Course Listing For Gambling Specialty Certificate Courses

This self-paced offering will consist of basic gambling knowledge, education to assist clergy in the identification of possible gambling concerns. The course will include resources available to help problem gamblers and their significant others.

This self-paced offering will consist basic gambling knowledge, education to assist members of the legal profession in the identification of possible gambling concerns. The course will include resources available to help problem gamblers and their significant others.

This 12-hour course will introduce basic disordered gambling history. It includes the social impact of gambling in the US, the historical and theoretical approaches to treating compulsive gamblers, and the predominant effects of disordered gambling on the client and their significant others.

This 12-hour course consists of education on the presence of disordered gambling indicators, identification of client needs, and matching identified needs with appropriate treatment modalities. The course will also include identification of common co-morbid disorders and medical conditions that warrant referral and/or consultation.

This 12-hour course will include education on general family dynamics, effects of disordered gambling on family systems, and facilitating appropriate changes as related to the disordered gambling.

This 12-hour course will cover case management for disordered gambling clients, including education on working with disordered gambling clients to establish therapeutic goals, measuring treatment effectiveness, and utilization of resources to effectively accomplish identified goals.

This 12-hour course will include individual and group counseling skills with compulsive gamblers, including education that will enhance the counselor’s ability to engage, elicit feelings, and facilitate awareness in the therapeutic relationship with disordered gambling clients.

This 6-hour course will cover counseling special populations, including education which assists the counselor working with clients from a variety of racial, ethnic, age, gender, and socio-economic populations.

This 6-hour course will cover the legal/financial aspects of disordered gambling, including education which promotes understanding of legal, financial, and occupational issues related to disordered gambling and effective resources to appropriately resolve those issues.

This self-paced 4-module offering will consist of a gambling disorder overview, understanding Internet Gaming Disorder criteria, discussion of various internet games and their potential and real effects as an addiction and a basic strategic prevention framework to help inform adults and children the potential dangers of internet gaming. <br /> <strong>Objectives:</strong> <ul> <li>Define Internet Gaming Disorder</li> <li>Compare and contrast related disorders</li> <li>Understand trends in internet gaming</li> <li>Differentiate between various outlets of compulsive gaming</li> <li>Identify populations at-risk for Internet Gaming Disorder</li> <li>Identify 5 steps of the Strategic Prevention Framework</li> <li>Utilize the Strategic Prevention Framework to develop and implement prevention strategies</li> </ul>

This self-paced 3-module offering will consist of some basic assumptions to include relational issues, direct observation, and counselor self-efficacy. Participants will examine their current supervisory practice and preferences in terms of definition, responsibilities and roles. <br> <strong>Objectives:</strong> <ul> <li>Define the primary goals of individual clinical supervision practice</li> <li>Identify discrepancies between individual current (expected) supervisory practice, ideals and some causes of discrepancies</li> <li>Analyze individual supervisory practice using the definitions, responsibilities and roles of the clinical supervisor covered in the online course</li> <li>Identify barriers when trying to balance these roles and responsibilities</li> </ul>

This self-paced 5-module offering will consist of advanced education regarding older adults and dependency. Gambling addiction will be the main focus. Co-occurring disorders that are both present and exacerbate disordered gambling will be discussed. <br> <strong>Objectives:</strong> <ul> <li>Define older adults and the stages of aging in adults</li> <li>Identify the prevalence of disordered gambling in the aging population</li> <li>Describe the types of games that appeal to older adults</li> <li>Identify disorders common in older adults and the impact of gambling and disordered gambling on the dual disordered older adults</li> <li>Identify barriers to successfully reducing or eliminating disordered gambling in the older adult population </li> </ul>

This self-paced 3-module offering consists of advanced education regarding college gamblers and problem gambling. Gambling addiction will be the main focus. Co-occurring disorders that are both present and exacerbate disordered gambling will be discussed. <br> <strong>Objectives:</strong> <ul> <li>Define college gamblers and the stages of college problem gamblers</li> <li>Identify the prevalence of disordered gambling in the college gambler</li> <li>Describe the types of gambling that appeal to college gamblers</li> <li>Identify disorders common in college and the impact of gambling, and disordered gambling</li> <li>Identify barriers to successfully reducing or eliminating disordered gambling in the college population</li> </ul>

This self-paced 4-module offering will consist of advanced education regarding trauma and problem gambling. Gambling addiction will be the main focus. Co-occurring disorders that are both present and exacerbate disordered gambling will be discussed. <br> <strong>Objectives:</strong> <ul> <li>Define trauma and the stages of trauma</li> <li>Define problem gambling and DSM-5 criteria</li> <li>Identify disorders common with trauma and the impact of gambling, and disordered gambling</li> <li>Identify theoretical approaches to successfully address disordered gambling in the trauma population</li> </ul>

This self-paced 3-module offering will consist of advanced education regarding the process of change and gambling disorders. Gambling addiction will be the main focus. Breaking down the "process of changes" in gambling disorder treatment and knowing who you are working with will be discussed. <br> <strong>Objectives:</strong> <ul> <li>Define what works in the treatment of a gambling disorder</li> <li>Define gambling disorder treatment best practices</li> <li>Identify and understand the stages of a client's readiness for change</li> </ul>

This self-paced 4-module offering will consist of advanced education regarding nutrition and problem gambling addiction. It will introduce you to why nutrition is important in addiction recovery and helping the body to heal. It will also help you identify tools to help clients monitor their nutritional progress. <br> <strong>Objectives:</strong> <ul> <li>Define what works in the treatment of a gambling disorder</li> <li>Define gambling disorder treatment best practices</li> <li>Identify and understand the stages of a client's readiness for change</li> </ul>

Course will consist of basic disordered gambling knowledge education on the history and social impact of gambling in the US, the historical and theoretical approaches to treating compulsive gamblers, and the predominant effects of disordered gambling on the client and their significant others.

Course will include education on general family dynamics, effects of disordered gambling on family systems, and facilitating appropriate changes as related to the disordered gambling.

Course will cover legal/financial aspects of disordered gambling, including education, which promotes understanding of legal, financial, and occupational issues, related to disordered gambling and effective resources appropriately resolving the issues.

This 4-part video course will consist of the following: Part I is basic background and introduction to treatment for gambling disorder. Part II is first client encounter, introducing the client to the counseling process, and obtaining client background information. Part III is development of treatment strategies for gambling disorder clients with specific strategies addressing common issues. Part IV is about developing social context and awareness of issues affecting addiction to gambling in the broader society.