COURSE INFORMATION
This CE course presents a comprehensive study in the various strategies of intervening on the life of the addict. Starting with the most basic social unit, the family, the history, development and the guiding principles of how a family intervention is conducted. Many alcoholics/addicts come to the attention of the medical profession either as emergencies or in routine physicals so the need for physicians and medical professionals to be trained, alert to and willing to refer patients with possible addiction issues is examined. Along with mental health issues often comes an addiction or at least a substance abuse problem. That problem can make the mental issues worse or can cancel out the effects of whatever medication the patient may be taking. As with physicians, the need for training and a willingness to refer patients to the addictions experts is explored. Employee assistance and professional committees are examine as they are able to keep employees working and, in the case of professional committees, can help highly trained persons working at their chosen profession.
The intervention on the adolescent who may be addicted is examined especially as it relates to intervening on the entire family. As with the medical and mental health settings, the legal profession seems to deal with more than their share of people who are alcoholic and/or addicted. Various successful intervention strategies are explored so as to reduce the recidivism rate of those who come to the attention of the legal system. Finally, the idea or ideal of the one-stop shop, the one place people in need of social services of various kind is examines as a place where people can go to receive their services and possibly identify their issues of addiction, receive treatment and reduce their need for additional services. Course Code: SA 520. Contact Hours of Education= 15
This course is particularly designed for those professionals meeting one of the pre-requisites above, would like to apply for the Substance Abuse Practitioner Certification by the American Institute of Health Care Professionals, Inc.
Instructor/Course Author: Thomas Schear, Ph.D
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E-mail: tschear@ccmsinc.net
TIME FRAME: You are allotted two years from the date of enrollment, to complete all of the continuing education courses in the substance abuse practitioner program. There are no set time-frames, other than the two year allotted time. If you do not complete the courses within the two-year time-frame, you will be removed from the course and an “incomplete” will be recorded for you in our records. Also, if you would like to complete the courses after this two-year expiration time, you would need to register and pay the course tuition fee again.
TEXTBOOK: There is one (1) required textbook for this course.
Addiction Intervention: Strategies to Motivate Treatment-Seeking Behavior.
By: Bruce Carruth, Deborah G. Wright, Robert K. White. Routledge; 1 edition (April 15, 1998) ISBN-10: 078900433X ISBN-13: 978-0789004338
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GRADING: You must achieve a passing score of at least 70% to complete this course and receive the 15 hours of awarded continuing education credit. There are no letter grades assigned. You will receive notice of your total % score. Those who score below the minimum of 70% will be contacted by the and options for completing additional course work to achieve a passing score, will be presented.
BOARD APPROVALS:
The American Institute of Health Care Professionals Inc: is an Approved Provider for Continuing Education by the South Carolina Professional Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists and Psycho-Educational Specialists licensing board, Provider # 4637. Access information
The American Institute of Health Care Professionals (The Provider) is approved by the California Board of Registered Nurses, Provider number # CEP 15595 for 15 Contact Hours.
This course, which is approved by the Florida State Board Of Nursing (CE Provider # 50-11975) also has the following Board of Nursing Approvals, for 15 contact hours of CE
The American Institute of Health Care Professionals Inc: is a Rule Approved Provider of Continuing Education by the Arkansas Board of Nursing. CE Provider # 50-11975.
The American Institute of Health Care Professionals Inc: is a Rule Approved Provider of Continuing Education by the Georgia Board of Nursing. CE Provider # 50-11975.
The American Institute of Health Care Professionals Inc: is a Rule Approved Provider of Continuing Education by the South Carolina Board of Nursing. CE Provider # 50-11975.
The American Institute of Health Care Professionals Inc: is a Rule Approved Provider of Continuing Education by the West Virginia Board of Examiners for Professional Registered Nurses. CE Provider # 50-11975.
The American Institute of Health Care Professionals Inc: is a Rule Approved Provider of Continuing Education by the New Mexico Board of Nursing. CE Provider # 50-11975.
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ONLINE CLASSROOM RESOURCES AND TOOLS
* Examination Access: there is link to take you right to the online examination program where you can print out your examination and work with it. All examinations are formatted as “open book” tests. When you are ready, you can access the exam program at anytime and click in your responses to the questions. Full information is provided in the online classrooms.
* Student Resource Center: there is a link for access to a web page “Student Resource Center.” The Resource Center provides for easy access to all of our policies/procedures and additional information regarding applying for certification. We also have many links to many outside reference sites, such as online libraries that you may freely access.
* Online Evaluation: there is a link in the classroom where you may access the course evaluation. All students completing a course, must, without exception, complete the course evaluation.
* Faculty Access Information: you will have access to your instructor’s online resume/biography, as well as your instructor’s specific contact information.
* Additional Learning Materials: some faculty have prepared additional “readings” and /or brief lecture notes to enhance your experience. All of these are available in the online classrooms.
COURSE OBJECTIVES: upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Identify the principles of the development and implementation of a family intervention
- Identify the barriers that exist in conducting a family intervention and strategies to overcome them
- Identify the training needs for medical professionals and the barriers that exist with making appropriate referrals for alcoholic/addicted patients
- Describe successful efforts to help medical professional properly diagnose and refer alcoholic/addicted patients.
- Identify the training needs for mental health providers and the barriers that exist with making appropriate referrals for alcoholic/addicted patients
- Describe successful efforts to help mental health provides properly assess and refer alcoholic/addicted patients.
- Identify and explain how the employee assistance program works to identify, confront, refer and monitor the progress of employees who have developed an alcohol and/or addiction or other problem which are interfering with work performance.
- Identify and explain how professional committees work to identify, confront, refer and monitor the program of professionals who have developed an alcohol and/or addiction or other problem which are interfering with the proper performance of their professional responsibilities.
- Identify effective strategies used to intervene on the addictive and other seriously problematic behaviors of adolescents.
- Examine how intervening in family patterns surrounding alcoholic/addictive behaviors can make a positive impact in the family setting.
- Identify successful interventions used in various jurisdictions which have made a positive impact on the offender’s life and reduced future involvement in the legal system.
- Identify the effectiveness of making the provision of medical, mental health, reemployment, addiction counseling services and other social services can help with early identification and the treatment of the various needs of the client population leading to a reduction in the need of such services.
COURSE CONTENT
Family intervention: background, principles and other strategies
Medical strategies: Intervention
Mental health strategies: addiction intervention for the dually diagnosed
Employee assistance program strategies
Professional assistance committees
Adolescent intervention strategies
Intervention as brief family therapy
Legal strategies
Professional intervention in the one-stop reemployment/social service center