Co-occurring Disorders Program

Tuesday, February 4 - Wednesday, February 5, 2025
09:00 AM - 04:00 PM
This is a Virtual Classroom event.

The Co-occurring Disorders Program helps organizations deliver evidence-based integrated care to clients living with co-occurring substance use and mental health conditions. The full series provides a proven, effective treatment protocol which places equal emphasis on addressing all diagnoses, yet each piece of the program can be used effectively as a stand-alone curriculum. This training will cover the complete curriculum, which includes.

  • A Leader’s Guide to Implementing Services for People with Co-occurring Disorders
  • Screening and Assessment
  • Integrating Combined Therapies
  • Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
  • Family Program
  • A Guide to Living with Co-occurring Disorders (DVD)

Objectives:

  1. Demonstrate core components of the Co-occurring Disorders Program.
  2. Recognize value of addressing presenting concerns in an integrated manner.
  3. Explore protocol-driven screening tools that consider each client’s symptoms, history, and motivation for change for best treatment planning practices.
  4. Describe differences between the evidence-based skills of motivational Interviewing, cognitive behavioral therapy and twelve step facilitation.
  5. Prepare learners to integrate components of the Co-occurring Disorder Program to provide comprehensive, stage-based programming.
  6. Demonstrate delivery of key sections within the curriculum.
  7. Use experiential practice of new skills and interventions in person and/or virtually.

* Note: This is a two-day training; to receive credit, participants must attend both days of the training.