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Laying the Foundation: A Basic Understanding of Benzos

Module 1

Course
Virtual
3 CE Hours
Clinical

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Dates and Times

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    Live Webinar

Location

  • Live Webinar
    Access virtually on TPN.health
Description

In this module, participants will gain an understanding of benzodiazepines, including their common names and medical uses. Distinguish between physical dependence and addiction and recognize associated signs and symptoms. We will navigate short and long-term effects, including Benzodiazepine-induced Neurological Dysfunction (BIND) laying the foundation to provide appropriate support.

Target Audience
  • • Counselors
  • • Substance Use Disorder Professionals
  • • Social Workers
  • • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists
Learning Objectives

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Explain three similarities and three differences between SUD and Physical Dependence.

  • List at least two adverse life effects experienced by a person with Benzodiazepine-induced Neurological Dysfunction (BIND).

  • Identify at least two adverse effects of withdrawal from Benzodiazepine.

Clinical
Counselors

TPN.health has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7267. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. TPN.health is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

 

Course meets the qualifications for hours of continuing education credit for LPCCs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LPCCs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.

 

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0220.

Substance Use Disorder Professionals

This course has been approved by TPN.health, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #198061, TPN.health is responsible for all aspects of the programming. Counselor Skill Group: Legal, Ethical and Professional Development.

Social Workers

TPN.health, #1766, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 03/31/2022 – 03/31/2025. Social workers completing this course receive 3 continuing education credits.

 

Course meets the qualifications for hours of continuing education credit for LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LCSWs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.

 

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0654.

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists

Course meets the qualifications for hours of continuing education credit for LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.

 

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0097.

CE Policy
TPN.health and these educators have no conflicts of interest and have not received any commercial support for this program or its contents.
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Note: Time designated for waiting room, breaks cannot be counted toward CE credit.
Ginger Ross, BA, CRSW, NCPRS

Ginger Ross, and author of Choices Recovery Trainings, has been involved with the Peer Recovery movement since 2015. A person in long-term recovery, and a survivor of a narcissistic abusive relationship and the family court system, she entered the field as an advocate to reduce the stigma and biases felt by those who struggled. After completing her BA in Psychology (2017), she founded Choices Recovery Training and has grown it into the nationally recognized and reputable training service it is today. Choices Recovery Trainings provides current, practical, relatable content for real-world application.

D.E. Foster

D.E. Foster is the founder of the support site Easing Anxiety, host of The Benzo Free Podcast, and Co-Chair of the Benzodiazepine Action Work Group at the Colorado Consortium for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention. He is also an active member of multiple research teams and a global advocate for benzodiazepine awareness, education, and support. In 2002, D was prescribed clonazepam (Klonopin) by his primary care physician, and he took the medication for 12 years without warning. His withdrawal experience was extreme and became the foundation for his book Benzo Free: The World of Anti-Anxiety Drugs and the reality of Withdrawal

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