Recovery Centers of America Launches Groundbreaking Education Program for Addiction Treatment Professionals
RCA Academy for Addiction and Behavioral Health Professionals to Provide Continuing Education Classes for Licensure and Certification by State Boards at No Cost to Practitioners
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., Feb. 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Recovery Centers of America (“RCA”) today announced the launch of its expanded education program for practitioners called “The RCA Academy for Addiction and Behavioral Health Professionals.”
The ambitious program launched at RCA treatment centers in Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, and Massachusetts and some offsite locations offers addiction professionals free continuing education courses accredited by national boards, NBCC and/or NAADAC. These classes are essential for professionals in the addiction recovery field to maintain licensure, enhance their knowledge base, and stay current on treatment modalities.
Licensed addiction treatment professionals are desperately needed to treat the millions of Americans needing treatment for drug and alcohol addictions according to the just released National Drug Control Strategy report, the White House’s plan to combat the nation’s addiction crisis. The report states that there is a “substantial shortage of clinicians qualified to treat substance use disorder” contributing to a “treatment gap.”
RCA expects to educate over 5000 individuals in 2020 through the RCA Academy. These individuals are dedicated to treating those suffering from substance use disorder and mental health disorders as licensed clinicians, licensed social workers, caseworkers, certified peer specialists, recovery support specialists, psychologists, and other careers.
“As our field has grown, so has the research that helps us know what works and what doesn’t. Clinical trainings are an opportunity for everyone to expand their reach and better address patients’ needs,” says Scott Weisenberger, RCA’s Vice President of Clinical Services and an instructor for the RCA Academy. “Although there are shared symptoms and motivations among patients, no two patients are identical. Seasoned clinicians know this. Armed with more and more strategies for helping patients, clinicians will help patients to greater success and better outcomes.”
Courses offered monthly at RCA’s seven locations include:
- Trauma in Substance Use Disorder
- Ethics in Substance Use Disorder
- Co-Occurring Disorders
- Intervention Theories and Practices
- Treating the Family in Addiction: The Forgotten Patient
- ADHD in Substance Use Disorder
- First Responder Suicide Prevention
- Identifying Substance use Disorder in the Workplace
“We are thrilled to do our part to combat addiction not just at our RCA treatment centers but by providing accredited courses at no cost to professionals working in the addiction and behavioral health field. RCA wants to be part of the solution to our national addiction crisis and fulfill our mission of saving one million lives,” according to our Clinical Services at RCA.
RCA’s nationally certified interventionist Rob Strauber CIP, CAI-II, CFRS, CRS, one of less than 200 professionals as credentialed in the nation, also teaches an RCA Academy course for credit for intervention professionals on the most effective methods for performing an intervention for an individual with a substance use disorder. Rob has performed over 800 interventions in his career.
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