Continuing Education Course Listing

Course Price

$16.00

Drinking Over the Lifespan - Focus on the College Ages

This course examines the use, abuse, and dependence on college drinking for young adults. Topics covered will include alcohol use and consequences among college students, college vs non-college comparisons, protective behavior strategies, mental health, and intervention implications.

Credit Hours: 2

Course Type: Online

Certificate of Completion Available Immediately: Yes

Pre Approved for: CA BRN, CCAPP, CE Broker Provider, Delaware BON, FCB, MCBAP-Specific , NAADAC

Course Price

$32.00

Drug Diversion

This course focuses on drug diversion and the many areas where it takes place. Included are best practices to address drug diversion in acute care, nursing homes, hospice, home care, and pharmacies. We will discuss the ethical and legal consequences of the drug diversion problem and highlight the role healthcare providers can play in addressing these issues.

Credit Hours: 4

CCM Credit Hours: 4

CDMS Credit Hours: 4

Course Type: Online

Certificate of Completion Available Immediately: Yes

Pre Approved for: ACM, CA BRN, CCAPP, CCM, CDMS, CE Broker Provider, CLCP, CNLCP, COHN/COHN-S, CRCC, CRRN, CVRP, Delaware BON, FCB, MCBAP-Specific , NAADAC, RNs, VRA-Canada

Course Price

$16.00

Drugs, Brains, and Behavior - The Science of Addiction

This course is the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)'s Drugs, Brains, and Behavior: The Science of Addiction. The NIDA's guide provides the most current understanding of the medical disorder that we know as substance use disorder and its impact on the brain. There are many biological and environmental risk factors that are associated with the development and progression of the disorder, and scientists are beginning to search for the genetic variations that are also involved.

Credit Hours: 2

CCM Credit Hours: 2

CDMS Credit Hours: 2

Course Type: Online

Certificate of Completion Available Immediately: Yes

Pre Approved for: ACM, CA BRN, CCAPP, CCM, CDMS, CE Broker Provider, CLCP, COHN/COHN-S, COPS-KT, CRCC, CRRN, CVRP, Delaware BON, FCB, MCBAP-Specific , NAADAC, RNs, VRA-Canada

Course Price

$16.00

Efficacy of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Alcohol and Other Drug Use Disorders: Is a One Size Fits All Approach Appropriate?

This report was produced by Dovepress and reviews explorative literature on the efficacy of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for individuals with substance use disorders. This document advocates CBT is a well-established intervention for substance use disorders and demonstrates the potential for person-centered care treatments for individuals seeking or in recovery.

Credit Hours: 2

Course Type: Online

Certificate of Completion Available Immediately: Yes

Pre Approved for: CA BRN, CCAPP, CE Broker Provider, Delaware BON, FCB, MCBAP-Specific , NAADAC, RNs

Course Price

$48.00

Enhancing Motivation for Change in Substance Use Disorder Treatment - Part 1

This course is chapters 1-3 of the TIP titled Enhancing Motivation for Change in Substance Use Disorder Treatment produced by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). This Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) reflects a fundamental rethinking of the concept of motivation as a dynamic process, not a static client trait. Motivation relates to the probability that a person will enter into, continue, and adhere to a specific change strategy. This course presents an overview of motivational counseling approaches, including screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment and contains an explanation of the nature of motivation and its link to changing substance use behaviors.

Credit Hours: 6

Course Type: Online

Certificate of Completion Available Immediately: Yes

Pre Approved for: CA BRN, CCAPP, CE Broker Provider, CRCC, Delaware BON, FCB, MCBAP-Specific , NAADAC

Course Price

$64.00

Enhancing Motivation for Change in Substance Use Disorder Treatment - Part 2

This course is chapters 4-8 of the TIP titled Enhancing Motivation for Change in Substance Use Disorder Treatment produced by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). This Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) reflects a fundamental rethinking of the concept of motivation as a dynamic process, not a static client trait. This course covers the process from pre-contemplation, through preparation, to action for change and then maintenance of that change.

Credit Hours: 8

CDMS Credit Hours: 3.5

Course Type: Online

Certificate of Completion Available Immediately: Yes

Pre Approved for: CA BRN, CCAPP, CDMS, CE Broker Provider, CLCP, CNLCP, COHN/COHN-S, CRCC, CVRP, Delaware BON, FCB, MCBAP-Specific , MSCC, NAADAC, RNs, VRA-Canada

Course Price

$24.00

Evidence-Based Strategies for Preventing Opioid Overdose: What's Working in the United States

This document was prepared by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to assist community leaders, local and regional organizers, law enforcement, public health, and members of the public in understanding and navigating effective strategies to prevent opioid overdose in their communities. This document provides valid explanations of how implemented strategies work and shows examples of organizations from across the U.S. that have excelled at putting these strategies into practice.

Credit Hours: 3

Course Type: Online

Certificate of Completion Available Immediately: Yes

Pre Approved for: CA BRN, CCAPP, CE Broker Provider, Delaware BON, FCB, MCBAP-Specific , NAADAC, RNs

Course Price

$32.00

First-Episode Psychosis and Co-Occurring Substance Use Disorders Guide

This course is structured on a report prepared for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) as part of an evidence-based resource guide series. This guide will review the scientific literature, examine emerging best practices, determine key components of peer-reviewed models and identify challenges and gaps in implementation.

Credit Hours: 4

Course Type: Online

Certificate of Completion Available Immediately: Yes

Pre Approved for: CA BRN, CCAPP, CE Broker Provider, Delaware BON, FCB, MCBAP-Specific , NAADAC, RNs

Course Price

$48.00

Focus on Prevention: Strategies and Programs to Prevent Substance Use

This course is the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Focus on Prevention guide to help a wide range of groups and communities move from concerns about substance use to proven and practical solutions. This guide offers brief, easy-to-read information for organizations to plan and deliver various substance use prevention strategies in a wide array of settings.

Credit Hours: 6

Course Type: Online

Certificate of Completion Available Immediately: Yes

Pre Approved for: CA BRN, CCAPP, CE Broker Provider, Delaware BON, FCB, MCBAP-Specific , NAADAC, RNs

Course Price

$24.00

Implementation of an Integrated Infectious Disease and Substance Use Disorder Team for Injection Drug Use-associated Infections

This course is the BioMed Central qualitative study for implementing infectious disease and substance use disorder teams to provide integrated care for people who misuse substances via injection. This study shows that utilizing severe injection-related infection staff is a promising approach to managing patients for better outcomes and the importance of follow-up care.

Credit Hours: 3

Course Type: Online

Certificate of Completion Available Immediately: Yes

Pre Approved for: CA BRN, CCAPP, CE Broker Provider, Delaware BON, FCB, MCBAP-Specific , NAADAC, RNs

Course Price

$16.00

Improving Cultural Competence: Drug Cultures and the Culture of Recovery

This course is the Treatment Improvement Protocol 59: Improving Cultural Competence which focuses on the essential ingredients for developing cultural competence as a counselor and for providing culturally responsive services in clinical settings as an organization. This is part four (of 4) and the test will be on chapter 6 which emphasizes the concept that many subcultures exist within and across diverse ethnic and racial populations and cultures. It explores the concept of drug cultures, the relationship between drug cultures and mainstream culture, the values and rituals of drug cultures, and how and why people value their participation in drug cultures.

Credit Hours: 2

Course Type: Online

Certificate of Completion Available Immediately: Yes

Pre Approved for: CA BRN, CCAPP, CE Broker Provider, CLCP, COHN/COHN-S, CRCC, CRRN, CVRP, Delaware BON, FCB, MCBAP-Specific , NAADAC, RNs, VRA-Canada

Course Price

$24.00

Improving the Recruitment and Retention of Counselors in Rural Substance Use Disorder Treatment Programs

This course is the SAGE Journal's review of recruiting and retention of SUD counselors in rural treatment program locations. This review analyzes retention challenges in mental health-related organizations to identify barriers and promote greater opportunities in rural populated areas for in-demand, dedicated staff.

Credit Hours: 3

Course Type: Online

Certificate of Completion Available Immediately: Yes

Pre Approved for: CA BRN, CCAPP, CE Broker Provider, Delaware BON, FCB, MCBAP-Specific , NAADAC, RNs

Course Price

$72.00

Incorporating Alcohol Pharmacotherapies into Medical Practice

This course is the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Treatment guidelines for Incorporating Alcohol Pharmacotherapies into Medical Practice. This Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP:49) provides best practice guidelines for treating and monitoring clients with substance use disorders.

Credit Hours: 9

Course Type: Online

Certificate of Completion Available Immediately: Yes

Pre Approved for: CA BRN, CCAPP, CE Broker Provider, Delaware BON, FCB, MCBAP-Specific , NAADAC, RNs

Course Price

$16.00

Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Behavioral Health: Results from the 2021 and 2022 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health

This report was prepared for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) covering residents of households and people in noninstitutional group settings for the National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) annual survey. This report focuses on substance use and mental health indicators among adults aged 18 or older in the United States as a demonstration that people who identify as sexual minorities may experience additional problems with substance use and mental health disorders.

Credit Hours: 2

Course Type: Online

Certificate of Completion Available Immediately: Yes

Pre Approved for: CA BRN, CCAPP, CE Broker Provider, Delaware BON, FCB, MCBAP-Specific , NAADAC, RNs

Course Price

$24.00

Marijuana Use In The Adolescent Population - Understanding the Impacts on Brain Development

As marijuana use in the United States increases, a general lack of research into the drug and its effects on the brain represents a conundrum. The research that has been conducted illustrates a difficult picture for teens using the drug during this crucial time of brain development. In this course, we present that dilemma and the efforts to monitor the use in that age group.

Credit Hours: 3

CCM Credit Hours: 2

CDMS Credit Hours: 2

Course Type: Online

Certificate of Completion Available Immediately: Yes

Pre Approved for: ACM, CA BRN, CCAPP, CCM, CDMS, CE Broker Provider, CLCP, COHN/COHN-S, CRCC, CRRN, CVRP, Delaware BON, FCB, MCBAP-Specific , NAADAC, RNs

Course Price

$60.00

Marijuana: Ethical Dilemmas, Considerations, & Controversies

There is concern over marijuana use disorder and the fact that it may be a "gateway" drug that leads to the use and abuse of other drugs. Healthcare professionals are caught in an ethical dilemma with both the legal question as well as the question of marijuana as a medication. This course presents what marijuana is, what it is trying to become, and the research and statistics related to its use.

*CCM, CRC, CDMS, CLCP, CVE, CVRP (2), MSCC, MCBAP, CCAPP, & NAADAC ETHICS CREDIT APPROVED. The CCMC Professional Conduct will be referenced in this presentation.

Credit Hours: 7

$60.00

Course Type: Online

Certificate of Completion Available Immediately: Yes

Pre Approved for: ACM, CA BRN, CCAPP, CCM, CDMS, CE Broker Provider, CLCP, COHN/COHN-S, CRCC, CVRP, Delaware BON, FCB, MCBAP-Specific , MSCC, NAADAC, RNs

Course Price

$16.00

Misuse of Prescription Drugs

This research paper, generated by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), provides information on the misuse of prescription drugs and a framework by which to evaluate, treat, and manage the individual's needs.

Credit Hours: 2

Course Type: Online

Certificate of Completion Available Immediately: Yes

Pre Approved for: CA BRN, CCAPP, CE Broker Provider, COPS-KT, Delaware BON, FCB, MCBAP-Specific , NAADAC

Course Price
w/ Book

$105.95

Motivational Interviewing in Health Care - Helping Patients Change Behavior

This homestudy course will present the core skills of motivational interviewing specifically asking, listening, and informing.

Credit Hours: 9

Course Type: Home Study

Certificate of Completion Available Immediately: Yes

Pre Approved for: CA BRN, CCAPP, CE Broker Provider, Delaware BON, FCB, MCBAP-Specific , NAADAC

Course Price

$80.00

Opioid Abuse: Diagnosis, Culture, and Treatment

This course is a wide ranging presentation of opioid abuse, the current opioid epidemic, the history of opioids, and measures being taken to combat the problem.

Credit Hours: 10

CCM Credit Hours: 6

CDMS Credit Hours: 6

Course Type: Online

Certificate of Completion Available Immediately: Yes

Pre Approved for: ABVE, ACM, CA BRN, CCAPP, CCM, CDMS, CE Broker Provider, CLCP, CNLCP, COHN/COHN-S, CRCC, CRRN, CVE, CVRP, Delaware BON, FCB, GA-SBWC, MCBAP-Specific , MSCC, NAADAC, RNs, VRA-Canada

Course Price

$96.00

Opioid Abuse: Special Populations and Prevention

This course is a detailed discussion on opioid abuse. We start by discussing the basics of opioid abuse and then transition to the current opioid epidemic, its origins, and impacts. With that foundation we will do a deep dive into how opioid abuse impacts different people from all cultures, backgrounds, and ages. In this course, we will focus specifically on veterans, Native Americans, prisoners, and the elderly. We will then end the course by discussing prevention and the way forward.

Credit Hours: 12

CCM Credit Hours: 6

CDMS Credit Hours: 6

Course Type: Online

Certificate of Completion Available Immediately: Yes

Pre Approved for: ACM, CA BRN, CCAPP, CCM, CDMS, CE Broker Provider, CLCP, CNLCP, COHN/COHN-S, CRCC, CVRP, Delaware BON, FCB, MCBAP-Specific , NAADAC, RNs, VRA-Canada

Course Price

$32.00

Pain Management and Opioid Use - History and Current State

This class presents the history of pain management from its beginning in the 1970s, through all of the guidelines and mandates and the resulting unintended consequences of each.

Credit Hours: 4

CCM Credit Hours: 3

CDMS Credit Hours: 3

Course Type: Online

Certificate of Completion Available Immediately: Yes

Pre Approved for: ACM, CA BRN, CCAPP, CCLCP, CCM, CDMS, CE Broker Provider, CLCP, COHN/COHN-S, COPS-KT, CRCC, CRRN, CVRP, Delaware BON, FCB, GA-SBWC, MCBAP-Specific , MSCC, NAADAC, RNs

Course Price

$32.00

Practical Tools for Prescribing and Promoting Buprenorphine in Primary Care Settings

This resource document was prepared for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide evidence-based information for primary care providers and practices on prescribing buprenorphine to individuals in need of intervention. It discusses buprenorphine implementation considerations and strategies for primary care providers and primary care organizations to facilitate their understanding, planning activities and future interventions.

Credit Hours: 4

Course Type: Online

Certificate of Completion Available Immediately: Yes

Pre Approved for: CA BRN, CCAPP, CE Broker Provider, Delaware BON, FCB, MCBAP-Specific , NAADAC, RNs

Course Price

$16.00

Prescription Opioids and Heroin

This research paper, generated by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), provides information on the abuse of prescription opioids and heroin, offering a framework by which to evaluate, treat, and manage the individual's needs.

Credit Hours: 2

Course Type: Online

Certificate of Completion Available Immediately: Yes

Pre Approved for: CA BRN, CCAPP, CE Broker Provider, COPS-KT, Delaware BON, FCB, MCBAP-Specific , NAADAC

Course Price

$16.00

Prescription Stimulant Misuse and Prevention Among Youth and Young Adults

This course is the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Advisory for Prescription Stimulant Misuse and Prevention Among Youth and Young Adults. This Advisory provides a focus on prescription stimulant risks in youth populations or young adults with guidelines for prescription stimulant misuse education and diversion.

Credit Hours: 2

Course Type: Online

Certificate of Completion Available Immediately: Yes

Pre Approved for: CA BRN, CCAPP, CE Broker Provider, Delaware BON, FCB, MCBAP-Specific , NAADAC, RNs

Course Price

$40.00

Preventing the Use of Marijuana: Focus on Women and Pregnancy

This report was prepared for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to inform women of the potential effects of marijuana use especially during pregnancy and postpartum periods, and to promote healthy decision-making among this population. This guide examines the scientific literature on the risk factors for marijuana use during pregnancy and examines best practices to prevent or reduce such use.