The  Addiction Technology Transfer Center of New England (ATTC/NE) funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), is offering  a credited, on-line course about case management in the substance abuse field

This workshop will explore the principles and dynamics of case management services for clients in substance abuse treatment. It will include topics such as: communication in case management; working on a treatment team; motivational enhancement; the referral process; confidentiality; improving services through inter­agency collaboration and advocacy; and case man­aging substance abuse clients with special needs. It will provide an opportunity to apply the topic to relevant treatment situations.

Stephen Gumbley, MA, LCDP, ACDP II, RCS has been working in human services since 1968. He has specialized in substance abuse prevention, education and treatment since 1988. For several years he served as Executive Director of the state affiliate of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence. 

Mr. Gumbley has been a counselor and clinical supervisor, and has administered numerous treatment programs, including directing a community mental health center’s residential and outpatient substance abuse treatment, and providing clinical and administrative oversight of multi-state opiate treatment programs.  Additionally, he has provided clinical care supervision at a multi-service shelter for homeless adults.  Mr. Gumbley holds a Master’s degree in counseling, and is a licensed chemical dependency professional and a recognized clinical supervisor.  He is currently the ATTC-NIDA Liaison for the Addiction Technology Transfer Center of New England. He has taught at Rhode Island College and Community College of Rhode Island and has been training throughout New England on a variety of substance abuse related topics for more than 10 years.

 

Course Objectives:  

• To gain a working knowledge the principles and various models of case management.

• To understand the importance of case management in the delivery of substance abuse treatment and the role of the case manager within the treatment team

• To identify the significant elements of case management.

• To demonstrate a working knowledge of specialized case management needs and how to apply them to clients

 

Course Requirements

This is a four-week course, beginning on March 28, 2005. Requirements are:

• Required on-line reading (one hour per week)
• Completion of pre and post test
• Completion of weekly homework assignments (one hour per week)
• Participation in the weekly course bulletin board, which requires registration with the ATTC-NE bulletin board.  You need only register once to participate in all ATTC online bulletin board
• Completion of an on-line course evaluation

*Please note that there are no real time events associated with this course. Lessons will be posted on the class WWW home page on Wednesdays and responses are due the following Monday. Assignments can be accessed at the participant's convenience.

The total cost of this course is $40.00.  A full refund is available up until the posting of the second lesson (April 7, 2005), after which there will be no refunds.

ACCREDITATION

This four-week course, which begins March 28, 2005, has been approved by the National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC) for 8 educational credits. It is being provided by the Addiction Technology Transfer Center of New England, which is accredited as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider (#000151). This course meets the qualifications for 8 hours of continuing education credit for MFCC's and/or LCSW's as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (PCE#1917). This course is also approved by the Connecticut Certification Board (CCB) for eight Category 1 continuing education for Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselors (CADC's). The CCB is an IC&RC affiliate.  Please contact your local certification board to verify reciprocity or acceptance of ATTC-NE contact hours.

To participate, you must have:

• An E-mail address and the capacity to retrieve and send E-mail;
• Access to World Wide Web (the following programs provide WWW access: Netscape, Apple CyberDog, and Microsoft Explorer)
• Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher is the preferred browser for ATTC-NE online courses
• The ability to navigate the World Wide Web
• A basic understanding of how to use a computer and send and receive email
   

PLEASE NOTE NETWORK AND COMPUTER TECHNICAL SUPPORT WILL NOT BE PROVIDED.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: March 28, 2005 or when the course limit is reached. 

To register for this course please go to the following WWW site and complete the 'Casemanagement' course online registration form. YOU MUST COMPLETE THE ONLINE REGISTRATION FORM IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS COURSE
https://www.attc-ne.org/courses/217/reg.html 

For a list of current ATTC-NE courses, please go to the following site:
http://www.Attc-ne.org and click on Distance Education.   Please Bookmark this site for future references. Course announcements will be made via the ATTC of New England Online Course Announcement Listserve 6-8 weeks prior to the start of each course. If you would like to be subscribed to this list, please contact Monte Bryant, Program Administrator, at Monte Bryant,  or (401) 444-1862.

This program is funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT).

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