A Community Reinforcement Plus Vouchers Approach: Treating Cocaine Addiction Module 1 (4 hours)
Implement CRA+Vouchers therapy for cocaine addiction, covering intake, counseling structure, and incentive protocols.
- Credit Hours: 4 Hours
- Author: Robert Shearer
- Price: $52.00
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Describe the theoretical foundation and research supporting the Community Reinforcement Approach plus Vouchers (CRA+V) for cocaine addiction.
- Identify the lifestyle changes and treatment parameters associated with CRA+V implementation.
- Explain the counseling style, techniques, and session structure used in CRA+V treatment.
- Outline the design and management of a voucher-based incentive program for cocaine abstinence.
- Describe the intake process and documentation requirements for CRA+V treatment.
- Discuss the role of clinical supervision in ensuring fidelity to the CRA+V model.
- Describe documentation requirements for patient contact within the CRA+V treatment model.
Package Contents
Course Details
Course Description: A Community Reinforcement Plus Vouchers Approach Treating Cocaine Addiction Module 1, the first of three modules, introduces therapists and counseling professionals to the Community Reinforcement Plus Vouchers (CRA+Vouchers) approach for treating cocaine addiction, based on a NIDA therapy manual. It covers the research behind CRA+Vouchers, treatment parameters, counseling style and techniques, the vouchers incentive program, intake procedures, and early counseling sessions. Students will also learn about lifestyle changes needed for recovery, documentation of patient contact, clinical supervision, and special issues that arise during treatment. Completing this module gives therapists the foundational knowledge needed to begin implementing CRA+Vouchers, either as a standalone treatment or as an adjunct to other approaches.
Date: Ongoing
Distance Learning Method: Asynchronous Reading
Target Audience: Social Workers, Substance Abuse Counselors, Criminal Justice Professionals
Refund Policy: If you request a refund within 30 days of placing your order (and prior to submitting any exams / completing any courses) we will gladly issue a refund of your money, less the processing fee and handling charge.
Course Interactivity: None
Posttest Requirements: Must score 80% or better to pass. Tests can be taken multiple times to obtain passing score.
Course Completion Requirements: Passing score on posttest. Submission of course evaluation. Course date of completion is recorded at this point.
Certificate of Completion: Issued when course is completed, available for download in Student Center
System Requirements: Internet access
About the Instructor
Robert A. Shearer
Dr. Robert A. Shearer is a retired professor of Criminal Justice, Sam Houston State University. He received his Ph.D. in Counseling and Psychology from Texas A & M University, Commerce. Prior to teaching Criminal Justice, he taught Educational Psychology at Mississippi State University on campus and in the extension program across rural Mississippi during the civil rights era.
He has been teaching, training, consulting and conducting research in the fields of Criminal Justice, human behavior, and addictions for over thirty-six years. He is the author of over sixty professional and refereed articles in Criminal Justice and behavior. He is also the author of Interviewing: Theories, techniques, and practices, 5th edition published by Prentice Hall. Dr. Shearer has also created over a dozen measurement, research, and assessment instruments in Criminal Justice and addictions.
He has been a psychotherapist in private practice and served as a consultant to dozens of local, state, and national agencies. His interests continue to be substance abuse program assessment and evaluation. He has taught courses in interviewing, human behavior, substance abuse counseling, drugs-crime-social policy, assessment and treatment planning, and educational psychology. He has also taught several university level psychology courses in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Institutional Division, led group therapy in prison, trained group therapists, and served as an expert witness in various courts of law.
He has been the president of the International Association of Addictions and Offender Counseling and the editor of the Journal of Addictions and Offender Counseling as well as a member of many Criminal Justice, criminology, and counseling professional organizations prior to retirement.
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CEU Matrix is approved with the following state boards:
Arkansas (ASACB), California (CCAPP #OS-07-394-0222), California (CADTP #250), Connecticut (#0115-5202), Delaware (DCB #37), Florida (FCB #5141-A), Georgia (ADACBGA #2026-4-003), Illinois (IAODAPCA #19345), Kentucky, Louisiana (LA ADRA #E026), Michigan (MCBAP), Missouri (Missouri CB #183), New Mexico (NMCBBHP #2046), North Carolina (NCSAPPB), Ohio (OCDP #50-19236), Oklahoma (OBLADS #20260153), Texas (TCB #1758-07)
