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Education is the Weakest Link in the Addictions Treatment Industry
Posted on07. Nov, 2009 by admin.
Public policy involves a governmental response to an issue or concern. Public policy is also an enacted series of actions involving regulation, funding, and system management. All public policy decisions are driven by values, beliefs, and attitudes that are held by governmental decision makers. State and local governments are charged to oversee the response to [...]
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Feedback on the education handbook
Posted on28. Aug, 2009 by admin.
Dear Phil I just got back from holidays and found the handbook on educational rights. Thank you for this. Is really useful and I am going to go through it and see if I can translate it in Greek. All the best Anna
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Counselor Educational Guide
Posted on15. Aug, 2009 by admin.
Preface In order to become employed, people must demonstrate that they are employable. In the field of substance use disorder treatment this means proving that one is competent to provide counseling services. The majority of states in the United States offer a credentialing process that is used to provide state verification that individuals have demonstrated [...]
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Canadian Workforce Development Information
Posted on19. Jul, 2009 by admin.
Hello Phil Ward, I received your email to CanadianNetwork@ccsa.ca because I’m the National Priority Advisor focused on workforce development. Your paper does not identify your credentials – what makes you qualified to address the issues – nor have you listed the references you used in writing this paper. With such items missing, the credibility of your [...]
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Milton Erickson
Posted on09. Jul, 2009 by admin.
“Every person’s map of the world is as unique as their thumbprint. There are no two people alike. No two people who understand the same sentence the same way…. So in dealing with people, you try not to fit them to your concept of what they should be.” -Milton Erickson INTERVIEWER: Why did you ask [...]
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The NOCA Guide to Understanding Credentialing Concepts
Posted on02. Jul, 2009 by admin.
Primary Author Cynthia C. Durley, M.Ed., MBA Copyright 2005. National Organization for Competency Assurance. All Rights Reserved. The NOCA Guide to Understanding Credentialing Concepts The NOCA Guide to Understanding Credentialing Concepts NCCA Commissioners Chair Lawrence J. Fabrey, Ph.D. Vice President, Measurement Research, Applied Measurement Professionals, Inc. Co-Chair Christine Reidy Executive Director, Commission on Dietetic Registration of the [...]
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Why is a raven like a writing desk?
Posted on22. Feb, 2009 by admin.
The Mad Hatter is a character who appears in the Lewis Carroll book Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and also in the followup book, Through the Looking Glass. Like the Cheshire Cat, another famous Carroll character, the Mad Hatter is so distinctive that many people recognize him and his preposterous headgear outside the context of the Alice world. As a result, he [...]
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The addictions treatment workforce crisis is largely due to a lack of a professional identity.
Posted on31. Aug, 2008 by admin.
Adopting competency development pathways will provide a professional identity for addictions treatment practitioners. As a general rule, the addictions treatment industry does not use instructional theory to guide instructional practice. Other similar fields; such as psychology and social work, guaranty practitioner competence through accreditation standards. Because practitioners of these industries are trained through educational institutions it [...]
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Toward a standardized definition of Evidence based workforce development
Posted on31. Aug, 2008 by admin.
Evidence-based workforce development is defined as the development, implementation, and evaluation of effective programs and policies in workforce development through application of principles of scientific reasoning, including systematic uses of data and information systems, and appropriate use of behavioral science theory and program planning models. Education research Clinical research Something can only be held to [...]
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Addictions treatment professional’s educational bill of rights
Posted on13. Aug, 2008 by admin.
Preamble: Consumers of addictions treatment services have the right to be treated by qualified practitioners. Qualified practitioners are those who have engaged in a development process that upon completion certifies them as competent to practice. Research based standards are the rules that define both competence development and professional practice. All addictions treatment professionals have a [...]
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