Compulsive Gambling Counselor Training
The Illinois Department of Human Services, Division of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse in conjunction with the Institute for Legal, Legislative and Policy Studies, Center for State Policy and Leadership, University of Illinois Springfield, is pleased to offer the Compulsive Gambling training program for all counselors and therapists who want to increase their skill and knowledge in assessing and treating problem and compulsive gambling. The training program will provide participants with a strong clinical base from which to deliver problem gambling treatment services. The course curriculum covers assessment, case planning, case management, monitoring, counseling, and advocacy. Additionally, training will ensure clinicians are knowledgeable of the services provided by the treatment, criminal justice and other behavioral health systems.
Overview: Problem and Compulsive Gambling Counselor Five-Day Basic Training
The Illinois Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Professional Certification Association (IAODAPCA) has developed a certification and credentialing process for counselors of problem and compulsive gambling. The Problem and Compulsive Gambling Counselor Five-Day Basic Training will provide participants with the requisite knowledge for the written IAODAPCA certification exam. This training curriculum also reflects IAODAPCA-defined knowledge areas and skills as well as the role, purpose, functions and responsibilities required in IAODAPCA’s evaluation and competency methodology for problem and compulsive gambler behavioral health professionals. This 30 hour course will be delivered throughout a five-day series, divided into two consecutive weeks. The northern course will take place October 6, 7, 8, 13 and 14, 2009 at the Multi-University Center at 1010 Jorie Boulevard, Suite 200 in Oakbrook, Illinois, and the central course will take place March 2, 3, 4, 9 & 10, 2010 at the University of Illinois Springfield in the Public Affairs Building at One University Plaza in Springfield, Illinois.
Continuing Education Units:
Through this five-day basic training, qualified participants can earn up to 30 continuing education units (CEU) from the Department of Professional Regulations and IAODAPCA.
Training Schedule :
October 6, 7, 8, 13 & 14, 2009 - Oakbrook, Illinois
March 2, 3, 4, 9 & 10, 2010 - Springfield, Illinois
The training beings promptly at 9:00 a.m and ends at 4:30 p.m, each day. Coffee will be served in the morning, and pop and cookies will be served in the afternoon. Participants are responsible for their own lunch.
Presenters:
Bensinger, DuPont & Associates (BDA) will provide experienced trainers for this training. Based on the Columbia Assessment Services, Inc.(CAS) January 1999 report, Role Delineation Study: Counselors of Problem Gamblers , the curriculum, syllabus, instructional material and training hours reflect the relative weights and importance of the five weighted performance domains identified in the CAS study. The training curriculum also reflects IAODAPCA-defined knowledge areas and skills as well as the role, purpose, functions and responsibilities required in IAODAPCA's evaluation and competency methodology for problem and compulsive gambler behavioral health professionals.
For more information contact Rebekah Grosboll at (217)206-6348 or email: rlanp01s@uis.edu