Course Topic: Minorities - Addiction Counselor CE

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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Alcohol-Attributed Deaths in the United States, 1999–2020 1 credit

This course examines racial and ethnic disparities in Alcohol-Attributed Deaths from 1999-2020. It includes: a wide variety of variables such as age, sex, race ethnicity, and census region. **This course...

Prevention, Alcohol, Minorities

Prevention

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

A Review of Contingency Management for the Treatment of Substance Use Disorders 1 credit

Adaptation for underserved populations, use of experimental technologies, and personalized optimization strategies.

This review focuses on contingency management (CM), a behavior-modification method that utilizes reinforcement for desired behaviors, in the treatment of substance-use disorders (SUDs). The objective is to discuss three critical...

Alcohol, Minorities, Opioids, Contingency Management

Counseling (Theory and Techniques)

Application to Practice

Treatment Knowledge

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

PTTC-Prevention of Prescription Drug Use Among the Latino Community 1 credit

This course is a webinar that examines the preventions of prescription drug use among the Latino community. Highlighted by efforts in Gwinnett County Georgia, it includes: The Strategic Prevention Framework,...

Prevention, Minorities, Prescription Drugs, Hispanic, Prevention - Cultural Competency

Prevention

No Cost Materials

Recorded Webinar

Creating a Safe Space for Multicultural Clients to Grieve 2 credits

This training will shed light on how culturally unique ways of mourning have often been overlooked and unacknowledged, resulting in abrupt derailment in the grieving process for many. This training...

Grief, Minorities

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Recorded Webinar

Ethnic Minorities and Gambling 1.5 credits

This course examines the role of race ethnicity and income as risk factors in problem gambling and Gambling Disorder (GD). The first article is an epidemiological sample of adults in...

Minorities, Gamble

Gambling

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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

Group Therapy With Diverse Clients 2.25 credits

This course explores the research-practice gap in implementation of evidence-based (EBTs) in substance use disorder (SUD) treatment. While clinical trials focus primarily on individual therapy, the majority of SUD specialty...

Groups, Minorities, Diversity Equity Inclusion (DEI)

Cultural Diversity

Group Counseling

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Reading-Based Online

Double Jeopardy: Minority Stress and the Influence of Transgender Identity and Race-ethnicity 1 credit

Past research has indicated that BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) transgender individuals experience higher psychological distress than their majority culture peers. This is a quantitative research study that compares...

Minorities, LGBTQ, Diversity Equity Inclusion (DEI), BIPOC, Transgender

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Minority Stress, Distress, and Suicide Attempts 1.5 credits

Three Cohorts of Sexual Minority Adults: a U.S. Probability Sample

Because LGBTQ+ issues and populations have become more accepted in the general public than in the past, researchers have wondered about the differences between age cohorts relative to social stressors...

Suicide, Minorities, LGBTQ

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Sexual and Gender Minority Individuals Report Higher Rates of Abuse and More Severe Eating Disorder Symptoms Than Cisgender Heterosexual Individuals At Admission to Eating Disorder Treatment 1 credit

Past research has shown differences between the rates of eating disorders between two groups—sexual/gender minority individuals and cisgender heterosexual individuals. This quantitative research study aims to test hypotheses regarding presenting...

Trauma, Minorities, Eating Disorder

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

TIP 33 Treatment for Stimulant Use Disorders-Special Populations 4 credits

This course examines treatment considerations for special populations. It includes: racial/ethnic minority populations, women, men who have sex with men, transgender and gender nonbinary community, adolescents, people experiencing homelessness/unstable housing,...

Criminal Justice, Adolescents, Co-Occurring Disorders, Minorities, LGBTQ, Transgender, Stimulants

Counseling (Theory and Techniques)

Treatment Knowledge

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Acculturative Stress As a Moderator of the Effect of Drinking Motives on Alcohol Use and Problems Among Young Adults 1.75 credits

This course examines acculturative stress and ethnic-racial difference as drinking motives for alcohol use and alcohol problems. It includes acculturative stress measured with: drinking motives, alcohol consumption, alcohol related problems,...

Alcohol, Minorities, Young Adult

Counseling (Theory and Techniques)

Treatment Knowledge

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Poor, Persecuted, Young, and Alone-Toward Explaining the Elevated Risk of Alcohol Problems Among Black and Latino Men Who Drink 1 credit

This course examines the risk of alcohol problems and consequences among Hispanic and African American men. It discusses, disparities, socioeconomic status, and discrimination as they pertain to alcohol use. It...

Alcohol, Minorities, African Americans, Hispanic

Cultural Diversity

Treatment Knowledge

Understanding Addiction

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

TIP 42 Co-Occurring Disorder Strategies, Special Populations and Treatment Models 7.5 credits

This course covers Chapter 5-7 of this TIP and examines co-occurring disorders (COD) strategies and treatment models to use, as well as treating special populations. It includes: competencies for working...

Criminal Justice, Co-Occurring Disorders, Minorities, Homelessness, Therapeutic Relationship, Pharmacotherapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Counseling (Theory and Techniques)

Treatment Knowledge

Application to Practice

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

Clinician Descriptions of Communication Strategies to Improve Treatment Engagement by Racial/Ethnic Minorities 1.75 credits

Research has shown that individuals in underserved cultural groups can have some reluctance to engage in treatment or can prematurely end treatment based on communication issues between the individual and...

Minorities, Cultural Adaptation

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Reading-Based Online

After Incarceration: A Guide to Helping Women Reenter the Community 1 credit

Women who are recently released from incarceration face challenges for thriving in communities (e.g. safety, employment, maintaining social support). Several of these challenges are based in cultural and gender factors...

Criminal Justice, Minorities

Treatment Planning

Service Coordination

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Race/Ethnicity and Racial Group Composition Moderate the Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention for Substance Use Disorder 1 credit

This course explores a lack of research about disparities in treatment access/outcomes in substance abuse treatment among underserved ethnic/cultural populations. This study uses quantitative research methods to explore the impact...

Minorities, Mindfulness-based Relapse Prevention (MBRP)

Counseling (Theory and Techniques)

Application to Practice

Relapse and Recovery Strategies

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Advances in Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Interventions Among Racial, Ethnic, and Sexual Minority Populations 1 credit

This course discusses substance abuse treatment and prevention in racial, ethnic minorities, and sexual minority populations, using cultural interventions, computer technology and culturally grounded intervention among those with alcohol use,...

Alcohol, Minorities, Prevention Planning and Evaluating, Cultural Adaptation, LGBTQ, Digital Interventions, BIPOC

Treatment Planning

Application to Practice

Prevention

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

A Review of Contingency Management for the Treatment of Substance-use Disorders-adaptation for Underserved Populations, Use of Experimental Technologies, and Personalized Optimization Strategies 1.75 credits

This course examines contingency management (CM) in a variety of substance use disorders (including tobacco use), combined with a variety of substance use disorder treatments. It includes: a conceptual background...

Alcohol, Minorities, Opioids, Tobacco, Contingency Management

Treatment Knowledge

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

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