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Clinician Self-Care for Addiction Counselors and Clinical SupervisorsPatricia A. Burke, MSW, LCSW, BCD Course Description: The clinical and research literature suggests a strong relationship between substance abuse issues and trauma. Addiction counselors are likely to encounter clients with a history of trauma and/or current traumatic stress reactions in their clinical practice. In addition to the…
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Adolescent Chemical Dependency: Current Perspectives And Treatment ApproachesMichael Torch, MA, MLADC Course Description: 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 effective treatment techniques and approaches will be presented….
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Improving Outcomes for Mandated ClientsNicholas A. Roes, PhD Course Description: 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 “involuntary” clients are treated as if they are motivated…
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Drug Treatment Courts: An Integrated ApproachDiane Sherman, Ph.D., NCAC-II Course Description: In the late 1980’s drug courts were implemented as a response to provide an intervention for non-violent substance abusing offenders. Notably, the Miami/Dade County Drug Court was the first court implemented. It has been operational since 1989 when the Honorable Judge Herbert M. Klein…
Drug Treatment Courts: An Integrated Approach
Registration Open Brown University Distance Learning Program is offering a credited, on-line course on drug treatment courts: an integrated approach. In the late 1980’s drug courts were implemented as a response to provide an intervention for non-violent substance abusing offenders. These courts aimed to address the growing problem of drug abuse by offering treatment and…
593 Addressing Tobacco Use and Dependence in Addiction and Mental Health Services
Registration Open 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 addressing tobacco use and dependence . The National Tobacco Control Program…