The Addiction Stigma Reduction Toolkit: Implementation Guide and Video (30 minutes) highlights from the Stigma Reduction Forum held September 28, 2000. The purpose of the forum was to promote information sharing and to initiate strategies for reducing the stigma that affects patients, those in recovery and their families, and professionals in the field. The companion piece, A Guide to Reducing Addiction-Related Stigma, provides useful information about a variety of approaches to prevent addiction-related stigma. These range from simple approaches, such as using stigma-free language and writing letters to the editor, to comprehensive prevention activities, such as developing a community action-group and implementing a community-based media advocacy campaign.

Price: $29

Novel Approaches To Engagement In Care
In this two-hour video with a companion booklet, three expert researchers in substance abuse treatment discuss three evidence-based practices that have been demonstrated to promote positive patient outcomes: Contingency Management, Role Induction and Motivation Interviewing.

Price: Video (2 hours) and Booklet $75 (set)

Community-Based Outreach Model for Preventing Infectious Diseases, HIV, and Hepatitis Amoung Drug Users: A Trainer's Guide.
This guide is designed to provide trainers of outreach workers and other healthcare professionals with the tools required to provide a 4-hour multimedia training session on the community-based outreach model for preventing HIV and the hepatitis C virus (HCV) among out-of-treatment drug users. These tools include presentation script, computer disks with the presentation text to permit tailoring of the script, professionally prepared PowerPoint slides, a set of pocket-size, laminated cue cards, and a somewhat larger tabletop flip-chart version of the cue cards.

Price: $99

How to Set up an Effective Mobile Outreach Prevention Program.
This brochure includes basic information on how to set up a mobile outreach program. Available in PDF format. Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view the manual. Click on this link to view the manual.

Price: Free
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Introduction To Substance Abuse Awareness for Seniors: A Guide for Developing a Substance Abuse Awareness Program for Older Adults.
There is a new sense of urgency surrounding the topic of aging and addiction. Over eight million older adults currently suffer from addiction to alcohol, medications or other chemical substances, and the numbers will swell as baby boomers age. The need for awareness among care providers has never been greater, because there is still little understanding or acknowledgement of the disease of addiction in older adult populations.

This manual will not only raise awareness of the scope and nature of this alarming epidemic, but it offers a basic guide to prevention, assessment, intervention, treatment and aftercare. This guide also presents information on designing and implementing effective substance abuse awareness programs for older adults. Its' intention is to build capacity among providers in order to address this growing issue. The guide targets a wide audience of providers and professionals including: substance abuse professionals, substance abuse treatment providers, organizations serving seniors and professionals working with seniors on issues that relate to or involve substance abuse.

Also available in PDF format. Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view the manual. Click on this link to view the manual.

Price: Free*
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Outreach Competencies: Minimum Standards for Conducting Street Outreach for Hard-to-Reach Populations (Hard copies available in English and Spanish). Also available in PDF format. Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view the manual. Click on this link to view the manual.

Price: $5

Self Care: A Guide for Addiction Professionals
The Central East ATTC recently published a document entitled: Self Care: A Guide for Addiction Professionals. The purpose of this document is to identify common workplace stressors for addiction professionals and provide strategies for both agencies and addiction professionals that can be used to address these stressors and promote overall self-care. The guide covers topics such as: Nutrition, Mental Wellness,Recovery Management, and Exercise. The guide also provides helpful tools and resources to help addiction professionals identify and reduce stress. Also available in PDF format. Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view the manual. Click on this link to view the manual.

Price: $7*
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U.S. Hispanic Street Gangs: Dialogue on Science and Addiction
Developed by the Caribbean Basin Hispanic ATTC in conjunction with the Central East and Southeast ATTCs, this monograph focuses on Hispanic street gangs in the US including Puerto Rico. It provides a description and understanding of contemporary gangs as they are emerging in Mexican, Mexican American, Puerto Rican, Dominican and Central American communities. This monograph is written to be useful for community practitioners in order to orient themselves to the multiple and complex problems associated with street gangs. This publication also aims to be helpful in the development of effective prevention and intervention programs that are culturally relevant and meet the needs of this rapidly growing minority population. The monograph takes a multidisciplinary perspective including sociology, psychology, social work, social psychiatry, criminology, and public health and has been drafted in a style and language that is accessible to the community practitioners, policy makers and the general public. It will also have value to professional psychological and social service provider networks (i.e. family therapists, substance abuse counselors, etc.).

Price: Free*
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Welfare Reform for Addiction Professionals

Designed for counselors and other addiction professionals, this one-hour course provides information about working with clients who participate in welfare programs, especially clients who receive Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF). The course reviews welfare reform roles of treatment professionals in welfare, and the Federal requirements of the TANF program. In addition, it also reviews several issues faced by treatment professionals who work with welfare clients. The course provides tools to identify your state's welfare requirements and to track clients' progress through the welfare reform system. To access the CEATTC sponsored online courses click here.

Price: $20

Child Welfare for Addiction Professionals

Designed for counselors and other addiction professionals, this two-hour course reviews Federal definitions and national portraits of child maltreatment, the relationships between addiction and child welfare, roles of addiction professionals regarding child welfare, and the independent timetables for addiction treatment, child welfare, welfare-to-work, and child development. The course reviews the child protection and child welfare sytems, the child welfare continuum, and information about typical state requirements. It provides tools to identify your state's child welfare requirements and to track clients' progress through the child welfare system. In addition, the course provides strategies for problems often encountered with clients involved in child welfare. To access the CEATTC sponsored online courses click here.

Price: $20

Hepatitis C: A Guide for Counselors and Outreach Workers

Designed for addiction counselors and outreach professionals, this 2-hour online course provides an overview of the hepatitis C virus (HCV), including the function of the liver, HCV infection, risk factors for HCV infection, incidence and prevalence, signs and symptoms, natural history and progression, acute and chronic infection, health consequences, and co-infection. It examines such modes of transmission as drug use, tattooing and body piercing, transfusions and transplantations, sexual transmission, mother to infant transmission, and occupational transmission. It reviews various affected populations. It reviews diagnosis and testing, who should be tested, why individuals should be tested, and diagnostic tools. The course examines various treatment options, such as interferon treatment. Finally, the course examines a variety of prevention issues, such as HCV vaccines and prevention messages. To access the CEATTC sponsored online courses click here.

Price: $20

 
Research Concepts: A Guide for Counselors

The course Research Concepts: A Guide for Counselors is a 2-hour online course that provides the informed lay reader basic information about scientific research, the research process, and research concepts. The goal of this course is to increase the ability of non-research professionals to become more familiar with research concepts and to better understand research articles. The course provides a review of research terms, issues, concepts, and principles for non-research addiction professionals. It describes the characteristics of the primary research approaches, including experimental, quasi-experimental, and non-experimental research designs. It provides information about certain characteristics of studies that can diminish their ability to determine whether an observed outcome can be attributed to the intervention being studied and whether results from a research study can be generalized to other settings or populations. The course reviews the major principles of ethics in research, provides guidance about reading research articles, and provides an overview of fundamental statistical concepts. To access the CEATTC sponsored online courses click here.

Price: $20

Buprenorphine:What Counselors Need to Know

Designed for addiction counselors, this 2 to 3 hour continuing education course provides basic information on buprenorphine, and how it fits into behavioral treatment. The specific content of the course covers the following topics: recent changes in opioid treatment; science of addiction; what is buprenorphine and how does it work; how it compares to other opioid medications; its safety and efficacy and the common myths about opioid agonist treatments and responses; patient selection; general issues in counseling drug dependent patients; counseling issues; and patient management issues associated with treating patients with buprenorphine. The course overview is available in CD-ROM format.

Price: Online Course $20.00; CD-ROM $5.00

Hepatitis C: A Guide for Counselors and Outreach Workers, a CD-ROM based on the online course described above.

Price: $5

Keeping it Real 2002 Conference Proceedings on CD-ROM. This regional conference targeted outreach workers and front line staff in the HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, and substance abuse field.

Price: $5

Keeping it Real 2002 Conference Proceedings Manual - see conference description above.

Price: $5

Keeping it Real 2003 Conference Proceedings on CD-ROM. This regional conference targeted outreach workers and front line staff in the HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, and substance abuse field.

Price: $5

Keeping it Real 2003 Conference Proceedings Manual - see conference description above.

Price: $5

Keeping it Real 2006 Conference Proceedings on CD-ROM. This regional conference targeted outreach workers and frontline staff in the HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, and substance abuse field. This CD contains many of the presentations from this conference.

Price: $5

HIV/HCV Resource Disc

The Central East and Northeast ATTCs recently developed a new resource disc on HIV/HCV and Substance Use Disorders. The disc contains many resources and links, including a clinical and prevention toolkit, resources for specific populations, and resources in Spanish.

Price: CD-Rom $3.00

Buprenorphine:What Counselors Need to Know, a CD-ROM based on the online course described above.

Price: CD-ROM $5.00