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8 Practice Domains and 12 Core Functions: Online Review

The next two-week session stars on June 24.

LCDC Exceptional Counselor Study Guide: IC&RC/LCDC Exam Review Online Class.

Substance Abuse Counselor Exam: Online Preparation Class and Tutoring Lessons!

LCDC Exceptional Counselor Study Guide: IC&RC/LCDC Exam Review Online Class: Online Class Highlights 24/7  access to study materials and online class for two weeks! Online  study groups  and group discussions (…

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I Passed The IC&RC/LCDC Exam. Get Ready For The Test With Me!

Hello everyone! I am very excited to share such good news with you all! I finally took the IC&RC Alcohol and Drug Counselor on May 29th (2013) and passed it. I started preparing for the exam in October of 2012, when I created this blog. I studied all my notes every day; I did not … Continue reading

Why Are Teens Inhaling Condoms and Cinnamon?

Wow! I learn something new every day. This is very important for those of you with teenagers, whether they are your children or your students. Please share this post. Thanks Torey!

Torey C. Richards, LMHC's avatarLicensed Mental Health Counselor

istock_000014270011xsmallTeens are great with coming up with pointless and sometimes dangerous fads that prove to us adults that their brains still aren’t fully developed.

Thanks to the internet, those fads spread like wild fire, putting more and more teens in danger.

Remember The Cinnamon Challenge? If you have no idea what I am talking about, it’s a “game” where you are supposed to put a spoon full of ground cinnamon in your mouth and attempt to swallow it without anything else to help wash it down.

The challenge is pretty much impossible.

There are plenty of YouTube videos demonstrating the challenge with the results usually ending with someone gagging, vomiting, coughing and/or choking.

Why this may sound stupid to us with fully developed brains, thousands of teens have taken this challenge with some ending up in the hospital.

According to the American Association of Poison Control Centers, there were…

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Manual for Addiction Counselors in Spanish – TAP 21 en Español

TAP 21 in Spanish for counselors working with Spanish speaking populations.

TAP 21 en Español para consejeros en adicciones que trabajar con clientes cuyo idioma principal es el Español.

Conocimientos, Destrezas, y Actitudes de la Práctica Profesional.

 

TAP 21 in Spanish – TAP 21 en Español para los Consejeros en Adicciones: Conocimiento, Destrezas, y Actitudes de la Práctica Profesional

TAP 21 in Spanish!

TAP 21 en Español para los Consejeros en Adicciones.

Conocimiento, Destrezas, y Actitudes de la Práctica Profesional.

If you are a substance abuse counselor and you want to become a bilingual counselor, you can start reading and studying this manual, which will prepare you to assist Spanish speaking populations.

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