- Credit Hours: 3 Hours
- Author: Robert Shearer
- Price: $39.00
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Describe integrated treatment models that combine substance abuse treatment and family therapy approaches.
- Explain how conjoint treatment approaches can be applied to families affected by substance abuse.
- Analyze the advantages and limitations of integrated treatment models for addressing co-occurring substance abuse and family dysfunction.
- Apply criteria for selecting an appropriate integrated therapeutic model based on family and client characteristics.
- Identify the factors that must be considered when integrating substance abuse treatment and family therapy in clinical practice.
- Describe the role of the counselor in facilitating effective communication and collaboration between substance abuse and family therapy professionals.
Package Contents
Course Update
Course Description: Substance Abuse Treatment and Family Therapy TIP 39 Part III covers how substance abuse treatment and family therapy can be integrated when one or more family members has a substance use problem, examining multiple therapeutic models including structural/strategic, multisystemic, cognitive-behavioral, solution-focused brief therapy, and several others. It is designed for substance abuse counselors and treatment professionals who work with families and want to understand how to select and apply integrated treatment approaches. The course addresses the advantages and limitations of these models, the levels of family involvement in treatment, and how to match therapeutic techniques to stages of recovery. Learners will also explore how to use family engagement strategies to bring clients into treatment.
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)
