Working With Families of Chemically Dependent Criminal Justice Offenders (3 hours)
- Credit Hours: 3 Hours
- Author: James Shelton
- Price: $39.00
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Describe the unique challenges faced by families of chemically dependent criminal justice offenders, including increased denial, trauma, and chaos.
- Identify the scope of the problem, including the number of individuals affected by a family member's chemical dependency and criminal justice involvement.
- Explain how chemical dependency in a criminal justice offender affects family members' emotional, social, and psychological functioning.
- Apply family-focused intervention strategies to engage and support families of chemically dependent criminal justice offenders.
- Describe the specific dynamics of abandonment, anger, and misunderstanding that characterize families of incarcerated individuals with substance use disorders.
- Analyze the importance of including family services in comprehensive treatment planning for chemically dependent criminal justice offenders.
Package Contents
Course Details
Course Description: Working With Families of Chemically Dependent Criminal Justice Offenders covers family dynamics, dysfunction, and codependency as they affect the families of chemically dependent criminal justice offenders, and is intended for professionals who work with this population. Participants will explore the scope of the problem, an overview of family theory, and how that theory connects to therapeutic practice, including a systems approach to family therapy. The course gives particular attention to codependency and the role that poor boundary-setting plays in keeping family members stuck, regardless of what happens with the offender. It is taught by James D. Shelton, M.S., MAC, LCDC, a licensed chemical dependency counselor with more than 25 years of experience in addiction treatment and recovery, including six years working with families in the Betty Ford Center Family Program.
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
James D. Shelton
James D. Shelton has been a professional in the treatment and recovery field for the past twenty-five years. Jim holds a Bachelors Degree from the University of California at Berkeley in Labor and Industrial Relations. He holds a Masters Degree from the University of North Texas in Addiction Studies. He is licensed as a Chemical Dependency Counselor, certified as a Masters Addiction Counselor, is a Loss and Grief Specialist and a Board Registered II interventionist.
Jim spent six years in the Betty Ford Center Family Program working with families of the chemically dependent. While at Betty Ford, Jim developed a program for working with the chemically dependent patients on their codependent behaviors, attitudes, beliefs and their inabilities to set boundaries or practice self-care. For Jim, these behaviors and inabilities are primary relapse triggers and impediments to emotionally contented sobriety.
Presently, Jim's primary focus is on addiction interventions. He also presents workshops on codependency and boundary setting. Frequently Jim presents these workshops for the Betty Ford Center Family Program in Rancho Mirage, CA . He appears in two vhs/dvds titled What is Codependency? and Setting Personal Boundaries. These were produced and are distributed by FMS Productions of Carpinteria, California. He is also the author of a workbook that accompanies the productions. He currently lives in Rancho Mirage, CA where he is in private practice as the owner of Addiction Intervention Services.
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.