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PD VI. Client, Family, and Community Education
Competency 106:
Understand and describe the health and behavior problems related to substance
use, including transmission and prevention of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis,
sexually transmitted diseases, hepatitis C, and other infectious diseases.
Knowledge
uX Health risks associated with substance use.
u High-risk behaviors related to substance
use.
u Prevention and transmission of infectious
diseases.
u Factors that may be associated with the
prevention or transmission of infectious
diseases.
u Community health and allied health
resources.
Skills
uX Teaching clients and community
members about disease transmission
and prevention.
u Facilitating small- and large-group
discussions.
Attitudes
uX
Awareness of one’s biases when presenting
information.
Competency 107:
Teach life skills, including but not limited to stress management, relaxation,
communication, assertiveness, and refusal skills.
Knowledge
XX The importance of life skills to the
prevention and treatment of substance
use disorders.
uX How these skills are typically taught to
individuals and groups.
uX Resources available to teach these skills.
Skills
XX Delivering educational sessions.
uX Identifying and accessing other
instructional resources for training.
uX Facilitating the practice and acquisition
of life skills.
Attitudes
uX
Recognition of the importance of life skills
training to the process of recovery.
Uses of The Competencies
In Iowa The Competencies is being used in a number of ways. The master’s program in Substance
Abuse Counseling at the University of Iowa is based on The Competencies. The Competencies also
is the basis for a “toolbox” training, through a subcontractor of the Prairielands ATTC, designed to
educate entry-level substance abuse counselors about the skills needed for quality treatment and
passing the State’s certification exam.
In addition, a graduate assistant at the Center of Excellence for Substance Abuse and Dually
Diagnosed Persons at the University of Iowa is using the practice dimensions as a framework for his
dissertation. He is assessing substance abuse counselors and their perceptions of the content areas
in which they need and desire more supervision.
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