Read the "Topic 7: Discussion Question Special Topic List" and select a topic of interest from the list. In addition, review the TAP 21 and find a TAP 21 competency, which directly relates to your chosen topic. Discuss your chosen topic in this manner: topic, related TAP21 competency, why you chose the topic, and explain the topic/issue at hand.
Directions: Select one of the following special topics related to the substance use disorder field that interests you.
1. Documentation (SOAP, DAP, case notes, psychotherapy notes, intake and discharge summaries)
2. Support systems
3. State licensure vs. state certification to work in substance use disorder field
4. National and state substance use disorder organizations
5. Professional competence
6. Suicidality and the relationship with substance use disorders
7. Differential diagnosis
8. Interdisciplinary approach (informed consent, confidentiality, HIPAA, etc.)
9. Ethics in substance use disorder treatment
10. Resistance
11. Risk and resilience factors
12. CFR 42 law
13. Referrals (simultaneous and alternative)
14. Informed consent
15. Biopsychosocial intake
16. Difference between screening and assessment
17. Difference between formal and informal assessment
18. Termination/discharge/transfer
19. Levels of care
20. Stages of readiness
21. Working with families (Who is the client? Confidentiality, referrals for family)
22. TASC/probation involvement
23. Continuing education, supervision, and consultation
24. Self-care and self-awareness
25. Boundaries
26. Helping strategies/interventions
27. Insurance, Affordable Care Act, TriCare/ChampVA, benevolence programs, free medicine programs (C15)
28. Basic life skills/needs/resources/action plans and/or safety plans
29. PTSD as COD
30. Withdrawal symptoms
31. Handling crisis, dangerous situations, safety measures