Course Description

COMING SOON

The Opioid Public Health Crisis (OPHC) course will provide you with foundational knowledge on this nationwide health crisis and the solutions and actions to take to reduce the epidemic’s effect.

The training course provide the necessary information to understand and address the potential misuse of opioids, risk factors, and suggested prevention and reduction methods.

"This helped me understand what I can personally do to help my family and others and that the solutions work when all are used, and everyone works together."

"As a public health educator, this course gave me a fantastic overall view of addiction, the opioid crisis (both historically and currently), and how to help."

DOWNLOAD Course Overview: OPHC ASWB ACE 4064.pdf

Counselor Skills Groups

Clinical Intake and Screening, Clinical Assessment, Counseling Services, Case Management, and Discharge and Continuing Care. 

Distance Learning

Hybrid Asynchronous Reading and Video-based Course.

Course Reviewer

The course material has been reviewed by subject matter expert: Brad Ray, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, Indiana.

What You Will Learn

  • Discuss: The opioid public health crisis - what is occurring.

  • Explain: How the health crisis developed, the contributors and risk factors.

  • Identify: The multi-faceted solutions model that states and communities are applying to reduce the effects of the health crisis and the actions an individual / professional can take to improve the outcomes.

Course CE Credits

In partnership with Purdue University College of Pharmacy, Office of Continuing Education, Overdose Lifeline has developed this online, self-paced course for Social Workers.

CE Accreditation Statement:

The Opioid Public Health Crisis (OPHC), Course #4064, is approved by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program to be offered by Purdue University College of Pharmacy Office of Continuing Education as an individual course. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit.

ACE course approval period: 07/06/2023 - 07/06/2025.

Social workers completing this course receive 2.5 general continuing education credits.

Notice to providers of New Jersey SW Continuing Education:

ACE individual course approval meets the NJ Board of Social Work Examiners requirements for individual course approval pursuant to NJ Code 13:44G-6.4.16.

Participation in the ASWB ACE Course Approval Program requires that the provider abide by all the criteria set forth by New Jersey Administrative Code Title 13 Chapter 44 G Subchapter 6.

Notice to providers of New York SW Continuing Education:

New York does not accept ASWB ACE continuing education credits. New York-licensed social workers can complete the course for CE credit using the AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ (ACCME) is accepted for many clinical continuing education requirements and many societies and credentialing bodies accept the AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ as an equivalent as long as the topic is relevant to the applicant’s field or discipline. VIEW CE COURSES

Additional Course Notes

  • This course provides 2.5 ASWB ACE continuing education credits - delivered upon 100% course completion, achievement of 80% (minimum) passing grade on the final exam, and completing the course ending survey.

  • The course may be accessed from a computer, tablet or mobile device. Internet access is required as are speakers for audio.

    The following web browsers are supported: Desktop - Firefox, Safari, Chrome, and Edge. Note the course platform does not support Internet Explorer. Mobile - iOS Safari: 11 and up, Chrome, Samsung Internet.

  • The course will remain available in your account for six months - allowing you to complete the course at your own pace and return to the course later for review of key concepts.

  • All faculty, staff and reviewers involved in the planning, review or presentation of continuing education activities provided by Purdue University College of Pharmacy are required to disclose to the audience any commercial financial affiliations with ineligible companies related to the content of the presentation or enduring material. All planning committee members, writers, staff and reviewers of Overdose Lifeline and Purdue University have no relationships to disclose.