Objectives
  • Uri Brofenbrenner’s Socio-Ecological Theory of development
  • Sociological Influences (Risk and Protective Factors) on Youth Mental Health
  • Physical (Body and brain), cognitive and psychosocial stages of child and adolescent development
  • Unique developmental and mental health issues for adolescents using the PACER approach
  • Impact of mental ill-health on young people

 Introduction to Case Management 

Foundations of Case Management 

Financial Aspects 

Screening, Assessment and Placement 

Services 

Special Topics 


Videos in this series include

This course for counselors, coaches and nurses provides 75 hours of training to enhance their knowledge of the interaction between the mind and body and the multiple potential causes and consequences of mental health and addiction symptoms.

  • What is an Intervention? (2 Hours)
  • Addiction Specific Training (6 Hours)
  • Detoxification and Medical Emergencies (15 Hours): Understanding the signs that your client may need emergency medical assistance and understanding detox procedures to prepare clients for what they might experience in treatment.
  • Screening for Addiction and Mental Health Issues (3 Hours): Provides skills necessary to screen for mental health and addiction issues in order to identify the most effective treatment placement resources.
  • Pharmacology (5 Hours): Helps the interventionist understand the impact of substances on the physical and emotional health of the patient and learn to identify signs of intoxification and withdrawal.
  • Eating Disorders (3 Hours): Eating disorders require specilized treatment and often co-occur with addictions and mental health issues, so they must be addressed as part of the recovery process.
  • Gambling, Gaming and Sex Addiction (6 Hours): Like other process addictions, sex and pornography addiction often co-occurs with other issues and presents a significant risk of relapse if left untreated.
  • Pre-Intervention Skills (5 Hours): Helps the interventionist develop the necessary skills for begining the interveniton process and assisting families through life transitions.
  • Intervention Models and Skills (5 Hours) : Presents a variety of different approaches to interventions to help the interventionist formulate a vision for how they will condut their interventions.
  • Family Systems (12 Hours): Identifies the family dynamics of addiction, codependency, guilt and other issues which need to be addressed to facilitate family recovery.
  • Motivational Interviewing (12 Hours): Provides the skills to increase and maintain the family's motivation for conducting the intervention, for encouraging the person to enter treatment and for encouraging everyone to adhere to the plan and stay motivated to continue to work their own recovery plans.
  • Crisis Intervention (6 Hours):  Provides information about signs of crisis and steps to take to get someone in crisis to a safe place.
  • Treatment Placement and Aftercare (10 Hours): Teaches you about the different types of treatment and services that may be needed to facilitate the recovery process.
  • Case Management (10 Hours): Helps you understand how to pull everything together into a cohesive plan for recovery.
  • Ethics (6 Hours): Reviews ethical decision making and the importance of ethical behavior in interventions.
  • Documentation (2 Hours): Helps you see some of the types of documentation you will need to create fo ryour intervention business.
  • The Business of Interventions is a bonus section that walks you through the Small Business Administrations guide for starting a small business.


40 hours of related training. 
Health Education (3 hours)
  - Tobacco dependence Knowledge and Education
Assessment and Referral (3 hours)
  -Assessment Interview
Treatment Planning and Counseling (16 hours)
  -Counseling Skills            
  Treatment Planning
  -Pharmacotherapy
  -Relapse Prevention
Professional Responsibility (6 hours)
  -Diversity and Special Health Issues
  - documentation and Evaluation
  -Professional Resources
  -Law and Ethics
  -Professional development
Remaining 12 hours may be spread among the domains as appropriate for the specific area of practice for
the applicant