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Addictions professionals work in a broad range of disciplines but share an understanding of the addictive process that goes beyond the narrow confines of any one specialty. Specific proficiencies, skills, levels of involvement with clients, and scope of practice do vary widely among specializations. At their base, however, all addiction-focused disciplines are built on a common foundation.
Professional practice for addiction counselors is based on eight Practice Dimensions, each of which is necessary for effective performance of the counseling role. The dimensions we have identified, along with the competencies that support them, form the heart of Certification Training.
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Introduction to the Twelve Core Functions & the Certification Process
This workshop is designed to provide an overview of the “12 Core Functions” and the CSAT TAP 21 publication on “Addiction Counseling Competencies.” The workshop will provide discussion on the knowledge, skills and attitudes which have been identified as competencies of a substance abuse counselor. An overview of the certification process including the written examination and oral case presentation for becoming a Certified Alcohol Drug Counselor (CADC) will also be presented.
The Counselor: Person and Professional
The trend in counseling today is to stress the values and behavior of the counselor. The therapist’s ability to consider, understand, and accept themselves as well as the client is crucial. This workshop will examine the personal characteristics of counselors that contribute most to this relationship.
Ethics Standards and Professional Growth
In the counseling field there is a major concern that practitioners behave according to a strict code of ethics. The workshop will explore, evaluate and apply the code of ethics developed and adopted by various national organizations.
An Overview of Substance Abuse Treatment
Drug addiction is a complex disorder that can involve virtually every aspect of an individual's functioning in the family, at work, and in the community. Because of addiction's complexities and pervasive consequences, drug addiction treatment typically must involve many components. This workshop is an overview of the effectiveness of treatment for alcohol and/or drug addiction.
The Disease of Addiction
This course provides the participants with a clear understanding of the dynamics of alcoholism as a bio-psychosocial disease and its impact on the individual, family system and community at large. This workshop will explore the progression and stages of the addictive process.
The Systematic Approach to Screening, Intake, and Orientation
This workshop will acquaint counselors with the competencies necessary to perform an accurate screening, intake, and orientation. Among issues to be discussed are how to screen for toxicity, how to identify withdrawal, how to identify danger to others, how to determine a client’s readiness for treatment and how to document assessment findings and treatment recommendations.
Substance Abuse Subtle Screening —SASSI
This workshop will focus on certifying individuals on a specific screening instrument. The Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory (The SASSI) is a brief and easily administered psychological screening measure that helps identify individuals who have a high probability of having a substance use disorder.
Confidentiality of Patient Records for Alcohol and Drug Treatment
This workshop presents an overview of Federal alcohol and drug treatment confidentiality laws and regulations. The workshop also includes sample forms for patient consent and qualified service organization agreements.
Motivational Interviewing
Motivational interviewing is the state-of-the-art technology for treatment of addictive behavior disorders. The conceptual framework in motivational interviewing reframes denial as ambivalence, redefines confrontation and emphasizes the use of motivational strategies designed to resolve ambivalence impasses. This workshop will discuss and examine the various stages of change encountered by substance abusers.
Comprehensive Substance Abuse Assessments
All psychometric procedures have one characteristic in common, to selectively evaluate cognitive, emotional or behavioral processes. This workshop will explore the components of a comprehensive substance abuse evaluation and identify the function of each as it relates to providing effective client treatment.
The Addiction Severity Index (ASI Certification)
The ASI is a structured clinical interview designed to collect all the information needed at intake in order to develop an appropriate treatment plan for an individual seeking substance abuse treatment. This two day workshop will explore various areas of life functioning and evaluate each as it relates to the impact on the client.
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSMIV—TR)
Although the structure of DSM IV-TR remains unaltered, most clinicians are unaware of the surprising number of substantive changes in this new edition. This one-day course helps students navigate through the major diagnostic categories of Substance – Related Disorders, including changes in the multiaxial system and the differential decision trees.
ASAM Patient Placement Criteria-2R
The ASAM Patient Placement Criteria for the treatment of substance-related disorders is designed to provide clinicians that have assessment, treatment planning and care management responsibilities with a common language and systematic approach that facilitates effective, individualized treatment of substance abuse. It is based on a “treatment matching” approach.
Treatment Planning, and Report and Record Keeping
This workshop will assist participants to formulate initial and comprehensive treatment plans and to understand the importance of clinical documentation. Participants will learn how clinical documentation supports the treatment process.
Clinical Documentation
The documentation function is extremely important during the therapeutic process. This workshop will explore charting the results of the assessment, treatment plan, writing reports, progress notes, discharge summaries, and recording other client-related data.
Co-Occurring Psychiatric Disorders in Adults
This workshop will focus on the diagnosis and effects of the most common mental health disorders as they relate to treatment and recovery of adults. Emphasis will be placed upon effective techniques and counseling skills for counseling individuals with multiple diagnoses.
Counseling Theories - Psychoanalytic
The original so called "talking therapy" involves analyzing the root causes of behavior and feelings by exploring the unconscious mind and the conscious mind relation to it. Many theories and therapies have evolved from the original Freudian psychoanalysis which utilizes free-association, dreams, and transference, as well as other strategies to help the clients know the function of their own minds.
Counseling Theories -Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
The term "cognitive-behavioral therapy" (CBT) is a very general term for a classification of therapies with similarities. There are several approaches to cognitive-behavioral therapy, including Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, Rational Behavior Therapy, Rational Living Therapy, Cognitive Therapy, and Dialectic Behavior Therapy.
Counseling Theories -Gestalt Therapy
"Gestalt," a German word meaning "whole," operates as a therapy by keeping the person in what is known as the here and now. Therapists help clients to be attentive to all parts of themselves: posture, breathing, methods of movement, etc. Unresolved conflicts are worked out in the therapy session as if they are happening in that moment. An emphasis is placed on personal responsibility for one's own well-being.
Counseling Theories -Person-Centered
The basic premise is that we are all "becoming": we are all moving towards self-actualization. Rogers believed that each of us has the innate ability to reach our full potential. As infants we are born with it, but because of early experiences, we may lose our connection to it. The self concept we develop in response to our early experiences may tend to alienate us from our true self. In this theory there is no such thing as mental illness. It is just a matter of being disconnected from our self-potential. This therapy is often considered the most optimistic approach to human potential
Counseling Theories -Brief Therapies
While most therapy approaches have developed short term versions (often in response to the demands of managed care), one specific model is called SOLUTION-FOCUSED BRIEF THERAPY. This short term work is based on (1) Focusing on solutions instead of problems; (2) Exceptions suggest solutions; (3) Change is occurring all the time; (4) Small changing leads to large changing; (5) Cooperation is inevitable between therapist and client; (6) People have all they need to solve their problems.
Counseling Theories -Family Therapy Family therapy is a branch of psychotherapy that works with families and couples in intimate relationships to nurture change and development. It tends to view these in terms of the systems interaction between family members. It emphasizes family relationships as an important factor in psychological health. As such, family problems have been seen to arise as an emergent property of systemic interactions, rather than to be blamed on individual members.
The workshop will explore the following components: Family System Therapy, Structural Family Therapy, Bowen Family Therapy, Family Therapy Techniques and Strategic Family Therapy.
Group Therapy
Group therapy encompasses many different kinds of groups with varying theoretical orientations that exist for varying purposes. All therapy groups exist to help individuals grow emotionally and solve personal problems. All utilize the power of the group, as well as the therapist who leads, in this process. Unlike the simple two-person relationship between patient and therapist in individual therapy, group therapy offers multiple relationships to assist the individual in growth and problem solving.This workshop will explore the various stages and desired impact on the Group and Participants.
Case Management, Crisis Intervention, Client, Family and Community Education
This workshop will demonstrate how these core functions assist clients to achieve the goals of their treatment plan by coordinating treatment and support services. The workshop will focus on the specific ancillary needs of chemically dependent clients with dual/multiple diagnoses. Techniques will be described to help clients survive a crisis by helping the client express feelings associated with the crisis and helping the client gain cognitive control. Participants will role-play various situations in which these core functions are utilized.
Gender, Race and Culture Issues in Substance Abuse
This workshop will assist counselors in understanding diverse racial and cultural issues. Participants will be taught strategies to incorporate the special needs of these populations into clinical practice. The gender component of this workshop will help substance abuse counselors identify the special needs of women in treatment.
Substance Abuse Treatment and Domestic Violence
This workshop presents treatment providers with an introduction to the field of domestic violence. It supplies useful techniques for detecting and eliciting such information, along with ways to modify treatment to ensure victims' safety and to stop the cycle of violence in the lives of the battered and the batterer.
Counseling HIV/AIDS Clients
This workshop identifies definitions, contributory factors, the course and treatment of the disease as well as critical prevention interventions useful to the counselor on a personal and professional level. The counselor is given in-depth explanations for complex terms associated with this disease and information about the course and progress of HIV and AIDS.
Anger Management
Clients and counselors may have problems with anger management. This workshop takes a closer look at situations which can cause inappropriate anger responses and how to manage anger more effectively. Tips for conducting anger management sessions with clients will be given.
Clinical Supervision Theories
This workshop is designed to provide substance abuse counselor supervisors with an overview of models and theories of counselor supervision. The modules of the course will explore supervision theory, developmental supervision models, the tasks of supervision, the different dimensions of supervision, the Stoltenberg model, and David Powell's model. Although the course focuses on models and theories, it will emphasize practical applications of these models. Students will be encouraged to explore how the use of the supervision models can expand and enhance their current supervision practices.
Application of Ethical Principles in the Clinical Setting
This workshop is designed for professionals with three or more years of experience in behavioral health care. Presentation content will include a broad range of issues and take participants through a step-by-step process for resolving ethical dilemmas. Emphasis will be given to ethical conduct related to supervision, agency policy and procedure, and inter-disciplinary relationships.
Treatment for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenders
This workshop will focus on the challenges and special needs of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgenders, during and after treatment. The participants will review stereotypes and examine their own beliefs and attitudes in dealing with these populations. Emphasis will be placed upon the process and skills needed to make treatment more effective.
Pharmacology Basics
This workshop will cover the basics of pharmacology and is targeted for counselors in training (CITs), as well as individuals new to the field of drug abuse and addiction issues. The workshop will cover basic information on how drugs work in the body, and the fundamentals of the three broad categories of drugs resulting in abuse and addiction. These include those categorized as depressants (alcohol, barbiturates, benzodiazepines), stimulants (caffeine, ephedrine, amphetamines and cocaine), and confuse-ants (marijuana, ecstasy, LSD, etc). Great depth will not be the goal, but rather a broad overview of the general aspects of how these drugs alter thinking, feeling, and behavior.
Coordination of Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Services
This workshop reviews current knowledge about coordination of ADM services, describes the major models and mechanisms available, and makes recommendations regarding the process of developing coordinated ADM services.
Crisis Intervention
A crisis is a crucial event in the course of treatment that threatens to compromise or destroy the rehabilitation effort. This workshop will explore and identify services a counselor must provide to an alcohol and/or drug abuser during acute, emotional, grief and/or physical distress.
Treatment Issues Specific to Jails
This workshop addresses treatment options that can be provided for jail inmates with substance use disorders who are incarcerated for relatively short periods of time. The class discusses treatment issues specific to jails through an examination of who is incarcerated and when substance abuse treatment can be provided.
Drug/Alcohol Prevention and Education
This workshop is designed to fill the needs of the prevention specialist in providing information on the major drugs of abuse and to offer techniques and suggestions that experienced drug/alcohol educators have found helpful in communicating with young people who are thinking about drugs or who have already experimented with them.
Conflict Resolution
This workshop provides an in-depth review of the nature and manifestation of conflict providing a road map to conflict resolution. Areas addressed are: (1) recognition and acknowledgement of the problem; (2) early identification of situational conflict; (3) use of techniques; (4); accommodation and negotiation toward resolution; (5) team application of resolution processes; and (6) a review of concepts.
Codependency: When Caring Becomes A Disease
Codependency is both a legitimate psychological concept and an important human disorder. The workshop will explore a type of dysfunctional human behavior, which is disturbingly prevalent and devastating to the therapeutic process.
Substance Abuse and Older Adults
This workshop discusses why it's important to recognize substance abuse problems in older adults. It describes problems involving alcohol and prescription drug use.
Detoxification From Alcohol and Other Drugs
This workshop presents a comprehensive guideline useful to individuals involved in planning, evaluating, and providing detoxification services.
Intensive Outpatient Treatment for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse
This workshop addresses the clinical viability and utility of intensive outpatient treatment (IOP) services within the local continuum of care.
Spirituality in Substance Abuse Treatment
This workshop addresses the role of spirituality, beginning with definitions, impact on health, the importance to patients and clinicians, the role in substance abuse treatment, and research on the role of spirituality in Alcoholics Anonymous.
Adolescents With Substance Use Disorders
This workshop presents information on substance use disorder treatment for adolescent clients. Adolescents differ from adults physiologically and emotionally as they make the transition from child to adult and require treatment adapted to their needs. In order to treat this population effectively, treatment providers must address the issues that play significant roles in an adolescent's life, such as cognitive, emotional, physical, social, and moral development, and family and peer environment.
Substance Abuse Treatment for Women Offenders: Guide to Promising Practices
This workshop provides guidance to State and community-level policymakers who plan and fund substance abuse and corrections programs. It offers guidelines and ideas for designing promising programs to help women who are addicted in the criminal justice system.
Substance Abuse Treatment for Adults in the Criminal Justice System
This workshop provides information to enable treatment providers to be effective with offender and ex-offender populations and to promote effective collaboration between the criminal justice and substance abuse treatment systems. It provides the information counselors need to address issues that arise from their clients' legal status and reviews criminal justice issues from multiple perspectives.
Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment
This workshop will introduce practitioners to the fundamental elements involved in treating adolescent substance abuse. The workshop will focus on stages of child development and strategies to employ in identifying, assessing and treating chemically dependent adolescents and their families. Emphasis will be placed upon the use of certain screening, assessment and diagnostic procedures for adolescents.
Criminal Thinking
This workshop will provide participants information on understanding criminal thinking and working with criminal justice clients. The instructor will compare and contrast the thinking of an offender to the average non-offender. Emphasis will be placed upon relapse risk factors and triggers that are unique to the criminal justice client. Power and control tactics, anger and personal perceptions will be discussed.
Dealing with Difficult Clients
This workshop will provide tips and techniques on dealing with clients who have poor success rates in treatment. Primary emphasis will be given to working with methamphetamine users. Individual and group counseling skills for this population will be emphasized. Participants will be encouraged to share their experiences with difficult clients.
Leadership and Empowerment for Women
This dynamic workshop will examine leadership from a gender perspective as it relates to Addicted females. Participants will examine complex questions regarding the role and impact of negative self talk in contemporary society.
Stalking and Victim Safety
Addicted females are at risk. Several murders of stalking victims have highlighted the fact that people who stalk can be very dangerous. Stalkers can threaten, attack, and sexually assault victims. This seminar will discuss various stalking indicators and safety concerns.
Typology of A Batterer
Domestic violence occurs in an estimated 4 million intimate relationships each year in the United States. This workshop will specifically focus on an overview of the typology of a batterer as it relates to Addicted Women, statistics of fatality, signs of a potential abuser, and indicators of risk.
The Connection Between Intimate Partners, Violence, and HIV
HIV continues to plague individuals at risk with Substance Abuse problems. This workshop will investigate these relationships and various risk factors encountered by Addicted Women.
Cultural Awareness and Cultural Competency
Lack of cultural awareness can make it difficult for both providers and patients to achieve the most appropriate care possible. Despite similarities, fundamental difference arises from nationality, ethnicity, and culture experiences.
Addiction and Women of Color Issues
This engaging workshop will examine the limited attention devoted to serious issues pertaining to Women of Color. The current or perceived stereotypes encountered by society may not portray the physical and emotional stress experienced by Women of Color.
Domestic Violence and Women of Color
Domestic Violence occurs in an estimated 4 million intimate relationships each year and causes more injury to women than cancer, heart attacks, or strokes. This workshop will focus on the plight and complications with Women of Color.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Women of Color
More than 20,000,000 million Americans have consistently shown that Women of Color have extensive histories of emotional, physical, and sexual abuse issues leading to Mental and Substance Use disorders. These issues have an elevated correlation with Childhood Trauma. This workshop specifically addresses histories of trauma and abuse which are often excluded as a focal point for Women of Color.
Enough Is Enough
This exciting workshop explores the opportunity to better understand the importance of implementing Best Practice Principles. Participants will experience the intensity and emotional compassion delivered by the facilitator for "RESTORING THE HUMAN TOUCH" to treatment.
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM IV) Overview
There has long been a distinction made between Substance Use and Mental Health. Since dual diagnoses are very prevalent, it is important for one to have overall knowledge of the DSM IV TR. The facilitator will provide basic and advance knowledge necessary to be competent.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): Double Trouble
Given the increasing number of men and women returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, it is important for community providers to recognize and treat some of the major challenges these American heroes face. The facilitator will help providers recognize, examine, and treat the symptoms of PTSD and Co-morbid SUD.
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) vs. Substance Use Disorder (SUD) : Recognizing and Treating Sadness versus Drunkenness
Clients consume alcohol and/or drugs to "lift their spirits." This type of self - medication is often ineffective due to the psychological and physiological effects. It's important that Mental Health and Substance Abuse providers differentiate symptoms of depression from signs of withdrawal. The facilitator will discuss critical information to help providers recognize and treat symptoms of Major Depressive Disorder and Substance Use Disorder (SUD)
Severe Mental Illness (SMI) versus Substance Abuse Disorder (SUD)
The growing rate of homelessness and tough economic times dictate that providers have knowledge of problems commonly leading to homelessness (i.e. Severe Mental Illness and Substance Abuse). Thus, one must be able to differentiate between SUD and SMI. The facilitator will help provide with this task.
Cluster B Personality Disorders and Substance Abuse Disorders
A broad understanding of Personality Disorders will increase the counselor's knowledge of assessing and treating SUD. It's common to work with consumers diagnosed as Antisocial, Borderline, Narcissistic, or Histrionic Disorder. The facilitator will help providers recognize and treat symptoms of Cluster B Personality Disorders and comorbid SUD.
Anxiety Disorder and Substance Use Disorder
It’s often that people drink alcohol to "calm down." This type of self - medication is often unsafe because Substance Abuse adds more problems to the anxious person's life. The facilitator will help providers recognize and treat symptoms of Anxiety Disorders and comorbid SUD.
