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Treatment Planning for Polysubstance Use Disorders
This practical course equips Canadian counselors and healthcare professionals with evidence-based strategies for assessment, differential diagnosis, and individualized treatment planning for polysubstance use disorders, integrating harm reduction, motivational interviewing, pharmacotherapy coordination, and relapse prevention. Participants will produce structured, culturally responsive care plans, safety/medication protocols, and measurable goals ready for immediate clinical use.
Lifetime accessCertificate of completion16 lessonsMobile & desktop
Harm ReductionMotivational InterviewingCounselling SkillsCultural CompetencyAssessment & ScreeningPolysubstance Use
$60CAD
6 CEU hrs
What you'll learn
Conduct comprehensive, culturally responsive assessments and differential diagnoses for polysubstance use using validated screening and outcome measures used in Canada.
Design individualized, measurable treatment plans that integrate harm reduction, motivational interviewing, and evidence-based pharmacotherapy (including coordinated OAT), with clear safety and medication protocols.
Implement relapse prevention and interprofessional care pathways (including supervised consumption, safer supply, and pharmacy collaboration) and produce documentation ready for immediate clinical use.
Requirements
- Active clinical role or supervised clinician status (e.g., counsellor, social worker, nurse, physician, pharmacist) with direct client care responsibilities
- Foundational knowledge or prior training in substance use disorders and basic psychopharmacology
