Universal Treatment Curriculum (UTC) Self Led Courses

This course presents a comprehensive overview of addiction; provides an understanding of the physiology of addiction as a brain disease; and describes the pharmacology of psychoactive substances.

This course provides the foundation for learning about substance use disorder treatment. It gives an overview of recovery and recovery management, stages of change, principles of effective treatment, components of treatment and evidence-based practices. 

An Overview for Addiction Professionals

This course offers an overview of the relationship between co-occurring mental and medical disorders and substance use disorder related treatment issues.

This course focuses on an overview of the helping relationship and the opportunity to practice core counseling including basic skills in motivational interviewing, group counseling and implementation of psychoeducation sessions.

UTC 5: Screening, Intake, Assessment, Treatment Planning and Documentation for Addiction Professionals is a skills-based course that teaches effective and integrated intake, screening, assessment, treatment planning and documentation procedures to addiction professionals.

This is a skill-based course that provides an overview of case management in substance use disorder treatment and provides skills practice in case management functions.

This course addresses the concept of crisis as a part of life and provides guidelines for crisis intervention, including managing suicide risk. It also addresses ways counsellors can avoid personal crisis situations by providing information and exercises about counsellor self-care.

This course focus is on professional conduct and ethical behavior in substance use disorder treatment. It also provides participants with the opportunity to learn and practice the use of an ethical decision making tool.