| This 3 hour course provides updated information
about new research and treatment findings which relate to specific drugs of abuse
as well as emerging trends and new insights into drugs of abuse. An
excellent continuing education course that will help you stay
current with the drug knowledge that is so critical when working
with substance-abusing clients.
Please note - this course is updated on an
annual basis to insure the newest information in the field is being
presented. The current version of this course was posted on
August 22, 2007.
Goals/Objectives
This course provides you with updated information about new
research findings that relate to the various drugs of abuse as well
as new trends and new drugs being abused. The course is updated
annually to insure that the most current research information and
findings are made available to the field.
By participating in this Distance Learning Course the trainee
will:
- Identify current drug use trends across the United States.
- Examine use patterns of
adolescents and adults through the use of various national survey
data.
- Discuss current problem drugs that have shown increasing use
patterns and are showing up in treatment settings.
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Investigate
new research findings that are expanding our knowledge and
understanding of drugs of abuse.
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Review new insights that
provide guidance and direction in treatment approaches.
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Review current events from periodicals, newspapers, and websites
that illustrate new issues and needs that are of importance to the
field.
Your Course Instructor:
Kevin R. Scheel
MS, MAC, LADC
Co-Founder, DLCAS
Kevin R. Scheel is a Masters prepared chemical dependency counselor
with more than twenty-three years of experience in the human service
field. He has served as the director of programs in the public
sector as well as in private care facilities, both in the profit and
not-for-profit arenas. He has been involved in the delivery of
education services to the field since 1986 as an instructor at
McLennan Community College in Waco, Texas, and as a private training
consultant with Hazelden. Mr. Scheel is the author of "Alcohol:
Chemistry & Culture," as well as a series of education
videotapes on the various drugs of abuse, published and marketed by
WRS Group, Inc. He has also created a preparation and review manual
that is currently in use by a variety of colleges and universities
in Texas, designed to aid students preparing for their Texas
chemical dependency credential.
While in Texas Kevin served as the Texas Coordinator for the
federally funded Project for Addiction Counselor Training (PACT)
program. For this project Mr. Scheel designed a 270 hour curriculum
for beginning counselors, delivering over 45,000 hours of classroom
training to 415 minority students. As a result of his efforts, 268
of these students have gone on to obtain their credentials to
practice chemical dependency counseling in Texas.
Kevin also served in the position as Coordinator for the Texas
Addiction Training Center (currently the Texas Addition Technology
Transfer Center), a federally funded project from the Center for
Substance Abuse Treatment in Washington, D.C. The goal of this
project has been to increase the level of addiction education to the
various disciplines offering counseling services to drug and alcohol
affected clients. In Texas this project worked with 8 major colleges
and universities.
Kevin is one of the co-founders of the DLCAS. He continues
to be active as a writer/author of materials for this training
service.
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