This option applies to the majority of our participants.
Standard CEU Hours: 5 Standard CEU Cost: $15.00
This option 'only' applies to those participants who will be submitting their certificates directly to NBCC (National Board of Certified Counselors) for license renewal. All others will use Standard CEU Hours.
Developed by the National Victim Assistance Academy and the U.S. Department of Justice Office for Victims of Crime. This course discusses victims of crime (domestic violence, sexual assault and child and adolescent victims) that use substances as a negative coping mechanism to deal with short and long term trauma. This material was revised in 2004 and is the most recent available on this topic from NVAA. Material will be updated as soon as it becomes available.
Course Objectives:
Upon completion of this course the participant will understand the following concepts:
1) Clinical definitions of substance-related disorders, including use, abuse and dependence
2) Current research findings relevant to the abuse of alcohol and other drugs and victimization as applied to specific victim populations, including victims of domestic violence and sexual assault, and child and adolescent victims
3) The correlation between victimization, posttraumatic stress disorder and substance abuse
4) Promising practices in preventing and responding to substance abuse among victims of crime
CEU Provider for Quantum Continuing Education Units are approved for Social Workers, Professional Counselors, Substance Abuse Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, Nurses and many others!
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