Pennsylvania Certified Criminal Justice Professional (CCJP) Initial Certification (150 hours)
DOMAIN: DYNAMICS OF ADDICTION AND CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR
Criminal Addicts or Addicted Criminals?: Theories of the Drug-Crime Relationship (3 hours)
Drug and Alcohol Dependence: The Problem, The Solution, and Co-Occurring Disorders (3 hours)
Working With Families of Chemically Dependent Criminal Justice Offenders (3 hours)
Commitment to Change – Habits That Block Change (4 hours)
Commitment to Change – Overcoming Errors in Thinking (4 hours)
Commitment to Change – The Power of Consequences (4 hours)
Treating Early Life Trauma-Related Issues in Early Recovery From Addictive Disorders (4 hours)
DOMAIN: LEGAL, ETHICAL & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
The Importance of Ethics in Criminal Justice (3 hours)
Personal Wellness for Substance Abuse Counselors (3 hours)
Ethical Practice with Special Populations (3 hours)
Ethical Decision Making for Counselors (4 hours)
DOMAIN: CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM & PROCESSES
Cluckers, Clockers, Cookers: An Introduction to Drug Control Policy for Substance Abuse Counselors (3 hours)
Drug Treatment Courts: An Integrated Approach (3 hours)
Treatment Needs and Strategies for Individuals in Various Criminal Justice Settings (12 hours)
DOMAIN: CLINICAL EVALUATION: SCREENING AND ASSESSMENT
Screening and Assessment of Clients in the Criminal Justice System (6 hours)
Substance Abuse Screening and Assessment in Criminal Justice Systems (6 hours)
Overview of Co-Occurring Disorders Treatment (4 hours)
DOMAIN: TREATMENT PLANNING
Treating Clients in the Criminal Justice System (3 hours)
A Cognitive-Behavioral Approach: Treating Cocaine Addiction (CBA-1) Module 1 (4 hours)
A Cognitive-Behavioral Approach: Treating Cocaine Addiction (CBA-2) Module 2 (4 hours)
An Introduction to Treatment Medications: What Every Counselor Should Know (4 hours)
Implementing Change in Substance Abuse Treatment Programs (3 hours)
DOMAIN: CASE MANAGEMENT, MONITORING & PARTICIPANT SUPERVISOR
Booting Up the System- Case Management Models, Principles and Practices (3 hours)
The Offender and Addiction – Clinical Case Management (6 hours)
You Can Lead a Horse to Water – Treatment Resistance and Motivation Characteristics of Offenders Who Use Substances (3 hours)
Medication Assisted Treatment of Opioid Addiction using Buprenorphine (6 hours)
DOMAIN: COUNSELING
Anger Management for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Clients (3 hours)
Counseling for Marijuana Dependence – A Manual for Treating Adults (6 hours)
Motivation for Change in Substance Abuse Treatment (6 Hours)
The Offender and Addiction – Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (6 hours)
Substance Abuse Treatment: Group Therapy (5 hours)
DOMAIN: DOCUMENTATION
Considerations for the Provision of E-Therapy (3 hours)
Addiction Counseling Competencies: The Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes of Professional Practice (Module 1) (3 hours)
Addiction Counseling Competencies: The Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes of Professional Practice (Module 2) (3 hours)
Treatment Planning:Utilizing the Addiction Severity Index (ASI) (3 hours)
Computerized Assessment of Substance Abuse (CASA) (4 hours)
Lessons
Drug and Alcohol Dependence: The Problem, The Solution, and Co-Occurring Disorders (3 hours)(Pennsylvania CCJP)
This 3-hour course is comprised of three sections that address the disease concept and how it affects the brain, treatment and recovery, and how to diagnose a co-occurring disorder. I. The Problem: The Disease of Chemical Dependency The first section of this course is an explanation of the disease concept of chemical dependency explaining what …
Working With Families of Chemically Dependent Criminal Justice Offenders (3 hours)(Pennsylvania CCJP)
This 3-hour course is designed to educate professionals, working with chemically dependent offenders and their families, about family dynamics and family dysfunction. Students of this course will gain an understanding of the scope of the problem, an overview of family theory, and the relationship of theory to therapy. Codependent behaviors and attitudes are a primary …
Commitment to Change – Habits That Block Change (4 hours)(Pennsylvania CCJP)
Correcting errors in thinking is basic. The other half is the BEHAVIOR that results from these thoughts. Tactics are habitual ways of acting that keep people stuck in destructive lives. Habits and Tactics are ways to take control and build walls to shut out those who would help us. They block the most crucial step …
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Treating Early Life Trauma-Related Issues in Early Recovery From Addictive Disorders (4 hours)(Pennsylvania CCJP)
This 4 hour course presents the primary elements and issues associated with early recovery from addictive disorders when early life trauma is a factor in the recovery process. Issues such as neglect, control, abandonment, trust, safety, stabilization, and affected brain areas are presented. In addition, the course discusses some therapeutic interventions and future directions for …
The Importance of Ethics in Criminal Justice (3 hours)(Pennsylvania CCJP)
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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Personal Wellness for Substance Abuse Counselors (3 hours)(Pennsylvania CCJP)
Substance abuse counselors may be at higher risk for stress and burnout than other counselors because they work with chronic and difficult clients. Intuitively, it makes sense that working with clients who abuse substances is frustrating, emotionally exhausting, tiresome, often thankless, a greater risk, and not without problems of lower salary. This 3-hour course will …
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Ethical Practice with Special Populations (3 hours)(Pennsylvania CCJP)
This 3- hour course is an advanced level course for professionals who have had introductory ethics and have been practicing for several years. It covers four clinical populations which typically present ethical dilemmas for helping professionals: culturally diverse clients, clients from the criminal justice system, adolescent clients and clients with co-occurring disorders. Each module in …
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Ethical Decision Making for Counselors (4 hours)(Pennsylvania CCJP)
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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Cluckers, Clockers, Cookers: An Introduction to Drug Control Policy for Substance Abuse Counselors (3 hours)(Pennsylvania CCJP)
This 3-hour course will help develop the student’s understanding of the national and international strategic drug control policies. The student will also gain insight into the complex issues of drug marketing, trafficking, and the various control methods. Knowledge in these areas will give the counselor the confidence to converse with clients who may need to …
Drug Treatment Courts: An Integrated Approach (3 hours)(Pennsylvania CCJP)
This 3-hour course will examine drug courts from an integrated process – the blending of treatment with legal case processing. Additional topics reviewed will include screening and assessment of adult substance abusing offenders, ethical issues for drug court practitioners, and the key components for drug and other specialty courts. Goals/Objectives By participating in this internet …
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Treatment Needs and Strategies for Individuals in Various Criminal Justice Settings (12 hours)(Pennsylvania CCJP)
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 …
Screening and Assessment of Clients in the Criminal Justice System (6 hours)(Pennsylvania CCJP)
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 …
Substance Abuse Screening and Assessment in Criminal Justice Systems (6 hours)(Pennsylvania CCJP)
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 …
Overview of Co-Occurring Disorders Treatment, 4 hours(Pennsylvania CCJP)
This course is designed to present a concise and easy-to-read introduction to the latest in Co-Occurring Disorders. Eight topics are covered ranging from definitions of terms to epidemiology of Co-Occurring Disorders. The course is designed for mental health and substance abuse clinical providers, other providers, and agencies and systems through which clients enter the Co-Occurring …
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Treating Clients in the Criminal Justice System (3 hours)(Pennsylvania CCJP)
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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A Cognitive-Behavioral Approach: Treating Cocaine Addiction (CBA-1) Module 1 (4 hours)(Pennsylvania CCJP)
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 …
A Cognitive-Behavioral Approach: Treating Cocaine Addiction (CBA-2) Module 2 (4 hours)(Pennsylvania CCJP)
This course (Module) is the second of two courses based on a NIDA developed therapy manual for drug addiction treatment. 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-Behavioral coping skills treatment (CBT) is a short-term, focused approach to …
An Introduction to Treatment Medications: What Every Counselor Should Know (4 hours)(Pennsylvania CCJP)
Course Summary: This course is designed as a quick reference for psychotherapeutic medications for substance abuse and mental health treatment providers. The course presents a list of medications ranging from anti-psychotics to addiction treatment medications. Each medication is discussed according to: • purpose • usual dose, frequency, and side effects • potential for abuse or …
Implementing Change in Substance Abuse Treatment Programs, (3 hours), TAP 31(Pennsylvania CCJP)
Based on TAP 31. This course provides guidance on how to integrate evidence-based practices (EPBs) for substance abuse treatment into clinical practice. The course explains how to assess an organizations capacity to identify priorities, implement changes, evaluate programs, and sustain effective programs over the long run.Course Goals/objectives: Upon completion of this course, the student should …
Booting Up the System- Case Management Models, Principles and Practices (3 hours)(Pennsylvania CCJP)
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)(Pennsylvania CCJP)
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 …
You Can Lead a Horse to Water – Treatment Resistance and Motivation Characteristics of Offenders Who Use Substances (3 hours)(Pennsylvania CCJP)
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 …
Medication Assisted Treatment of Opioid Addiction using Buprenorphine (6 hours)(Pennsylvania CCJP)
This course is designed for physicians to make practical and informed decisions about the treatment of opioid addiction with buprenorphine. The course addresses the history of treatment of opioid addiction, current state of treatment, buprenorphine profiles, pharmacology, effectiveness, patient assessment, treatment appropriateness, treatment protocols, and policies and procedures in the use of buprenorphine. Course Goals/objectives: …
Anger Management for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Clients (3 hours)(Pennsylvania CCJP)
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 …
Counseling for Marijuana Dependence – A Manual for Treating Adults (6 hours)(Pennsylvania CCJP)
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 …
Motivation for Change in Substance Abuse Treatment (6 Hours)(Pennsylvania CCJP)
This 6-hour course utilizes information presented in TIP 35 Enhancing Motivation for Change in Substance Abuse Treatment. It is an introductory course focusing on the stages of change and motivational interviewing. It embraces a fundamentally different way to conceptualize motivation. In this approach, motivation is viewed as a dynamic and changeable state rather than a …
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The Offender and Addiction – Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (6 hours)(Pennsylvania CCJP)
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 …
Substance Abuse Treatment: Group Therapy (5 hours)(Pennsylvania CCJP)
This 5 hour course presents an overview of the role and efficacy of group therapy in substance abuse treatment. It presents critical research and clinical findings and distills them into practical guidelines for practitioners who utilize group therapy in substance abuse treatment settings. The course is designed to help treatment professionals expand their awareness and …
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Considerations for the Provision of E-Therapy (3 hours)(Pennsylvania CCJP)
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 1) (3 hours)(Pennsylvania CCJP)
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 …
Addiction Counseling Competencies: The Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes of Professional Practice (Module 2) (3 hours)(Pennsylvania CCJP)
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 …
Treatment Planning:Utilizing the Addiction Severity Index (ASI) 3 hours(Pennsylvania CCJP)
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, …
Computerized Assessment of Substance Abuse (CASA) (4 hours)(Pennsylvania CCJP)
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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