All courses provide continuing education hours for CASAC, SW, MHC, and MFT !
For more information regarding our Professional Development Trainers, please view our faculty page. If you and your employer are interested in hosting a professional development training for your workplace, please review our course listings for more information.
Please click on the month below to view the available courses for that month.
March • April • May • June • July • September
If you wish to see more re-credentialing opportunities, please visit our CASAC Re-Credentialing page.
We also have free EBP Training Opportunities available. For more information, please visit our SOR Training page.
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March
Overview of Addiction: Introduction (6 hours)
The history of human drug taking, addiction, and treatment and recovery movements are examined in this course. Forms of drugs, routes of administration and drug responses, progression of drug use, dependency and recovery are also explored.
- Date: Tuesday, March 4, 2025, and Wednesday, March 5, 2025
- Time: 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
- Trainer: Dayna Slade Smith, MA, MS, MAC, SAP, Adjunct Instructor, OTI
Registration Deadline: February 21, 2025
April
Tobacco and Nicotine Dependence (3 hours)
This course will provide an overview of tobacco use, understanding of the etiology & progression of dependence, & treatment for nicotine dependence.
- Date: Wednesday, April 30, 2025
- Time: 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
- Trainer: Andre Toussaint, PhD., Adjunct Instructor
Registration Deadline: April 18, 2025
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May
Toxicology Testing & Screening (3 hours)
In this course, participants will learn about the array of toxicology screening methods, their strengths and limitations, and means of accurate administration and proper use.
- Date: Wednesday, May 7, 2025
- Time: 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
- Trainer: Timothy Cheslik, DPM, CASAC, Adjunct Instructor
Registration Deadline: April 28, 2025
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June
Foundational Skills of Counseling (6 hours)
The foundations of good counseling with individuals with substance use disorders are covered in this course, including the qualities of an effective counselor, therapeutic alliance, and basic counseling skills.
- Date: Wednesday, June 4, 2025, and Tuesday, June 10, 2025
- Time: 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
- Trainer: Gretchen Grappone, LICSW, Adjunct Instructor
Registration Deadline: May 23, 2025
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July
Group Counseling (12 hours)
The history of human drug taking, addiction, and treatment and recovery movements are examined in this course. Forms of drugs, routes of administration and drug responses, progression of drug use, dependency and recovery are also explored.
- Date: Thursday, July 3, 2025; Tuesday, July 8, 2025; Wednesday, July 9, 2025; Thursday, July 10, 2025;
- Time: 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
- Trainer: Dayna Slade Smith, MA, MS, MAC, SAP, Adjunct Instructor, OTI
Registration Deadline: June 24, 2025
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Groups in SUD Treatment (6 hours)
Several types of groups commonly used in treatment for substance use disorders will be examined in this course including psycho-educational, cognitive-behavioral, process, support, relapse prevention, and those for medication-assisted treatment. Evidence-based models, i.e., Matrix and Seeking Safety, will be looked at more closely as examples.
- Date: Tuesday, July 15, 2025, and Wednesday, July 16, 2025
- Time: 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
- Trainer: Adelya Urmanche, PhD, Adjunct Instructor
Registration Deadline: June 30, 2025
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Reoccurrence of Symptoms / Relapse Prevention Pt 1 & 2 (6 hours)
Participants will learn the elements of a stable long –term recovery and recovery wellness. These concepts will be used to understand how relapse occurs and how to use cognitive behavioral techniques to help clients prevent relapse and maintain recovery.
- Date: Thursday, July 17, 2025, and Tuesday, July 22, 2025
- Time: 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
- Trainer: Dayna Slade Smith, MA, MS, MAC, SAP, Adjunct Instructor, OTI
Registration Deadline: July 8, 2025
September
Counseling and Communicating with Families and Significant Others (12 hours)
This course provides an overview of working with families and significant others. It includes the core beliefs of addiction specialists related to the family, the evolution of the family in American society, types of family structures, the family system and the concept of homeostasis, the impact of drug and alcohol abuse on family relationships, the developmental stages of the individual and family, the function of rules and roles in a family system, the use of genograms in family work, stages of assessment of individuals and families, working with the family system, relapse prevention with families, children of alcoholics and substance abusers, and fetal alcohol syndrome.
- Date: Wednesday, September 11, 2024; Thursday, September 12, 2024; Tuesday, September 17, 2024 and Wednesday, September 18, 2024
- Time: 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
- Trainer: Dawn Matherly, Ph.D, LMFT, Adjunct Instructor, OTI
Registration Deadline: September 6, 2024
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Free, OASAS-Sponsored EBP Trainings
Free training for staff and peers in Brooklyn and on Long Island: OASAS-Funded State Opioid Response (SOR) Grant-Funded Training.
For free professional development training for Brooklyn and Long Island workforce check out SOR Training
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