[oblpct] Training: Gambling Addictions Counselor

[Oregon Board Licensed Professional Counselors & Therapists Information]

The following information is provided as a courtesy of the Oregon Board of Licensed Professional Counselors & Therapists.  It is not an endorsement.



Gambling Specialist Pre-Certification

Interested in becoming a Certified Gambling Addictions Counselor (CGAC I)? Offering the latest evidence-based and supported practice participants in this course will examine:
Definitions of gambling and problem gambling; risk and protective factors; current trends and related policy issues; gambling and substance use disorders; family dynamics; Oregon's treatment system; screening, diagnosis, and client assessment; working with complex cases; money issues, and professional responsibility and ethics.

This course fulfills 30 of the 60 gambling education requirements to become a Certified Gambling Addictions Counselor (CGAC I) in Oregon.

Please note: a sequel to this course, Advanced Gambling Counselor Certification, will be offered in Spring of 2013 and will provide the remaining 30 hours needed to meet all of the educational requirements for the CGAC I credential.

Dates: Saturday, October 6 and Saturday, December 1, 2012

Times: 9:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

8 modules will be completed online between the two classroom sessions

Instructor: Tom Ten Eyck, M.A., CGAC II

Noncredit or CEU: 30 hours, $195

To learn more visit https://graduate.lclark.edu/live/events/11833-gambling-specialist-precertification

Center for Community Engagement

Lewis & Clark Graduate School of Education and Counseling

0615 SW Palatine Hill Road MSC 85

Portland, OR 97219

Phone: 503.768.6040




Becky Eklund, Executive Director
Oregon Board of Licensed
   Professional Counselors & Therapists
3218 Pringle Road SE, Suite 250
Salem, OR   97302-6312
(503) 378-5499
Fax: (503) 373-1427
www.oregon.gov/oblpct<http://www.oregon.gov/oblpct>

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