CEU By Net's New Course!

'TBI-SUD Toolkit for Counselors'

This Course 6TBI—TBI Toolkit for Counselors—trains mental health and addiction professionals in the medical definition and implications of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) from mild brain damage to coma, and from infant to adult. Understand the significant difference in the therapeutic approach needed for assessing and counseling clients with both TBI and substance abuse issues compared to traditional assessment and counseling approaches with SUD and MI clients who do not have a Traumatic Brain Injury. The course awards 6 CEUS. For NBCC and California, earns 4 Credit Hours

Goals of the Course:

1. Know the medical definition and implications of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) within the various lobes of the brain—from mild brain damage to coma, and from infant to adult.

2. Know the causes and varying levels of mental impairment sustained in Traumatic Brain Injury—caused by the impact of hard objects against the skull or by hypoxia and anoxia when the brain is deprived of oxygen, such as occurs in drug overdoses or choking during intimate partner violence.

3. Understand the vital function of the frontal lobe—including how TBI, drugs, and alcohol impact the function of this critical area of the brain; know what occurs when a client with TBI chooses to use alcohol and other substances during and after recovery.

4. Learn the adaptations needed for individual and group counseling of clients with co-occurring TBI and substance abuse issues, compared to traditional counseling approaches with clients who do not have a Traumatic Brain Injury.

5. As a behavioral health provider, understand the difficulty of the recovery process for clients with TBI to prevent misattribution of behaviors as uncooperative or passive.

6. Understand how and why confusion and memory deficits inherent in TBI complicate follow-through with plans and new routines, and learn the strategic way to address these issues.

7. Know research-validated approaches to working with adults and children with TBI with varying levels of cognitive impairment and those with co-occurring behavioral health issues that complicate the treatment of the physical aspects of the injury.

Published and authored by: Author Carolyn Lemsky, PhD, C Psych ABPP-CN, Mountain Plains Addiction Technology Transfer Center; Mid-America Addiction Technology Transfer Center; Editors Patricia Stilen, MSW and Thomasine Heitkamp, LCSW; SAMHSA

This online sponsored CE Course 6TBI — 'TBI Toolkit for Counselors' — presents important information for mental health and addiction professionals on the essentials and nuances of providing recovery treatment to people living with co-occurring Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Substance Use Disorders.

This course explains the significant difference in the therapeutic approach needed for assessment, counseling, and recovery of clients with both TBI and substance use issues, compared to traditional assessment and counseling support of clients who do not have a Traumatic Brain Injury.

Learn how trauma to the brain disrupts the vital connections in the cortex that allow for decision-making, behavioral adjustment, memory, and judgment.

Know how to adjust therapeutic procedures and traditional counseling goals to accommodate the neurological disruption in the brain. Learn how to facilitate re-learning of routines, accurate reading of others' reactions, and ways to 'keep on track.'

The course awards 6 CEUs for NAADAC, IC&RC, Texas, Florida, and most states, and is approved for 4 credit hours for NBCC and California BBS.

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Goals of the Course

1. Know the medical definition and implications of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) within the various lobes of the brain—from mild brain damage to coma, and from infant to adult.

2. Know the causes and varying levels of mental impairment sustained in Traumatic Brain Injury—caused by the impact of hard objects against the skull or by hypoxia and anoxia when the brain is deprived of oxygen, such as occurs in drug overdoses or choking during intimate partner violence.

3. Understand the vital function of the frontal lobe—including how TBI, drugs, and alcohol impact the function of this critical area of the brain; know what occurs when a client with TBI chooses to use alcohol and other substances during and after recovery.

4. Learn the adaptations needed for individual and group counseling of clients with co-occurring TBI and substance abuse issues, compared to traditional counseling approaches with clients who do not have a Traumatic Brain Injury.

5. As a behavioral health provider, understand the difficulty of the recovery process for clients with TBI to prevent misattribution of behaviors as uncooperative or passive.

6. Understand how and why confusion and memory deficits inherent in TBI complicate follow-through with plans and new routines, and learn the strategic way to address these issues.

7. Know research-validated approaches to working with adults and children with TBI with varying levels of cognitive impairment and those with co-occurring behavioral health issues that complicate the treatment of the physical aspects of the injury.

Sponsored online by CEU By Net, LLC

Pre-approved and accepted for continuing education credit by NBCC, NAADAC, IC&RC, and most state mental health and addiction treatment licensing boards.

Published and authored by: Author Carolyn Lemsky, PhD, C Psych ABPP-CN, Mountain Plains Addiction Technology Transfer Center; Mid-America Addiction Technology Transfer Center; Editors Patricia Stilen, MSW and Thomasine Heitkamp, LCSW; SAMHSA