Total CE Credit Hours: 3
Course Info URL: https://www.addictioncounselorce.com/courses/103088
About the Course:
This course examines identifying, screening, and assessing substance misuse in older adults. It includes: Challenges to identification, screening, and assessment; screening for misuse in older adults, screening for co-occurring disorders and conditions; communicating screening results; conducting brief assessments and interventions; conducting full assessments for substance misuse; and treatment planning, referrals, and treatments. This is a clinical based course.
This course is based on the reading-based online, TIP 26-Treating Substance Use Disorder in Older Adults-Chapter 3 created by SAMHSA in 2020.
Publication Date:
Jan 2020Course Material Author
Course Creator
Recommended For:
Counselors, marriage and family therapists, psychologists and social workers. This course is appropriate for all levels of knowledge.
Course Objectives:
After taking this course, you should be able to:
- Identify two challenges to the screening and assessing of SUD in older adults.
- Describe two effective evidence-based screenings for both substance misuse and co-occurring disorders, including cognitive impairment.
- Produce an effective treatment plan for an older adult with SUD and co-occurring disorders.
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