Risk, Safety Planning, and Suicide Prevention

Risk, Safety Planning, and Suicide Prevention with Families in Problem Gambling Treatment

This online training reviews some of the risks associated with problem gambling. This includes a higher risk of intimate partner violence, child maltreatment, elder abuse and neglect, financial abuse, and suicide. The course provides 3 CE hours. It is free of charge, courtesy of Oregon Health Authority Problem Gambling Services (OHA PGS).

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On-Demand Course

at your pace and convenience.

Oregon Health Authority Problem Gambling Services and the Oregon Council on Problem Gambling are pleased to offer this self-paced training on working with families in problem gambling treatment. The course is approved for 3 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:

mental health counselors (MHC / LPC), marriage and family therapists (MFT / LMFT), art therapists (AT / LAT), social workers (SW / LSW / LCSW), psychologists, and other mental health providers;
problem gambling treatment providers;
Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselors (CADC);
Certified Gambling Addiction Counselors (CGAC);
problem gambling treatment supervisors; and
problem gambling treatment agency administrators and program managers.

What Is Included

This online training introduces family therapy concepts and reviews some of the risks associated with problem gambling. This includes a higher risk of intimate partner violence, child maltreatment, elder abuse and neglect, financial abuse, and suicide. The course additionally prepared treatment providers to include family members and concerned others in suicide prevention and safety planning; to identify and report suspected child, elder, or vulnerable adult abuse and neglect; and to routinely screen for intimate partner violence. The course features immersive case studies, presentations, readings, research snapshots, handouts, and other resources. You are free to take as much time as you need to review these resources.
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 a course as many times as you like.
This course includes videos of experienced mental health clinicians and actors portraying clients based on scripts from real sessions. This provides authenticity while protecting client privacy.
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.

Instructor

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.

Pricing

Free of charge, courtesy of Oregon Health Authority Problem Gambling Services

Free

3 CE hours

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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.