Beginner
Alcohol Use Disorder: From Assessment to Recovery
A beginner-level, Canada-focused professional course that equips counsellors, social workers, nurses, and recovery workers with practical knowledge and skills to screen, assess, manage, and support recovery from Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) within Canadian health-care and community settings. Emphasizes evidence-based clinical practice (CAMH, BCCSU, CRISM), Indigenous cultural safety, harm reduction, and practical tools for primary care.
Lifetime accessCertificate of completion18 lessonsMobile & desktop
Harm ReductionMotivational InterviewingCommunicationCounselling SkillsCultural CompetencyAssessment & ScreeningAlcohol
$80CAD
8 CEU hrs
What you'll learn
Identify and apply Canadian evidence-based screening and assessment tools for alcohol use and withdrawal (AUDIT, AUDIT-C, CAGE, CIWA-Ar) in clinical practice.
Implement basic medical and psychosocial management strategies for AUD in primary care and community settings, including pharmacotherapies (naltrexone, acamprosate, disulfiram), withdrawal recognition, and harm reduction approaches.
Integrate culturally safe, trauma-informed, and Indigenous-informed principles into care planning and coordinate continuing care, peer supports, and community resources in the Canadian system.
Requirements
- Healthcare or allied health background (e.g., counsellor, social worker, nurse) recommended; no advanced specialist training required.
- Access to internet and a device for course materials, plus willingness to engage in reflective exercises and case practice.
