The Addiction Technology Transfer Center of New England, funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) is offering an online program on Spirituality in Recovery

For years the spiritual component of the recovery process has largely fallen under the auspices of Twelve Step programs such as Alcoholics Anonymous. Recently, however, there has been an increased awareness and interest in spiritual practices and processes as adjuncts to more traditional medical and psychotherapeutic interventions in the addictive process. This course will explore some of the latest thinking on the value of spiritual beliefs and practices in the recovery process and how the addictions counselor can integrate a spiritual focus into treatment without pushing a particular religion or set of beliefs on the client. We will investigate the concept that an individual's spirituality is an invaluable resource in recovery and work with specific practices, such as meditation and mindfulness, as not only a part of the Twelve Step tradition, but as specific tools for stress reduction, and to help clients expand awareness and learn to meet life's ups and downs without the intervening effects of chemical intoxication.

This course will be taught by Patricia A. Burke, MSW, LCSW a Board Certified Diplomate in Clinical Social Work with over eighteen years of experience. Author of Breathe Deeply! Healing Stories for the Soul, Patricia is the co-founder of the Beyond Mind Healing Center (BMHC) and maintains a private clinical practice in West Baldwin, Maine.

Course Objectives

The objectives of this program are:

• To understand the value of an individual's spirituality as a resource in the recovery process. 
• To learn how to investigate the addicted individual's own concept of spirituality and integrate a non-religious, spiritual focus into the therapeutic process. 
• To learn how to assess and transform addicted persons' negative beliefs about themselves and life using their innate longing to connect to something greater than the limited ego-self. 
• To become familiar with specific meditation and mindfulness exercises that can be taught to clients as an aid in stress reduction and a means to developing an ongoing and/or deeper relationship with a God Consciousness or Higher Power.

 

Course Requirements:

This is a four-week course beginning December 5, 2005, that will require:

• 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 Tuesdays 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 (December 15, 2005), after which there will be no refunds.

A certificate of completion will be provided to all participants who complete all course requirements.
 

ACCREDITATION

This four-week course, which begins December 5, 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).  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: December 5, 2005 or when the course limit is reached. 

To register for this course please go to the following WWW site and complete the 'Spirituality' course online registration form. YOU MUST COMPLETE THE ONLINE REGISTRATION FORM IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS COURSE
https://www.attc-ne.org/courses/244/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,  or (401) 444-1811.

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

 

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