Twelve Step Facilitation, or TSF, is an evidence-based behavioral therapy that actively engages people in changing their substance use behaviors. TSF promotes clients' recovery process through encouraging them to participate in mutual aid groups where they find fellowship, receive support, and share accountability in driving behavioral change.

Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, is a psychotherapeutic modality that teaches people how to practice mindfulness, tolerate distress, regulate their emotions, and build skills in interpersonal effectiveness. It aims to help people accept opposing thoughts, ideas, or concepts (i.e., dialectics) and develop skills to manage their emotions during difficult circumstances and crises.

Together, TSF and DBT can be used to help people with substance use disorder practice acceptance and change, while achieving balance in their actions, emotional expression, and cognition. The purpose of this course, designed for health care providers, therapists, and counselors, is to explain how to integrate TSF and DBT approaches into a holistic treatment plan for clients with substance use disorder.

At the end of this course, you will be able to:

1. Describe the range of mutual aid supports and the value of Twelve Step Facilitation as part of a continuum of care
2. Describe how Twelve Step Facilitation (TSF) and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) can be used in treating substance use disorder (SUD)
3. Explain the continuum of prevention and describe how it impacts clinical services

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There are many clinical approaches intended to treat substance use disorder, but not all of them are evidence-based. This course, Evidence-Based Clinical Models to Treat Substance Use Disorder, explains the meaning of that term and describes the different types of treatment modalities that meet that criterion.

This course is designed for health care providers, therapists, and counselors. It provides an overview of evidence-based approaches to treat substance use disorder, including pharmacotherapies, behavioral therapies, and behavioral therapies for adolescents. Learners will come away with an understanding of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), motivational enhancement therapy (MET), Twelve Step Facilitation (TSF), and contingency management (CM), and will broaden their understanding of ways to personalize treatment plans based on their individual clients' needs.

At the end of this course, you will be able to:

1. Identify the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)—recognized evidence-based clinical models for the delivery of substance use disorder treatment
2. Summarize the goals and components of individual clinical models, explain evidence of their effectiveness from outcome studies, and describe the prevalence of delivery
3. Understand the process to achieve fidelity of implementation of identified clinical models
4. Differentiate between evidence-based clinical models and commonly utilized best practices

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The family system plays an integral role in a person's treatment and recovery from substance use disorder. However, it's often overlooked.

The purpose of this course, designed for health care providers, therapists, and counselors, is to explain how community reinforcement-informed principles can help family members model positive communication styles and behaviors to help their loved one navigate the treatment process. Learners will come to understand common family dynamics that often perpetuate unhelpful patterns and behaviors, and develop new strategies to replace them. They will also learn ways of communicating that reduce the stigma associated with substance use disorders and symptom recurrence.

At the end of this course, you will be able to:

1. Describe the impact substance use disorder (SUD) can have on family systems; explain how this affects a patient's overall access to treatment and the development of recovery support
2. Identify ways to promote treatment engagement for individuals with substance use disorders and support healthier behaviors through community reinforcement-informed skills that engage the family system
3. Identify the ways in which personal and family systems' values, needs, and patterns can impact relationship engagement and self-care; identify and implement alternative strategies
4. Introduce concepts such as recurrence of symptoms and return to use as affirming, destigmatizing replacements for relapse to promote positive communication; identify natural consequences

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Motivational interviewing (MI) is widely regarded as a collaborative series of conversations intended to strengthen a person's own motivation and commitment to change. It encompasses several features as well as a "spirit," or guiding philosophy, that ensures its ethical practice.

In this course, Motivational Engagement Strategies and Stages of Change, health care providers, therapists, and counselors will learn about the key features of motivational interviewing and broaden their understanding of how to incorporate reflective listening, open-ended questions, and affirmations into their work with clients. Through incorporating the vital aspects of MI (partnership, acceptance, evocation, and compassion) into their practice, they will strengthen their ability to elicit clients' own motivation to change.

At the end of this course, you will be able to:

1. Describe the foundational elements of motivational interviewing, including the spirit behind it
2. Explain how to utilize the art of listening in clinical and nonclinical settings
3. Determine motivational interviewing strategies to help an individual commit to, begin, and continue the process of change
4. Explain the Stages of Change model and describe how to utilize specific strategies during each stage

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Alcohol and opioid use disorders claim hundreds of thousands of lives each year. Through valid screening and assessment processes, health care professionals can identify those who are at risk for adverse outcomes related to their substance use and determine interventions to help their recovery. Treatment plans that include medications for alcohol use disorder or opioid use disorder have consistently shown to be effective, especially when combined with behavioral therapeutic approaches.

The purpose of this course, designed for care providers, therapists, and counselors, is to explain the key pharmacological options available to treat alcohol use disorder and opioid use disorder and to explain key considerations in using medications as part of a course of treatment.

At the end of this course, you will be able to:

1. Explain the current practice guidelines for screening, assessment, and treatment planning for alcohol and opioid use disorders
2. Describe the current FDA-approved pharmacotherapies for the management of alcohol and opioid use disorders
3. Explain the current epidemiologic trends and death rates for these disorders
4. Explain the goals of medication treatment
5. Summarize the clinical pharmacology, efficacy, and safety of prescribing for these disorders
6. Determine the unique patient- and medication-specific considerations when selecting pharmacological treatments
7. Explain best-practice recommendations for initiating and stabilizing medications

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Recovery, as defined by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), is a process of change through which individuals improve their health and wellness, live self-directed lives, and strive to reach their full potential. It requires capital, which encompasses a person's own resources and those available to them in their social, family, and community networks.

Recovery-oriented systems of care (ROSC) offer coordinated networks of community-based services and person-focused supports. They're intended to amplify the strengths of individuals, their families, and their communities to assist everyone in achieving and maintaining wellness.

This course is designed for health care providers, therapists, and counselors. It aims to explain the different types of capital individuals require to maintain their quality of life in recovery, and it offers examples of recovery-oriented systems of care.

At the end of this course, you will be able to:

1. Explain the foundational concepts and skills of evidence-based recovery support
2. Describe the role of interpersonal connection and recovery capital in the self-management of long-term recovery
3. Discuss the different community systems that support physical, mental, and emotional well-being in healthy long-term recovery
4. Identify what positive capital is within one's own environment and explain how it supports recovery

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This course, The Neurobiology of Addiction: A Disease Model, focuses on the understanding of the neurobiology of substance use disorder (SUD) and examines the neurobiological actions that relate to clinical interactions with patients with SUD.

The goal of this course is to encourage health care providers, therapists, and counselors to adopt the gold standard of clinical treatment practiced at Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation. This evidence-based program draws from experts who are dedicated to providing clinical care, education, and research in the field of addiction treatment, prevention, and recovery.

At the end of this course, you will be able to:

1. Describe the role and function of the brain's dopaminergic reward circuitry and the predominant regions of the brain involved in addiction
2. Describe the three most common reinforcing properties of addictive substances and explain their impact on the brain
3. Summarize the primary neurobiological disruptions occurring in each of the three identified stages of the cycle of addiction
4. Examine the neurobiology of addiction in relationship to emotional responses, compulsivity, and executive functioning; explain their clinical implications in the treatment of substance use disorders

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Adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs, are traumatic or highly stressful events that affect people before they turn 18. They may include household challenges, physical or emotional abuse, or neglect. At a cohort level, ACEs are linked to several unfortunate physical, behavioral, and mental health outcomes.

This course is designed for health care providers, therapists, and counselors excited to adopt the high standard of treatment practiced at Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation. It explains the criteria used to define ACEs and explores the prevalence of ACEs and historical trauma in American society. It discusses the ways in which adverse childhood events affect human neurobiology and trauma responses that may impact patients throughout their lives. In addition, it explains protective factors and defines ways practitioners can implement trauma-informed approaches into their treatment practice.

At the end of this course, you will be able to:

1. Define adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and explain what they are
2. Describe the prevalence of ACEs
3. Describe the dose-response risk of chronic disease and life expectancy related to ACEs
4. Explain emerging evidence for shared physiology and neurobiology between trauma/ACEs and substance use disorders
5. Explain how trauma-informed approaches may be effective in moderating the effects from ACEs
6. Identify three examples of "Big T" and "little t" stressors
7. Explain at least one technique for engaging consumers in a trauma-informed approach
8. Describe at least one impact of trauma on cognition and physiological functioning
9. Identify one domain of trauma-informed care and how, organizationally, activating this domain enhances trauma care

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This 1-hour course explores barriers that stigma creates for individuals who seek treatment and explains ways to reduce it.

This course, Using Language to Reduce the Stigma of Addiction, focuses on understanding the stigma of addiction, its impact on clients, and strategies we can follow to help reduce the stigmatization of addiction treatment.

This course is designed for health care providers, therapists, and counselors excited to adopt the high standard of treatment practiced at Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation. This evidence-based program draws from experts who provide clinical care, education, and research in the field of addiction treatment, prevention, and recovery.

We will cover the definition of stigma and the social and institutional underpinnings of it. We will also examine how we can help reduce stigma, as it's considered to be a primary barrier that prevents people from seeking treatment.

At the end of this course, you will be able to:

1. Define stigma
2. Discuss the impact stigma can have on people and practices
3. Identify ways to reduce stigma associated with substance misuse through language

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