Quality of facilities.
Describe common interactive addictive processes and how they originate in particular neuropathways
Choose questions that assess for interactive addictions
Identify various diagnostic considerations
Define and identify trauma
Identify the trauma template that sets up the use of the Process Addictions
Name 3-5 therapeutic interventions to use in their practice with Trauma and the Process Addictions
Describe what a process addiction is
Evaluate which Intervention Models may fit best withcertain Process Addictions
Explain how to maximize the potential to Do No Harm
Explain the epidemiology, diagnostic criteria, and evidence-based research regarding videogame addiction
Summarize available treatment options for videogame addiction
Discuss situations when intervention should be considered for videogame addiction
Summarize the history of the Credentialing Board
Contrast the different levels of registration and their requirements
Describe the application process and fee schedule
Summarize the task model
List some task based interventions to use with clients
Discuss how tasks can be implemented to confront denialin early recovery
Identify which models of intervention are appropriate for specific populations
Explain the utilization of eclectic intervention approaches to possible customers
Discuss resistance to change with their clients
Summarize the evolution of intervention from individual focused to family focused
Explain how to change the internal communication in the family from protecting the affected family member to only accepting recovery in the whole family
Summarize specific strategies to avoid power struggles from the family meeting trough the recovery process
Describe the high prevalence of eating disorders in women with substance use disorders
Identify the similarities and differences between EDs and substance use disorders as addictive processes
Discuss the utility of using a unified treatment approach to women with multiple Axis diagnoses, espcially those with substance abuse/dependence co-occurring with EDs
Describe the importance of motivational readiness in addiction intervention
Identify how recent brain and social science strongly support mutual support and peer recovery methodology
Explain how to apply SBIRT in the clinical environment
Compare an intervention process that is based on love and respect versus leverage or consequences
Summarize the motivational intervention technique based on working steps and a systematic approach
Discuss risk factors that must be disclosed to the family prior to intervening.
Explain the process of health insurance reimbursement in particular to the mental health and substance abuse field
Describe changes in health care insurance, including parity, health care reform, state initiatives, state and federal regulations regarding health insurance, ASAM and Medical Necessity regulations and other changes that are currently impacting health care in particular to mental health and substance abuse providers
Discuss a practice that will be financially beneficial for both patients and providers and also prevent both parties from being disenfranchised from utilizing health insurance
Explain the evolution of addiction treatment
Describe how industrial programs influenced the creation of the interventionist and the evolution of that role
Summarize how the 12 Step movement played an important part in the creation of the addiction treatment industry
Summarize trauma events or scenarios
Discuss how to identify trauma when it feeds addictive patterns of behavior
Discuss intervention and treatment options for trauma masked by addictions
Differentiate concepts such as will, willing, and caring in terms of the fundamental nature of personal identity and family systems
Discuss the relationship between the will of the addict, the will of others, and the importance of clarifying and resolving conflict and confusion where personal will is concerned
List strategies available to the therapist seeking to facilitate growth and healthy changes in family systems
Compare the difference between cognitive/didactic intervention techniques and experiential/psychodramatic techniques
Explain the benefit of a holistic and inclusive approach to the family system
List a number of resources and organizations available to practitioners to assist them in their work
Discuss how to legally and appropriately interve on treatment staff
Cite resources to support your staff with recovery
Explain how to successfully re-integrate the intervened-on staff back into the work environment
Identify the ideology of sexual disorders
Explain criteria for sexual addiction
Explain the cycle of addiction as it relates to sexual disorders
Identify lawyers’ attitudes toward treatment that tend to hinder the process of treatment and recovery
Describe specific clinical strategies and interventions that lawyers find especially helpful in the treatment process
Discuss ways in which lawyers often feel misunderstood by clinicians
Discuss clinically complex populations as they directly relate to intervention
Discuss foundational components of The Field Model of Intervention to include assessment and alignment
Discuss the state of the intervention field and how one can become trained to become an intervention specialist
Evaluate their existing business practices against proven “best practices”
Compare & contrast different solutions to common problems that arise in planning and managing a complete intervention
Discuss the role and value of the interventionist in the long term continuum of care
Differentiate between various treatment settings and levels of care and the pros and cons of each
Identify appropriate levels of care and treatment settings for the presenting issues of the client and their family
Discuss the growing incidence of non-suicidal self injury in adolescents
Outline the natural progression of this problem as it pertains to substance abusing adolescents
Describe how treatment programs might address this issue to improve recovery outcomes
Discuss the keys to developing mental, physical, and emotional adaptability when confronting change
Explain how to incorporate tools at the body, mind, and spirit levels for prevention of burnout
Explain how to be an effective change agent both at work and in the world
Outline the basics of Mindfulness Training
Compare mindfulness and other non-verbal strategies in addiction recovery treatment
Identify what constitutes a therapeutic process
Name the elements of the Clinical Diagnostic Evaluation
Describe the role of the interventionist in pre/post treatment therapeutic initiatives
Describe the significant role of maintaining proper blood sugar levels and how to achieve this
List ten key nutrients to include when designing a personal diet for brain recovery
Analyze how good and bad fats and sugars contribute to brain healing
Describe a new model for family system addictive disease
Discuss ways to guide family members toward their own individual recovery from Stress-Induced Impaired Coping
Summarize the literature proving the necessity interrupt trans-generational transmission of impaired coping based on brain development research
Construct an intervention roadmap that integrates effective collaboration
Match neurological and medical complexities to leading practices in assessment, diagnosis, intervention and therapeutic interventions
Review interrelated barriers to treatment and apply assessment of these for successful intervention
Assess substance abuse clients for eating disorders and food addictions
Explain the current scientific research about food addiction
Utilize methods that will help people in recovery avoid switching addictions to eating disorders or food
State the basic tenets of Core Issue Completion Therapy
Discuss the role of specific emotions in generating resistance
Examine the efficacy of the participants in their work with identified patients and their families
Identify a rock bottom
Identify strategies to raise the rock bottom that can be used on the day of the intervention
Explain how to work with a family to identify the rock bottom
Identify the area of concern during a family intervention through personal interviews and fact finding information
Discuss confronting addiction as a family disease and problem that can be resolved
Explain how to offer additional treatment how to offer additional treatment options to the family along with the primary person so that the family can begin to heal together
Discuss how and why a family system surrounding a substance is designed to prevent an intervention from occurring
Describe how a family role becomes hijacked within a family system to accommodate a substance abuser
Explain how to work within an unhealthy family system that is working against an interventionist
Describe the assessing, monitoring and correcting neurotransmiitter imbalances for the effective management of chemical dependencies
Discuss the HPA-T axis function and the role it plays in the bodys communication system as a root cause of an individuals mood disorder and /or addiction
Identify amino acids and targeted nutrient therapy that will successfully and naturally balance the neurotransmitters and support recovery for the individuals with chemical
Discuss various definitions and factors related to the concept of illness denial
Identify the adaptive and maladaptive consequences of denial of serious illnesses
Review strategies to assess and manage denial
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What do you "need" to learn (versus "want" to learn) that should be addressed in future meetings that will result in improved competence, performance and/or patient outcomes in your practice?
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What barriers might you have that would interfere with implementation of new information learned from this training?
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