SpeedyCeus.com, provider #1613, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. SpeedyCeus.com maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: (12/15/21 to 12/15/24). Social Workers completing this course receive 4 continuing education credits.

CALIFORNIA: This program meets the requirements for the California Board of Behavioral Sciences for 4 hours of CE Credit

TEXAS: This course meets the criteria for acceptable continuing education as defined by the Texas State Boards of Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists and Social Workers for 4 hours of CE Credit.

This program is approved for 4 continuing education credits/contact hours by:

• The California Board of Registered Nursing # CEP 14462
• The National Board for Certified Counselors # 6412
• The Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling #50-14000
• The California Association for Alcohol and Drug Educators # CP40 977 H 0425
• The California Consortium of Addiction Programs and Professionals: CCAPP-IE Provider # 1N-16-256-0824

The first part of this course is a publication from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (SAMHSA). The program is designed for use by qualified substance abuse and mental health clinicians who work with substance abuse and mental health clients with concurrent anger problems. The course describes a 12-week cognitive behavioral anger management group treatment. Each of the 12, 90-minute weekly sessions is described in detail with specific instructions for group leaders, tables and figures that illustrate the key conceptual components of the treatment, and homework assignments for the group participants. An accompanying Participant Workbook is available (see Anger Management for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Clients: Participant Workbook, Reilly, Shopshire, Durazzo, & Campbell, 2002) and should be used in conjunction with this manual to enable the participants to better learn, practice, and integrate the treatment strategies presented in the group sessions. This intervention was developed for studies at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs (SFVA) Medical Center and San Francisco General Hospital.

The second part of this course addresses various circumstances and clientele where Anger Management may be an issue and how it can be treated. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) treatments have been found to be effective, time-limited treatments for anger problems. Four types of CBT interventions, theoretically unified by principles of social learning theory, are most often used when treating anger disorders:

This course is an online, non-interactive, reading based, self-paced, and asynchronous course.

If you have questions about the course, require accessibility accommodations or need assistance, please email [email protected] or call (909) 628-4216.

• Apply the procedures indicated in the Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Manual.
• Define what is anger and the elements that surrounds it.
• Determine different anger management techniques and examine the effectivity of Cognitive behavioral therapy for anger management.

• PART I : ANGER MANAGEMENT FOR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER AND MENTAL HEALTH CLIENTS: A COGNITIVE- BEHAVIORAL THERAPY MANUAL.
  
  Foreword : Introduction
  
  
  • Session 1: OVERVIEW OF GROUP ANGER MANAGEMENT TREATMENT
    
    • Instruction to Group Leaders
    • Suggested Remarks
    • Between-Session Challenge
  
  
  • Session 2: EVENTS AND CUES: A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING ANGER
    
    • Instructions to Group Leaders
    • Suggested Remarks
    • Explaining the Check-In Procedure
    • Between-Session Challenge
  
  
  • Session 3: ANGER CONTROL PLANS: HELPING GROUP MEMBERS DEVELOP A PLAN FOR CONTROLLING ANGER
    
    • Instructions to Group Leaders
    • Check-in Procedure
    • Suggested Remarks
    • Between-Session Challenge
  
  
  • Session 4: THE AGGRESSION CYCLE: HOW TO CHANGE THE CYCLE
    
    • Instructions to Group Leaders
    • Check-in Procedure
    • Suggested Remarks
    • Between-Session Challenge
  
  
  • Session 5: The A-B-C-D Model and Thought Stopping
    
    • Instructions to Group Leaders
    • Check-in Procedure
    • Suggested Remarks
    • Between-Session Challenge
  
  
  • Session 6: PRACTICE SESSION #1: REINFORCING LEARNED CONCEPTS
    
    • Instructions to Group Leaders
    • Check-in Procedure
    • Suggested Remarks
    • Between-Session Challenge
  
  
  • Session 7 & 8: ASSERTIVENESS TRAINING AND THE CONFLICT RESOLUTION MODEL: ALTERNATIVES OF EXPRESSING ANGER:
    
    • Instructions to Group Leaders
    • Check-in Procedure
    • Suggested Remarks
    • Between-Session Challenge
  
  
  • Session 9 & 10: ANGER AND THE FAMILY: HOW PAST LEARNING CAN INFLUENCE PRESENT BEHAVIOR
    
    • Instructions to Group Leaders
    • Check-in Procedure
    • Suggested Remarks
    • Between-Session Challenge
  
  
  • SESSION 12: CLOSING AND GRADUATION: CLOSING EXERCISE AND AWARDING OF CERTIFICATES
    
    • Instructions to Group Leaders
    • Suggested Remarks
  
  


• PART II
  
  
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
    
    • What is Anger?
    • Misconceptions about anger
    • Handling Anger
    • Masking Anger
  
  
  • Chapter 2: Prevalence of Anger Management Issues in the United States
    
    • Identifying Anger Issues
    • Definition of Anger Issues
    • Contributors to Anger Issues
    • Passive and aggressive anger at a closer look
    • Health risks related to anger
    • Anger Medication Options
    • Anti-Anger Drug and Alcohol Addiction Diagnosis, Dependence and Withdrawal
  
  
  • Chapter 3: Anger Management Techniques and Therapy
    
    • Coping with Anger
    • Effectivity of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anger Management
    • Suggested Remarks
    • Between-Session Challenge
  
  

Course topics are chosen based on various board requirements and professionals’ needs. Licensed professionals oversee, compile and develop course materials, posttest, and other course materials, determine the level of difficulty, and ensure course content is appropriate. The course developer bio is available here.