On-Demand Course

at your pace and convenience.

This course is approved for 2 continuing education (CE) hours. To earn CE hours, you will need to complete 1) all required course activities and 2) the course evaluation survey. A certificate of attendance will be made available on the Student Dashboard upon course completion.

Who Should Attend

This course is recommended for:

  • problem gambling treatment supervisors,

  • problem gambling treatment consultants, and

  • agency administrators.

What Is Included

This online, on-demand training covers the use of Oregon Health Authority Problem Gambling Services (OHA PGS) core competencies for problem gambling counselors in supervision and consultation.

  • The course includes four modules. Videos, presentations, and readings are provided within the modules. You are free to take as much time as you need to review these resources.

  • Once you have reviewed and mastered the content of a module, you will be required to pass a short quiz before proceeding to a new module. You must pass all of the quizzes before you are eligible for verification that you have successfully completed the course.

  • We suggest you take your time, view content as many times as you like, and access suggested readings and resources when possible. It is not necessary to complete the course in a single sitting. You are free to open and close the course as many times as you like.

  • We ask you to have an open attitude as you go through this course. At times it may seem as if we are reviewing what you already know. However, paying close attention is likely to provide an opportunity to realize subtle differences and important nuances in problem gambling treatment and supervision. Finally, we hope you enjoy this learning format and that this course supports your many contributions to counselors, clients, and agencies.

Course Curriculum

    1. Welcome!

    2. How to navigate this course

    3. Course Overview

    4. Course Objectives

    5. Problem Gambling Consultation & Supervision

    1. Overview of Problem Gambling Counselor Core Competencies

    2. Required Reading: OHA Guide to Core Competencies

    3. OHA Brief List of Core Competencies for Problem Gambling Counselors

    4. Quiz: Oregon Problem Gambling Services Core Competencies

    5. Additional Reading: Core Competencies for Disordered Gambling Counselors- A Modified Delphi Study

    6. Additional Resource: OHA Core Competencies for Problem Gambling Prevention Specialists

    7. Additional Resource: OHA Core Competencies for Gambling Recovery Peers

    8. Before we continue...

    9. Your Professional Background

    1. Presentation: OHA Core Competency Based Evaluation

    2. Transcript: OHA Core Competency Based Evaluation

    3. Handout: OHA Core Competency Based Evaluation

    4. Competency Evaluation Excercises

    5. Exercise 1 Integrating Psychoeducation Competency Evaluation

    6. Video: Exercise 1 Integrating Psychoeducation Competency Evaluation

    7. Transcript: Exercise 1 Integrating Psychoeducation Competency Evaluation

    8. Exercise 1: Using the Rating Scale

    9. Video: Exercise 1 Supervisor Discussion

    10. Transcription: Exercise 1 Supervisor Discussion

    11. Exercise 2 Cooccurring Disorders Competency Evaluation

    12. Video: Exercise 2 Cooccurring Disorders Competency Evaluation

    13. Transcription: Exercise 2 Cooccurring Disorders Competency Evaluation

    14. Exercise 2: Using the Rating Scale

    15. Video: Exercise 2 Supervisor Discussion

    16. Transcript: Exercise 2 Supervisor Discussion

    17. Exercise 3 Identifying and Disclosing Debt Competency Evaluation

    18. Video: Exercise 3 Debt Disclosure Competency Evaluation

    19. Transcript: Exercise 3 Debt Disclosure Competency Evaluation

    20. Exercise 3: Using the Rating Scale

    21. Video: Exercise 3 Supervisor Discussion

    22. Transcript: Exercise 3 Supervisor Discussion

    23. Exercise 4: Stages of Change Competency Evaluation

    24. Video: Exercise 4 Stages of Change Competency Evaluation

    25. Transcript: Exercise 4 Stages of Change Competency Evaluation

    26. Exercise 4: Using the Rating Scale

    27. Video: Exercise 4 Supervisor Discussion

    28. Transcript: Exercise 4 Supervisor Discussion

    29. Quiz: Evaluating Problem Gambling Counselors Using Oregon's Core Competency Evaluation Tool

    1. Moving Toward Problem Gambling Supervisor Competencies

    2. Required Reading: SAMSHA Supervisor Competencies

    3. Additional Learning Opportunities for Problem Gambling Supervisors

    4. Before we wrap up...

    5. Course Evaluation

About this course

  • Free
  • 48 lessons
  • 1 hour of video content

Instructors

Senior Instructor Teresa McDowell

Teresa McDowell, Ed.D., LMFT is a professor emerita at Lewis & Clark, in Portland, Oregon, where she served as Department Chair and co-founded Lewis & Clark’s Problem Gambling Services. Dr. McDowell has served as a licensed marriage and family therapist, family therapy educator, program director, educational administrator, and consultant over the past 40 years. Her work has primarily focused on counselor education and workforce development, organizational consultation, international family therapy, equity-based clinical practice, integrated treatment for problem gambling, and clinical supervision. She currently serves as a social researcher, program evaluator, and consultant with Partners in Social Research and is the senior instructor for the Advanced Career Online Resource Network (ACORN). Dr. McDowell has published over 50 refereed journal articles and book chapters. She has presented her work at numerous conferences across eight countries. She is the author of Applying Critical Social Theory to Family Therapy Practice and first co-author of Socioculturally Attuned Family Therapy: Guidelines for Equity-Based Theory and Practice (1st and 2nd Editions). Her work in problem gambling treatment includes authoring the Working with Families in Problem Gambling Treatment handbook, research on core competencies for problem gambling counselors and prevention specialists, and extensive contributions to the development of Oregon’s problem gambling treatment workforce.

Evaluation Researcher Iva Kosutic

Iva Kosutic, PhD is an evaluation researcher at Partners in Social Research, and she currently serves as an evaluator for the Connecticut Personal Responsibility Education Program (CT PREP) grant to Connecticut Department of Public Health. Iva obtained her doctorate from the University of Connecticut in 2010. She has conducted a number of program evaluations, including, most recently, evaluation of the Connecticut Department or Public Health Office of Oral Health programs and a Genomics Office program. She taught undergraduate courses at the University of Connecticut, Human Development and Family Sciences Department for 10 years, and graduate courses at Lewis & Clark College, Marriage, Couples, and Family Therapy Program for 6 years. Her peer-reviewed publications pertain to youth development, evaluation of sex ed and youth development programs, gambling treatment and prevention, and marriage and family therapy.

Pricing

This course is free of charge, courtesy of Oregon Health Authority, Problem Gambling Services

ACORN

is committed to excellence.

ACORN has been approved by the International Problem Gambling and Gaming Certification Organization (IPGGC) and the Mental Health & Addiction Certification Board of Oregon (MHACBO) to provide continuing education courses. Additionally, ACORN has been approved by the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7274. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. ACORN is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

Course Reviews

5 star rating

great course

Tanya Pritt

easy to follow and understand

easy to follow and understand

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5 star rating

Good

Bev Shoopman

Thank you for organized and clear approach.

Thank you for organized and clear approach.

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5 star rating

All was really applicable and good as well as updated inf...

Bonnie McIrvin

all was good and applicable and gave new perspective toward supervision and consulting.

all was good and applicable and gave new perspective toward supervision and consulting.

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1 star rating

A thourough training

Angria Bassett

The experts did a great job in supervision and rating the comptencies and skills of the clinicians in the videos.

The experts did a great job in supervision and rating the comptencies and skills of the clinicians in the videos.

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Core Competencies in Problem Gambling Consultation & ...

Basilio Sandoval

Good information for what I do at work.

Good information for what I do at work.

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