| A 6 hour course that provides specific knowledge and professional understanding that will
contribute to the recognition and rehabilitation of pathological gamblers.
Goals/Objectives
By participating in this Distance Learning Course the trainee will be able
to:
- Explain
an historical perspective about gambling activities and gambling
problems;
- Describe
six maladaptive gambling behaviors characteristic of pathological
gambling;
- Apply
DSM-IV clinical definitions in a treatment setting;
- Restate
three features of problem gambling and pathological gambling;
- Express
the differences and similarities between Level 1 gamblers and Level 2
gamblers using Harvard University Meta-analysis;
- Review
research related to underage gambling prevalence;
- Examine
and contrast similarities and differences between alcohol and drug
dependency and pathological gambling;
- Summarize
four reasons why youth gamble;
- List
five peer-reviewed journals and three reference works that will be of
great value to the study of pathological gambling.
For additional online coursework on pathological
gambling, please visit the North American Training Institute site www.nati.org
and click online training.
Your Course Instructor:
Elizabeth M. George
Elizabeth M. George is the Chief Executive Officer of the
North American Training Institute. The Minnesota-based NATI provides
accredited clinical training, online web-based courses, curricula
development, as well as responsible gaming program design.
Ms. George received a Baccalaureate degree from the University of
Minnesota, Duluth and is the architect of the 60-hour course, Counseling
the Pathological Gambler: PHASE I & II, as well as three public policy think tanks including the Minnesota
Public Policy Think Tank, the
Mississippi Public Policy Think Tank and, in collaboration with Harvard
University, the North American Think Tank on Youth Gambling Issue.
Ms. George currently
serves as Associate Editor for Program Features for the
Journal of Gambling Studies and
was a charter member of the Advisory Committee for the National Center for
Responsible Gaming, Kansas City, Missouri. In 2000, Ms. George assisted
the American Academy of Pediatricians in research and writing of
informational material on youth and gambling and has presented keynote
presentations throughout the United States, Canada and Australia.
The congressionally appointed National Gambling Impact Study Commission
invited Ms. George to provide expert testimony on the topic of youth and
gambling concerns and she assisted the Council of State Governments in
writing a national publication, Gambling and the States. TIME magazine
cited her work in a feature article on underage gambling and she is the
author of numerous articles, surveys, publications and book chapters on
pathological gambling-related topics including articles contained within:
Personal Finances and Worker Productivity, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
and State University, International Gaming and Wagering Business
Magazine, Indian Gaming Magazine, Treatment Today, and Gambling
in Canada, The Bottom Line. Howard J. Shaffer, Ph.D., Thomas Cummings
and Elizabeth George are co-editors of the book, Youth and Gambling:
Futures at Stake, which will be published by Nevada Press in early
2001.
She may be reached at bgeorge@nati.org
or 218-722-1503. |