Continuing education

Continuing education at Livingspring University

Livingspring University Continuing Education offers non-credit professional development for practitioners in health, social services, community and business settings. Our courses are open to learners of every background, culture and nationality, and each one lists its continuing education hours, learning outcomes and modules. Courses are delivered online and self-paced, so you can start anytime. Complete every lesson and your certificate of completion is issued automatically, ready to download, share and verify.

How it works

Open to every learner

Practitioners and community members of all backgrounds, cultures and countries are welcome.

Study at your own pace

Practical online courses you can complete around work and family, starting anytime.

Automatic certificates

Your certificate is issued the moment you complete the final lesson, with a public verification link.

Continuing education courses

1 course

Continuing education · Non-credit

Community and Addiction

Understand how substance use issues develop, spread and persist in communities, and how communities can lead prevention, recovery and long-term support.

Delivery: Online, self-paced
Hours: 12 continuing education hours
Format & schedule: Start anytime · about 5 weeks at your own pace
Fee: $350 registration fee

Description

Addiction is shaped by trauma, stress, poverty, stigma, social networks and the availability of substances, and it is sustained or interrupted by the community around each person. This continuing education course explores how substance use issues develop, spread and persist within communities, and how families, services, peers and community organisations can become the strongest agents of prevention, recovery and long-term support.

Learning outcomes

Participants will be able to:

Explain addiction as a biopsychosocial condition shaped by community and social factors
Describe how substance use and behavioural addictions develop, spread and are sustained within communities
Recognise the links between addiction, mental health, trauma and adverse childhood experiences
Use person-centred, trauma-informed and motivational helping skills to support change
Apply prevention, harm reduction and recovery-oriented approaches at community level
Practise ethically and sustainably, and design a community-based response to addiction

Course modules

1.Foundations of Community Support & Addiction Studies
2.Substance Use, Behavioural Addiction & Mental Health
3.Helping Skills, Communication & Addiction Support
4.Addiction Prevention, Harm Reduction & Recovery
5.Community Addiction Practice, Ethics & Capstone

Who should attend

Community, social service and outreach workers; Addiction, mental health and peer support practitioners; Health, housing, justice and education professionals; Community leaders, volunteers and faith or cultural organisation staff.

Certificate

A Livingspring University certificate of completion is issued automatically as soon as you complete every lesson. Each certificate carries a unique number and a public verification link.