Course Topic: Prevention - Addiction Counselor CE

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Prevention Across the Lifespan: Webinar 1 1.5 credits

Substance Use Prevention Among Young Adults

This course explores substance use prevention among college students through a combination of research, theory, and evidence-based interventions. Topics include findings from the Monitoring the Future Study and College Alcohol...

Prevention, Alcohol, Harm Reduction, Marijuana, Motivational Interviewing (MI), Young Adult, Public Health

Prevention

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Recorded Webinar

Prevention Across the Lifespan: Webinar 3 1.5 credits

Substance Use Prevention Among Mid-Life Adults

This course explores substance use prevention among midlife adults, focusing on developmental trends, health impacts, and effective intervention strategies. Topics include the definition of midlife, key life transitions, and patterns...

Prevention

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Recorded Webinar

Poly-prescription Drug Misuse Across the Life Course 1 credit

Prevalence and correlates across different adult age cohorts in the U S

This course examines the prevalence, risk factors, and public health implications of poly-prescription drug misuse (poly-PDM) across adult age cohorts in the United States. Using data from the National Survey...

Prevention, Opioids, Polysubstance, Stimulants

Understanding Addiction

Prevention

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Reading-Based Online

Elevate Your Work: Accessibility for Prevention Professionals 1.5 credits

This course introduces prevention professionals to the fundamentals of accessibility in website content and design. Participants will explore why accessibility matters, the POUR principles (Perceivable, Operable, Understandable, and Robust), and...

Treatment, Prevention, Public Health, Technology

Prevention

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Recorded Webinar

Strategies for Preventing Substance Misuse in Older Adults 1.5 credits

This course examines several strategies for preventing substance misuse in older adults. It includes: risk and protective factors specific to older adults, the role of psychosocial factors, the Integrated Approach,...

Treatment, Prevention, Older Adults

Prevention

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Recorded Webinar

Navigating the Green Wave-Strategies for Local Response to Cannabis Legalization 1.5 credits

This course examines the implementation of cannabis legalization and what and how prevention professionals can respond. It includes: the difference between marijuana and cannabis, changes in potency, proposed changes in...

Prevention, Prescription Drugs, Marijuana, Public Health

Prevention

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Recorded Webinar

Prevention and Treatment of Anxiety Depression and Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors Among College Students 3.25 credits

The document Prevention and Treatment of Anxiety, Depression, and Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors Among College Students focuses on the increasing prevalence of mental health issues among college students, including anxiety,...

Anxiety, Adolescents, Mindfulness, Prevention, Depression, Evidence Based Interventions, Suicide, Young Adult, School/University

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Reading-Based Online

Decision 'Making and Relationship Competence When Reporting Suspected Physical Abuse and Child Neglect: 1.5 credits

An Objective Structured Clinical Evaluation

Mandatory reporting of suspected child abuse and neglect can lead to challenges for mental health professionals in regard to navigating between professional ethical and legal obligations while maintaining therapeutic relationships...

Prevention, Youth, Mandated Reporting, Child Abuse

Ethics

Prevention

Peer Recovery

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Reading-Based Online

Ethical Challenges in Reporting Across the Lifespan: Child Abuse Intimate Partner Violence and Elder Abuse 3 credits

Mental and Behavioral Health Professionals throughout the United States are mandated reporters of suspected child maltreatment, and are often required to report concerns for intimate partner violence and/or elder abuse,...

Domestic Violence, Prevention, Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), Couples, Mandated Reporting, Child Abuse, Older Adults

Ethics

Application to Practice

Family/Couple

Professional Readiness

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Recorded Webinar

Addressing Risk Factors for Youth Substance Misuse on the Road to Prevention Success 1.5 credits

This course examines addressing youth risk factors for substance misuse from the prevention perspective. It includes: media portrayal of substance use, school risk factors, community risk factors, availability, individual risk...

Adolescents, Prevention, Youth, Classroom, School/University

Prevention

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Reading-Based Online

A Systematic Review of the MHealth Interventions to Prevent Alcohol and Substance Abuse 1 credit

This systematic review examines the use of mHealth interventions for preventing alcohol and substance abuse. The authors analyzed 12 peer-reviewed studies, focusing on the functionality, effectiveness, and design of mHealth...

Prevention, Alcohol, Digital Interventions, Public Health

Prevention

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Reading-Based Online

Incorporating Cultural Competence Into Your Comprehensive Plan 2 credits

This course explores how to incorporate cultural competence into a comprehensive prevention plan at all levels of the Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF). It emphasizes a public health approach and highlights...

Prevention, Prevention - Cultural Competency, Public Health

Prevention

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Reading-Based Online

"Communities Are Attempting to Tackle the Crisis": A Scoping Review on Community Plans to Prevent and Reduce Opioid-related Harms 1 credit

This study presents a scoping review of community-based plans aimed at preventing and reducing opioid-related harms. The authors analyzed 100 community plans from Canada and the USA, focusing on multi-sector...

Prevention, Opioids, Social Policy, Public Health

Prevention

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Reading-Based Online

Using a Multi-module Web-app to Prevent Substance Use Among Students At a Hispanic Serving Institution 1 credit

development and evaluation design

The study "Using a Multi-Module Web-App to Prevent Substance Use Among Students at a Hispanic Serving Institution: Development and Evaluation Design" explores the design and implementation of the iSTART web-app....

Adolescents, Program Development, Prevention, Alcohol, Marijuana, School/University, Public Health

Prevention

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Reading-Based Online

Strategies for Enhancing the Implementation of Universal Mental Health Prevention Programs in Schools 1.25 credits

A Systematic Review

This systematic review examines strategies to enhance the implementation of universal mental health prevention programs in schools. It identifies 22 strategies that effectively improve implementation outcomes such as fidelity and...

Adolescents, Prevention, Youth, Classroom, School/University, Social Policy, Public Health

Prevention

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Reading-Based Online

Influence of Classroom 'Level Factors on Implementation Fidelity During Scale 'up of Evidence 'Based Interventions 1.25 credits

This study examines the fidelity of implementation (FOI) of evidence-based interventions (EBIs) in classrooms during the scale-up process, focusing on factors that may influence implementation quality without compromising core components....

Adolescents, Prevention, Evidence Based Interventions, Youth, Classroom, School/University, Social Policy

Prevention

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Reading-Based Online

Behavioral Science and the Prevention of Adolescent Substance Abuse 1 credit

This article reviews behavioral science approaches to preventing adolescent substance use disorders, emphasizing family, school, and community interventions. It highlights risk and protective factors that influence substance use and related...

Adolescents, Prevention, Treatment Planning, Public Health

Prevention

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Reading-Based Online

Mainstreaming Prevention: Implementing Integrated Strategies to Combat Substance Use Disorders 1 credit

The article "Normalization of Prevention Principles and Practices to Reduce Substance Use Disorders Through an Integrated Dissemination and Implementation Framework" explores the integration of evidence-based prevention strategies into routine practices....

Prevention, Cultural Adaptation, Treatment Planning, Social Policy, Public Health

Prevention

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Reading-Based Online

Adverse Community Experiences and Resilience 1.5 credits

A Framework for Addressing and Preventing Community Trauma

This paper introduces a groundbreaking framework for understanding, addressing, and preventing community trauma, with a focus on the interplay between interpersonal violence, structural violence, and community resilience. It explores how...

Trauma, Prevention, Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE), Prevention Community Organization

Prevention

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Reading-Based Online

A Mapping Review of Research on Gambling Harm in Three Regulatory Environments 1.5 credits

This course delves into harmful gambling through a bibliometric analysis of research from Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, countries with distinct gambling regulatory frameworks. Guided by the Conceptual Framework of...

Prevention, Gamble, Social Policy, Public Health

Gambling

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Reading-Based Online

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