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Welcome to the NAADAC Knowledge Center. This area provides links to education programs presented by NAADAC and other education providers. If you have an question about NAADAC's education programs, please contact Shirley Beckett Mikell by e-mail or call 800.548.0497.

A full list of courses on this page:
Acamprosate: A New Medication for Alcohol Use Disorders
NAADAC Annual Conference

Central East Addiction Technology Transfer Center (CEATTC) Online Courses

 

 

Blending Solutions
Earn three Continuing Education (CE) credits

This course discusses the four principles of Motivational Interviewing; motivating patients in treatment using the Stages of Change model; the four medications approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treatment of alcohol dependence; matching patients to the most appropriate pharmacotherapy given their readiness to change; and specific interviewing methods and skills for alcohol dependent patients considering pharmacotherapy.

Complete course details Free for NAADAC members, $25 for non-members

 


Acamprosate: A New Medication for Alcohol Use Disorders
Earn One Continuing Education (CE) credits

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA's) Knowledge Application Program (KAP) is pleased to offer its first online e-learning course, "Acamprosate: A New Medication for Alcohol Use Disorders." The course provides information about the use, side effects, and contraindications of acamprosate; information to discuss with clients; and a comparison of medications used to treat alcohol use disorders.

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NAADAC Annual Conference
Earn over Thirty Continuing Education (CE) credits

Earn over 30 Continuing Education (CE) credits at the NAADAC Annual Conference. NAADAC and its partners will offer a unique educational experience for addiction focused-professionals. A pre-conference session will be held the day befre the conference.

Complete registration information

NAADAC Conference


Medication Management for Addiction Professionals: Campral Series
Earn Six Continuing Education (CE) credits

The NAADAC Life-Long Learning Series - Medication Management for Addiction Professionals: Campral Series has been developed into a free online course. This course is specifically designed for addiction services professionals and provides six continuing education credits and a printable certificate of completion.

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Central East Addiction Technology Transfer Center (CEATTC) Online Courses

Take low-cost online courses on a number of subjects, including hepatitis C, understanding research concepts and buprenorphine.

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Basics of Addiction Counseling Independent Study Course


This package includes the Basics of Addiction Counseling: Desk Reference and Study Guide and an examination. Those who successfully complete the course and examination will receive 12 hours of continuing education credit.


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Vendome Group Webinars

Vendome Group, publishers of Addiction Professional magazine, invite you to a website featuring upcoming and past webinars.

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Life-Long Learning Series

New Horizons - Integrating Motivational Styles Strategies and Skills with Pharmacotherapy

This learning series will educate participants on motivational approaches to help alcohol dependent clients make positive behavior change in their lives. Seminars will discuss how addiction counselors and other helping professionals can utilize a motivational style in addiction treatment and integrate appropriate motivational strategies to help the alcohol dependent clients move through the Stages of Change.

New Innovations in Opioid Treatment: Buprenorphine

The goal of this learning series is to bring together addiction professionals to discuss medication-assisted treatment and to present unbiased information that can be used to assess the best possible treatment for patients. This educational program will discuss the four facets of opioid dependence and addiction (biological, psychological, social and spiritual), addiction as a disease and the scientific evidence to support this claim. This seminar will also address the three FDA-approved medications for opioid dependence, applying strategies to match patients to the most appropriate therapy, methods of motivating patients in opioid dependence treatment and building cooperative relationships between addiction professionals and prescribers.