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Diane Sherman, Ph.D., NCAC-II Diane Sherman, Ph.D., NCAC-II is an organizational consultant and national trainer. She has worked in the substance abuse profession since 1975. In her consulting services, she has three specific areas of focus: coaching, consultation and continuing education. Dr. Sherman provides Executive Coaching for those persons seeking to maximize their leadership potential….

Registration Open Brown University Distance Learning Program is offering a credited, on-line course on motivational interviewing. This workshop will review current perspectives on this very difficult treatment population. A discussion of the participants’ experiences with the clinically challenging tasks of treating adolescents and their families will occur. A number of effect treatment techniques and approaches…

Introduction to Drug CourtsStanley Chin, J.D. Course Description: The prison population continues to fill with many offenders dealing with substance abuse issues. Over a half a million inmates will be release each year. Many of these individuals will continue to have substance abuse issues and as a result will end up returning to prison. In…

The Addiction Technology Transfer Center of New England , funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) at Brown University Center for Alcohol & Addiction Studies, is offering a credited, on-line course on confidentiality. Individuals should be able to expect that information they have given in…

Registration Open Brown University Distance Learning Program is offering a credited, on-line course on improving outcomes for mandated clients. Mandated clients make up a huge percentage of substance abuse treatment patients. Even those not formally mandated to treatment by a Court may be “mandated” by an EAP, parents, a spouse, or social services. When these…

The Core Functions of Addictions CounselingJohn Thompson, MA, CDP Course Description: In 2010, an estimated 22.1 million Americans aged 12 or older were classified with substance dependence in the past year and thousands of others went undiagnosed. Less than ten percent of individuals suffering from this disease will receive any help for their addiction. Stigma,…