Substance Abuse
- Addiction 101: This training describes the process of addiction and the basic concepts of substance abuse treatment.
- Gender-specific treatment: The reasons for substance use, consequences, and motivation for treatment are different for men than for women. Treatment based on the special needs of women is comprehensive, trauma-informed, empowering, strengths-based, and includes a focus on relationships, including parenting and children.
- Relational model and treatment: The relational model of women's development hypothesizes that women derive much of their sense of identity from relationships, and that emotional growth is fostered by one or more mutual, empathic, authentic relationships. Understanding and utilizing the principles of this model increases the effectiveness of services for women.
- Feminist approaches to substance abuse: This training describes substance abuse treatment based on the relational model of women's development and the empowerment approach.
- Child welfare and substance abuse: Women affected by substance abuse may be driven by shame, guilt, and stigma, in addition to the denial that characterizes substance abuse. They may avoid seeking treatment if they fear that exposing themselves as substance abusers puts them at risk for losing custody of their children. This training describes the intersection between the child welfare and substance abuse treatment systems aimed at building an understanding of the children and families throughout each system.
- Housing, community housing, sober housing initiatives: This training will provide information on initiatives focused on models of community-based housing with services and on creating and supporting sober housing in community settings.
- Health Benefits of Quitting Smoking: This training is designed to increase knowledge and awareness of the health benefits of quitting smoking and reducing exposure to secondhand smoke; to review the effects of tobacco use; and to consider special issues for smokers/tobacco users with histories of substance abuse, such as health consequences related to HIV/AIDS, and treatment planning for people with dual recovery issues and co-occurring disorders.
- Understanding Nicotine Addiction and Recovery: This training helps participants apply addiction treatment concepts to treatment of nicotine addiction; identifies similarities between alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs. A bio-psycho-social model of nicotine addiction and recovery are introduced and reviewed, as is the Stages of Change model of behavioral change.
- Evidence-Based Counseling Approaches for Treating Nicotine Dependence-Counseling: Approaches for nicotine dependence and recovery are described and demonstrated; Stages of Change theory and motivational interviewing strategies are introduced and practiced; treatment strategies appropriate to clients in various treatment settings are reviewed.
- Too Much, Too Soon? Myths and Facts About Treating Nicotine Dependence in Substance Abuse Treatment: This training reviews the literature that supports the importance of addressing tobacco dependence in substance abuse treatment, and presents basic intervention and treatment strategies to use with clients.
- Breaking the Silence on Tobacco: Addressing Programmatic Issues: This training helps program managers and directors design tobacco policies and plan for integration of tobacco dependence education, assessment and treatment into substance abuse programs.
