CCJP for Master’s Degree, CCS, MAC, or NASW holder – Initial Certification – 100 hours
PERFORMANCE DOMAIN I – DYNAMICS OF ADDICTION & CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR – 15 HOURS
You Can Lead a Horse to Water – Treatment Resistance and Motivation Characteristics of Offenders Who Use Substances (3 hours)
Criminal Addicts or Addicted Criminals?: Theories of the Drug-Crime Relationship (3 hours)
Powerlessness or Empowerment? Special Issues in Treating Women Offenders Who Abuse Substances (3 hours)
The Offender and Addiction – Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (6 hours)
PERFORMANCE DOMAIN II – LEGAL, ETHICAL & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY – 10 HOURS
Ethical Decision Making for Counselors (4 hours)
The Importance of Ethics in Criminal Justice (3 hours)
Clinical Supervision: Models, Roles and Responsibilities, Ethics and Legal Issues (3 hours)
PERFORMANCE DOMAIN III – CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM & PROCESSES – 12 HOURS
Treatment Needs and Strategies for Individuals in Various Criminal Justice Settings (12 hours)
PERFORMANCE DOMAIN IV – CLINICAL EVALUATION: SCREENING & ASSESSMENT – 12 HOURS
Substance Abuse Screening and Assessment in Criminal Justice Systems (6 hours)
Screening and Assessment of Clients in the Criminal Justice System (6 hours)
PERFORMANCE DOMAIN V – TREATMENT PLANNING – 12 HOURS
Treatment Planning:Utilizing the Addiction Severity Index (ASI) (3 hours)
Treating Clients in the Criminal Justice System (3 hours)
Treatment of Anger and Aggression in Early Recovery (6 hours)
PERFORMANCE DOMAIN VI – CASE MANAGEMENT, MONITORING & PARTICIPANT SUPERVISION – 12 HOURS
Booting Up the System- Case Management Models, Principles and Practices (3 hours)
The Offender and Addiction – Clinical Case Management (6 hours)
Anger Management for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Clients (3 hours)
PERFORMANCE DOMAIN VII – COUNSELING – 17 HOURS
A Cognitive-Behavioral Approach: Treating Cocaine Addiction (CBA-1) Module 1 (4 hours)
Relapse Prevention Counseling (4 hours)
Counseling for Marijuana Dependence – A Manual for Treating Adults (6 hours)
Substance Abuse Counseling for Clients with HIV/AIDS (3 hours)
PERFORMANCE DOMAIN VIII – DOCUMENTATION – 10 HOURS
Considerations for the Provision of E-Therapy (3 hours)
Addiction Counseling Competencies: The Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes of Professional Practice (Module 2) (3 hours)
Computerized Assessment of Substance Abuse (CASA) (4 hours)
Lessons
Considerations for the Provision of E-Therapy (3 hours)(CCJPM)
This course is based on information found in the manual Considerations for the Provision of E-Therapy from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This manual is DHHS publication No. (SMA) 09-4450 and can be obtained free of charge from the DHHS. This course is …
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Addiction Counseling Competencies: The Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes of Professional Practice (Module 2) (3 hours)(CCJPM)
This course is based on information found in the manual Addiction Counseling Competencies: The Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes of Professional Practice (TAP 21) from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This manual is DHHS publication No. (SMA) 08-4171 and can be obtained free of …
Computerized Assessment of Substance Abuse (CASA) (4 hours)(CCJPM)
Recent advancements in computer technology have created additional opportunities for innovations in standardized assessment. The introduction of automated assessments has capitalized on the efficiencies and dynamic capabilities of the computer. This course is based on a research report that presents the results of the development, field testing, and refinement of a computerized assessment of substance …
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You Can Lead a Horse to Water – Treatment Resistance and Motivation Characteristics of Offenders Who Use Substances (3 hours)(CCJPM)
This 3-hour course will develop the student’s understanding of the concept of motivation for treatment and the issues of treatment motivation. The course will focus on models of treatment, factors that influence motivation, and the barriers to treatment. Goals/Objectives The Primary objectives for this internet based course are for the learner to: • Understand the …
Criminal Addicts or Addicted Criminals?: Theories of the Drug-Crime Relationship (3 hours)(CCJPM)
A 3-hour course designed to explore and examine the relationship between substance abuse/dependence and criminal behavior. Goals/Objectives By participating in this internet based course the trainee will learn to: 1. understand the research relationship between drugs and crime. 2. understand the research relationship between drugs and crime when gender, age, and ethnic differences are considered. …
Powerlessness or Empowerment? Special Issues in Treating Women Offenders Who Abuse Substances (3 hours)(CCJPM)
This 3-hour course presents an overview to assist the student in understanding and identifying the primary issues of treating women offenders who abuse substances. The major issues of empowerment, self-esteem, sexual abuse, physical abuse, victimization, and high risk behaviors are the central focus of the course. Goals/Objectives By participating in this internet based course, the …
The Offender and Addiction – Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (6 hours)(CCJPM)
A 6 hour course designed to provide clinical skills instruction for criminal justice and counseling professionals regarding adult clients who have a history of chronic substance abuse as well as persistent antisocial behaviors and experiences, about the concepts and process of voluntary resocialization, and involving the use of group based sociological interventions to prevent relapse …
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Ethical Decision Making for Counselors (4 hours)(CCJPM)
This 4-hour course discusses all of the elements that need to be considered in an ethical decision making process. There is a brief review of ethical theories and definitions, discussion of ethical principles with application to a case study, review of legal terms and legal concerns, and discussion questions at the end of each section …
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The Importance of Ethics in Criminal Justice (3 hours)(CCJPM)
This 3 hour course provides an exploration of the field of criminal justice ethics, which broadly encompasses the history of justice and theories of morality and ethics from antiquity to the modern age. One of the purposes of such a survey is that students will be able to express an understanding of schools of thought …
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Clinical Supervision: Models, Roles and Responsibilities, Ethics and Legal Issues (3 hours)(CCJPM)
This 3-hour course is for anyone considering a supervisory position or who has been practicing as a clinical supervisor. It provides an overview of supervision models, roles and responsibilities of supervisors including ethical and legal issues, and discussion of the developmental model of supervision as it applies to counselors and supervisors. A self-inventory, discussion questions …
Treatment Needs and Strategies for Individuals in Various Criminal Justice Settings (12 hours)(CCJPM)
This 12-hour course is designed to explore specific treatment needs and strategies for individuals in particular criminal justice settings. Each of the four chapters of this course will look at one of the following specific settings: Treatment Issues Specific to Pretrial and Diversion Settings Treatment Issues Specific to Jails Treatment Issues Specific to Prisons Treatment …
Substance Abuse Screening and Assessment in Criminal Justice Systems (6 hours)(CCJPM)
A 6-hour course designed to help the learner to understand the principles, elements, procedures, and issues in screening and assessing for substance abuse and HIV/AIDS issues/needs in the criminal justice system. Goals/Objectives By participating in this internet based course the trainee will: 1. Identify the issues associated with assessment. 2. Understand the difference between screening …
Screening and Assessment of Clients in the Criminal Justice System (6 hours)(CCJPM)
This 6-hour course addresses the issues relevant to screening and assessment and makes recommendations for the appropriate use of screening and assessment tools in specific settings within the criminal justice system. For information on how to use screening and assessment to match the offender to services and to identify an appropriate treatment plan, see the …
Treatment Planning:Utilizing the Addiction Severity Index (ASI) 3 hours(CCJPM)
This course seeks to transform required “paperwork” into clinically useful information. The Addiction Severity Index (ASI) is one of the most widely used tools for the assessment of substance use-related problems. Addiction counselors working in community-based treatment centers administer the ASI yet often fail to use findings to identify client problems, develop individualized treatment plans, …
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Treating Clients in the Criminal Justice System (3 hours)(CCJPM)
This 3-hour course provides detailed information on how to best use the information obtained through the screening and assessment process as identified in the CCJP.com course “Screening and Assessment of Criminal Justice Clients” in order to match the offender to appropriate treatment services. It begins in the first section by examining triage and placement issues. …
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Treatment of Anger and Aggression in Early Recovery (6 hours)(CCJPM)
Upon completion of the program, the participant will be able to: 1. Understand that anger may be a strategy used to preserve a client’s need for control when situations arise causing fear of loss of control; 2. Discuss the importance of establishing rapport and setting limits with clinical populations; 3. Recognize factors that increase the …
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Booting Up the System- Case Management Models, Principles and Practices (3 hours)(CCJPM)
This 3-hour course presents an overview of the elements of casework or case management. Case management involves monitoring and supervising a substance abuser’s progress according to a variety of models, principles, and practices. This course also stresses intervention and assessment to prepare the learner for dealing with the substance abuser during the treatment process. Goals/Objectives …
The Offender and Addiction – Clinical Case Management (6 hours)(CCJPM)
A 6-hour course designed to provide clinical skills instruction for criminal justice and counseling professionals regarding the concepts and services of case management applied to addictions and corrections; the issues of special behavioral health factors and making quality referrals; and the importance of multicultural sensitivity, professional ethics and client satisfaction related to offender and addiction …
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Anger Management for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Clients (3 hours)(CCJPM)
Course Summary: Substance use and abuse often coexist with anger and violence. This course is designed to introduce students to a manual that was developed for use by qualified substance abuse counselors who work with substance abuse and mental health clients with concurrent anger problems. The treatment model described in the manual consists of a …
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A Cognitive-Behavioral Approach: Treating Cocaine Addiction (CBA-1) Module 1 (4 hours)(CCJPM)
Free PreviewThis course(Module) is the first of two courses based on a NIDA developed therapy manual, CBA-1, for drug addiction. The course is intended for use by drug abuse treatment practitioners, mental health professionals, and all others concerned with the treatment of drug addiction. Cognitive-Behavior coping skills treatment (CBT) is a short-term, focused approach to helping …
Relapse Prevention Counseling (4 hours)(CCJPM)
This course is designed to help clinicians and counselors understand and facilitate the process of recovery among addicted clients and reduce their risk of relapse. The primary focus is reviewing clinical strategies to help clients reduce relapse risk or intervene early in the relapse process, and describe clinical tools that can be incorporated into individual, …
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Counseling for Marijuana Dependence – A Manual for Treating Adults (6 hours)(CCJPM)
This 6-hour course provides guidelines for counselors, social workers, and psychologists in both public and private settings who treat adults dependent on marijuana. It utilizes the Center for Substance Abuse manual for Brief Counseling for Marijuana Dependence (BCMD) that is based on the research protocol used by counselors in the Marijuana Treatment Project. The one-on-one …