UTC Advanced Level

UTC 9: Advanced Pharmacology and Substance Use Disorders

This 3-days course provides an overview of pharmacology through the identification of the classification of drugs based on their effects on the central nervous system and addiction potential. It provides an understanding of the role of neurotransmitters in the development of addiction and the psychological implications on substance use disorders.

UTC 10: Managing Medication Assisted Treatment Programs

This 4-days course provides a comprehensive understanding of the importance of medication in SUD treatment and its benefits when used in conjunction with psychosocial interventions.

This course is designed for those persons who are interested in understanding the “How To’s” in developing and establishing a Medicated Assisted Program. The participants attending will be informed about treatment recommendations, background information and historical review of available evidence- base services for pharmacotherapies and practice guidelines for pharmacotherapy services.

UTC 11: Enhancing Motivational Interviewing Skills

This 5-days course provides an understanding of the theory and application of Motivational Interviewing strategies and interventions for SUD treatment.

UTC 12: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

This 4-days course provides an overview of cognitive – behaviour therapy goals, techniques and its application to treatment of people with substance use disorders and comorbid disorders.

These skills equip the professionals with the skills to help people with SUDs to recognize and cope with craving, managing thoughts about substance use, problem solving, planning for emergencies and refusal skills. Hence, these skills are widely used in relapse prevention.

UTC 13: Contingency Management

This 3-days course is a foundational course that provides an understanding of the theories and principles of reinforcement-based treatment, in general, with specific focus on the Contingency Management approach.

UTC 14: Working with Families

This 5-days course provides a comprehensive overview for SUD treatment practitioners working with families who are dealing with substance use disorders.

UTC 15: Skills for Managing Co-Occurring Disorders

This 3-days skills-based course enhances participants understanding of co-occurring disorders, substance-related disorders, and mental disorders.

UTC 16: Advanced Clinical Skills and Crisis Management

This 5-days course provides an in-depth understanding of the theories of counselling and the application of its therapeutic techniques in various SUD treatment settings.

On-the-job skills such as training and supervision skills are addressed in this course that will enhance counsellors’ skills to evaluate their treatment services for possible adoption of methods from various treatment interventions.

UTC 17: Case Management Skills and Practices

This 3.5-days course is designed to provide the opportunity to enhance competency in case management through a better understanding of the important roles and skills of case managers.

It further describes the key functions, applications, assessment, management plan, advocacy and evaluation within a case management context. This approach focuses on assisting the client in accessing needed services or resources throughout the continuum of care and assist them by focusing on the outcome of treatment services.

UTC 18: Clinical Supervision

This 5-days course provides an overview of the fundamentals, principles, models and methods of clinical supervision. This is also meant to lay out the roles, functions, skills and competencies of clinical supervisors.

These are the skills that clinical supervisors will need to positively impact the development of counselors and treatment programs in delivering SUD treatment services. Participants will gain an understanding of the roles, functions, skills, and competencies of clinical supervisors in this course.

UTC 19: Enhancing Group Facilitation Skills

This 3.5-days course is a skills-based course that enhances group facilitation skills of SUD treatment practitioners.

This method is used to support and guide people with similar problems or issues seeking advice or meeting to discuss issues. It enables a small of group of persons with SUDs to meet regularly to talk, interact, and discuss problems with each other and the group facilitator. It centers around understanding of group processes, concepts, models and methods through experiential learning.

UTC 20: Populations with Special Clinical Needs

This 6-days specialised course provides basic tools necessary to help meet the needs of a broad and diverse array of individuals with substance use disorders, provide and/or improve access to quality treatment services that address the issues of diversity and address the unique mental health needs of the communities’ different population groups.

UTC 21: Trauma-Informed Care for Adults

This 4- days course provides information about trauma, its prevalence among people with substance use disorders, and impact on treatment and recovery as many researches found that trauma is associated with higher risk of later substance use and also substance use itself in turn can predispose people to higher rates of trauma.

UTC 22: Recovery management and Relapse Prevention

This 4-days course provides a foundational understanding of recovery management and relapse prevention. It covers discussion on the process of recovery, the variance from treatment as well as the elements of relapse and relapse prevention.