CE Courses for Addiction Counselors and Prevention Specialists

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Group Therapy and Substance Use Patients 1.5 credits

This course contains two articles that discuss evidence-based practice, group therapy and mindfulness in substance use disorder treatment. The first article examines evidence-based practice vs treatment—as-usual in group therapy, as...

Mindfulness, Evidence Based Interventions, Groups, Inpatient, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Group Counseling

Treatment Knowledge

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

A Systematic Review of Gambling-related Findings from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions 2.25 credits

This course is a systematic review of 51 studies on gambling and pathological gambling using national datasets from NESARC. It includes: definitions of recreational and problem gambling, gambling subtypes, sociodemographics...

Alcohol

Application to Practice

Gambling

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Dimensions of Impulsivity in Gambling Disorder 1 credit

This course discusses the role of impulsivity in Gambling Disorder. It includes the model proposed by MacKillop et al., delay discounting, sensation seeking, associations between impulsivity, associations between impulsivity measures,...

Application to Practice

Gambling

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

Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Mutual Help Group Participation for Substance Use Problems 1.25 credits

This course examines whether there are disparities in mutual help participation for substance use problems, including alcohol, among African American, Hispanic, Native American based on race/ethnicity while seeking self-help. It...

Indigenous communities, Groups, Alcohol, African Americans, Hispanic

Group Counseling

Cultural Diversity

Application to Practice

Relapse and Recovery Strategies

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

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

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