Individual CEU Courses
Earn CEUs with wide selection of Professional Addiction Courses
Addiction Counseling Practices- 10 CEU's $85
$85.00
Certification Areas and Continuing Education: 10 Hours Total
Professional Readiness / Treatment Planning
REQUIRED MATERIALS: Included with course
COURSE GOAL:
Students will gain an overall understanding of addiction treatment and gain an understanding that the activities and processes of treatment may be called competencies and/or core functions. Major processes include clinical evaluation, treatment planning, documentation and counseling.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
- Learn the phases of recovery as well as common treatment approaches.
- Review principles and processes of effective treatment.
- Understand components of clinical evaluation.
- Review the treatment planning process.
- Understand the importance of referral and good documentation.
- Learn how service coordination is administered through the treatment team.
- Learn how to work with clients across cultures as well as special populations.
Co-Occurring Disorders - 5 CEU's $60
$60
Certification Areas and Continuing Education: 5 Hours Total
Understanding Addiction
REQUIRED MATERIALS: Included with course
COURSE GOAL:
You will review techniques for working with COD clients and those within special populations, as well as an overview of specific mental disorders that are commonly seen in co-occurrence with substance use disorders (SUD).
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
- Review the guiding principles and essential attitudes in working with COD clients.
- Learn techniques for working with COD clients.
- Learn techniques for working with COD clients in special populations.
- Review specific mental disorders that are commonly in co-occurrence with SUDs.
- Obtain additional resources for further professional development.
Domestic Violence - 5 CEU's $60
$60
Certification Areas and Continuing Education: 5 Hours Total
Professional Readiness
REQUIRED MATERIALS: Included with course
COURSE GOAL:
To give an overview of the issues likely to affect survivors of domestic violence, psychological and behavior issues for children of survivors and the batterer profile.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
- Identify goals in treatment and the needs to be addressed for the victim of domestic violence.
- Understand the importance of linkage to domestic violence referral and intervention services.
- Become familiar with the issues that children of survivors face.
- Become aware of the batterers profile as well as the importance of addressing this issue in the context of substance abuse treatment.
Elderly Substance Abuse - 10 CEU's $42.5
$42.50
Certification Areas and Continuing Education: 10 Hours Total
Treatment Knowledge
REQUIRED MATERIALS: Included with course
COURSE GOAL:
Gain insight into how substance abuse and misuse are often overlooked with older adults, and the dangers older populations face with increased use of prescription and over-the-counter medications.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
- Uncover misperceptions society can have regarding older adults.
- Understand the dangers of mixing alcohol with prescribed and over-the-counter medications.
- Explain the effects of alcohol on an older person including gender differences.
- Learn effective techniques for screening and review assessment tools.
- Review treatment options recommended especially for older adults.
Street Drugs - 5 CEU's $60
$60.00
Certification Areas and Continuing Education: 5 Hours Total
Application to Practice / Mentoring & Education
REQUIRED MATERIALS: Included with course - DEA Drugs of Abuse Guide
COURSE GOAL:
You will become familiar with common street drugs including prescription medications by their appearance, how they are categorized, signs of use, and the effects and dangers of each. You will be ‘armed with knowledge’ when discerning, relating to, or serving youth or adults who are abusing substances.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
- Understand the general categories of abused drugs.
- Be able to utilize the Street Drugs guide as a resource to identify signs and symptoms of various illicit drugs used today..
- Be exposed to the demographics and trends of where drugs are produced and who is likely to use them.