Real-Time Course

starting in February 2025.

The Problem Gambling Counselor Precertification synchronous course entails virtual meetings with instructors and fellow learners on Friday mornings, between February 21, 2025 and April 11, 2025. The course also includes self-paced lessons in between the meetings. The course is approved by the International Problem Gambling and Gaming Certification Organization (IPGGC) and the Mental Health & Addictions Certification Board of Oregon (MHACBO) for 30 continuing education (CE) hours. To earn CE hours, you will need to 1) attend all course sessions and complete all required course activities and 2) complete the course evaluation survey. A certificate of attendance will be made available on the Student Dashboard upon course completion and upon the receipt of evaluation survey responses.

Course curriculum

    1. Welcome!

    2. Course Description

    3. Course Objectives

    4. Before we begin...

    5. Your Professional Background

    6. Pretest Invitation

    7. Pretest

    8. Session 1 Introduction

    9. Session 1 Learning Objectives

    10. Session 1 Relevant Core Competencies

    11. Session 1 Zoom Invite

    12. Required Reading: SAMSHA Introduction to Problem Gambling

    13. Required Reading: NCPG What Clinicians Need to Know about Problem Gambling

    14. Required Reading: Gambling Research Exchange Ontario Rapid Evidence Review

    15. Required Reading: Guide to Oregon's Core Competencies for Problem Gambling Treatment Providers

    16. Required Reading: Impact of Gambling on Public Health

    17. Handout: Instructor Slide Deck

    18. Handout: Warning Signs

    19. Fact Sheet: Gaming and Gambling

    20. Resource: Gambling Moderation / Harm Reduction

    21. Additional Resources

    22. PLEASE WATCH BEFORE NEXT SESSION

    23. Session 1 Recording Fall 2024

    24. Session 1 Recording Spring 2025

    1. Session 2 Introduction

    2. Session 2 Learning Objectives

    3. Session 2 Relevant Core Competencies

    4. Session 2 Zoom Invitation

    5. Resource: OHA Problem Gambling Assessment

    6. Resource: ASAM Criteria

    7. Resource: Gambling Recovery Community

    8. Handout: Example of Relapse Prevention Plan

    9. Handout: Instructor Slide Deck

    10. Session 2 Recording Fall 2024

    11. Session 2 Recording Spring 2025

    1. Session 3 Introduction

    2. Session 3 Learning Objectives

    3. Session 3 Relevant Core Competencies

    4. Session 3 Zoom Invite

    5. Required Reading: NCPG Problem Gamblers and Their Finances

    6. Handout: Instructor Slide Deck

    7. Video: Persons in recovery talking about money

    8. Session 3 Recording Fall 2024

    1. Session 4 Introduction

    2. Session 4 Learning Objectives

    3. Session 4 Relevant Core Competencies

    4. Session 4 Zoom Invite

    5. Handout: Instructor Slide Deck

    6. Required Reading: Motivational Interviewing in Problem Gambling

    7. Session 4 Recording Fall 2024

    8. Session 4 Recording Spring 2025

    1. Session 5 Introduction

    2. Session 5 Learning Objectives

    3. Session 5 Relevant Core Competencies

    4. Session 5 Zoom Invite

    5. Resource: American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

    6. Resource: Safety Plan

    7. Required Reading: MHACBO Code of Conduct

    8. Required Reading: IPGGC Code of Ethics for Clinical Professionals

    9. Required Reading: IPGGC Code of Conduct for Clinical Professionals

    10. Required Reading: Principles of Trauma Informed Care

    11. Optional Reading: IPV in Treatment Seeking Gamblers

    12. Session 5 Recording Fall 2024

    13. Session 5 Recording Spring 2025

    1. Session 6 Introduction

    2. Session 6 Relevant Core Competencies

    3. Session 6 Zoom Invite

    4. Required Reading: Evidence Based Treatments Chapter 4 and 6

    5. Session 6 Recording Spring 2025

About this course

  • $195.00
  • 99 lessons
  • 95 hours of video content

Instructors

Instructor Dave Hsiao

Dave Hsiao, MA, LPC, CADC III, CGAC II has been working in the counseling field for 20 years. He specializes in Substance Use and Problem Gambling with other co-occurring mental health diagnoses. Focusing on improving outcomes, Dave compassionately addresses multicultural issues in the program he manages by working closely with his team in communication with vulnerable populations and their families. He trains and supervises recovery mentors and counselors, and he provides leadership in outreach to communities with developed programs he facilitates in the Portland area and at the Oregon coast.

Instructor Raul Ramirez

Raul Ramirez has been in the counseling field since 2015 and is currently the Outpatient Services Supervisor for the Yamhill County Mental Health team in McMinnville, OR. He provides supervision for clinicians in Yamhill County who have or are working towards their CADC and CGAC. He works closely with OHA and is a member of the Multicultural Advisory Committee (MAC) whose mission is improving and expanding awareness of gambling to underserved populations, and to support each other in creating community. He is an advocate for equity and is a member of the Equity and Diversity Team within Yamhill County. He has passion and commitment to serving individuals and leading with compassion in the work he does.

OHA Instructor Brandie Lyday

Brandie Lyday, LMFT, CGACII, CADCIII is an AAMFT Approved Supervisor and the Oregon Health Authority Problem Gambling Treatment Program Development Analyst. She provides family therapy supervision to Problem Gambling Services at Lewis & Clark College, where she is an adjunct faculty member in the Graduate School of Counseling, Therapy, and School Psychology. Brandie’s recent work has focused on problem gambling program development and clinical supervision. She has previously worked with clients involved in the criminal legal system as an outpatient addiction treatment specialist providing individual, group, couple, and family therapies.

Pricing

Workshop cost is subsidized by the Oregon Health Authority Problem Gambling Services (OHA PGS).

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.
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