PROGRAM OBJECTIVES
Our Curriculum prepares & provides the attendees with a working knowledge of the five addictions & seven Compulsive Disorders, The Brain Reward System, Co-Occurring Disorders, Co-Morbidities, Pathophysiology of Addiction, Counseling & Treatment Options, Treatment Models, Interviewing & Intervention Strategies, Reward Deficiency Syndrome, and Toxicology of Addictions. All classes are taught by practicing professionals, all distinguished leaders in their field.
PROGRAM PURPOSE
Addiction is a multi-factorial disease having psychosocial, genetic, spiritual and metabolic components. The most significant mechanism of this disease process is manifest through neuropsychological insult within the Brain Reward Cascade Model known as REWARD DEFICIENCY SYNDROME (RDS) (1).
By error of ommission, the leading cause of death and crime is addiction. It is estimated that up to 20% of our nation's population suffers from the disease of addiction. Since "treatment works but comprehensive treatment and intervention works better"(2), our training prepares graduates to become this nation's greatest primary intervention resource for America's leading health concern.
The medical model or disease concept of addiction establishes the Brain Reward Cascade as the hallmark of the 7 compulsive disorders: (ADHD, Tourette's, Asperger's, Autism, Learning Disabilities, Affective Disorders, & Anti-Social Personality Disorders) as well as the five addictions: (Chemical, Food, Work, Sex, and Gambling).
UPON SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE 150 HOUR, 10 MODULE PROGRAM AND EXAMINATION, THE "C.Ad." CERTIFIED ADDICTIONOLOGIST CREDENTIAL IS GRANTED AND IN THE 300 HOUR, 20 MODULE PROGRAM, THE "DACACD" DIPLOMATE (BOARD CERTIFICATION) IS GRANTED. These two programs prepare you with the skills required to become this nation’s primary intervention resource in addiction & compulsive disorders intervention, treatment & recovery management. By developing important new skills and learning the most effective up to date techniques, this program will allow the participant to gain the most significant experience available. Therefore we are committed to supporting a diversified and comprehensive broadly based program utilizing both the didactic method and the applied clinical approach in teaching. This will allow both the "C.Ad." and "DACACD" designates a more enjoyable classroom experience leading to successful opportunities to function in hospitals, residential treatment centers, outpatient programs, federal, state and county criminal justice programs, as well as in their private practice setting. Federal, Stqate & County funding and research grants are knocking at the door.
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ARE YOU PROPERLY CREDENTIALED?
WILL YOU BE THERE TO OPEN IT?
The American College of Addictionology and Compulsive Disorders stands ready to prepare and train you with the knowledge and skill-both academically and clinically - to properly meet the needs of this most devastating epidemic. Our program is the only recognized domestic & international multidisciplinary educational initiative that offers all healthcare and all allied professionals the highest level of Board Certifications and credentialling available and has been providing Board Certification for over 35 years.
Our graduates are accomplishing what yesterday was their vision and today their reality. Many are developing court jurisdiction programs that include the protocols (3,4) based on our evidence-based model as well as bringing their expertise into their private practices (5) and into many of the thousands of drug courts in over 21,000 addiction treatment programs throughout the U.S.
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"Our Program is approved/certified by many states including the Florida Certification Board (FCB), the Israel, India, Dominica and Japan Certification Boards, and many other State Boards, which are Member Boards of International Certification; & Reciprocity Consortium (ICRC). The ICRC provides reciprocity services to 49 States, Canada and 43 foreign countries, all branches of the U.S. military and Indian Health Services and serves over 40,000 Licensed Professionals."
(1) Blum, Ken; Braverman, Eric; Holder, Jay; et al: Reward Deficiency Syndrome A Biogenetic Model, Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, Nov. 2000, Vol 32
(2) CSAT- US Department of HHS
(3) Holder, Jay, et al; Molecular Psychiatry, Vol 6, Supplement 1, Feb. 2001, Nature
(4) P300 Wave Outcomes In Residential Treatment: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial, AVSR, Dec. 2000
(5) Discovery Health Channel documentary, "Wiped Out"
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