Treatment for Stimulant Use Disorders: Considerations for Special Populations (4 credit hours)
Program Summary: This course explores the unique needs of special populations experiencing stimulant use disorders. The course examines treatment and care considerations for the following groups: racial/ethnic minorities, women, men who have sex with men, the transgender and gender nonbinary community, adolescents, people experiencing homelessness, rural populations, people involved with the criminal justice system, people with or at risk for HIV/AIDs, and more. Strategies are given for improving engagement, rapport, and treatment outcomes.
This course is recommended for social workers and counselors and is appropriate for beginning and intermediate levels of practice.
Course Reading: Treatment for Stimulant Use Disorders; Chapter 6
Publisher: SAMHSA
Course Objectives: To enhance professional practice, values, skills and knowledge by exploring treatment considerations for special populations experiencing stimulant disorders.
Learning Objectives: Describe the unique needs of special populations experiencing stimulant use disorder. Describe SUD care access issues for special populations experiencing stimulant use disorder. Describe treatment considerations for special populations experiencing stimulant use disorder.
Review our pre-reading study guide.
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.