Self Paced Online Courses

Learning Objectives: To be able to identify the characteristics of a clinically-driven individualized treatment plan​; To understand how individualized treatment plans can be used as a therapeutic tool and lead to better outcomes; To improve the quality of treatment plans to meet NAC 458 and Division Criteria standards; To improve the quality of care for the clients.

This workshop will combine current research with the basics to help behavioral health professionals better understand their clients’ emotional processes, and work more effectively to help clients understand, identify, and make behavioral choices around their experiences of emotions, with anger as a central focus. 

By the end of this online course, participants should be able to: Distinguish between benzodiazepine dependence and benzodiazepine use disorder; Appropriately use diagnostic criteria for benzodiazepine use disorders; Be familiar with the pharmacology of benzodiazepines; Understand risk factors for developing benzodiazepine use disorder; Describe benzodiazepine withdrawal; List common treatment options including the Ashton method for tapering; Understand how other substances, including opioids, interact with benzodiazepines; Respond to common liability concerns with appropriate documentation; and Understand the risks associated with MAT Treatment and benzodiazepines.

This course is designed to build knowledge and address some of the common challenges that arise from working with clients in treatment and recovery from drug and alcohol misuse.
Some of the topics will include recovery language, building rapport with new clients, overview of commonly misused substances (prevalence, trends, and terminology), co-occurring disorders, addressing relapse, reducing barriers, understanding harm reduction and what defines success in treatment and in recovery.