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Ethics (12 Hours)
Ethics in Addiction Counseling
Ethics in Addiction Counseling
$140
This course focuses on legal issues, ethical principles and professional considerations commonly faced in addiction counseling.
Topics covered include:
- Ethical principles and legal issues in addiction counseling
- Counselor-client relationships
- Transference/countertransference
- Boundary issues
- Counselor impairment and counselor wellness
- Clinical supervision and counselor competence
- Continuing education and professional readiness
- Federal Confidentiality Regulations (42 CFR Part 2)
- The HIPAA Privacy Rule
- Application of NAADAC Code Ethics in professional practice
20 Hours – $140
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Group Process and Techniques with Addicted Populations (18 Hours)
Group Therapy in Substance Abuse Treatment
Group Therapy in Substance Abuse Treatment
$175
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
30 Hours – $175
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Pharmacology (18 Hours)
Alcohol Use and Abuse: Physical, Psychological, Pharmacological Effects of Alcohol
Alcohol Use and Abuse: Physical, Psychological, Pharmacological Effects of Alcohol
$140
This course focuses on the physical, psychological and pharmacological effects of alcohol on the human body and on the human condition.
Topics covered include:
- Scope and prevalence of alcohol use in the United States
- Pharmacology of alcohol
- Tolerance and withdrawal issues
- Predisposing risk factors
- Misconceptions about alcohol use
- Short- and long-term behavioral effects
- Health consequences and medical complications
- Alcohol use during pregnancy
20 Hours – $140
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Medication-Assisted Treatment for Alcohol and Opioid Dependence
Medication-Assisted Treatment for Alcohol and Opioid Dependence
$225
This course focuses on medication-assisted approaches currently utilized in the treatment of alcohol and opioid use disorders.
Topics covered include:
- Brief history of medication-assisted treatment in the United States
- Pharmacology of medications used to treat alcohol and opioid addiction
- Treatment guidelines and protocols
- Duration of treatment considerations
- Side effects and contraindications
- Use of medication-assisted treatment with special populations
- Use of medication-assisted treatment during pregnancy
- Creating a supportive counseling experience
- Expanding access to medication-assisted treatment
40 Hours – $225
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Pharmacology of Psychoactive Substances: Physical, Psychological, and Pharmacological Effects of Drugs of Abuse
Pharmacology of Psychoactive Substances: Physical, Psychological, and Pharmacological Effects of Drugs of Abuse
$245
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
45 Hours – $245
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Prevention Strategies (12 Hours)
HIV/AIDS: Prevention for Substance Abusing Populations
HIV/AIDS: Prevention for Substance Abusing Populations
$150
This course focuses on scientifically-tested research-based models of HIV-prevention for substance abusing populations.
Topics covered include:
- Research-based principles of HIV-prevention
- Community-based outreach models
- Accessing and engaging high-risk target communities
- Personal characteristics of effective outreach workers
- Identifying potential outreach sites
- Risk assessment and risk reduction strategies
- Reinforcement and support of risk-reduction efforts
- Logistical concerns and implementation issues
25 Hours – $150
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Preventing Drug Abuse among Children and Adolescents
Preventing Drug Abuse among Children and Adolescents
$150
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
25 Hours – $150
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Relationship Counseling with Addicted Populations (24 Hours)
Integrating Family Therapy into Substance Abuse Treatment
Integrating Family Therapy into Substance Abuse Treatment
$150
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
25 Hours – $150
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Theories of Addiction (24 Hours)
Theoretical Models of Addiction
Theoretical Models of Addiction
$175
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
30 Hours – $175
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Treatment Planning (18 Hours)
Comprehensive Case Management for Substance Abuse Treatment
Comprehensive Case Management for Substance Abuse Treatment
$175
This course focuses on the various case management functions within the substance abuse treatment continuum.
Topics covered include:
- Models and principles of case management
- Case management skills and competencies
- Application of case management to substance abuse treatment
- Coordinating client services
- Advocacy issues
- Case management in criminal justice settings
- Case management for clients with special needs
- Evaluation of case management services and client outcomes
30 Hours – $175
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Patient Placement Criteria
Patient Placement Criteria
$115
This course focuses on patient placement criteria for clients in need of chemical dependency services.
Topics covered include:
- Advantages of adopting uniform patient placement criteria
- Guidelines for level of care determination procedures
- Placement criteria categories and characteristics
- Implementation strategies
- Placement issues for special needs populations
- ASAM criteria dimensions and guiding principles
- ASAM levels of care
- ASAM withdrawal management levels of care
10 Hours – $115
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Treatment Planning for Substance Abuse Treatment
Treatment Planning for Substance Abuse Treatment
$125
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
15 Hours – $125
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