Description:

This online course offers the training in a video format. All course handouts can be viewed online, saved to your computer or printed.

Whether you work in addictions or mental health, it is essential that practitioners understand how to create integrated approaches for addiction treatment and trauma treatment. Co-morbidity research has consistently shown high concordance rates between Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Substance Use Disorders in community and clinical samples. Up to 95% of those seeking/attending Substance Use Disorder treatment have trauma exposure. Childhood physical, psychological, and sexual abuse are often a pathway to Substance Use Disorders.  Research shows that substances are used to reduce the painful emotions associated with trauma. Treating one problem without treating the other can result in a vicious cycle of continued substance abuse, continued high risk behaviors, and difficulty alleviating PTSD symptoms.

In order to integrate workshop content and address the varied training needs of participants, content will focus on an overview of addictions, overview of  trauma and then move into a focus on their relationship and treatment approaches and tools for and integration in treatment. The instructor presents from the philosophy of the national Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) “No Wrong Door” with a conviction that each practitioner needs to understand addictions and trauma, and how to create integrated service planning and treatment.

 Learning Objectives:

• Identify the links between addiction and trauma;
• Consider how to assess addiction and  trauma;
• Recognize the effects of trauma on the recovery process;
• Recognize the research that is impacting current practice;
• Identify ways to integrate trauma work into the recovery process to maximize the potential for helping individuals move toward healthy functioning.

 Course Outline:

1. Introduction, models of addiction, definitions, prevalence
2. SUD: screening tool, assessment areas, treatments, continuum of care
3. SUD: 5 Commonly Asked Questions
4. Trauma: conceptualization, definitions, prevalence, effects, trajectory
5. Trauma: risk, protection, resilience, treatment
6. Trauma & Addiction: relationship between trauma and addiction, research/background facts addiction treatment vs. trauma treatment
7. Trauma specific treatment, trauma-informed care, barriers, overcoming barriers
8. Screening and assessment
9. Working with SUD treatment; incorporating trauma work into SUD treatment

Handouts:  If it makes it easier for you to follow the course videos and take notes, we recommend you print your handouts from the Materials section and have them available as you watch the video modules. PowerPoint’s and other handouts are in the Materials tab of the course. They can be saved to your computer or printed.

Trauma-Informed Certificate Programs, University at Buffalo School of Social Work Office of Continuing Education: This course fulfills 5.25 FOUNDATION hours.

Target Audience

This course is appropriate for any human service professional (social workers, psychologists, nurses, criminal justice professionals, case managers, and others).

ADA Accommodations

If you require any supports for your ADA needs in the United States, please contact us by email at least 3 weeks prior to the event by email at  sw-ce@buffalo.edu or by phone at  716-829-5841.

Customer Service

We are happy to respond to any concerns or questions you may have. Please contact us at by email at sw-ce@buffalo.edu or by phone at 716-829-5841.

Course Availability: You have 60 days to complete the course from the date you purchase it.

Course Completion:

• Use the Certificate tab in your course site to complete the required course evaluation. Your feedback is greatly appreciated!
• Use the Certificate tab in your course site to take course quiz. Based on best continuing education practice, quizzes are included to verify your acquisition of knowledge. A score of 80% is needed to pass. You may retake the quiz if you do not achieve a passing score the first time.
• Certificate of Completion: Upon successful completion of the quiz, you will be able to print your Certificate of Completion.

CEUs: NYSED New York Social Work, ASWB ACE, NYS OASAS, trauma foundation hours and general CEUs are included as part of your course fee and will print out on your certificate of completion.

Instructor:

Shelly A. Wiechelt, PhD, LCSW-C, CCDC, Associate Professor, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, School of Social Work conducts research on the interplay of shame, trauma, and substance use, engages in translational research, and develops collaborations between researchers and practitioners. Her research includes: a multisite community-based project on assessing trauma in addiction treatment settings; a county-wide assessment of trauma-sensitive care in social service agencies; trauma and substance abuse among women in prostitution; the effectiveness of Seeking Safety on trauma and substance abuse among urban Native Americans, the effects of cultural and historical trauma on substance use among Native Americans; HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, and substance abuse prevention among urban American Indians, association between PTSD symptoms and substance abuse among women, and the effects of shame and trauma on substance abuse and recovery among women. Her research highlights the need for practitioners to understand risk and protective factors related to trauma; and for service providers to implement trauma-informed care regardless of the treatment focus. She is a member of the editorial board for Substance Use and Misuse and is the section editor on Gender and Women. She is a member of the review board for the Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions. She is a faculty member of the Middle Eastern Summer Institute on Drug Use and has participated in the institute’s projects in Italy, Spain, and Israel. She participated in the development of curricula on evidence-based practice in mental health; social work practice with children of alcoholics; HIV/AIDS, substance abuse, and hepatitis prevention with Native Americans; and cultural and historical trauma. She has worked extensively as a clinician in both substance use and mental health treatment settings and has taught numerous continuing education workshops to practitioners. She has multiple-peer reviewed publications as well as national and international presentations on her research and practice interests.