CE Courses for Addiction Counselors and Prevention Specialists

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Behavioral Couples Treatment for Substance Use Disorder-Secondary Effects on the Reduction of Risk for Child Abuse 1.5 credits

This courses discusses the role of behavioral couples treatment where one or more parents in the home have a substance use disorder (SUD) in reducing the risk of child abuse....

Evidence Based Interventions, Parents, Behavioral Couples Therapy (BCT)

Family/Couple

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Hispanic Participants in the National Institute on Drug Abuse’s Clinical Trials Network-A Scoping Review of Two Decades of Research 1 credit

This course examines data from the NIDA Clinical Trials Network tracking substance use disorder in Hispanics. It reviews 24 studies. It includes: participant demographics, drug use, co-morbidities, substance abuse treatment...

Opioids, Hispanic

Counseling (Theory and Techniques)

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Motivational Interviewing With Couples-A Theoretical Framework for Clinical Practice Illustrated in Substance Use and HIV Prevention Intervention With Gay Male Couples 1.75 credits

This course examine using motivational interviewing in couples therapy as a way to enhance HIV prevention in gay and bisexual men. MI has been successful in drug treatment. It includes:...

Evidence Based Interventions, LGBTQ, Motivational Interviewing (MI), Couples

Family/Couple

HIV and STDs

Application to Practice

Education (Client, Family, and Community)

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Relative Expected Value of Drugs Versus Competing Rewards Underpins Vulnerability to and Recovery from Addiction 1.5 credits

This course address numerous theories and models in an attempt to create a unified theory of addiction based on concurrent drug choice tasks and relative value using economic Decision Theory....

Brief Intervention, Motivational Interviewing (MI), Contingency Management

Treatment Knowledge

Relapse and Recovery Strategies

Counseling (Theory and Techniques)

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

A Systematic Review on the Use of Psychosocial Interventions in Conjunction With Medications for the Treatment of Opioid Addiction 1.5 credits

This course discusses the use of psychosocial counseling in patients receiving medication-assisted treatment (MAT). It examines various approaches in patients receiving methadone, buprenorphine, and naltrexone. The interventions examined were CM,...

Evidence Based Interventions, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT), Contingency Management, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Counseling (Theory and Techniques)

Treatment Knowledge

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Mothering from the Inside Out: Results of a Second Randomized Clinical Trial Testing a Mentalization-based Intervention for Mothers in Addiction Treatment 2 credits

Mothers with histories of alcohol and drug addiction have shown greater difficulty parenting young children than mothers with no history of substance misuse. This study was the second randomized clinical...

Alcohol, Parents

Counseling (Theory and Techniques)

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Family Based Interventions 1.5 credits

This course explores several family based interventions for Substance use and video conferencing to deliver it. It highlights evidence-based treatment using family therapy and behavioral interventions to deal with externalizing...

Evidence Based Interventions, Digital Interventions, Family Therapy

Counseling (Theory and Techniques)

Application to Practice

Family/Couple

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Attachment-Based Family Therapy for Adolescent Substance Use-A Move to the Level of Systems 1 credit

This course examines the risk of substance abuse to adolescents stemming from inappropriate attachment using systems theory and family-based intervention. It includes: Behavior and Exchange Systems Therapy (BEST), attachment, discourse,...

Trauma, Adolescents, Family Therapy

Counseling (Theory and Techniques)

Treatment Knowledge

Application to Practice

Family/Couple

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

RCT of Culturally Adapted Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD Substance Misuse and HIV Sexual Risk Behavior for Native American Women 1 credit

This course address culturally adapted cognitive processing therapy (CPT) in treating American Indians and Alaskan Natives with PTSD, substance misuse and HIV sexual risk behavior. It includes: adaptation of CPT,...

Indigenous communities, Alcohol, Cultural Adaptation, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)

Application to Practice

Education (Client, Family, and Community)

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Universal School-Based Implementation of S-BIRT to Reduce and Prevent Drug Use - Process and Feasibility 1 credit

This course examines the universal implementation of SBIRT for adolescent alcohol and/or drug users in a school setting. It includes: community partners and school recruitment, screener selection, training and quality...

Adolescents, Prevention, Prevention Public Policy, School/University

Prevention

Professional Readiness

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Job Frustration in Substance Abuse Counselors Working With Offenders in Prisons Versus Community Settings 1.25 credits

This course examines the job frustrations among substance abuse counselors treating offenders in community vs prison settings. It includes: job frustration, counselor characteristics and job frustration, workplace setting and job...

Criminal Justice

Professional Readiness

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Racial and Ethnic Differences in Opioid Agonist Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in a U.S. National Sample 1 credit

This course examines opioid agonist treatment racial disparities in treating opioid use disorder among ethnic minorities (Hispanic) and African Americans. Medication assisted treatment (MAT) was studied in opioid treatment programs....

Minorities, Opioids, Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT), African Americans, BIPOC, Hispanic

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

The Opioid Crisis and the Hispanic Latino Population-An Urgent Issue 1.75 credits

This course examines how the opioid crisis is impacting the Hispanic/Latino population. It includes: contextual issues related to opioid misuse and OUD in Hispanic/Latino communities, highlights of the national data,...

Evidence Based Interventions, Opioids, Cultural Adaptation, Hispanic

Understanding Addiction

Prevention

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Special Issues for Women in Recovery Groups 2 credits

This material for this course examines issues pertaining to women in recovery groups. The first article tests the efficacy of the Women’s Recovery Group (WRG) vs mixed gender groups. The...

Recovery Oriented, Groups, Alcohol, 12 Step

Treatment Knowledge

Group Counseling

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Family Stress Processes and Drug and Alcohol Use by Mexican American Adolescents 2 credits

This course examines the family stress model to determine economic impact on alcohol use and drug use in Mexican American. It includes; explanation and use of Family Stress Model, familism...

Adolescents, Alcohol, Hispanic

Treatment Knowledge

Application to Practice

Prevention

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Vulnerability Or Resilience to Early Substance Use Among Adolescents At Risk-The Roles of Maltreatment and Father Involvement 1.5 credits

This course examines vulnerability vs resilience to substance use of at-risk adolescents and whether child maltreatment and father involvement are factors. It includes: child maltreatment and adolescent substance use, the...

Trauma, Adolescents, Parents

Treatment Knowledge

Prevention

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

The Effects of Brief Strategic Family Therapy (BSFT) on Parent Substance Use and the Association Between Parent and Adolescent Substance Use 1 credit

This course examines the effects of Brief Strategic Family Therapy (BSFT) vs Treatment As Usual (TAU) on parent substance use and adolescent substance use. The authors used effectiveness research to...

Adolescents, Evidence Based Interventions, Parents, Brief Intervention

Treatment Knowledge

Family/Couple

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Drugs and HIV in People Over 50 2.25 credits

This course discusses HIV and substance abusing in the aging population. Other comorbidities examined are alcohol and smoking tobacco. The first article includes: the prevalence of substance use among older...

Alcohol, Older Adults

Treatment Planning

Treatment Knowledge

HIV and STDs

Application to Practice

Education (Client, Family, and Community)

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Adolescent Binge Drinking-Developmental Context and Opportunities for Prevention 1.5 credits

This course examines alcohol consumption, brain development, high-intensity drinking, and underage drinking in college students and adolescents. It includes: definitions of binge drinking, acute adverse consequences of binge drinking, prevalence...

Adolescents, Alcohol

Clinical Evaluation

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

The Opioid Crisis and the Black and African American Population-An Urgent Issue 1.5 credits

This course examines the opioid epidemic and its impact on the Black/African American community. This population has a disproportionate overdose rate for a specific type of opioid. A one-sized fits...

Opioids, African Americans

Treatment Knowledge

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

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