Course description
The Certified Addiction Pedagogue training is based on a genuine interest in people and a desire to help vulnerable people to better living conditions. The programme's comprehensive syllabus provides you with the knowledge and tools needed to develop the people you meet in your professional role.
The work as a Addiction Pedagogue is an important role in our society, with a focus on meeting, supporting and guiding people from different backgrounds and life situations, and there is a great demand for this type of education in both municipal and private activities.
The training includes courses in, among other things, addiction knowledge, Motivational Interviewing, ethics and treatment methods. Overall, the courses provide a good understanding and knowledge of people's substance abuse problems, communicative and pedagogical skills, as well as the methods and tools required in the professional role.
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Suitability - Who should attend?
No special eligibility requirements.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
The goal of the education
The goal of the education is that the student, after completing the education, has acquired the knowledge required for qualified and independent work in the field.
Degree title
Certified Addiction Pedagogue.
Training Course Content
MODULE 1
- Addiction knowledge
- Risky use
- Dependence
- Alcohol dependence
- Criteria for alcohol dependence
- Addiction and gender
- Drug addiction
- Statistics
- Drug dependence
- Psychoactive substances
- The Reward System
- Sensitization
- Tolerance development
- Recoil effect
- Placebo effect
- Acute withdrawal
- Post-acute withdrawal
- The Driving Forces of Addiction
- Drugs as a social thing
- The cultural and phenomenological perspective
- The Career Theory Perspective
- The Impact of Addiction on Family Life
- Heredity and environment
- Biological vulnerability
- Type 1 and Type 2 alcoholism
- Codependency
- Attachment theory
- Dependence and attachment
- Alcohol and violence
- Drugs and violence
- ASSIGNMENT
MODULE 2
- Communication
- Question about high-risk use/addiction
- Question about lifestyle
- Mapping alcohol habits
- Mapping the consequences
- Mapping out risk situations
- Feedback
- The Ambition Ladder
- Screening
- Journaling
- Practice
- Motivational Interviewing
- 4 Processes
- Conversation and communication tools
- Effective Listening
- Relapse prevention
- 12-step treatment
- National guidelines
- ASSIGNMENT
MODULE 3
- Ethics
- Code of Ethics
- Ethics of duty
- Consequentialism
- Horizontal Standards of Action
- A good life
- A good society
- Norm formation and guidance
- Evaluation of ethical problems
- Impact assessment
- Professional Risks
- Ethical values and norms
- The principle of human dignity
- Human and civil rights
- Humanity and solidarity
- The right to a dignified life
- Freedom and self-determination
- Democracy and participation
- Social justice
- Equality
- Ethical Characteristics of Social Workers
- The foundation of social work
- Relapse prevention
- Self-help groups
- Affect theory
- Recovery
- ASSIGNMENT
- THEORETICAL EXAMINATION
Course delivery details
The training covers about 12 weeks of full-time studies. You can study at any study pace.
Why choose Academy Online UK
Get a diploma/certification
Need for
labor market
You choose the pace of study
Expenses
The fee for the professional training course Certified Addiction Pedagogue is 1437 GBP. Or 1683 EURO. All fees include VAT.
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