Counseling Training Program -

The Illinois Department of Human Services, Division of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse in conjunction with the  Institute for Legal and Policy Studies, Center for State Policy and Leadership, University of Illinois at Springfield, is pleased to offer the Problem and 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 - Counseling Training Program

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. This program will provide participants with the requisite knowledge for Illinois' written certification exam.

The program will consist of a thirty (30) hour course delivered throughout a five-day series. Each series is divided into two consecutive weeks and will be offered at multiple locations throughout the state.  Each participant will receive a copy of an IAODAPCA Counselors for Problem and Compulsive Gambling Certification: Model and Application Manual and a Training for Counseling of Problem Gamblers Training Manual. 

Continuing Education Units

Qualified participants can earn up to 30 continuing education units (CEU) from the Department of Professional Regulations and IAODAPCA for the 5 day training.

Schedule

Check in time for each site is 8:30 a.m. The training will begin at 9:00 a.m. and end at 4:30 p.m. Participants will be on their own for 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 Jeri Frederick 217.206.7985 or email: jfred1@uis.edu