Understanding, Preventing, and Managing Relapse

Preventing a client's return to problem drinking, using, or gambling has long been a cornerstone of successful addictions treatment. Explore the nature of relapse prevention by examining what relapse is, the situations and circumstances that put a client at risk for relapse, helping a client to plan for success, and supporting a client who has returned to using or gambling. Course content will focus on both youth and adult clients.

Regular Price - $55.00

Price: $35.00

Substance Abuse and The Criminal Justice System

This course will explore the evolution and impact of
Substance Abuse Treatment provided through the Criminal Justice system on neighborhoods in the United States. Strategies addressing Effective Practices for Protecting Public Safety through Substance Abuse Treatment will provide the format for analyzing the influence of critical developmental factors including substance abuse, mental health status, race, gender and social class.

Regular Price - $55.00

Price: $35.00

The Counselor:Personal and Professional

This course provides
information, experiences, and resources from a variety of psychological and cultural contexts crafted to enhance personal and socio-cultural awareness, health, well being, and growth. Involvement in extra-curricular professional development and personal enrichment activities are encouraged.

Regular Price - $55.00

Price: $35.00

Substance Abuse Screening and Brief Intervention

This course will train students in a wide variety of substance abuse screening and assessment measures and specific treatment criteria. Participants will learn to perform substance abuse screenings and assessments as part of the comprehensive assessment process. This course will provide participants with the most current standardized substance abuse measures and assessment protocols used in the field of chemical dependency.

Regular Price - $55.00

Price: $35.00

Substance Abuse Treatment - Group Therapy

This course expands on the counselors' basic knowledge of Group Therapy to include a deeper understanding of Group Basics, Types of Groups, Development Techniques, and Considerations.
The class will engage in rigorous discussion and debate of a number of complex and "real-life" situations with an emphasis on developing and honing Group Development skills.
Specific issues related to Group Development and Phase-Specific Tasks will be discussed.
The class will engage in rigorous discussion and debate of a number of complex and "real-life" situations with an emphasis on developing and honing Group Development skills.

Regular Price - $55.00

Price: $35.00

Substance Abuse Treatment for Persons with Child Abuse and Neglect Issues

Child abuse and neglect pose an increasingly recognized and serious threat to the nation's children. The reported cases of abused and neglected children have more than doubled from 1.4 million in 1986 to more than 3 million in 1997. Research suggests that adults with histories of child abuse and neglect are at high risk for developing substance abuse disorders.

Regular Price - $55.00

Price: $35.00

Psychoactive Drugs

This course will serve as an introduction to psycho-pharmacology and the processes of drug addiction. Major topics include classification of drugs, basic principles of pharmacology, the behavioral and physiological effects of drugs, and how drugs affect the fine chemical balance within our brains.

Regular Price - $55.00

Price: $35.00

ASAM PPC-2R

This training will examine the patient placement criteria for clients with substance use disorders adopted by the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM). Admission, continued stay, and discharge criteria for adults will be reviewed.

Regular Price - $55.00

Price: $35.00

INTRODUCTION TO CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY COUNSELING

This course will focus on alcohol and other drug dependency (AODD) as a framework for understanding other addictive behaviors and processes. As an orientation to the field of AODD, this course will introduce participants to a variety of approaches that address addiction prevention, intervention, and treatment. The course will emphasize competencies to address addictions from a multidisciplinary perspective.

Regular Price - $55.00

Price: $35.00

Interviewing Skills for Chemical Dependency Counseling

This course will provide mental health professionals with an understanding of a clinical interview. It will discuss the advantages of the

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Price: $35.00

An Overview of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Substance Abuse)

This course focuses on Substance – Related Disorders as detailed in the current Diagnostic and Statistic Manual of Mental disorders. The behavioral manifestations and dynamics of Substance – Related Disorders will be explored, focusing on basic therapeutic assessment issues.

Regular Price - $55.00

Price: $35.00

Counseling Theories: Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Theories

This course is part of a series of workshops integrating various Theories of Counseling. This series was developed to meet the criteria for Certified Substance Abuse counselor entry level credentials in the topic of counseling theories and/or evidence-based practices. The series discusses fourteen of the major counseling theories. Content includes a brief history of the theory, the prominent figures that developed the theories, content and key terminology and a discussion of current research and applications of the theory in substance abuse treatment.

Regular Price - $55.00

Price: $35.00

Counseling Theories: Person Center Therapy

This course introduces
counseling theories commonly used. Two primary goals of person-centered therapy are increased self-esteem and greater openness to experience. Some of the related changes that this form of therapy seeks to foster in clients include closer agreement between the client's idealized and actual selves; better self-understanding; lower levels of defensiveness, guilt, and insecurity; more positive and comfortable relationships with others; and an increased capacity to experience and express feelings at the moment they occur.

Regular Price - $55.00

Price: $35.00

Counseling Theories: Adlerian Therapy

This course is part of a series of workshops integrating various Theories of Counseling. This series was developed to meet the criteria for Certified Substance Abuse Counselor entry level credentials in the topic of counseling theories and/or evidence-based practices. The series discusses fourteen of the major counseling theories. Content includes a brief history of the theory, the prominent figures that developed the theories, content and key terminology and a discussion of current research and applications of the theory in substance abuse treatment.

Regular Price - $55.00
7 CEU's

Price: $35.00

The Confidentiality of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Patient Records Regulation and the HIPAA Privacy Rule

In the early 1970’s, Congress recognized that the stigma associated with substance abuse and fear of prosecution deterred people from entering treatment and enacted legislation that gave patients a right to confidentiality. For the almost three decades since the Federal confidentiality regulations (42 CFR Part 2 or Part 2) were issued, confidentiality has been a cornerstone practice for substance abuse treatment programs across the country.

Regular Price - $55.00

Price: $35.00

Clinical Supervision

This workshop will provide information/skills on how to be an effective clinical supervision for clinical staff, and interns. Cultural awareness (of the supervisor and client) will be emphasized.

Regular Price - $95.00

Price: $35.00

An Overview of Case Management with Alcohol and Other Drug Clients

The overall goal of this training is to provide participants with an overview of quality case management practice. The workshop is designed to build new skills, strengthen existing skills and expand the knowledge base of practitioners who provide services to people who abuse alcohol and other drugs.

Regular Price - $55.00

Price: $35.00

An Overview of Addiction Treatment

This course is intended to prepare students to practice in the field of substance abuse treatment. The course will present an integrative bio psychosocial model for the understanding and treatment of substance abuse.

Regular Price - $55.00

Price: $35.00

A Guide To Substance Abuse Services For Primary Care Clinicians

This course will train students in a wide variety of substance abuse screening/assessment measures and specific treatment criteria. Participants will learn to perform substance abuse screenings and assessments as part of the comprehensive assessment process. This course will provide participants with the most current standardized substance abuse measures and assessment protocols used in the field of chemical dependency.

Regular Price - $55.00

Price: $35.00

ROOT CAUSES OF CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY

This course is designed to
provide an integrated overview of the biological, psychological, and social aspects of psychoactive drug use and abuse. Prevention strategies, recognition of abuse and dependence, and resources available will be discussed.

Regular Price - $55.00

Price: $35.00

Stages of Change

This course teaches the Stages of Change model, as developed by DiClemente and Prochaska, and its application to clients of both mental health and substance abuse agencies. A thorough review of each Stage of Change, the client’s need during each stage, and appropriate interventions are included in the training. The course will cover the basic elements needed to incorporate Stages of Change into clinical thinking, psychosocial assessments, and individual plans of service.

Regular Price - $55.00

Price: $35.00

Ethics

This course expands on the counselors' basic knowledge of ethics to include a deeper understanding of the legal and moral issues involved in professional practice. The class will engage in rigorous discussion and debate of a number of complex and "real-life" situations with an emphasis on developing and honing ethical decision-making skills. Specific ethical issues related to gender, sexual, racial, cultural and generational diversity will be discussed in detail.

Regular Price - $65.00

Price: $35.00