NAADAC Approved Education Program
ACTS is a NAADAC approved SUD education provider and will implement a culturally competent education and training program for ethnic/minority candidates who want to become a behavioral health professional from September 2023. This training will provide necessary skills- both clinical and cultural- to interested candidates at minimum cost. This will expand the accessibility of education and increase the pipeline of culturally competent counselors and mental health and SUD professionals.
Umbrella topics include, but are not limited to:
- Abnormal Psychology
- Assessment
- Individual Service Plans
- Documentation
- Case Management/Referral, Discharge/Continuing Care
- Psychopharmacology
- Relapse Prevention, Cultural Competency
- Bloodborne Pathogens
- Ethics
- SUD Theories/skills/modalities
- Asian Culture interfacing with American Culture: how to be successful with intersectionality
- Culturally competent ISPs
- Understanding SUD through the culturally competent Lense
- Culturally competent documentation that embraces the cultural lived experiences of cultural interfacing
- Addressing biases to support reducing treatment access barriers