- Credit Hours: 4 Hours
- Author: Robert Shearer
- Price: $52.00
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Describe the development, content, and functionality of the Computerized Assessment of Substance Abuse (CASA).
- Explain the advantages of computerized assessment over traditional methods for evaluating substance abuse severity.
- Identify the measures of substance abuse severity and response bias incorporated into the CASA instrument.
- Analyze the research methodology used to field-test and validate the CASA, including study design and participant characteristics.
- Interpret study results related to substance abuse severity, most frequently used drug types, and offender response patterns.
- Evaluate the empirical support for the CASA and its implications for substance abuse assessment in correctional and treatment settings.
- Describe respondent ratings of the CASA and discuss factors that influence the acceptability of computerized assessments.
Package Contents
Course Details
Course Description: Computerized Assessment of Substance Abuse (CASA) covers the development, field testing, and refinement of the Computerized Assessment of Substance Abuse (CASA), a standardized tool designed to evaluate substance abuse severity and response bias in offender populations. Students will examine how the CASA was built and refined, what it measures, and what the research findings reveal about drug use patterns and offender behavior prior to current offenses. The course also addresses the practical implications of the empirical evidence supporting the CASA’s use in criminal justice settings. It is intended for criminal justice professionals, substance abuse counselors, and others involved in offender assessment and treatment planning.
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.
Approved and Widely Recognized
CEU Matrix is approved by the following national and state accreditation boards:
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)
