This learning community forum is for the PA Adolescent Co-occurring Disorders Trainers who have completed the four week online course and the two day face-to-face training series this past November 2008.

The Behavioral Couples Therapy in Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Treatment web-based training is partially funded by a grant from the New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse's Practice Improvement Collaboration.

Content in this training was adapted from Dr. Timothy O'Farrell's Project CALM (Counseling for Alcoholic's Marriages) and materials from the Addiction and Family Research Group. Content of the course was drawn from following training manual:

Fals-Stewart, W., O'Farrell, T. J., Birchler, G. R., & Gorman, C. (2004). Behavioral Couples Therapy for drug abuse and alcoholism: A 12-session manual. Buffalo, NY: Addiction and Family Research Group.

For more information regarding Behavioral Couples Therapy, including research articles and manuals, visit www.addictionandfamily.org

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The purpose of a learning community is to support continuous learning, enhance content and develop instructional skills for trainers of the Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) Series 42 Curriculum from the Co-occurring Center of Excellence (COCE). This learning community is being constructed so that trainers have an opportunity to share training experiences, discuss training techniques and content areas surrounding TIP 42. The learning community is designed to allow the trainers to construct the topic areas that they would like to learn [1] . This learning community will take a dynamic format in that it will meet regularly and will use technology to communicate issues, questions and topics for discussion.

[1] Wilson, B. & Ryder, M. (2008) Dynamic Learning Communities: An Alternative to Designed Instructional Systems. Retrieved March 30, 2008 from http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/dlc.html

Welcome to the TIP 42 Learning Community - The purpose of a learning community is to support continuous learning, enhance content and develop instructional skills for trainers of the Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) Series 42 Curriculum from the Co-occurring Center of Excellence (COCE). This learning community is being constructed so that trainers have an opportunity to share training experiences, discuss training techniques and content areas surrounding TIP 42. The learning community is designed to allow the trainers to construct the topic areas that they would like to learn [1] . This learning community will take a dynamic format in that it will meet regularly and will use technology to communicate issues, questions and topics for discussion.

[1] Wilson, B. & Ryder, M. (2008) Dynamic Learning Communities: An Alternative to Designed Instructional Systems. Retrieved March 30, 2008 from http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/dlc.html

This course is NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

OASAS’ Cultural Competency in Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention: The Consciousness Raising and Affective Component training provides a highly experiential training program, in which participants take an honest look at their own biases, prejudices, and stereotypes. This training is not designed to provide the practice skills needed to work with specific racial, ethnic, nor cultural groups, but rather to provide a forum for self-exploration

This four-week online training is being held as a prerequisite for the formal OASAS Train-the-Trainer (TTT) program, scheduled for April 6-8, 2010. Divided into four separate week-long modules, this online component will focus on allowing each participant to critically analyze and respond to various questions and statements. In this manner, participants will gain an awareness of their own thoughts/feelings/beliefs/etc. while learning about others in the learning community. Attendance is required for, and limited to, those selected to participate in the TTT.

Addiction Training for Nurses - Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral and Treatment