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• -|- Interventionist Certification Traini…

  Mental health and addiction intervention is a growing field, but it is essential to have the skills and tools to effectively conduct an intervention without causing harm to the identified patient or the family.  Interventionists do not provide assessment or counseling, they work with the family to try to help motivate an individual to seek out counseling. It is highly recommended that you mentor under a certified interventionist in addition to taking the academic training.

  This course provides at minimum, the following training:

  • 2 Hours What is Intervention?
  • 6 Hours Addiction Specific Training
  • 15 Hours in Detoxification and Medical Emergencies
  • 3 Hours in Screening
  • 5 Hours in Pharmacology
  • 3 Hours in Sex Addiction
  • 3 Hours in Gambling Addiction
  • 10 Hours in Pre-Intervention and Intervention Models and Skills
  • 12 Hours in Family Systems
  • 12 Hours n Motivational Interviewing
  • 6 Hours in Crisis Intervention
  • 10 Hours in Treatment Placement and Aftercare
  • 10 Hours in Case Management
  • 8 Hours in Ethics and Documentation
  • A final, comprehensive online test
  • OPTIONAL information on starting a small business

  $149.00 for 365 days
• -|- Peer Recovery Coach Training Certifi…

  This track is based upon the ADACBGA CPRC Requirements Application

  This course provides at minimum, the following training:

  • 10 Hours in Mentoring
  • 10 Hours in Advocacy
  • 16 Hours in Ethics
  • 10 Hours in Recovery Support
  • 54 Hours in Electives
  • Crisis Intervention and Building Resilience
  • Recovery Oriented System of Care
  • Life and Recovery Skills

  $149.00 for 365 days
• -|- Recovery Residence Administrator Tra…

  Based on the NARR standards, this training series provides education to become certified as a Recovery Residence Administrator Objectives Recovery Residence Operations and Administration: 20 hours

  • NARR Standards for Recovery Residences/http://farronline.org/standards-ethics/standards/
  • 397.487 Voluntary certification of recovery residences.
  • Writing Policies and Procedures
  • Risk Management

  Maintaining the Physical Residence: 20 hours

  • Crisis Prevention and Intervention
  • Verbal De-Escalation
  • Disaster Planning

  Resident Screening and Admissions: 10 hours

  • Behavioral -health screening tools
  • Medication management
  • Signs and symptoms of intoxication & withdrawal

  Residence Recovery Support: 30 hours

  • Understanding Addiction and Co-Occurring Disorders
  • Relapse Prevention
  • Motivational Enhancement
  • Wellness Strategies
  • Practical Living Skills (interpersonal Effectiveness)

  Legal, Professional and Ethical Responsibilities: 20 hours

  • FARR Code of Ethics http://farronline.org/narr-code-of-ethics/
  • Client Rights
  • Cultural competence
  • Documentation
  • Emotional/social intelligence (Emotion Regulation and Distress Tolerance)

  • Facilitates collaborative treatment and recovery planning with an emphasis on personal choice and a focus on clients' goals and knowledge of what has previously worked for them
  • Respects clients' ways of managing stress reactions while supporting and facilitating taking risks to acquire different coping skills that are consistent with clients' values and preferred identity and way of being in the world
  • Demonstrates knowledge and skill in general trauma-informed counseling strategies, including, but not limited to, grounding techniques that manage dissociative experiences, cognitive- behavioral tools that focus on both anxiety reduction and distress tolerance, and stress management and relaxation tools that reduce hyperarousal

  $99.00 for 365 days
• -|- Recovery Support Specialist Certific…

  Recovery Support specialist provides 75 hours of content specific training, allocated as follows:

  Legal and Professional Responsibility: 22 hours

  a.Ethics– 6 hours

  b.HIPAA/Confidentiality– 2 hours

  c.Self-Care/Professional Development –4 hours

  d.Cultural Competency –4 hours

  e.Electives in above –6 hours

  
  

  Re-engagement, Crisis Support and Safety: 13 hours

  a.Risk/Crisis Management –6 hours

  b.Domestic Violence– 3 hours

  c.Electives in above –4 hours

  
  

  Resource Linkage/Follow Up: 13 hours

  a.Active Care Coordination –6 hours
  b.Documentation– 3 hours
  c.Electives in above –4 hours
  

  
  

  Practical Living Skills/Social Development: 10 hours

  a.Social Development –6 hours

  b.Electives in above –4 hours

  
  

  Recovery Management: 17 hours

  a.Overview of Addiction/Stages of Recovery –4 hours

  b.Addiction and Brain Chemistry/Pharmacology –3 hours

  c.Recovery Management –2 hours

  d.Co-occurring Disorders –4 hours

  e.Relapse Prevention –2 hours

  f.Motivational Enhancement –2 hours

  
  

  $99.00 for 365 days
• Child Development 101: Parenting and Rep…

  Objectives

  • Explore the developmental tasks and needs of the infant stage (0-2 years old)
    • Maslow (Biological and safety needs)
    • Erickson (Trust vs. Mistrust)
    • Bowlby (Attachment)
    • Piaget (Cognition/schema formation)
  • Discuss how failure to get these needs met can result in later mental health issues
  • Discuss how failure to resolve the trust vs. mistrust crisis results in later mental health issues
  • Discuss how infant’s primitive cognitive abilities develop dysfunctional schemas for later in life
  • Examine how the child is starting to develop self esteem through initiative and independence
  • Explore what can go wrong in each stage and what can be done to repair damages now.
  • Review developmental tasks children accomplish at each stage
  • Examine how children’s thinking patterns are different than that of both toddlers and adolescents
  • Explore ways to assist children and teens in enhancing their self esteem
  • Introduce Kohlberg's theory of moral development
  • Examine how teens thinking patterns are different than that of both pre-teens and adults
  • Review Kohlberg's theory of moral development

  $24.00 for 90 days
• College Student Counseling (8 Hours)

  Objectives

  • Define hazing
  • Explore the purpose of hazing
  • Identify alternatives to hazing
  • Identify the timeline for hazing prevention
  • Identify the role of administrators, coaches, the Panhellenic council, student-athletes, sorority and fraternity members and presidents, and counseling departments
  • Review the hazing “test” Identify the scope of the mental health problem in college students
  • Identify the impact of mental health issues on learning and student retention
  • Learn about the connection between mental health issues and substance abuse
  • Explore unique issues faced by college students
  • Identify the components of a good campus mental health program and other strategies to reduce stressors
  • Review 15 common issues students face when transitioning to college.
  • Identify general guidelines for supporting student mental health
  • Specific information regarding student athletes
  • Explore some information relevant to students regarding alcohol and drug use and disordered eating
  • Identify the basics for early crisis intervention

  $24.00 for 90 days
• Coping with Anxiety Triggers During a Cr…

  Objectives:

  • Explore physical, affective, cognitive, environmental and relational triggers for both distress and happiness and discuss ways of mitigating the negative and enhancing the positive.
    

  $6.00 for 90 days
• Counseling Communication Skills During a…

  Objectives

  • Define characteristics of effective communication skills
  • Identify aspects that need to be assessed to express accurate empathy
  • Identify the things to assess to determine client lethality.
  • Explore crisis/disaster counseling
  • Define the different types of crises
  • Identify at least 3 ways to ensure client and personal safety in a crisis
  • List at least 5 techniques for de-escalating a crisis.

  $6.00 for 90 days
• Crisis Intervention (15 Hours)

  Objectives

  • Explore crisis/disaster counseling
  • Learn the basic principles of suicide assessment
  • Identify ways to estimate suicide risk
  • Identify the necessary components for a suicide assessment
  • Identify risk management methods including consultation, documentation
  • Identify methods for determining appropriate placement
  • Understand the factors contributing to suicide risk

  This multimedia course is based in part on Counselor Toolbox Podcasts 77 & 212 Text-based materials are also provided in the course for those who prefer to learn by reading.

  $45.00 for 90 days
• Crisis Intervention and Case Management …

  Objectives

  • Define crisis
  • Identify the 6 basic fears and how they relate to crisis
  • Discuss characteristics of crisis
  • Learn about models of crisis Intervention
  • Examine cultural influences in behaviors
  • Practice the steps in Verbal Crisis De-Escalation
  • Use brief intervention approaches with persons in crisis to reduce symptoms of crisis and increase motivation for change and other health improvements
  • Support persons experiencing a crisis to engage meaningfully and safely in a critical incident stress debriefing process within 24 to 72 hours post-crisis in order to reduce distress and improve mental health
  • Create crisis plans in collaboration with persons experiencing crisis using strength-based approaches
  • Explore how to use telecommunication- and technology-based solutions for people at risk for, or experiencing, crisis as a means for receiving:
  • Identify effective and trauma-informed interventions that can be utilized to mitigate or prevent future crisis in adults
  • Explore how case management can be used to support people in crisis

   

  $105.00 for 90 days