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Codependency NBCC approved.

Course Description

Target Audience: Social workers, counselor, and other mental health professionals.

Course Content Level: Advanced

Number of CE Hours: 8

Type of CE hours: Clinical

Delivery format: Reading based asynchronous distance learning.

Course completion requirements:
How to Obtain Continuing Education Credit
Please follow the steps below to obtain the necessary contact hours of home study continuing
education credit:

1. Read course objectives.
2. Study the course text:

3. The questions for the final examination are attached here. Answer these questions by marking
your Scantron card:
Write your name on every Scantron card in the space provided. Also write the exam title
in the space marked “Subject”.
True/false examination Mark the Scantron card as follows: Use A for true answers, B for
false answers. Disregard C, D and E.
Multiple-choice questions Choose the letter of the correct answer and mark the Scantron
card accordingly.
Marking the Scantron card Use No. 2 pencil only. Make dark marks. Erase completely to
change.
4. Complete the licensure information on the examination sheet.

5. Return the scantron card, examination sheet and student evaluation of the course.
You’ll need 70% correct score on the post-test for successful completion of the course.

6. Retain a copy of the answers for your record.
Homestead Schools, Inc. is solely responsible for the quality and content of this CE
program and for the selection of its instructor/author, and receives no outside financial
support in the preparation, presentation or implementation of its CE activities.
The sponsor has no affiliation with companies whose products or services are mentioned
in this course material; they are mentioned only for their educational and
informational value. The sponsor’s sole source of revenue is the tuition paid by
participants like you in its CE program.

Instructor Credentials: N/A

ACE Provider Approval Statement: Homestead Schools, Inc., 1070, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Assoiciation of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses for continuing education credit.
ACE provider approval period: 4/2/2023-4/2/2026. Social workers completing this course receive 8 Clinical continuing education credits.

ADA Accomodations: Homestead Schools, Inc. ensures that its facilities accommodate and are accessible according to the standards of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Cancellation/Refund Policy: Should you need to cancel your order or if you are not satisfied with the quality of our course material, you can return the course (before a certificate is issued) within 90 days and receive a prompt and full refund (less shipping and handling.)

Course last updated: December, 2023

Course Outline

Codependency

    Questions to Ask

    • Do you do or more of the following?

Codependency: General Mental Health Issues

    • Who Does Codependency Affect?

What Is a Dysfunctional Family and How Does It Lead to Codependency?

How Do Codependent People Behave?

Characteristics of Codependent People

Signs of Codependence

  • Low Self Worth
  • Controlling Behaviors
  • Pleasing Behaviors
  • Relationship Issues

Questionnaire to Identify Signs of Codependency

How Is Codependency Treated

Self-Care Tips

When Codependency Hits Home

Are Your Troubled By Someone’s Drinking?

Family Members Codependency Questionnaire

Addictive and Codependence Relationships

Addicted To The Addicted

  • Alcoholism Aficionado
  • I’m Always the Last to Know
  • What Do You Mean, I’m Not The “Good One”
  • I Don’t Really Want To Do This Alone Anymore But
  • Facing My Fear
  • Connecting To Self and Others
  • I Quit
  • Spirituality

Detachment: How Did We Get Here? How Do We Get Out?

Battered Women With Chemically–Involved Partners

    • Codependency and Effects of Victimization: Similarities and Differences

Implications of Codependency Treatment for Victims of Domestic Violence

Recommendations For Substance Abuse Treatment Counselors

Limitations of Codependency Model in General

Relational Model (Or “Self-in-Relation” Model)

    • Endnotes

The Codependency Idea: When Caring Becomes a Disease

    • From Where Did Codependency Come?

Why the Allure?

Alternatives

  • Caring for an Addicted Person is Not Synonymous With Pathology
  • The Idea that the Caring Partner is Somehow Responsible for the Endurance of the Addictive Behavior
  • The Idea That “Less Than Nurturing” Experiences Are Necessarily Traumatic

One Step at a Time

References

Evaluation of Individual Objectives

To assess the effectiveness of the course material, we ask that you evaluate your achievement of each learning objective on a scale of A to D (A=excellent, B=good, C=fair, D=unsatisfactory). Please indicate your responses next to each learning objective and return it to us with your completed exam.

Learning Objectives

After completing this course, you will be able to:

  1. List 7 typical roles that codependents play.
  2. Identify at least 6 patterns of behavior that may indicate codependency problem.
  3. List 12 self-care tips that may help you avoid becoming a codependent.
  4. Identify 3 basic characteristics of codependency disorder.
  5. Describe the typical traits and behaviors of codependent people.
  6. List several typical characteristics of codependent people.
  7. Formulate a questionnaire to identify signs of codependency.
  8. Define codependence and explain how one can recognize signs of codependence.
  9. Identify statements that show low self worth, controlling behaviors, pleasing behaviors, relationship issues that point toward signs of codependence.
  10. Compare and contrast two common patterns found in sex addiction relationships: addict and codependent, and love addict and avoidant.
  11. Prepare a questionnaire to determine if a family member is codependent.
  12. Using the article by Dalene Entenmann as a guide, discuss the journey made by a codependent from someone who identifies with the addict through connecting to self and others to spirituality.
  13. Define detachment and explain how it embodies commitment, selflessness, empathy and compassion.
  14. Describe similarities and differences between codependency and effects of victimization.
  15. List 5 behaviors and characteristics related to codependency that victims of domestic violence adopt to survive.
  16. Provide assistance in 5 specific ways to victims of domestic violence whose partners are involved with substances.
  17. Outline the limitations of codependency model in general and explain dichotomy of being “socially acceptable” to being “clinically well.”
  18. Describe the relational (or “self-in-relation”) model as a treatment model within the substance abuse treatment system.
  19. Contrast between the relational model and the codependency model.
  20. Discuss codependency as a disease model and argue how it runs counter to the most basic human attribute of caring.