Tobacco Cessation: Helping Clients Succeed

• Date & Time 4/14/2016 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
• Categories
Upcoming Event True
Location United Way 2400 Reading Rd. Cincinnati
Department Education
Contact Lucy Gillespie
Contact Email [email protected]
Certification Hours 3
• Registration Deadline 4/13/2016 9:00 AM
• Available Seats 24
• Available Certifications
  • General Attendance with Certificate $15.00
  • Professional CEU 3 hrs $45.00
• Description

  Thursday, April 14, 2016 9:00AM – 12:00PM

  Tobacco Cessation: Helping Clients Succeed

  Location:  United Way Building, 5/3 Convening Center, 2400 Reading Road, Cincinnati OH 45202, Community Room C

  Presenter: Lisa Monast,  CIT Coordinator, MHANKYSWOH, MA Mental Health Counseling, MA Theology

  In this course, attendees will learn about the added risks of smoking for those with behavioral and substance use disorders and will acquire tools to aid clients who have identified smoking cessation as a treatment goal. You will understand the extensive and often overlooked health risks of smoking, with a focus on these high risk populations: those with mental health and substance use disorders, low income earners, and the LGBTQ community. Learn critical information about addiction, including nicotine’s effect on the brain and nicotine withdrawal symptoms. Understand the challenges clients face in their attempts to stop smoking, with attention to ecological factors specific to high risk populations. Learn what resources are available through referrals: nicotine replacement therapy and pharmaceutical therapies. Learn to apply motivational interviewing techniques and strategy to smoking cessation and learn the components of an effective quit plan. CEU approval sources: Ohio Counselor and Social Worker CPE hours approved, #RCST111001 (valid until November 30, 2017), by the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker & Marriage and Family Therapist Board; KY Board of Social Work Continuing education sponsorship number  KBSWSP2015030 (valid until July 31, 2016). Successful completion of this offering includes attending the entire offering and completion of evaluation. If you arrive late or leave early continuing education provider does not constitute endorsement of program content. 3 hours introductory learning. Focus areas:   SW practice for special populations, Professional Counselor counseling techniques and social/cultural find, Clinical Counseling methods of interventions and prevention of mental and emotional disorders.

  $15.00 for general attendance certificate

  $15.00 per ceu hour

  2016 Calendar PDF