2008 Life-Long Learning Series

New Horizons - Integrating Motivational Styles Strategies and Skills with Pharmacotherapy
This learning series will educate participants on motivational approaches to help alcohol dependent clients make positive behavior change in their lives. Seminars will discuss how addiction counselors and other helping professionals can utilize a motivational style in addiction treatment and integrate appropriate motivational strategies to help the alcohol dependent clients move through the Stages of Change.

New Innovations in Opioid Treatment: Buprenorphine
The goal of this learning series is to bring together addiction professionals to discuss medication-assisted treatment and to present unbiased information that can be used to assess the best possible treatment for patients. This educational program will discuss the four facets of opioid dependence and addiction (biological, psychological, social and spiritual), addiction as a disease and the scientific evidence to support this claim. This seminar will also address the three FDA-approved medications for opioid dependence, applying strategies to match patients to the most appropriate therapy, methods of motivating patients in opioid dependence treatment and building cooperative relationships between addiction professionals and prescribers.

SAMHSA Launches E-Learning Courses

Acamprosate: A New Medication for Alcohol Use Disorders

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA's) Knowledge Application Program (KAP) is pleased to offer its first online e-learning course, "Acamprosate: A New Medication for Alcohol Use Disorders." The course provides information about the use, side effects, and contraindications of acamprosate; information to discuss with clients; and a comparison of medications used to treat alcohol use disorders.

The course is self-paced so that users can log out and return later to continue where they left off. The course includes interactive exercises, case examples, and a test. Counselors who successfully complete the course receive one NAADAC-approved continuing education unit (CEU) at no cost and can print out their CEU certificate.

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NAADAC Annual Conference

Earn over 20 Continuing Education (CE) credits at the NAADAC Annual Conference. Speakers from around the nation will be presenting plenaries and seminars from August 28-31, 2008.

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Central East Addiction Technology Transfer Center (CEATTC) Online Courses

Take low-cost online courses on a number of subjects, including hepatitis C, understanding research concepts and buprenorphine.

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Medication Management for Addiction Professionals: Campral Series

The 2006 NAADAC Life-Long Learning Series - Medication Management for Addiction Professionals: Campral Series has been developed into a free online course. This course is specifically designed for addiction services professionals and provides six (6) continuing education credits and a printable certificate of completion.

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Pharmacotherapy: Integrating New Tools into Practice

Participants will earn continuing education (CE) credits while taking this educational program. The program addresses four facets of alcohol dependence and addiction (biological, psychological, social and spiritual), the scientific evidence to support addiction as a disease, compares FDA-approved pharmacotherapies for alcohol dependence, focuses on overcoming treatment obstacles and matching patients to the most appropriate therapy and plans to motivate patients in treatment.

This course is available as a seminar where participants can earn six (6) CEs for $20 or as an online course where participants can earn three (3) credits.

Participants may receive continuing education credit for only one program of this series.

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Basics of Addiction Counseling Independent Study Course

This package includes the Basics of Addiction Counseling: Desk Reference and Study Guide and an examination. Those who successfully complete the course and examination will receive 12 hours of continuing education credit.

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