Our Basic Training Series
Many states are now allowing many if not all of the hours needed for basic credentialing to be obtained in a distance format.  We've responded by creating a Series that will offer larger blocks of hours on the basic, need-to-know information that will help students prepare for a career in the counseling profession.  To order, use the link to our secure order form in the top navigation bar.

Basic Training Series

• Basic Pharmacology
  A 15 hour course that explores all of the major drugs of abuse, as well as provides insight into treatment and detoxification issues. 
   
• Basic Ethics for Addiction Professionals
  A 12 hour course that provides ethics training for professionals who work in the addiction field.   
   
• Counseling Functions: Basic Counseling Information
  A three-part basic counseling series.  Intended to provide the content information counselors need to develop the necessary counseling skills used in recovery services.  Covers individual, group, and family skills/techniques.  The three unique courses are:

   - Individual Counseling Skills

  - Group Counseling Skills

  - Working with Families
   

• Counseling Functions: Case Management and Referral Services
  A 12 hour course that provides insight and information on the case management and referral functions.   
   

• Counseling Functions: Screening & Patient Placement for the Treatment of Substance Use Disorders
  A 15 hour course that helps prepare counselors in the skills needed to screen and evaluate problems related to chemical dependency. 
   

• Counseling Functions: Crisis Intervention
  A 3- hour course that provides an in-depth look at the counseling function of crisis intervention. This course provided a detailed look at the types of problems and crises typically faced by clients seeking chemical dependency treatment.  Includes a detailed examination on the guidelines for the identification, assessment, and treatment of suicidality.
   
• Counseling Functions: Treatment Planning and Documentation
  A detailed, 9-hour course that provides in-depth knowledge on issues related to the counseling functions of treatment planning and documentation. This course has been designed to address the art as well as the science of treatment planning, as well as the need counselors have in documenting critical information in the client record. 
   
• Dual Diagnosis Information for Addiction Professionals
  A need-to-know 12 hour course that contains information about mental health disorders common to individuals with addictive disorders.  It is estimated that 65% of individuals who are chemically dependent also have a diagnosable dual disorder.  This course will provide information on the common disorders, assessment and treatment issues, and medication used for treatment of such disorders. 
   
• Theory and Practice of Addiction Counseling
  An expansion and update of one of our most popular courses (now 15 hours), this course serves as a basic overview to the problems, needs, and issues of the chemical dependency field.