Community and General Education

Courses in this category can be used for CEUs or applied to the addiction specific training domain of Community and General Education

• Advocacy (2 Hours)

  Objectives

  • Define Advocacy
  • Identify 5 methods for advocating
  • Discuss the ways in which you can advocate for your clients

  $6.00 for 90 days
• Behavioral Health Services for People Wh…

  Objectives:

  • Explore the prevalence of homelessness for children and people with mental illness
  • Discuss causes of homelessness
  • Explore the relationship between homelessness and ACEs
  • Discuss how homelessness impacts the HPA Axis
  • Review areas to be screened 
  • Identify creative interventions
  • Identify resources to help people access needed services

  $12.00 for 90 days
• Building Positive Self-Talk for Confiden…

  Objectives:

  • Identify the function of negative self talk
  • Explain the benefits of positive self talk
  • Describe 15 methods for teaching positive self talk to people of all ages

  $6.00 for 90 days
• Cognitive Behavioral Tools for Coping wi…

  Objectives

  •  Identify why controlling stress and anxiety is important
  •  Describe cognitive behavioral tools and "life hacks" to address stress and anxiety during viral outbreaks
  •  Identify reliable resources to acquire accurate information about the virus
  •  Identify practical steps clinicians can encourage mainstream media to take to reduce the negative impact of the situation on the mental health of the general public.

  $6.00 for 90 days
• Communicating with the Cognitively Impai…

  Objectives

  • Define cognitive impairment
    
  • Explore symptoms of cognitive impairment in 
    
  • Alzheimer’s
  • Dementias
  • Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
  • Review APA Treatment Guidelines for counselors working with persons with Alzheimer’s
    
  • Identify methods for effective communication
    
  • Learn how to handle difficult behaviors
    
  • Identify specific issues and interventions for a person with a FASD
    

  Based on Counselor Toolbox Episode 190 Communicating with the Cognitively Impaired

  $6.00 for 90 days
• Communicating with the Cognitively Impai…

  Objectives

  • Define cognitive impairment
    
  • Explore symptoms of cognitive impairment in 
    
  • Alzheimer’s
  • Dementias
  • Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
  • Review APA Treatment Guidelines for counselors working with persons with Alzheimer’s
    
  • Identify methods for effective communication
    
  • Learn how to handle difficult behaviors
    
  • Identify specific issues and interventions for a person with a FASD
    

  $6.00 for 90 days
• Community Outreach and Principles of Adu…

  Objectives

  • Define learning
  • Identify assumptions about adult learning
  • Explore ways to motivate learners
  • Review learning styles
  • Learn a new skill to use in community outreach, family education and therapy groups to improve learning

  $6.00 for 90 days
• Counseling Theories Review (2 Hours)

  Objectives

  • Review the stages of treatment
  • Review theoretical approaches for individual counseling including: CBT, Behaviorism, Humanistic, Developmental

  $6.00 for 90 days
• Developing Social Justice and Culturally…

  Objectives

  • Define social justice
  • Explore the goals of social justice education to include
    • Identity
    • Diversity
    • Justice
    • Action

  $9.00 for 90 days
• Diagnosis Review (2 Hours)

  This course is NOT suitable for CEUs.  It will, however, provide 2 hours of addiction specific training to people working towards certification or licensure as an addiction professional.

  Objectives

  • Review the criteria for substance use disorder
  • Discuss substance induced disorders
  • Learn mnemonics to identify signs of intoxication and withdrawal as well as mental health symptoms

  $6.00 for 90 days