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| Delivery Option | Download (with textbook) – $960, Download (without textbook) – $950, Mail (with textbook) – $995, Mail (without textbook) – $950 |
Problem Gambling: 60 Hour Core Curriculum Treatment Track Training - By Mail Only
Problem Gambling 60-Hour Required Content Training
$950 – $995
This course focuses on a variety of issues related to problem gambling.
Topics covered include:
- Scope and prevalence of problem gambling
- Gambling venues
- Predisposing risk factors
- Suicide risk
- Types of problem gamblers
- Stages of problem gambling
- Screening and assessment
- Cross-prevalence with chemical dependency
- Treatment strategies and treatment approaches
- Gamblers Anonymous and Gam-Anon
- Working with family members and significant others
- Problem gambling among special populations
A textbook is required for successful completion of the 60-hour class.
Bechtold, J., & Wilson, A. (2021). The Gambling Disorder Treatment Handbook: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
You have the option of purchasing this text through our program for $45 or acquiring the text on your own.
Please contact our office for information regarding payment plan options.
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45 Hours
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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40 Hours
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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Substance Abuse Treatment for Persons with Co-Occurring Disorders
Substance Abuse Treatment for Persons with Co-Occurring Disorders
$225
This course focuses on the unique issues of substance abuse among individuals with co-occurring psychiatric disorders and best-practice philosophies for treating clients with co-occurring disorders.
Topics covered include:
- Guiding principles for treating clients with co-occurring disorders
- Assessment and diagnostic criteria
- Psychopharmacology and psychotherapeutic medications
- Treatment settings and models
- Strategies and techniques for working with co-occurring disorder populations
- Dual recovery and mutual self-help support programs
- Workforce development and staff support
- Special populations
40 Hours – $225
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30 Hours
Addressing the Specific Needs of Women in Substance Abuse Treatment
Addressing the Specific Needs of Women in Substance Abuse Treatment
$175
This course focuses on the unique issues and best practice philosophies for addressing the specific needs of women in substance abuse treatment.
Topics covered include:
- Special issues and unique needs of women in substance abuse treatment
- Women’s biopsychosocial uniqueness
- Principles of gender responsive treatment
- Patterns and prevalence of alcohol/substance use among women
- Physiological effects of alcohol, drugs and tobacco on women
- Pregnancy and birth outcomes
- Screening and assessment issues
- Barriers to treatment
- Recovery management and special populations
30 Hours – $175
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Communicable Diseases: Tuberculosis, Viral Hepatitis, STDs
$175
This course focuses on the impact of substance abuse on the transmission, progression and treatment of tuberculosis, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted diseases.
Topics covered include:
- Epidemiology
- Transmission and disease progression
- Testing and diagnosis
- Risk factors and risk reduction techniques
- Medical complications
- Special populations
- Barriers to treatment
- Prevention and treatment issues
30 Hours – $175
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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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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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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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Substance Abuse Among Older Adults
Substance Abuse Among Older Adults
$175
This course focuses on the unique issues of substance abuse among older adults and best-practice philosophies for treating older alcohol and or other substance abusing clients.
Topics covered include:
- Scope of the problem
- Vulnerabilities and risk factors
- Barriers to treatment
- Use and abuse of prescription drugs and over-the-counter medications
- Screening and assessment,
- Referral and treatment issues
- Measurement of multidimensional outcomes for older adults
- Legal and ethical considerations
30 Hours – $175
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Substance Abuse Treatment for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Individuals
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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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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25 Hours
Cultural Competence in Substance Abuse Treatment
Cultural Competence in Substance Abuse Treatment
$150
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
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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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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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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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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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Addressing the Specific Needs of Adolescents in Substance Abuse Treatment
Addressing the Specific Needs of Adolescents in Substance Abuse Treatment
$140
This course focuses on the unique issues and best practice philosophies for addressing the specific needs of adolescents in substance abuse treatment.
Topics covered include:
- Special issues and unique needs of adolescents in substance abuse treatment
- Patterns and prevalence of alcohol and substance use among adolescents
- Consequences of adolescent drug use
- Brain development and adolescent drug use
- Tailoring treatment to adolescents needs
- Addiction medication issues
- Special populations
- Legal issues and considerations
20 Hours – $140
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Addressing Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors in Substance Abuse Treatment
Addressing Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors in Substance Abuse Treatment
$140
This course offers substance abuse counselors a four-step process for addressing suicidal thoughts and behaviors in substance abuse treatment.
Topics covered include:
- Link between substance abuse and suicidality
- Risk and protective factors
- Demographic correlates
- Suicide assessment
- Techniques and procedures for addressing suicidal thoughts and behaviors
- Warning signs and safety plans
- Counselor skills and competencies
- Documentation and confidentiality issues
20 Hours – $140
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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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Domestic Violence and Substance Abuse Treatment
$140
This course focuses on the interplay between domestic violence and substance abuse and best-practice philosophies for working with domestic violence survivors and batterers in substance abuse treatment settings.
Topics covered include:
- Connection between substance abuse and domestic violence
- Crisis intervention and treatment planning for the survivor client
- Characteristics and profiles of batterers
- Emotional and behavioral effects of violence on children
- Screening and assessment issues
- Treatment issues and considerations
- Cultural considerations
- Legal and ethical considerations
20 Hours – $140
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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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Managing Anger and Depression in Substance Abuse Treatment
Managing Anger and Depression in Substance Abuse Treatment
$140
This course focuses on best-practice philosophies for managing anger and depression in substance abuse treatment settings.
Topics covered include:
- Nature of anger and depressive symptoms
- Relationship between anger and depression and substance use disorders
- Impact of anger and depression on treatment participation and treatment outcomes
- Screening and assessment
- Techniques to manage anger and depression in substance abuse treatment settings
- Transference and countertransference
- Behavioral, cognitive and emotionally focused intervention strategies
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Financial Planning for Problem Gamblers and their Families
Financial Planning for Problem Gamblers and Their Families
$125
This course focuses on financial issues and strategies for problem gamblers and their families.
Topics covered include:
- Social and personal costs of problem gambling to individuals and their families
- Financial warning signs
- Identifying assets and creating a realistic spending plan
- Limiting access to money
- Repayment of gambling debts
- Personal bankruptcy issues
- Financial stabilization strategies
15 Hours – $125
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HIV/AIDS: Legal, Ethical, and Professional Considerations
HIV/AIDS: Legal, Ethical, and Professional Considerations
$125
This course focuses on the legal issues, ethical principles and professional considerations commonly faced when working with persons with HIV/AIDS.
Topics covered include:
- Treatment access and discrimination
- Public health reporting requirements
- Duty to treat and duty to warn
- Dual relationships
- Confidentiality regulations
- End-of-life issues
- Counselor attitudes and biases
- Training and competency issues
15 Hours – $125
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Tobacco Use Interventions in Substance Abuse Treatment
Tobacco Use Interventions in Substance Abuse Treatment
$125
This course focuses on best-practice philosophies for integrating tobacco use interventions into substance abuse treatment services.
Topics covered include:
- Prevalence rates
- Health consequences
- Screening and assessment tools
- Neurochemical effects of nicotine
- Treatment medications
- Behavioral interventions and relapse prevention
- Treatment with special populations
- Tobacco use and co-occurring disorders
- Barriers to addressing tobacco dependence in addiction treatment programs
15 Hours – $125
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$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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$125
This course focuses on various issues related to youth gambling.
Topics covered include:
- Scope and prevalence
- Predisposing risk factors
- Protective factors
- Assessment issues
- Cross-prevalence with chemical dependency
- Prevention efforts
- Treatment settings and modalities
- Treatment strategies and approaches
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$115
This course focuses on the impact of substance abuse on the transmission, progression and treatment of HIV/AIDS.
Topics covered include:
- Epidemiology
- Transmission and disease progression
- Testing and diagnosis
- Risk factors and risk reduction techniques
- Medical complications
- Special populations
- Barriers to treatment
- Prevention and treatment issues
10 Hours – $115
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$115
This course focuses on confidentiality laws and regulations for alcohol and other drug treatment.
Topics covered include:
- The purpose and scope of federal alcohol and drug confidentiality regulations
- Patient consent for release of confidential information
- Exceptions to confidentiality rules
- Restrictions on redisclosure
- Court orders
- Communicable disease reporting
- Child abuse mandated reporting procedures and requirements
- Confidentiality and privacy issues when using technology-based therapeutic tools
10 Hours – $115
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$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
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Ethics for Addiction Professionals
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$100
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
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- Professional readiness
- Federal Confidentiality Regulations (42 CFR Part 2)
- The HIPAA Privacy Rule
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This course focuses on supervisory issues and techniques in substance abuse counseling.
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- Professional development
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- Professional and ethical standards
6 Hours – $100
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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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