October 8, 2010

Motivational Interviewing/Stages of Change for the Chemically Dependent Client

Motivational interviewing which is a collaborative, person-centered form of guiding to elicit and strengthen motivation for change.  It uses clients own goals and values to increase their intrinsic motivation by exploring and resolving ambivalence about changing their behavior. We will address how to help clients commit to a change plan appropriate to their stage of change. Participants will learn how to use motivational interviewing, including how to meet the client where they are, and how to use the three components of motivational interviewing (evocation, collaboration, autonomy/support) to solicit client motivation. 6 CEUs & 6 RCHs (C)

November 5, 2010

Urine Specimen Collector Course Description
This one-day course covers the DOT urine collection procedures and the use of the DOT Custody and Control Form (CCF). Students perform five mock collections that meet the training requirements of the DOT regulations. Topics include:

• Overview of Drug Testing
• DOT drug testing regulations
• Chain of Custody Forms
• SplitSpecimen Collection
• Temperature Out of Range
• Adulterated Specimens
• Observed Collections
• Shy Bladder Collection

Our professional instructor provides complete “face-to-face” performance-oriented, hands-on training. Classes include detailed instruction and comprehensive course reference materials that students take back to their work place. Instructor demonstrations and a step-by-step technique provide an understanding of the DOT collection requirements with an emphasis on ensuring the integrity of the collection process.

November 19, 2010

Addiction 101 –(Basic Addiction Workshop)

This workshop will cover diagnostic criteria for substance abuse and dependence, the stages of addiction and commonly abused drugs.  Each drug will be covered in its entirety including: signs and symptoms of use and abuse, withdrawal symptoms, personality changes, physical appearance, social activity changes, specific cultural, age and gender features will also be covered for each substance.  Treatment and recovery methods will be explored for each substance.  This workshop will be interactive including actual case studies.  6 CEUs & RCHs (C, D)

December 10, 2010

Supervision of the Chemical Dependency Counselor

The role of the supervisor is the critical to the counselors providing treatment.  Supervision requires counselor development in the areas of ongoing training, mentoring, team building, evaluation, and ensuring ethical dilemmas are resolved appropriately and much more.  This workshop will address the role of the supervisor and the elements of a supervision plan to effectively assist supervisees with their own growth and professional development.  6 CEUs (C, S)

January 14, 2011

Pharmacology

This workshop will cover drugs and of abuse including alcohol and medications used for detoxification.  We will discuss the treatment of addiction and mental and emotional disorder including the action of pharmaceutical and the physiological response, the interaction of pharmaceutical, tolerance and the appropriate use of psychotropics with addicted persons.  Each drug will be covered in its entirety including: signs and symptoms of use and abuse, withdrawal symptoms, personality changes, physical appearance, social activity changes and, specific cultural, age and gender features will also be covered for each substance.  6 CEUs & 6 RCHs (C)

January 21, 2011

Ethical Dilemmas for the Chemical Dependency Counselor

This workshop is designed to address ethical behavior for the Chemical Dependency Counselor.  We will review legal guidelines that are in place to protect the professional, the client, and society.  This workshop will address ethical dilemmas that arise in the course of our work as chemical dependency counselors; we will examine ethical standards versus our own personal or religious standards and convictions.  We will discuss ten ethical principles for counselors and discuss and review actual scenarios in a group setting. 6 CEUs & RCHs (C, S)

February 4, 2011

Addiction and the Family

In this training we will address how families where addiction is present are oftentimes painful to live in, which is why those who live with addiction may become traumatized to varying degrees by the experience. Broad swings, from one end of the emotional, psychological and behavioral spectrum to the other, all too often characterize the addicted family system.  We will look at how the entire family system is affected and the roles of the family members, living with addiction. 6 CEUs & 6 RCHs (C)

February 25, 2011

Treatment Planning and Level of Care Placement for The Substance Abusing Client

The first treatment planning principle is that clients will do best when there is a comprehensive effort to address their needs. By recognizing and addressing the client’s needs in a variety of domains (e.g. medical, legal, psychiatric, etc.) treatment programs demonstrate to the client that they acknowledge their client’s concerns and are interested in working with the client towards solutions. In addition, when a client is laced in the correct level of care their current needs are addressed in the appropriate manner.  This workshop will address treatment planning process for substance abuse clients, and overview of the ODADAS levels of care. 6 CEUs & RCHs (C)