Course

Training Series for Disordered Gamblers | Women and Gambling Disorders

Self-paced
1.5 credits

$22 Enroll

Full course description

About the Training

This online course is part of the Training Series for Disordered Gamblers. This course will focus on women's gambling behaviors and treatments. The course content delves into explaining risk factors influencing gambling patterns of women gamblers, assessing clinical presenting issues of women gamblers in treatment, providing evidence-based components of treatment with women gamblers, and describing cultural considerations with diverse women gamblers.

Dr. Deborah Haskins, President of the Maryland Council on Problem Gambling, is a licensed professional counselor and IGCC-II, BACC. Dr. Haskins shares her insights and experiences as an expert in the field. As you work through the Training Series for Disordered Gamblers, you will be guided in evidence-based research and trends related to problem gambling. You will have the opportunity to study case-based scenarios and apply current treatment standards. This program is designed to advocate toward improving the lives of problem gamblers, their loved ones, and the communities in which they live.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this training module you will be able to:

  • Explain risk factors influencing gambling patterns of women gamblers.​
  • Assess clinical presenting issues of women gamblers in treatment.​
  • Choose evidence-based components of treatment with women gamblers.​
  • Describe cultural considerations with diverse women gamblers.​

 

Length: 1.5 hours

 

Department: 
Indiana Problem Gambling Awareness Program (IPGAP)

 

Credit: 1.5 CEUs

 

Audience: Everyone

How to Get a CEU Certificate

In order to receive a certificate of completion with Continuing Education Units (CEUs), you must enroll in each section of the course. This course is not for credit with Indiana University.  Also, you must score 80% or higher on the course assessment. The cost for each section of the course is $22 for 1.5 CEUs.  Indiana residents and providers can complete the course for free. Reach out to Mary Lay at maholtsc@indiana.edu for verification and to receive a promotion code to use during registration.