HEPATITIS C - INFORMATION
FOR COUNSELORS
A 3 hour course that provides the most current information regarding Hepatitis C.  Many certifying bodies require coursework in this area to satisfy both basic and recertification/relicensure requirements.

Goals/Objectives

This course will work to provide you with basic HIV/AIDS information as well as information on the major sexually transmitted diseases that impact many clients in the drug/alcohol treatment field.  

By participating in this Distance Learning Course the trainee will:

  1. Review the history and current epidemiology of Hepatits C;
  2. Examine the various strains of Hepatitis;
  3. Understand the nature of Hepatitis C and it’s impact on chemically dependent populations;
  4. Explore risk and transmission factors for Hepatitis C;
  5. Understanding the social contexts in which high-risk drug use and sexual behaviors take place is crucial to planning and carrying out effective interventions.
  6. Identify causes and preventative measures related to Hepatitis C;
  7. Acquire knowledge useful to clinical practice.
  8. Increase knowledge related to high-risk groups.

Your Course Instructor:
Kevin R. Scheel
MS, MAC, LMFT
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.

In addition to his role as a founder of the DLCAS, Kevin is currently serving as Director of Educational Services for the DLCAS.