Addictions and Substance Use Disorders Level II

This pathway map will help you gain the expertise needed to:

1. Identify symptoms of addictions and substance use disorders.
2. Describe the relapse process.
3. Demonstrate beginning skills in identification of co-occurring disorders.
4. Demonstrate an understanding of ethical communication.
5. Describe the counseling process in terms of objectives and issues of the initial counseling sessions, middle phase, termination of counseling, and follow-up.
6. Describe how to establish the atmosphere for counseling, encourage clients and family members to establish counseling goals, commit to work on those goals, and to become involved in self-help groups.
7. Identify the major concepts and goals of major counseling theories.
8. Identify the fundamental principles of self-help groups and differentiate between counseling and self-help models.
9. Identify and critically analyze the twelve steps.
10. State the psychological and pharmacological effects of substance use/abuse.
11. Explain roles, functions, and limitations of the addictions and substance use disorders counselor.
12. Identify the professional standards for practice, ethics, and development for the addictions and substance use disorders counselor.
13. Describe strategies and treatment modalities recommended for working with persons with AIDS.
14. Identify and describe laws pertaining to confidentiality, maintenance of client records, and reporting child abuse.
15. Demonstrate ability to complete a psychosocial assessment, a mental status assessment, and progress notes.
16. Describe how to establish client rapport.
17. Describe roles assumed by individuals in the family impacted by addiction.
18. Describe Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and fetal alcohol effect.
19. Summarize the variations of language, gender and age specific issues, and major pattern variations of addictions and substance use/abuse among diverse populations.
20. Identify transcultural communication/counseling styles.
21. Describe the recovery process.
22. Describe the relapse process.
23. Describe client's relapse triggers.
24. Compare and contrast different treatment approaches in treating clients with co-occurring disorders.
25. Identify group stages and tasks.
26. Describe group intervention.
27. Demonstrate methods for dealing with problematic behaviors which occur with clients.
28. Demonstrate case management skills.
29. Describe ethical issues facing the addictions and substance use disorders counselor.
30. Determine and summarize personal counseling style and philosophy.
31. Demonstrate record keeping and documentation skills.
32. Describe addictions and substance use disorders counseling skills and techniques.