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Correspondence Brochure can be download here.
Correspondence courses can be purchased by Credit card ( phone the office or come in), send a check or money order to RADACT at 3901 Old Seward Hwy, Suite 8, Anchorage, AK 99503. Be sure to indicate which course you are purchasing. If ordering a course for an employee, please also remember to give the name of the student who will be completing the course.
| Behavioral Health Services for Alaska Natives This course can serves as a resource to behavioral health professionals who wish to provide culturally appropriate and responsive services to American Indian and Alaska Native individuals. | Hours: 6 Fee: $60 for USB Drive or CD or email Fee: $90 for hard copy Postage/Handling: $6 (if mailed) Total: $66 for CD or USB Drive Total: $96 for hard copy |
| Ethics Course Ethics Course 1 will assist students in understanding the ethical obligations of a professional in relation to the NAADAC Code of Ethics. (Courses 2-4 are for recertification) | Hours: 6 Fee: $60 for USB Drive or CD or email Fee: $90 for hard copy Postage/Handling: $6 (if mailed) Total: $66 for CD or USB Total: $96 for hard copy |
| Confidentiality Confidentiality will provide an overview of the Federal confidentiality regulations (42 CFR Part 2 and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), 45 CFR Parts 160 and 164 and the implications for behavioral health programs. (Courses 2-3 are for recertification) | Hours: 6 Fee: $60 for USB Drive or CD or email Fee: $90 for hard copy Postage/Handling: $6 (if mailed) Total: $66 for CD or USB Total: $96 for hard copy |
| Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS focuses on hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases, TB, HIV, and other infectious diseases that might impact clients receiving services. | Hours: 8 Fee: $80 for USB Drive or CD or email Fee: $120 for hard copy Postage/Handling: $6 (if mailed) Total: $86 for CD or USB Drive Total: $126 for hard copy |
| Introduction to Addictive Behavior Introduction to Addictive Behavior provides an overview of the problems and consequences of substance abuse, and the importance and effectiveness of assessment procedures. | Hours: 8 Fee: $80 for USB Drive or CD or email Fee: $120 for hard copy Postage/Handling: $6 (if mailed) Total: $86 for CD or USB Drive Total: $126 for hard copy |
| Introduction to Group Counseling Introduction to Group Counseling focuses on five group models that are common in substance abuse treatment; and group leadership. | Hours: 8 Fee: $80 for USB Drive or CD or email Fee: $120 for hard copy Postage/Handling: $6 (if mailed) Total: $86 for CD or USB Drive Total: $126 for hard copy |
| Crisis Intervention Crisis Intervention will provide the foundational and practice information on general crisis events. It will focus on crisis responses such as depression, grief, relapse, and increased shame, loss of motivation and self-esteem, and isolating. The course will also address suicide ideation, intervention, evaluation and follow-up. | Hours: 8 Fee: $80 for USB Drive or CD or email Fee: $120 for hard copy Postage/Handling: $6 (if mailed) Total: $86 for CD or USB Drive Total: $126 for hard copy |
| Documentation This course will provide the theoretical concepts of documentation to augment the eight-hour in person documentation class. Although the course is focused on IOP the concepts cover all levels of treatment | Hours: 4 Fee: $40 for USB Drive or CD or email Fee: $60 for hard copy Postage/Handling: $6 (if mailed) Total: $46 for CD or USB Drive Total: $66 for hard copy |
| Working with Diverse Populations Working with Diverse Populations will cover the interactive process between cultural diversity and chemical dependency. The following areas will be discussed: ethnicity, immigrants and refuges, women, disabilities, older adults, sexual orientation, adolescents, homeless populations, and comobility of alcohol and psychiatric problems. | Hours: 16 Fee: $160 for USB Drive or CD or email Fee: $240 for hard copy Postage/Handling: $6 (if mailed) Total: $166 for CD or USB Drive Total: $246 for hard copy |
| Community Resource Use & Case Management This course will provide an overview for coordinating client services and case management. | Hours: 8 Fee: $80 for USB Drive or CD or email Fee: $120 for hard copy Postage/Handling: $6 (if mailed) Total: $86 for CD or USB Drive Total: $126 for hard copy |
| Recovery, Health, & Wellness This course will provide practical tools to help you manage and work differently to minimize your risk of harm from working as a healthcare provider. The course covers ways to prevent caregiver stress, and if you already have symptoms, to help you identify and manage these symptoms and find effective ways to rise above your current challenges and find renewal in your work. | Hours: 8 ONLY AVAILABLE ON HARD COPY Fee: $120 for hard copy Postage/Handling: $6 |
| Psycho-Physiology Psycho-Physiology will provide information about the brain-body connection, the nervous system structure, neuroanatomy, neurotransmitter and receptor function. The course will also discuss various drugs and their effects. | Hours: 16 Fee: $160 for USB Drive or CD or email Fee: $240 for hard copy Postage/Handling: $6 (if mailed) Total: $166 for CD or USB Drive Total: $246 for hard copy |
| Introduction to Family Systems This course provides an introduction to substance use treatment and family therapy. It introduces the changing definition of "family", explores the evolution of the field of family therapy and the primary models of family therapy. | Hours: 15 Fee: $150 for USB Drive or CD or email Fee: $225 for hard copy Postage/Handling: $6 (if mailed) Total: $156 for CD or USB Drive Total: $231 for hard copy |
| Family Systems 2 This course will provide information about Multidimensional Family Therapy (MDFT) which is a family-based outpatient treatment developed for clinically referred adolescents with drug and behavioral problems. The intervention methods derive from target population characteristics, and are guided by research-based knowledge about dysfunctional and normal adolescence and family development. | Hours: 15 Fee: $150 for USB Drive or CD or email Fee: $225 for hard copy Postage/Handling: $6 (if mailed) Total: $156 for CD or USB Drive Total: $231 for hard copy |
| Introduction to Co-Occurring Disorders This course will provide a basic understanding of how mental health disorders, substance use disorders, and other related conditions can exist in combination and how they affect treatment services.” | Hours: 8 Fee: $80 for USB Drive or CD or email Fee: $120 for hard copy Postage/Handling: $6 (if mailed) Total: $86 for CD or USB Drive Total: $126 for hard copy |
| Co-Occurring Disorders This course will provide a working knowledge of the most common co-occurring disorders seen in substance abuse treatment settings. The course will hep counselors understand the role of addiction within the framework of the client's experiences and to see how the client's disorders are interrelated. | Hours: 12 Fee: $120 for USB Drive or CD Fee: $180 for hard copy Postage/Handling: $6 (if mailed) Total: $126 for CD or USB Drive Total: $186 for hard copy |
| Motivational Interviewing Motivational Interviewing focuses on the principles of motivational interviewing and the Stages of Change model by DiClemente and Prochaska. | Hours: 16 Fee: $160 for USB Drive or CD or email Fee: $240 for hard copy Postage/Handling: $6 (if mailed) Total: $166 for CD or USB Drive Total: $246 for hard copy |
| Substance Use Disorder in Older Adults This course is designed to help providers and others better understand how to identify, manage, and prevent substance misuse in older adults. This course describes the unique ways in which substance use disorder signs and symptoms manifest in older adults. Specific areas covered are drug and alcohol use disorder (AUD) screening tools, assessments, and treatments specifically tailored for older clients' needs; the interaction between SUDs and dementia and other cognitive disorders; and strategies to help providers improve their older clients' social functioning and overall wellness. | Hours: 8 Fee: $80 for USB Drive or CD or email Fee: $120 for hard copy Postage/Handling: $6 (if mailed) Total: $86 for CD or USB Drive Total: $126 for hard copy |
| Prevention and Community Development This course will provide the key features and strategies of prevention and community development promoted by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The course will cover both prevention in early childhood (0-8 years) and the SAMHSAs Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) prevention model that promotes resilience and prevents problem behaviors across the life span. | Hours: 8 Fee: $80 for USB Drive or CD or email Fee: $120 for hard copy Postage/Handling: $6 (if mailed) Total: $86 for CD or USB Drive Total: $126 for hard copy |
Correspondence Brochure can be download here.