Challenges of Re-entry for the Criminal Justice PopulationBrenda Westberry, MS Course Description: What happens once an offender has completed their prison sentence and has paid their “debt” to society? Reentry planning involves the use of programs targeted at promoting the effective reintegration of offenders back to communities upon release from prison and jail. The offender…

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…

Registration Open Brown University Distance Learning Program is offering a credited, on-line course on understanding and utilizing twelve step programs. Twelve-Step programs are an important component in the treatment of addictions. They are often one of the few options available to recovering addicts and alcoholics as an on-going aftercare component. However, many clinicians have limited…

William J. Pellicio, MA, LICSW, LCDP is an Assistant Professor at the Community College of Rhode Island, Department of Human Services and an Adjunct Faculty member in the Graduate School of Social Work at Rhode Island College. He has had many years of experience working with chemical dependency in hospital and outpatient settings. He has…

Registration Closed Join the future course waiting list Brown University Distance Learning Program is offering a credited, on-line course on . Instructor Course Objectives Course Requirements This is a -week course, beginning on . Requirements are: Required on-line reading (one hour per week) Completion of pre and post test Completion of weekly homework assignments (one…

Waiting List Join the course waiting list Brown University Distance Learning Program is offering a credited, on-line course on AOD and disabilities treatment. The course will explore the relationship of alcohol and other drug use to injuries causing disability; explore the risk factors for substance abuse in persons with disabilities, both physical and cognitive; provide…