Course Offerings

This training will focus upon complex ethical and boundary issues and problem solving with challenging client dynamics, new technology, and varying roles in the behavioral health field.

This course will review the new diagnostic criteria in the DSM-V related to the substance use disorders as well as each of the major categories of the substances of abuse. The substances reviewed will include the narcotics, the stimulants, the sedative-hypnotics including alcohol, the hallucinogens, as well the latest designer drugs and prescription medications. In addition, the medications used to assist clients in stabilization and recovery from the substance use disorders will be overviewed (MATS)

This course will review the development of social media and its impact on the socialization process. The issues of “present” relationships versus “virtual” relationships and their impact on psychological development will be addressed.