This completely NEW for 2009-10!!! course on the Family Support Network (FSN) intervention seeks to extend the focus of treatment beyond the world of the adolescent by engaging the family, a major system in his or her life The FSN process is a family intervention designed to be used in conjunction with any standard adolescent treatment approach.

This completely NEW for 2009-10!!! course presents an evidence-based treatment which provides guidance on how to prepare for and conduct the adolescent community reinforcement approach (ACRA) - intervention sessions with adolescents and caregivers. The manual includes examples of exchanges between therapists and adolescents to illustrate what happens in actual ACRA sessions. Much of the adolescent community reinforcement approach is based on previous work using a community reinforcement approach (CRA) (Meyers & Smith, 1995). The CRA intervention was adapted for use with adolescents who abuse or are dependent on marijuana. 

This is a completely NEW offering for 2009-10!!! Multidimensional family therapy is the multi-systemic family-focused treatment described in this manual for experienced family therapists that includes 12 weeks of in-clinic and telephone sessions working with individual adolescents and their families. MDFT is a family-based outpatient treatment developed for clinically referred adolescents with drug and behavioral problems (Liddle,1992).This course utilizes Volume Five of the Cannabis Youth Treatment series.

Overview of this module: Module Three utilizes Volume Two of the Cannabis Youth Treatment series: Motivational Enhancement Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Adolescent Cannabis Users Supplement: 7 Sessions of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Adolescent Cannabis Users (SAMHSA/CSAT: www.samhsa.gov). Marijuana use among teens occurs at a rate twice that of other drugs and exceeds even the rate of alcohol use. The rate of marijuana use at younger ages also exceeds these same rates for alcohol. Marijuana potency has increased as much as 30 times since the 1970s. This potent substance produces withdrawal symptoms, tolerance, and significant long-term negative consequences.

A medical errors course to satisfy the Florida CE requirements for Psychology, School Psychology, Social Work, Marriage & Family, Mental Health and Nursing. Great for other states as well.