Professional Development Seminar Series

2013 - 2014 Seminars

The Continuing Professional Development Seminar Series are one-day seminars for professionals conducted during the academic year. Each year the seminar series reflects cutting-edge topics in the field, and provides an opportunity for individuals to obtain recertification courses. Seminars are held during the academic year on Thursdays, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Each seminar is approved for 6 hours of continuing education (.6 CEUs).

Spotlighted Seminars

Clinical Supervision in Addiction Treatment

February 18, 2014 - February 20, 2014

8:00 am - 5:00 pm in class

Alan Lyme, MSW, ICADC, ICCS, SAP

The substance abuse and mental health field is constantly changing. Staff need training in an array of issues, including co-occurring disorders, working in a cost-driven world, and new legal and ethical standards and requirements. Training resources are often limited, so clinical supervision serves as the cornerstone for staff development and quality assurance.

This intensive course provides a foundation for supervision and management of personnel and fulfills the training requirements for certification in clinical supervision for the International Certification and Reciprocity Consortium (IC&RC).

This seminar is ideal for agencies who wish to train their management staff and for all professionals seeking the required 30 hour pre-certification training.

Note: This is a convenient hybrid course format that reduces in-class hours. In addition to the in-class hours there will be an additional 13 hours of online work.

Movie Seminar Series

This year we are excited to offer a Movie Seminar Series presented by Anthony Tobia, MD.

Dr. Tobia currently holds the titles of Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Clinical Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Dr. Tobia has dual appointments with the Department of Psychiatry and Division of Internal Medicine.

Movies will be viewed at the start of the seminar in conjunction with a live twitter feed hosted by Dr. Tobia for Commentary and Q&A. The film will be followed by a discussion of the film and a presentation on the affects of addiction on each of the disorders featured in the film. 5 movie seminars will be offered over the course of the year.

If you sign up for all five in advance, tuition for one film will be waived. The following films will be featured:

Fee for ALL 5 movie seminars: $300.00Fee for each individual seminar: $75.00

We recommend signing up for a free Twitter account, if you do not already have one. Please bring your personal electronic devices (laptops, smartphones, or tablets) to tweet your thoughts and any questions for Dr. Tobia throughout the film. In order to participate you should follow Dr. Tobia on twitter: @atobiamd.

Please note that a Twitter account is not required for the seminar.

Each 6 hour seminar will include education materials distributed by the faculty, a light breakfast, and lunch.

Registration and Tuition

Students may register online or by completing the registration form and faxing or mailing it to the Education and Training Division. Online registration will be available SOON.

The tuition fee for seminars is $75.00 per day, which includes a light breakfast, lunch and educational materials distributed by faculty. A $25.00 non-refundable deposit per seminar should be paid at the time of registration; this deposit will be applied toward the tuition fee. Final payment is due one week prior to attendance. If you elect to mail in your registration, all checks and money orders should be made payable to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. MasterCard, Visa, and American Express are also accepted. Tuition support is available.

Scholarship Opportunity

Funding support from New Jersey Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services enables the Education & Training Division to offer tuition remission for up to 3 seminars to a limited number of applicants who meet the following criteria:

• Be a New Jersey resident.


• Be employed at a NJ-DMHAS licensed program, licensed substance abuse, mental health, or state hospital at time of application and at time of the seminar.


• Have a clinical license or certification (e.g. LPC, CADC, LCADC, LCSW, psychologist, etc.) and be able to provide license/certification number on application materials.

These seminars are approved for recertification for alcohol and drug counselor certification/licensure in New Jersey by The Certification Board, Inc. These seminars have been approved by the National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC) and approved for continuing education in the fields of social work, psychology, and education.

Source: Rutgers