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Basic HIV/AIDS Education-Click Here
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Basic HIV/AIDS Education-Click Here
Subtitled Preventing HIV Disease Among Substance Abusers and Treatment Planning for the Client with HIV Disease, this course is designed to enable counselors and other program personnel to incorporate HIV disease prevention efforts into existing substance abuse treatment and prevention services. Participants will learn: the connection between substance abuse and HIV disease and fundamental principles unique to prevention efforts with this target population; relevant information about HIV, transmission, disease progression and symptoms; strategies for targeted prevention education; counseling techniques for personal decision making about HIV antibody testing; skills in risk assessment, risk reduction and health promotion; and methods for integrating HIV disease prevention into ongoing responsibilities.
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FORMAT: Individual Home Study
CONTACT HOURS: 4
INSTRUCTOR: Lee Kearney, M.A
TARGET AUDIENCE: Staff of substance abuse treatment programs mental health counselors, therapists, evaluators, clinical supervisors and
other professionals in the allied health services career field.
OBJECTIVES:
1) Increase the participants' understanding of the multiple dimensions of all health problems as they relate to treatment planning;
2) Provide a model for treatment planning for the client with HIV disease;
3) Teach needs, goals and strategies for client AIDS awareness, psychosocial adjustment, community resource referral and family/other support systems;
4) Help participants develop skills in designing a comprehensive treatment plan for clients with HIV disease
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