Advanced Addiction Studies

Social health and wellbeing practitioners working in the addictions sector need to undertake person-centred assessments and design and implement effective interventions.

This online course provides you with the knowledge and skills to be effective addictions practitioners and meet relevant professional competencies and codes of conduct.

You will learn about the connections between brains, behaviour and pharmacology, and the importance of designing and implementing wrap-around interventions. You will be introduced to key skills needed for working with groups and family/whanau. Throughout the course you are required to relate professional competencies to the design and evaluation of therapeutic interventions and continue to develop their application of interpersonal skills.

For more information watch the course introduction video below.

Students who successfully complete this course will be able to

• Explain how addictions interact with pharmacology and brain behaviour.
• Select and justify the choice of appropriate addiction-focused interventions for different contexts, including working with groups, and family/whanau.
• Apply advanced therapeutic micro-skills.
• Relate professional competencies (such as DAPAANZ) to intervention design, evaluation and reporting.

Assessment

100% internal assessment 

Textbooks

No textbooks are required for this course

Computer and internet requirements

This course is delivered online, so you will access the course and do your study online, which generally includes reading and doing activities, watching videos, downloading content, and writing and submitting assessments online.

For online learning you need:

• Access to a laptop or desktop computer
• Reliable broadband internet and a data plan

Find out more about online learning

If you are unsure if your current computer or internet access will allow you to study online please contact us.