The Universal Treatment Curriculum

(UTC) for Addiction Treatment

Professionals

Melody M. Heaps
President Emeritus TASC, Inc. / Chairman of the Board, ISSUP

Lisbon Addictions 2017

2nd European Conference on Addictive Behaviour and Dependencies
 I. Develop the
Drug Demand Reduction Workforce
 Developing a Global Network
of Treatment Professionals
International
Professional
Association
Professionalization of Staff

Credentialing

Training

Mapping the
Workforce

Time
 Training Curricula

Universal Treatment Curriculum

(UTC)

Universal Prevention Curriculum

(UPC)
 Universal Treatment Curriculum:
Basic Level (8 Courses)
1. Physiology and Pharmacology (24 hrs)
2. Continuum of Care (40 hrs)
3. Co-Occurring Disorders Overview (24 hrs)
4. Basic Counseling Skills (40 hrs)
5. Screening, Intake, Assessment, Treatment Planning
(40 hrs)
6. Case Management (16 hrs)
7. Crisis Intervention (16 hrs)
8. Ethics (32 hrs)
 Universal Treatment Curriculum:
Advanced Level (15 courses)
9. Pharmacology and SUD (33 hrs)
10.Managing MAT Programs (20 hrs)
11.Enhancing MI Skills (20 hrs)
12.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (20 hrs)
13.Contingency Management (20 hrs)
14.Working with Families (33 hrs)
15.Skills for Screening Co-Occurring Disorders (20 hrs)
16.Intermediate Clinical Skills & Crisis Management (33 hrs)
17.Case Management Skills and Practices (33 hrs)
18.Clinical Supervision for SUD Professionals (33 hrs)
19.Enhancing Group Facilitation Skills
20.Special Population Groups
21.Theories of Counseling
22.Trauma Informed Care
23.Recovery Management, Continuing Care, and Wellness
IV. Address Populations with
Special Clinical Needs
 Universal Treatment Curriculum:
Populations with Special Clinical Needs
Guiding the Recovery of Children’s Treatment Other Populations
Women (GROW)

1. GROW Basic 1. Interventions for 1. Adolescent Males

2. Criminal Justice System
2. Continuum of Care Children 3. Culturally Distinct Populations
3. Domestic Violence 2. Counseling 4. LGBTQI
4. Trauma 3. Motivational 5. Peoples with Physical Disability and Chronic
Pain Management
5. Co-Occurring Disorders Interviewing 6. Refugees
6. Pregnant & Addicted 4. Trauma and 7. Gangs
Women Distress 8. Homeless Populations
9. Child Soldiers
7. Women with Children 5. Pharmacological 10. Trafficking victims
8. Adolescent Females Treatment 11. Sex workers
9. Family Therapy 6. Suitcase for Life 12. HIV Positive, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, TB
Populations
10. Relapse Prevention

Recovery Support Services Adolescent Treatment (CICAD)

Rural-Based Treatment

Community-Based Outreach Drop in Centers

 Women
The Guiding the Recovery
of Women (GROW)

• A 10-course series that

trains counselors on
treating women with
substance use disorders

• GROW has been

disseminated in Asia,
Africa, and Latin America.
 Children
The Children’s Treatment Curriculum
 A 6-course series addressing child drug use from infancy to early
adolescence, based on the world’s first protocols to treat
children with substance use disorders was disseminated in
Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh.
 Recovery
• Building a network of persons in recovery.
• Four specialized courses for people in
recovery.
• Recovery Coach exam and credential
 Rural Treatment
• Modality developed by UNODC.
• Training package under development.
• Pilot will be implemented in Afghanistan and
Pakistan.
• Available for further dissemination in 2018.
 Criminal Justice
Community-based services and recovery support

Pre-Adjudication Diversion Post-Adjudication

INTERCEPT 1: INTERCEPT 2: INTERCEPT 3: INTERCEPT 4: INTERCEPT 5:

Police Initial detention Jail Jail / Reentry Probation
Initial court hearings Court
 Curriculum Development Strategy
Curriculum Developers
Produce specialized curriculum


Peer Review Panel
Detailed study of each curriculum, makes recommendation to
curriculum development coordinator.


Curriculum Coordinators
Incorporates changes from peer review panel


Expert Advisory Group (Steering Group)

Reviews comments and changes by curriculum developers
Provides final “ready for training” endorsement of the curriculum.
Receives final hard copy of the curriculum.
Trainer’s Manual
Trainer’s Manual Participants Manual
Trainer’s Manual Participants Manual
 ISSUP Website – www.issup.net
• Prevention and treatment professionals share
developments in the field and interact directly.
• Provides web-based training, webinars and
technical assistance.
• Serves as registrar to centralize student training
data in preparation for the international
credentialing exam.
ISSUP Website – www.issup.net
International National
Workshops: Chapters:
• ISSUP-1: Jul. 2015 Bangkok, • Philippines (2014)
Thailand • Pakistan (2015)
• ISSUP-2: Dec. 2016 Campinas, Brazil
• ISSUP-3: December 4-8, 2017
Cancun, Mexico
• ISSUP-4: 2018 Africa
Contact Information:
Melody M Heaps
President
MMH & Associates
Public Policy Consultants

Chairman of the Board, ISSUP

mmhassoc@gmail.com
773 822 3791