UCLA Integrated Substance Use and Addiction Programs

UCLA-ISAP provides evidence-based training events throughout California in an effort to improve the quality of SUD services. To speak with someone from the UCLA ISAP team to discuss your training needs, please fill out and submit the Training and Technical Assistance request form.

Training Topics

Please review the list below to see the variety of training topics available to your agency/county.  If you are in need of a topic not listed below – please still contact us! 

  • ASAM Criteria: Documentation and Other Procedures (Intro and Intermediate/Advanced)
  • Best Practices in Substance Use Disorder Treatment
  • Challenging Scenarios in Treating Substance Use Disorders
  • Clinical Supervision/Technology-Based Clinical Supervision
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Relapse Prevention Strategies
  • Contingency Management Approaches
  • Continuum of Care in SUD Treatment
  • Co-Occurring Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders
  • Dialectical Behavioral Therapy in Substance Use Disorder Treatment
  • DSM-5 Diagnosis of Substance Use and Psychiatric Disorders: What Has Changed?
  • Emerging Drugs: What Providers Need to Know
  • Ethical and Confidentiality Issues in Substance Use Disorder Treatment (42 CFR Part II, HIPAA; New Ethical Dilemmas in the Digital Age)
  • HIV, Hepatitis C, and other Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
  • Motivational Interviewing (Introductory and Advanced Levels; Using MI in Group Settings)
  • Process Improvement/Change Facilitation Strategies to Improve Client Access to and Engagement and Retention in Treatment
  • Recovery Support Services Along the Continuum of Substance Use and HIV Treatment
  • Recreational and Medical Cannabis: What Providers Need to Know
  • Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment
  • Stimulant Use and its Impact on Brain, Body, and Behavior (and Effective Treatment Approaches and Recovery Supports)
  • Substance Use Disorders 101/Addiction as a Brain Disease
  • Trauma-Informed Care Approaches
  • Use of Medications in the Treatment of Alcohol and Opioid Use Disorders