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Description: All of our courses are approved by the National Board for Certified Counselors, the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification, Florida Board of Nursing and National Association of Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Counselors. This course on Substance Abuse Group Counseling is taught using text, narrated PowerPoint, video and mp3 audio. All course materials and reference materials are available free online. The learner objectives are: identify the five models of group therapy currently used in substance abuse treatment and the three other types of groups that can be integrated into the five models; differentiate between 12-step self-help groups and interpersonal process groups; identify at least 10 advantages of group treatment; identify the three modifications that need to be made to group treatment in order to improve its effectiveness in substance abuse settings; discuss how the client's stage of readiness for change affects the types of groups he or she will be in; describe the characteristics of each of the five group models used in substance abuse treatment; effectively match clients with appropriate groups; accurately assess client readiness for group primary placement considerations; identify as six dimensions assess for the ASAM patient placement criteria; identify the six levels of treatment identified by the ASAM patient placement criteria that; identify the three other criteria we should be considered when determining the patient's appropriateness for group therapy; identify the difference between culture, cultural knowledge, cultural awareness, and cultural competence understand the components of the diversity wheel; identify strategies for handling issues that arise when group norms and cultural values conflict; identify the six guidelines for clinicians on the evaluating bias and prejudice; identify for techniques that can be helpful in providing substance abuse treatment to a culturally diverse groups; identify six guidelines for preparing the group for a new member from a racial or ethnic minority; discuss the benefits of fixed and revolving membership groups; identify the most effective ways to prepare client for participation in groups is that; be familiar with the recommended issues to discuss in pre-group interviews discuss ways for increasing retention in groups; identify specific group tasks appropriate for each phase of the group; discuss how to convert conflict and resistance in the positive energy that powers the group's; explain how to deal with disruptive group members; explain how to cool down runaway affect or turn a crisis into an opportunity; identify six of the most common errors the group leaders make; describe four types of training that are recommended for group therapists.

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