Gambling Specialist Pre-Certification

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This course is for behavioral health professionals interested in this fast-developing addictions specialty. Offering the latest evidence-based practice we 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) in Oregon.

Please note: a sequel to this course, Advanced Gambling Counselor Certification, will be offered in Spring of 2012 and will provide the remaining 30 hours needed to meet all of the educational requirements for the CGAC I credential.

This course is co-sponsored by Problem Gambling Services of the Oregon Health Authority, Oregon Council on Problem Gambling, and the Addiction Studies Program at Lewis & Clark.

Course Details

Dates/Times: Saturday, October 8 and Saturday, December 10, 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., CADC II, CGAC II

Location: Lewis & Clark Graduate Campus, Conference Center Room 115 and online

Noncredit or CEU: 30 hours, $195

Thomas G. Ten Eyck, MA, CADC II, CGAC II, is an addictions specialist with emphasis on co-occurring disorders and pathological gambling. Starting in 1992, he was a pioneer in helping establish and shape Oregon’s gambling treatment offerings. He designed, implemented and supervised three separate gambling treatment programs, one which received the State of Oregon award for excellence. He has presented at international, regional, and state-wide conferences and institutes. He has taught problem gambling and other addictions courses at Lewis & Clark College, Mount Hood Community College, Chemeketa Community College, and for the State of Oregon. He continues as adjunct faculty in Lewis & Clark’s Graduate School of Counseling Psychology, and serves as one of Oregon’s pioneer program of Approved Clinical Consultants (ACC) to current gambling counselors and their supervisors.