Use of Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in Criminal Justice Settings (2 credit hours)
Program Summary: This course explores the use of medication-assisted treatment and offers guidance for improving the care of individuals with OUD who are or who have been in contact with the criminal justice system. The course looks at best practices for counseling, medication dosage, medication duration, co-occurring mental health disorders, and post-release services. FDA-approved medications- methadone, buprenorphine, and naltrexone are discussed.
This course is recommended for social workers, counselors, and therapists and it is appropriate for beginning and intermediate levels of practice
Open Chapter One of the Course Reading Here.
Open Chapter Two of the Course Reading Here.
Reading: Use of Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in Criminal Justice Settings- Overview, Chapter 1, and Chapter 2
Publisher: US Department of Health and Human Services, SAMHSA
Course Objectives: To enhance professional practice, values, skills, and knowledge by identifying key issues related to medication-assisted treatment in criminal justice settings
Learning Objectives: Describe barriers for MAT in criminal justice settings. Identify best practices for MAT in the criminal justice system. Compare methadone, naltrexone, and buprenorphine.
Review our pre-reading study guide.
Free State Social Work, LLC, provider #1235, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 9/6/2021 - 9/6/2024. Social workers completing this course receive 2 clinical continuing education credits.
Free State Social Work has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP NO. 6605. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Free State Social Work is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
G.M. Rydberg-Cox, MSW, LSCSW is the Continuing Education Director at Free State Social Work and responsible for the development of this course. She received her Masters of Social Work in 1996 from the Jane Addams School of Social Work at the University of Illinois-Chicago and she has over 20 years of experience. She has lived and worked as a social worker in Chicago, Boston, and Kansas City. She currently practices in the area of hospital/medical social work. The reading materials for this course were developed by another organization.
If you are interested reading the entire HHS report, you can access it at https://www.freestatesocialwork.com/articles/guide_4-0712_final_-_section_508_compliant.pdf