Chemical Dependency and the African American
Part 1 - Counseling Strategies and Community Issues
Part 2 - Cultural Pain and African Americans: Unspoken Issues in Early Recovery

Two, 3-hour courses from our multicultural series.  This course is intended to provide need-to-know information about counseling strategies and issues for working with African American populations.  Both are based on books by the same name,  first published by Hazelden in 1990.  

 Goals/Objectives

By participating in Part 1 of this Distance Learning Course the trainee will:

  1. Review and understand various theories of addiction and their cultural relevance;
  2. Understand culture's impact on the incidence of alcohol and other drug abuse;
  3. Learn about the impact of alcohol and other drug abuse on the black community;
  4. Examine community-based program issues and solutions;
  5. Explore and investigate clinical issues in working with black chemically dependent people.

By participating in  Part 2 of this Distance Learning Course the trainee will:

  1. Examine various recovery issues that are critical to the African American's successful recovery;
  2. Discuss key elements of addiction for African Americans;
  3. Identify basic principles of emotional growth;
  4. Explore the concept of cultural pain as it relates to addiction and recovery;
  5. Learn about key elements needed to successfully work through the issues of cultural pain;
  6. Explore and investigate clinical issues in working with black chemically dependent people in long-term recovery.

Your Course Instructor:
Peter Bell
 
Peter Bell was co-founder and executive director of The Institute on Black Chemical Abuse, located in Minneapolis, from October 1975 to March 1990. Mr. Bell has served on the Board of Directors of the Johnson Institute; the National Association of Children of Alcoholics; the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Advisory Board (ADAMHA); and the Morehouse Medical School Cork Institute Advisory Board. He holds a B.A. in Social Service Program Administration.  As a founding member and first president of the National Black Alcoholism Council, Bell was appointed by former President Reagan to aid a White House Conference and a Drug-Free America. He also was appointed by Congress to a National Commission on Drug-Free Schools. Currently, Peter Bell is Vice-President in Charge of New Ventures for Hazelden.