Introduction to Substance Use Disorder Treatment for People with Co-Occurring Disorders (2 credit hours)
Program Summary: This course explores the cooccurrence of substance use disorders and mental disorders. It offers guidance for the provision of evidence-based care for people with CODs and considers screening, assessment, diagnosis, and care needs. The reading for this course includes Chapters 1 and 2 of SAMHSA’s TIP 42 Substance Use Disorder Treatment for People with Co-Occurring Disorders. Chapter 1 offers an introduction to substance use disorder treatment for people with co-occurring disorders. Chapter 2 offers guidance for working with people who have CODs.
This course is recommended for social workers, counselors, and therapists and it is appropriate for beginning and intermediate levels of practice.
Readings: Tip 42 Substance Use Disorder Treatment for People with Co-Occurring Disorders Chapters 1 and 2
Publisher: SAMHSA
Course Objectives: To enhance professional practice, values, skills, and knowledge by exploring substance use disorder treatment for people with co-occurring disorders.
Learning Objectives: Identify the six guiding principles in treating clients with CODs. Describe the three features that characterize continuity of care. Compare basic, intermediate, and advanced counseling competencies. Describe core essential services for clients with comorbid conditions.
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 has practiced for many years in the area of hospital/medical social work. The reading materials for this course were developed by another organization.