by admin on March 5, 2010
The course that is being presented this week in our face-to-face Substance Abuse Counselor Training at PAHA is “Clinical Screening and Assessment for the Addictions Professional: Mental Status Examination, Screening and Evaluation Tools”. This is a 6-hour course that is also available at our on-line training center anytime at http://substanceabusecounselortraining.com which covers the topic of disorders of children and adolescents with a specific substance abuse focus for Nurses, Counselors, and other Health Professionals.
Here are the topics covered in this course:
- Introduction to Clinical Screening and Assessments
- Clinical interviewing
- Eliciting Substance Abuse History
- Screening Instruments and Standardized Interviews
- Diagnosing Substance Use Disorders
- History of Substance Use Disorder: Psychiatric, Medical, Family, & Social
- Physical and Mental Status Examinations
- Biological Markers and Drug Toxicology Screening
- Breath Alcohol Test (Breathalyzer)
- Urine Drug Screen
- Serum Drug Screen & Alternative Specimen Tests
- Employment Testing
- Levels of Assessment and Care
To enroll in this course on-line please visit http://substanceabusecounselortraining.com. For more information about our face-to-face courses, please see our schedule at: http://addictionsprofessional.com/csac-certification/our-schedule
by admin on February 25, 2010
The course that is being presented this week in our face-to-face Substance Abuse Counselor Training at PAHA is part of our DSM-IV TR for the Addictions Professional Series: “Disorders of Children and Adolescents”. This is a 6-hour course that is also available at our on-line training center anytime at http://substanceabusecounselortraining.com which covers the topic of disorders of children and adolescents with a specific substance abuse focus for Nurses, Counselors, and other Health Professionals.
Here are the topics covered in this course:
- Introduction to Disorders of Children and Adolescents
- Pervasive Developmental Disorders including Autistic Disorder, Asperger’s Syndrome, Rett’s Disorder, and Childhood Disintegrative Disorder
- Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity (ADHD)
- Ritalin and Adderall Misuse
- Disruptive Behavioral Disorders including Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder
- Bullying
- Youth Violence
- Adolescent Substance Use
- Childhood Anxiety Disorders
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Child and Adolescent Mood Disorders
- Tourette’s Disorder
- Adjustment Disorders
- Intervention & Assessment
To enroll in this course on-line please visit http://substanceabusecounselortraining.com. For more information about our face-to-face courses, please see our schedule at: http://addictionsprofessional.com/csac-certification/our-schedule
by admin on February 20, 2010
The course that is being presented this week in our face-to-face Substance Abuse Counselor Training at PAHA is part of our DSM-IV TR for the Addictions Professional Series: “Personality Disorders and Eating Disorders”. This is a 6-hour course that is also available at our on-line training center anytime at http://substanceabusecounselortraining.com which covers the topic of personality disorders and eating disorders with a specific substance abuse focus for Nurses, Counselors, and other Health Professionals.
Here are the topics covered in this course:
- Personality Disorders
- DSM-IV TR Criteria for Personality Disorders
- Cluster A Disorders including Paranoid Personality Disorder, Schizoid Personality Disorder, and Schizotypal Personality Disorder
- Cluster B Disorders including Antisocial Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Histrionic Personality Disorder, and Narcissistic Personality Disorder
- Cluster C Disorders including Avoidant Personality Disorder, Dependent Personality Disorder and Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder
- Planning, Outcome criteria, & Intervention for Personality Disorders
- Eating disorders
- DSM-IV TR Criteria for Eating Disorders
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Bulimia Nervosa
- Binge Eating Disorder
- Planning, Outcome criteria, & Intervention for Anorexia Nervosa
- Planning, Outcome criteria, & Intervention for Bulimia Nervosa
To enroll in this course on-line please visit http://substanceabusecounselortraining.com. For more information about our face-to-face courses, please see our schedule at: http://addictionsprofessional.com/csac-certification/our-schedule
by admin on February 12, 2010
The course that is being presented this week in our face-to-face Substance Abuse Counselor Training at PAHA is part of our DSM-IV TR for the Addictions Professional Series: “Aging and Disorders of the Elderly”. This is a 6-hour course that is also available at our on-line training center anytime at http://substanceabusecounselortraining.com which covers the topic of aging and disorders of the elderly with a specific substance abuse focus for Nurses, Counselors, and other Health Professionals.
Here are the topics covered in this course:
- Introduction to Aging and Ageism
- Community-Based Settings
- Restraints
- Pain and Older Adults
- Pain Management
- Death and Dying
- HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis among the Elderly
- Depression and Suicide among the Elderly
- Depression versus Dementia
- Cognitive Disorders
- Delirium
- Dementia
- Alzheimer’s Disease
- Psychopharmacology: Cognitive Impairment
- Older Adults and Substance Use Disorders
- Alcohol Use and Aging
- Pharmacology of Alcohol and Aging
- Adverse Effects of Excessive Alcohol Use among Older Adults
- Medical Signs suggesting Problem Drinking among Older Adults
- DSM-IV TR Criteria for Substance Abuse and Dependence
- Intervention with Alcohol Use Disorders in Older Adults
- Education on Alcohol and Medications for Older Adults
To enroll in this course on-line please visithttp://substanceabusecounselortraining.com. For more information about our face-to-face courses, please see our schedule at: http://addictionsprofessional.com/csac-certification/our-schedule
by admin on February 2, 2010
The new addictions course available on-line at PAHA is “Case Management for the Addictions Professional“. This is a 6-hour course that is available at our on-line training center anytime at http://substanceabusecounselortraining.com which covers the topic of case management with a specific substance abuse focus for Nurses, Counselors, and other Health Professionals.
Here are the topics covered in this course:
- Overview of Case Management
- Case Management Principles
- Case Management with Special Populations including Minority Clients, Clients with HIV Infection and AIDS, Clients with Coexisting Mental Illness, Homeless Clients, Women with Substance Abuse Problems, Adolescent Substance Abusers, Clients in Criminal Justice Settings, Clients with Physical Disabilities, Gay, Lesbian, Transgendered, and Bisexual Clients, Case Management in Rural Areas
- Knowledge, Skills & Attitudes for Case Management
- Service Coordination
To enroll in this course on-line please visit http://substanceabusecounselortraining.com. For more information about our face-to-face courses, please see our schedule at: http://addictionsprofessional.com/csac-certification/our-schedule
by admin on January 31, 2010
The course that is being presented this week in our face-to-face Substance Abuse Counselor Training at PAHA is part of our DSM-IV TR for the Addictions Professional Series: “Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders“. This is a 6-hour course that is also available at our on-line training center anytime at http://substanceabusecounselortraining.com which covers the topic of Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders with a specific substance abuse focus for Nurses, Counselors, and other Health Professionals.
Here are the topics covered in this course:
- Introduction to Schizophrenia including History
- Social, Biological, and Stress-related Risk Factors
- Types of Schizophrenia
- Positive and Negative Symptoms
- Premorbid and Prodromal Signs
- Assessment of Specific Symptoms
- DSM-IV TR Criteria for Schizophrenia including Paranoid, Disorganized, Catatonic, and Undifferentiated Types
- DSM-IV TR Criteria for Other Psychotic Disorders
- Self-Assessment, Outcome Criteria, Planning and Intervention
- Antipsychotic Medications
- Extrapyramidal Symptoms
- Communication
- Patient Behavior including paranoia and abnormal motor behavior
- Evaluation
To enroll in this course on-line please visithttp://substanceabusecounselortraining.com. For more information about our face-to-face courses, please see our schedule at:http://addictionsprofessional.com/csac-certification/our-schedule
