- Credit Hours: 6 Hours
- Author: Ed Roberts
- Price: $78.00
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Identify the unique characteristics and stressors of criminal justice clients that affect substance abuse treatment engagement and outcomes.
- Apply clinical strategies for addressing criminality, criminal thinking, denial, and resistance in offender populations.
- Describe techniques for managing anger, hostility, and manipulation in substance abuse treatment with criminal justice clients.
- Analyze the ethical challenges of establishing therapeutic boundaries while creating a therapeutic alliance with offender populations.
- Explain how treatment modifications should be adapted for subpopulations including women, violent offenders, older adults, and LGBTQ+ individuals.
- Identify co-occurring mental health disorders commonly found in offender populations, including antisocial personality disorder, borderline personality disorder, and depressive disorders.
- Describe case management strategies for addressing the basic needs of offenders in recovery, including housing, employment, and vocational skills.
- Outline treatment considerations for offenders with physical and sensory disabilities, infectious diseases, and clients from rural areas.
- Explain how guilt, shame, stigma, and identity issues impact treatment engagement and recovery for clients in the criminal justice system.
Package Contents
Course Details
Course Description: Major Treatment Issues for Offenders Who Use Substances covers clinical strategies and program components for treating substance use disorders among clients in the criminal justice system. It is designed for counselors and treatment professionals who work in correctional or court-mandated settings. The first part addresses issues such as criminal thinking, anger, denial, resistance, relapse prevention, and building therapeutic alliances, along with program-level strategies for engagement, retention, and accountability. The second part surveys the treatment needs of specific offender subpopulations, including women, men, violent offenders, older adults, clients with disabilities, those with co-occurring mental health disorders, and sex offenders.
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
Ed Roberts
Ed Roberts was the Director of Treatment Operations for CEC/Civigenics, Inc. – the largest “for profit” provider of correctional treatment programs in the country. He was also the former Clinical Director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Substance Abuse Treatment Program, has authored numerous articles, and collaborated with Dr. Stanton Samenow in the design and on-screen presentation of the video & DVD series "Commitment to Change: The Power of Consequences." This video series is produced by FMS Productions. Ed has a Master's Degree in Counseling from Sam Houston State University and received certification from the William Glasser Institute in the practice of Reality Therapy. He was a member of the American Counseling Association, the Association for Specialists in Group Work, the Association of Addiction and Offender Counselors, and the National Association of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Counselors. Ed also served on the Board of Directors for the International Credentialing and Reciprocity Consortium (IC & RC), and has served as a trainer/consultant for the National Institute on Corrections (NIC).
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)
Provider Statement:
CEU Matrix, provider #2726, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 07/23/2026-07/23/2027.