Emphasis on developing detailed understanding and, beginning skills in the use of specific, strategies, procedures, and interventions in, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of substance, abuse and addictive disorders. Topics include, multiple modes and models of assessment,, intervention and treatment, content and basic, assumptions of different treatment modalities,, organization of comprehensive treatment, strategies, motivational interviewing in the, context of stages-of-change models, contracting, with clients, consultation, integration of medical, and psychosocial treatments, referral processes, and standards, issues of moderation versus, abstinence, relapse prevention, and case, management. Also covers documentation, record, keeping and management, confidentiality, and, ethical and legal issues.