The National Center of Excellence for Tobacco-Free Recovery (CoE-TFR) proudly presents our new 5-module e-Course designed to equip behavioral health professionals with the knowledge and tools to tackle one of the deadliest, and often neglected health challenges: commercial tobacco use among individuals with mental health and substance use conditions.
Who is this e-Course for? Designed for clinicians, peer specialists, nurses, prescribers, social workers, case managers, and program administrators.
How long are the e-Courses? Each of the five modules can be completed in just 20 to 40 minutes.
What about Continuing Education Units (CEUs)?: Certificates of Completion are provided for each module upon successful completion of the post-test. These certificates serve as formal documentation of course completion and may be submitted to your licensing or certifying body for potential continuing education units (CEUs), depending on their specific requirements.
A Closer Look at What Makes This e-Course Unique?
Unlike other trainings, this course is grounded in stage-matched interventions helping you tailor your approach based on each individual’s readiness to quit.
e-Course Modules – At a Glance:
- The Burden of Tobacco Use: Explore how commercial tobacco use affects people with behavioral health conditions and why addressing it is essential to whole-person care.
- Screening and Assessment for Tobacco Use Disorder: Identify tobacco use disorder and assess readiness to quit using practical screening tools and stage-of-change strategies that support personalized, client-centered care.
- Effective Treatment Planning: Build individualized, stage-appropriate treatment plans that integrate tobacco use disorder into behavioral health recovery goals.
- Counseling for Tobacco Use Disorder: Strengthen use of counseling techniques to meet clients where they are in their quit journey.
- Medications for Tobacco Use Disorder: Review FDA-approved medications, how to use NRT correctly, prescribing guidance and tips for increasing client engagement and adherence.
