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SA 510 Foundations of Addictions Counseling Syllabus

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COURSE OVERVIEW: Welcome to the online CE course; SA 510 Foundations of Addictions Counseling

Upon successful completion of this course, students are awarded 45 contact hours of continuing education creditsCourse Code: SA 510

This comprehensive course provides a strong foundation of practice theory, techniques and skills needed for providing confident care to clients with substance addictions. The course provides a comprehensive presentation of theory, research and the history of addictions counseling in health care. Students will study four major categories of content, including: theories and practice applications, the treatment of addictions, addictions in family systems work and rehabilitation, as well as school settings, and cross-cultural counseling in addictions. Other core content studied is professional issues and the role of the substance abuse professional. There is a great emphasis in this course on in-depth assessment models including motivational interviewing.

The course allows students the opportunity to to examine psychotherapeutic approaches to care of clients. Students will also examine co-addiction disorders and the pharmacology of addictions. The twelve step process is also examined. Besides drug addictions, issues related to alcohol addiction is also examined. The course also focuses on gender issues related to substance abuse as well as cross-cultural sensitivities. Students will also examine many models of care and treatment developed for child addictions and prevention programs in schools. Course Code: SA 510. Contact hours of education= 45.

Levels of course complexity: Intermediate and Advanced

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This Course is Board approved. 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.
The American Institute of Health Care Professionals Inc. is an Approved Provider of Continuing Education by the Florida State Board of Nursing and the District of Columbia Board of Nursing. CE Provider # 50-11975.
The American Institute of Health Care Professionals, Inc. is a licensed Continuing Education Provider in the State of California, Board of Registered Nursing, Provider # CEP 15595. Access Info

Instructor/Course Author: Dominick L. Flarey, Ph.D, MBA,RN-BC, ANP-BC, GC-C
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Email: info@aihcp.org

This is a guided, independent study CE Course. You are to study and progress at your own rate. There are no written assignments. It is recommended that you follow this process for completion of the course :

1. Order your textbook for the course. Information and a link to order the book online are presented below.

2. Review the course objectives.

3. You are required to read/review all chapters in the assigned textbook, unless otherwise indicated by your instructor in this syllabus. As you read/review each chapter, you may want to stop and identify the corresponding questions on the exam related to the material of that chapter, and answer the questions on your printed out copy of the examination. You can obtain a printed copy of your examination simply by clicking on the link at the top of this syllabus “Printable Copy of The Exam.” This will allow you to work with your exam as you study the text book (s) and progress through your course. Then, when you have completed your examination using the printable copy, you will be ready to transfer your responses into the computer based examination program for final submission and grading. You can proceed doing this with each chapter, until you have completed your study of the textbook. Please read/review each chapter in sequence. Do not “skip” ahead, as each chapter builds upon the materials in the previous chapter.

4. Once you have completed all of the chapters in the textbook, you can proceed to your final online examination by clicking the “Access Online Exam” link below the course banner at the top of this syllabus. You can also download the exam as a PDF file by clicking on the “Printable Copy of The Exam” link next to Access Online Exam. If you wish you can print this file out as a printed off copy of your examination. Once you access the online exam you will see a screen that will ask you to input your Name, E-mail address, and your student ID/AH Number (AH####). Please fill out all of the requested information accurately. If you do not, we will not be able to identify who took the exam and your answers will be lost. The following slide will welcome you to your exam and present the introduction slide with further instructions on how to take the exam. Answer the questions to the best of your ability. There is only ONE correct response for each question.

5. When you have answered the final question, it will ask you to submit your answers. It will then show you your grade for the exam, and if you passed the exam it will allow you to review your answers. If you passed, the close button in the bottom right hand corner will take you to the course evaluation form. At which time, please fill out an evaluation so your grade can be processed. Once received, we will send you an e-mailed copy of your exam with the correct and incorrect answers.

5a. If you did not pass your examination, you will receive a notification stating failed. You will not receive any feedback on your answers. Please press the close button on the bottom right hand corner to exit your exam. At which point, contact the Assistant Executive Director @ Mark@aihcp.org,  for a chance to retake the exam. If you fail on your second attempt, you will fail the course and have to pay to retake it.

6. If you have successfully completed the examination with a passing score, we will process your CE Certificate, which will include the course title, the awarded contact hours of continuing education, and the date of completion. Your CE certificate will be e-mailed to you as a PDF file. You can expect to receive your certificate (via e-mailed PDF file) within 2-3 business days upon receipt of the completed evaluation form. No CE Course Certificate will be processed without a completed course evaluation. If you missed the course evaluation link after the exam, you can alternatively click the “Course Evaluation Form” at the top of this syllabus. Please note that the Organizations and the licensing Boards that provide our CE approvals all require that a course evaluation be completed by the course participant before a CE Course Certificate may be awarded; as such there are no exceptions. A course evaluation must be completed in order to receive your CE Course Certificate.

TIME FRAME: You are allotted two years from the date of enrollment, to complete this course. There are no set time-frames, other than the two year allotted time. If you do not complete the course 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 course after this two-year expiration time, you would need to register and pay the course tuition fee again.

TEXTBOOKS: There is one (1) required textbook for this course.

Foundations of Addictions Counseling 4th edition. By: David Capuzzi and Mark D. Stauffer. Boston; Pearson:2019. ISBN-10 : 0135166934; ISBN-13 : 978-0135166932

Link to Purchase on Amazon.com: click here

Reading/Study Assignment: this course covers Chapters One (1) through Nineteen (19) in the required textbook. You are to read and study all of the nineteen chapters in this textbook.

The following are suggested references. They are NOT mandatory readings for this course and are not required to be purchased for this course.

Substance Abuse: Information for School Counselors, Social Workers, Therapists, and Counselors (6th Edition) 6th Edition by Gary L. Fisher (Author), Thomas C. Harrison (Author).  Pearson; 6 edition (January 18, 2017). ISBN-10: 0134387643 ISBN-13: 978-0134387642

Rethinking Substance Abuse: What the Science Shows, and What We Should Do about It 1st Edition by William R. Miller (Editor), Kathleen M. Carroll (Editor). The Guilford Press; 1 edition (June 3, 2010). ISBN-10: 1606236989 ISBN-13: 978-1606236987

Healing the Addicted Brain: The Revolutionary, Science-Based Alcoholism and Addiction Recovery Program. by Harold Urschel (Author). Sourcebooks; Upd Rev edition (April 1, 2009) ISBN-10: 1402218443 ISBN-13: 978-1402218446

GRADING: You must achieve a passing score of at least 75% to complete this course and receive the 45 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 75% will be contacted by AIHCP and will be permitted one more attempt to retake the online examination.

FINAL EXAMINATION: It is recommended that you click on the “Printable Copy of Exam” near the top of the syllabus. It will download as a PDF file. Below are detailed instructions on how to take your exam.

1). When ready to start your final examination for the course, please click on the “Access Online Exam” link near the top of the syllabus.

2). You will be prompted to input your Name, E-mail Address, and Student ID # (AH####). You must fill this out, the exam will not allow you to proceed if you do not. It is very important that you use your full name, your valid e-mail address and your student ID/AH Number. If you do not input your correct information, we will have no way of identifying your exam and it will be deleted! All unidentifiable exams are deleted!

3). Next you will be taken to the introduction screen for your exam. There will be detailed instructions on how to take the online exam. Please review them and when ready click the “Continue” button on the bottom right hand side of the screen to begin your exam.

4). When you have answered all of the questions and are happy with your answers, the exam will prompt you to either “SUBMIT ALL” or “RETURN TO EXAM”. If you are ready press “SUBMIT ALL”.

5). If you received a passing score, you will receive a “Congratulations, you passed” screen with a green check mark. You will have a chance to review your questions and answers. A copy of your exam will be e-mailed to you within 1-2 business days.

5a). If you failed the exam, you will receive a “You did not pass” with a red X. You will have no chance to review your questions and answers. At this point, please contact Administration, Mark D. Moran, Assistant Executive Director for instructions on re-taking the online examination. You may retake the online examination one time. You will receive full instructions regarding the re-take of the examination.

6). After receiving a passing score, click the “CLOSE” button in the bottom right hand corner to close out of the exam and be redirected to the course evaluation form. You must fill out the course evaluation form in order for your grade to be processed and for you to receive an CE certification.

Note: all of our Examinations are Copy Written

COURSE EVALUATION: upon submitting your responses to the examination questions, you are required to complete the online Course Evaluation Form.  This will take you directly to the online evaluation form. Complete the evaluation and be sure to click the “submit” button. CE certificates will not be sent unless a course evaluation is completed.

COMMUNICATION: this is a self-directed, independent study course. However, you may certainly submit to us questions or comments regarding the course materials. We will be sure to forward any questions you may have to the author of the course. You will then receive a follow-up response from the author. All of our course authors are fully educated and credentialed in the practice of Substance Abuse Counseling. You may email any questions to: info@aihcp.org. Please be sure to include the full title of the course you are in, as well as the course code (provided above). If you have any questions at all or need any assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us.

TECHNICAL SUPPORT CENTER: Our Technical Support Center is open Monday-Friday; 9:00 am to 5:00 pm (EST).  You may e-mail technical support at: admn@aihcp.org   You may also phone us at: 330-652-7776. If you leave an e-mail after normal business hours, the Support Center will respond to you as soon as they open up the next business day.

INTERACTIVE STUDENT FACEBOOK GROUP
Please join the Interactive Facebook Group for Substance Abuse Practitioners!

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We host a private (students only) Facebook page for Substance Abuse Practitioners. This page is dedicated for private use by all students in our Substance Abuse courses. We highly encourage all of our students to “join” this private group. The group is used for:

  • Providing interactions between all students in the Substance Abuse Practitioners education program.
  • All members may post on the page as well as download documents and photos.
  • Interactions between students and faculty.
  • Meeting new colleagues/friends who have the same interests in Substance Abuse Counseling.
  • Providing a medium for Chat sessions among members of the group.
  • Providing new information to all student on an ongoing basis via posts in the room.
  • Stimulating discussions related to Substance Abuse Counseling and other professional issues/topics.
  • Sharing articles, links to recommended websites, links to videos as well as links to events and other education resources.
  • Our staff provides up to date articles for your review. Articles are added almost on a daily basis. Reviewing the information is voluntary but highly recommended.

Joining the private Facebook group is voluntary. We do highly encourage you to join and participate. Your participation will enhance your learning and provide a platform for networking with your colleagues. Join the group today! You must ask for permission to join this group. Our staff will receive your permission notice and will verify your student status and then authorize your membership to the group page.

Important Information: You must have a Facebook account to join this group. If you have a Facebook account, just click on the link below and you will be taken to the Facebook sign in page. You would then log into your account. You will be on the Substance Abuse Practitioner private group page. Once you have clicked on the link, a notice will be sent to our administrative office and you will be authorized to the page. On your Facebook page, the group page will be listed on the left hand side of your page. You can click it at any time and enter the private page. If you do not have a Facebook account, it is easy to open one. The link below will take you to the sign in page and you can click on the link to open an account. Facebook accounts are free.

Click here to access the Substance Abuse Practitioner Private Facebook page

Click here to access the Substances Abuse Practitioner Public Facebook Page

AIHCP BLOG: Please visit our interactive web blog. Students and certified members are encouraged to visit our blog frequently. You will find useful articles, news, posts and much more related to the specialty area of Certification you are pursuing. Click the link above to access the blog. Then, click on the link on the right hand side that corresponds to the subject area you are studying. Feel free to posts replies, comments and news. Register to become active on the blog and contribute your own unique information for all to see and share. Sharing and interacting with your peers is an excellent learning process. By sharing you contribute to the ever growing body of knowledge in your specialty area.

STUDENT RESOURCE CENTER: Please access our student resource center. The Resource Center contains all of our current policies, as well as important information regarding classroom and examination accesses. Also included are trouble-shooting tips when a student has any difficulties with classroom or examination accesses. The Resource Center also provides other information regarding our continuing education and certification programs. Access to online libraries is also provided. To Access the Student Resource Center: click here.

Discussion Boards:  Please access the Discussion Boards by clicking on the Tab on the left side of your computer screen. The Discussion Boards are provided for our students as means to communicate with others taking courses in our Substance Abuse Practitioner Courses and Programs.  You have full access to the Discussion Boards throughout the time you are enrolled in a course. They are a great means to meet others who are studying Substance Abuse Counseling, exchange ideas, post questions and ideas, provide responses to other’s questions, provide links to outside resources and more.  Once you access the Discussion Boards, simply follow the instructions to create your own account and start reading and posting.

E-Learning Library: Please access our E-Learning Library by clicking on the Tab on the left side of your computer screen. The E-Learning Library is a free service for all of our students. It is an ever-growing library of FREE E-Books that you may access at any time. The books are produced by us professionally on a wide array of health care related topics. You may read and or download them for later references. We frequently add new E-Books to the library on an on-going basis. The E-Books are not related to this course and so are not required readings for this course.

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COURSE OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

  1. Discuss the history and approaches to the prevention of addictions in the USA
  2. Identify current policies in the USA influencing substance abuse addictions
  3. Discuss seven models for explaining the etiology of addictions
  4. Discuss the neurobiology and the physiology of addiction
  5. Identify the five main classes of substance most often seen in addiction disorders and discuss the neurobiology and physiology related to addiction
  6. Discuss the major issues related to sexual addiction
  7. Discuss the major issues related to gambling addiction
  8. Discuss the major issues related to work addiction
  9. Discuss the major issues related to compulsive buying
  10. Discuss the major issues related to food addiction and disordered eating
  11. Identify professional issues of addiction counseling including counselor competency and credentialing
  12. Discuss professional issues regarding treatment and research including managed care issues, research and outcomes measurements
  13. Compare the seven core philosophical foundations of addictions counseling
  14. Define the role of the addictions assessor
  15. Identify the seven core points to use in human assessment measures
  16. Identify and discuss three types types of operationalizing assessment interviews used in addiction counseling
  17. Identify the four major categories for treatment specific assessment information
  18. Critique the use of standardized assessments in addictions counseling
  19. Discuss the use of substance abuse screens and assessments in defining client problems in addictions counseling
  20. List five of the most commonly used screening instruments used today in addictions assessment and compare and contrast them in terms of effectiveness in problem identification
  21. List the two major instruments designed to assess alcohol misuse during pregnancy
  22. Discuss the six major motivation interviewing techniques used today in assessing substance abuse addictions
  23. Compare the advantages and disadvantages of motivational interviewing
  24. List and discuss five different psychotherapeutic approaches used in the care of addicted clients
  25. Discuss how mental health systems have adapted to meet the needs of clients with multiple disorders
  26. Discuss the roles of a multidisciplinary treatment team in addictions counseling
  27. Discuss theory and models of practice used in group therapies for the treatment of addictions
  28. Discuss seven core legal and ethical issues that present in addictions treatment practice
  29. Discuss four ways in which to manage diversity in treatment group settings
  30. Explain the dynamics and benefits of using group counseling sessions to help families of addicted clients
  31. Discuss the use of the Twelve -Step treatment model as it relates to group counseling sessions for addictive behaviors
  32. Identify and explain the use of a relapse prevention model in clinical practice
  33. Discuss the major issues related to alcohol addictions in modern society
  34. Identify the primary family dynamic issues related to alcohol addictions
  35. Discuss issues related to alcohol addiction in children and adolescents
  36. Discuss the primary characteristics and status of clients with disabilities and addictions
  37. Discuss the need for developing and implementing comprehension programs in the community and the schools related to prevention for children, adolescents and college students
  38. Discuss a public health prevention program model
  39. Discuss how to conduct a program needs assessment in a community related to the prevention of substance abuse
  40. Explain why cultural issues are important in working with substance abuse clients
  41. Discuss how racial and cultural identity models can be used in substance abuse counseling
  42. Identify the most common issues related to gender, alcohol and drug use and abuse in the USA
  43. Compare biological issues related to addictions in both men and women
  44. Discuss what is meant by affirmative addictions treatment for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons

COURSE CONTENT:

  • History and etiological models of addiction
  • Substance addictions
  • Process addictions
  • Important professional issues in addictions counseling
  • Models for assessment
  • Assessment and diagnosis of addictions
  • Motivational interviewing
  • Psychotherapeutic approaches
  • Co-occurring disorders and addictions treatment
  • Group therapy for treatment of addictions
  • Addiction pharmacotherapy
  • 12-Step facilitation of treatment
  • Maintenance and relapse prevention
  • Alcohol addiction and families
  • Persons with disabilities and addictions
  • Substance abuse prevention programs for children, adolescents, and college students
  • Cross-cultural counseling and ethnic diversity
  • Gender issues and addictions
  • Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender affirmative addictions treatment

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