CE Courses for Addiction Counselors and Prevention Specialists

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Attachment and Substance Use Disorders—Theoretical Models, Empirical Evidence, and Implications for Treatment 1 credit

This course reviews attachment-oriented research on individuals with substance use disorders (SUDs), exploring the connection between insecure attachment and SUD development. Some potential implications for treatment are discussed as well...

Attachment Disorders

Counseling (Theory and Techniques)

Understanding Addiction

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Focus on Prevention 2.5 credits

Strategies and Programs to Prevent Substance Use

This course examines the strategies and programs to prevent substance use. It includes: The Strategic Prevention Framework, prevention theory, risk and protection, community needs, strategies that work, issues and audiences,...

Prevention, Prevention Planning and Evaluating

Prevention

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Reading-Based Online

Directions for the Advancement of Culturally Adapted Preventive Interventions-Local Adaptations, Engagement, and Sustainability 1 credit

This course examines the impact of adapted preventative interventions. It includes: Local Adaptation Typologies and Coding Systems, Ethnocultural Differences in Multiple Dimensions of Engagement, whether Cultural Adaptations Efforts Been Successful...

Prevention, Prevention Planning and Evaluating, Cultural Adaptation

Prevention

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Prevention Adaptation of an Evidence-Based Treatment for Parents Involved With Child Welfare Who Use Substances 1.5 credits

This course examines the adaptation of Families Actively Improving Relationships (FAIR) to prevention (Pre-FAIR). It includes: semi-structured key informant interviews, Central Reinforcing Feedback Loop: Engagement and Treatment Quality, Operationalizing the...

Prevention, Evidence Based Interventions, Parents

Prevention

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Prevention of Alcohol Consumption Programs for Children and Youth-A Narrative and Critical Review of Recent Publications 1 credit

This course is a critical review that examines various alcohol prevention programs for children, It includes: drug use prevention programs, description of programs, prevention programs by fields of action, conceptual...

Prevention, Alcohol, Prevention Planning and Evaluating, Youth

Prevention

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Sexual Trauma History Is Associated With Reduced Orbitofrontal Network Strength in Substance-Dependent Women 1.25 credits

This study examined differences in intrinsic brain networks in a group of women with substance use disorder and trauma exposure. PTSD diagnosis was associated with reduced functional connectivity of an...

Trauma, Neuroscience, Sexual Trauma, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Treatment Knowledge

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Neurocognitive Precursors of Substance Misuse Corresponding to Risk, Resistance, and Resilience Pathways: Implications for Prevention Science 1.75 credits

This ADVANCED course discusses the neuroscience behind substance misuse as it applies to prevention science. It is science intensive discussing the biology and neurocognitive pathways of the brain. It includes:...

Neuroscience, Prevention, Prevention Planning and Evaluating

Prevention

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Reading-Based Online

Intersecting Substance Use Treatment and Harm Reduction Services: Exploring the Characteristics and Service Needs of a Community-based Sample of People Who Use Drugs 1 credit

This article investigates the integration of substance use treatment and harm reduction services for people who use drugs (PWUD). Historically, these services have operated independently. The study assesses the alignment...

Harm Reduction

Treatment Knowledge

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

An Umbrella Review of the Links Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Substance Misuse: What, Why, and Where Do We Go From Here? 1.5 credits

This course examines the literature on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the link to substance misuse. Through an umbrella review of existing reviews, research on the relationship between ACEs and...

Prevention, Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE)

Prevention

Counseling (Theory and Techniques)

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Does Trauma-focused Exposure Therapy Exacerbate Symptoms Among Patients With Comorbid PTSD and Substance Use Disorders? 1 credit

This study compared the exacerbation of psychological symptoms among participants with comorbid PTSD and SUD who received either SUD treatment alone or SUD treatment integrated with exposure therapy for PTSD....

Trauma, Evidence Based Interventions, Exposure Based Therapy, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Counseling (Theory and Techniques)

Application to Practice

Treatment Knowledge

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Spirituality, Diversity, and Ethical Decision-Making: The Inclusive Wesleyan Quadrilateral Discernment Model 1 credit

According to the authors, several current methods of ethical decision-making lack inclusivity in their models. The authors propose an alternative method of ethical decision-making that includes several components of diversity—particularly...

Cultural Adaptation

Ethics

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Reading-Based Online

The Good, the Bad, and Recovery: Adolescents Describe the Advantages and Disadvantages of Alternative Peer Groups 1 credit

The Alternative Peer Group (APG) is an adolescent recovery support model that incorporates pro-recovery peers and sober social activities into standard continuing care practices. The study presented here is a...

Adolescents, Groups, Alternative Peer Group (APG)

Treatment Knowledge

Application to Practice

Relapse and Recovery Strategies

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Know Your Epidemic, Know Your Response”-Epidemiological Assessment of the Substance Use Disorder Crisis in the United States 1 credit

This course examines the epidemiological assessment of substance use disorder (SUD) using the “Know your epidemic, know your response” approach. It includes: demographic analysis, risk factors associated with mortality caused...

Prevention

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Ambiguous Grief and Loss in Narcissistic and Emotionally Abusive Relationships 3 credits

This training is designed to help clinicians to recognize, understand, and support clients through processing the complex grief and ambiguous losses they may encounter in a narcissistic or emotionally abusive...

Grief, Emotional Abuse, Narcissism

Counseling (Theory and Techniques)

Treatment Knowledge

Application to Practice

Material Cost $30 – free with Unlimited CE Membership Learn More

Recorded Webinar

Partnering With Native Communities to Develop a Culturally Grounded Intervention for Substance Use Disorder 1 credit

This publication addresses the need to enhance the acceptability and use of evidence-based interventions in AI/AN communities by modifying them to better meet the particular requirements and preferences of tribal...

Indigenous communities, Evidence Based Interventions, Cultural Adaptation

Cultural Diversity

Treatment Knowledge

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Behavioral Health-Results from the 2021 and 2022 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health 1 credit

This course examines the SAMHSA National Surveys on Drug Use and Health of 2021 and 2022. It includes: definitions; substance use for cigarettes, alcohol, illicit, and prescription drugs; substance use...

Prevention, Minorities, LGBTQ

Prevention

Treatment Knowledge

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Consumer Health Information Technology in the Prevention of Substance Use: Scoping Review 1 credit

This course is a scoping review of consumer health information technologies (CHITs) in primary substance use prevention. It includes: CD-Rom based programs, computer delivered prevention programs, gender-specific drug prevention, family-based...

Prevention, Prevention Education

Prevention

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

From Chaos to Clarity: Unleashing the Power of the Golden Thread in Treatment Planning 3 credits

Many psychotherapists experience “documentation anxiety” because they were not trained in graduate school in how to document according to medical necessity standards. As a result, they can feel at the...

Treatment Planning, Documentation

Documentation

Treatment Planning

Material Cost $30 – free with Unlimited CE Membership Learn More

Recorded Webinar

In Depth Look At Resourcing (Phase 2) of the EMDR Model: How to Adapt It for Your Client 3 credits

For those who are trained in the EMDR Model (who have completed Basic Training) to expand their skill set and understanding of the Resourcing Phase (Phase 2). Go beyond the...

EMDR, Evidence Based Interventions

Counseling (Theory and Techniques)

Application to Practice

Material Cost $30 – free with Unlimited CE Membership Learn More

Recorded Webinar

Treatment-seeking Behaviour Among People With Opioid Use Disorder in the High-income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis 1 credit

This study was looking to determine treatment seeking behavior in people with opioid use disorder (OUD) in high-income countries. The meta-analysis included 13 papers published in the USA, and concluded...

Opioids

Treatment Knowledge

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

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