CE Courses for Addiction Counselors and Prevention Specialists

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Demographic Trends Among Older Cannabis Users in the United States 2006-13 1 credit

This course examines demographic trends in cannabis use in the older adult population through the use of geriatric epidemiology. Cannabis use in on the rise in a population with existing...

Prevention, Prevention Education, Marijuana, Older Adults, Distinct Populations

Treatment Knowledge

Prevention

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Age Differences in Daily and Non-daily Cannabis Use in the United States 2002-2014 1 credit

This course examines age difference in cannabis use in the US between 2002-2014. Previous research indicate a change in use in 2007, thus the data is separated before and after...

Prevention, Prevention Planning and Evaluating, Marijuana

Treatment Knowledge

Prevention

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Assessing the Usability of Web-Based Alcohol Education for Older Adults-A Feasibility Study 1.75 credits

This course discusses the usability of web-based alcohol education for adults 55 and older. Drinking frequency and quantity were measured at baseline and 4 week follow-up. Participants were given a...

Alcohol, Digital Interventions, Older Adults, Distinct Populations

Treatment Knowledge

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Helpful Ingredients in the Treatment of Long-Term Substance Use Disorders-A Collaborative Narrative Study 1 credit

This course discuses effective components in the treatment of long-term Substance Use Disorder (SUD) based on client experiences and collaborative research. It includes case studies, the Recovery Management model, rapport...

Evidence Based Interventions

Treatment Knowledge

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Challenges Facing a Rural Opioid Epidemic-Treatment and Prevention of HIV and Hepatitis C 1.5 credits

This course addresses challenges facing a rural opioid epidemic for the treatment and prevention of HIV and Hepatitis C. This course includes: current epidemiological trends in HIV and HCV among...

Rural/Remote Communities, Opioids, HIV, Hepatitis

HIV and STDs

Education (Client, Family, and Community)

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Marijuana Use in the Context of Alcohol Interventions for Mandated College Students 1 credit

This course examines marijuana use in mandated interventions for college students. The participants were dual users of marijuana and alcohol. They used marijuana weekly and heavy drinkers (>4 or 5...

Alcohol, Marijuana, School/University, Distinct Populations

Treatment Knowledge

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Adolescent Substance Use: Screening and Intervention 1 credit

This webinar, which is part of the University of Minnesota Psychiatry Grand Rounds, discusses adolescent substance use, as well as reviews screening and intervention processes and procedures to use with...

Adolescents, Distinct Populations

Clinical Evaluation

Application to Practice

Assessment

No Cost Materials

Recorded Webinar

Therapist-delivered and Self-help Interventions for Gambling Problems-A Review of Contents 1.25 credits

This course examines the application of a tool to accurately compare studies in order to discover the underpinning of why an approach work, the mechanisms of change. The authors developed...

Evidence Based Interventions, Gambling

Application to Practice

Gambling

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Effects of a Depression-focused Internet Intervention in Slot Machine Gamblers-A Randomized Controlled Trial 1.25 credits

This course examines Gambling Disorder (GD) and it’s psychological underpinnings. It explains: problematic vs pathological gambling, co-occurring depression in gambling disorder, types of problematic gambling, online interventions for depressive symptoms,...

Gambling

Counseling (Theory and Techniques)

Application to Practice

Gambling

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Brief Interventions for Problem Gambling-A Meta-Analysis 1 credit

This course covers a meta-analysis of several studies, systemic reviews and other meta-analyses of brief interventions for problem gambling. It includes: problem gambling vs pathological gambling, numerous studies and a...

Evidence Based Interventions, Counseling Services, Gambling

Counseling (Theory and Techniques)

Application to Practice

Gambling

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Sociocultural Context for Sex Differences in Addiction 1 credit

This review discusses the importance of investigating both sex and gender differences in addiction and relapse in studies of humans and in animal models. Addiction is both a cultural and...

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

A Multisite Randomized Controlled Trial of Seeking Safety Vs Relapse Prevention Training for Women With Co-occurring Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Substance Use Disorders 1.5 credits

This course examines a singular effective treatment for co-occurring PTSD and addiction. The authors chose to study women, as they prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder is markedly higher in women...

Co-Occurring Disorders, Depression, Evidence Based Interventions, Alcohol, Relapse Prevention, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Counseling Services, Distinct Populations, Emotional Dysregulation

Counseling (Theory and Techniques)

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Culturally Competent Prevention and Treatment 1.5 credits

This research intensive course examines various aspects of treatment in racial and ethnic groups and sexual minorities. Evidence-based practices were used to study alcohol use, abuse, and dependence in ethnic...

Indigenous communities, Prevention, Evidence Based Interventions, Alcohol, Cultural Adaptation, Prevention Cultural Competence, Distinct Populations

Treatment Planning

Education (Client, Family, and Community)

Prevention

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Dissociation Debates-Everything You Know Is Wrong 1 credit

This course examines the controversy over Dissociative Identity Disorder. There is a historical retrospective of dissociation and amnesia. Dissociative theoretical models are outlined. It discusses the history of dissociation, dissociative...

Clinical Evaluation

Treatment Knowledge

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Creating a Climate for Therapist Improvement-A Case Study of an Agency Focused on Outcomes and Deliberate Practice 1.25 credits

This course examines quality improvement of therapist effects through routine outcomes monitoring. The study was longitudinal lasting 7 years, using 153 therapists treating 5,128 patients in Canada. An agency used...

Supervision

Professional Readiness

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

An Argument for Change in Tobacco Treatment Options Guided by the ASAM Criteria for Patient Placement 1.25 credits

This article examines the idea of treating tobacco use disorder like substance use disorder. While smoking kills over 480,000 people in the US annually, treatment has been nominal compared to...

Clinical Evaluation

Treatment Planning

Treatment Knowledge

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Individual Versus Group Female-Specific Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Alcohol Use Disorder 1 credit

This course examines female specific Cognitive Behavior Therapy in individuals and groups of women seeking treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD). Female specific therapy was more effective than standard treatment...

Distinct Populations

Group Counseling

Treatment Knowledge

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Group Therapy for Substance Use Disorders-A Survey of Clinician Practices 1 credit

This course is a study of the modalities and modes of treatment in clinical practice for substance use disorder treatment and whether they are evidence-based or treatment as usual. This...

Application to Practice

Group Counseling

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Sexual-orientation Differences in Drinking Patterns and Use of Drinking Contexts Among College Students 1.25 credits

This course examines the effect of sexual orientation and gender on alcohol use, using graduated frequency measures and drinking contexts. Binge drinking patterns were studied. Sexual identity was shown to...

Distinct Populations

Understanding Addiction

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Adolescent Alcohol Treatment Interventions 1 credit

This course examines alcohol treatment options in the adolescent population. The first article discusses brief intervention motivational interviewing in youth ages 14-20. The second article was a pilot RCT studying...

Distinct Populations

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

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