Healing and Ending Addiction through Recovery and Training (HEART) Demonstration: Montana’s Contingency Management Program Overview Training
Healing and Ending Addiction through Recovery and Treatment (HEART) Demonstration: Montana’s Contingency Management Program Overview Training
Sponsored by: UCLA Integrated Substance Use and Addiction Programs (UCLA ISAP) and the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS)
Course Description
Contingency management is one of the only evidence-based behavioral interventions shown to be effective in treating stimulant use disorder (StimUD). Contingency management provides monetary incentives (such as gift cards) for meeting treatment goals, including stimulant non-use as measured by negative urine drug tests (UDTs), rewarding individuals for changing their behaviors. Substance use offers a powerful, immediate reinforcement. Contingency management confronts this challenge by offering immediate financial awards that can help activate the brain’s reward system, thus encouraging the replacement of stimulants with the incentive to achieve a dopamine release.
This course is a two‐hour self‐paced online training designed to provide a broad overview of contingency management for treating individuals with a stimulant use disorder (StimUD). The course includes a brief Introduction and seven (7) Modules. You can complete one Module at a time as your schedule permits. Completion of this course is required for individuals who are serving as a HEART CM Program CM Coordinator, Back-Up CM Coordinator, or CM Supervisor within their agency.
- Introduction (5:06)
- Module 1: Scope of Stimulant Use in Montana and Beyond (11:13)
- Module 2: Effects of Stimulants on the Brain and Body (10:21)
- Module 3: The Psychological/Behavioral Principles of CM (12:00)
- Module 4: Four Essential Ingredients of CM (11:59)
- Module 5: A Positive, Encouraging Approach (8:54)
- Module 6: CM Research Summary (5:01)
- Module 7: Putting It All Together and Implementation Challenges (29:18)
Two hours of Continuing Education (CE) Credit and Continuing Medical Education (CME) are available at no charge for a variety of licensed and certified individuals following completion of a CE/CME evaluation.
Optional Recommended Readings/Resources:
Launch Date: June 2, 2025
At the conclusion of the training, participants will be able to:
- Recall at least three (3) patterns and trends regarding the scope of stimulant use in Montana and beyond.
- Identify at least three (3) acute and three (3) chronic effects of psychostimulant drugs on the brain.
- Specify at least three (3) key principles of operant conditioning.
- Formulate a list of the four (4) essential elements of an evidence-based, protocol-driven contingency management program to address stimulant use.
Instructions for Continuing Education Credits
How to receive a CE/CME certificate:
You must pass the final test with a minimum of 80% correct. Once you pass the final test, you will be given links to complete a follow-up course evaluation. Choose the link that corresponds with the type of license you have. The link will take you to a course evaluation. Once you submit this required course evaluation, you will receive your CE or CME certificate via email within six to eight weeks.
If you have any CE-related questions, please contact Michelle Arreola at michellearreola@mednet.ucla.edu.
If you have any CME-related questions, please contact Gloria Miele at gmiele@mednet.ucla.edu.
CME Statements:
Please view the linked CME Learner Handout for more information about how to obtain CME credit.
The training course meets the qualifications for the provision of two (2.0) continuing medical education credits/contact hours (CMEs/CEHs).
UCLA Integrated Substance Use and Addiction Programs (ISAP) CME is accredited by the California Medical Association (CMA) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
UCLA Integrated Substance Use and Addiction Programs (ISAP) designates that this training course qualifies for the provision of a maximum of two (2.0) AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The California Board of Registered Nursing recognizes that Continuing Medical Education (CME) is acceptable for meeting RN continuing education requirements as long as the course is certified for AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM (rn.ca.gov). Nurses will receive a Certificate of Participation following this activity that may be used for license renewal.
Continuing medical education credit will be awarded within 6-8 weeks following completion of the on-demand course.
Continuing Education:
The training course meets the qualifications for the provision of two (2.0) continuing education credits/contact hours (CEs/CEHs). UCLA Integrated Substance Use and Addiction Programs (ISAP) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. UCLA ISAP maintains responsibility for this program and its content
UCLA ISAP is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs (Provider #64812). UCLA ISAP maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Course meets the qualifications for two (2.0) hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. UCLA ISAP is also an approved provider of continuing education for RADTs I/II, CADCs-CASs, CADCs I/II, CADCs-CSs, and LAADCs (CCAPP, #2N-00-445-1125), CATCs (ACCBC/CAADE, #CP40 872 C 0825), SUDCCs (CADTP, #151), and Certified Medi-Cal Peer Support Specialists (CMPSS; CalMHSA CE Provider #1012). Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #15455, for two (2.0) contact hours. UNR CASAT is an approved provider of continuing education credit for NCACs I/II and MACs through the National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC, #98165).
Continuing education credit will be awarded at the conclusion of the training. Upon completing the final module, you must pass the final test with a minimum of 80% correct. Once you pass the final test, it will display a link to complete a course evaluation and submit the required information for your CE certificate. Upon completing this required course evaluation, you will receive your CE certificate via email within six to eight weeks.
If you have any CE-related questions, please contact Michelle Arreola at michellearreola@mednet.ucla.edu.
Estimated time to complete the course:
This course should take approximately 2.0 hours to complete.
Cost: Free
Disclosure statements:
Thomas E. Freese, PhD
Beth Rutkowski, MPH
James Peck, PsyD (Retired)
None of the presenters, planners, or others in control of content for this educational activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
Trainers:
Thomas E. Freese, PhD, and Beth A. Rutkowski, MPH, UCLA Integrated Substance Use and Addiction Programs
James Peck, PsyD (Retired)
Recommended Audience:
This two-hour on-demand course is free and is open to staff who are interested in learning more about contingency management, including:
- MT HEART CM Program CM Coordinators, Back-Up CM Coordinators, and CM Supervisors (this course is required)
- Program Administrators
- Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, and Physician Assistants
- Psychologists
- LMFTs and LCSWs
- Registered Nurses
- Certified Substance Use Disorder Treatment Counselors
- Peer Support Specialists
- Other Behavioral Health Specialists/Clinicians
Instructions for Requesting Accommodations for Disability:
If you need a disability-related reasonable accommodation/alternative format for this event, please contact Michelle Arreola at michellearreola@mednet.ucla.edu.
Instructions for Filing a Grievance Concerning UCLA ISAP’s Continuing Education Program:
Please contact Dr. Thomas E. Freese, CE Program Administrator, in writing (UCLA ISAP, 10911 Weyburn Avenue, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90024-2886) or by phone (310-267-5397). Alternately, you may contact Dr. Gloria Miele, an ISAP-affiliated doctoral-level psychologist responsible for program planning for the ISAP CE Program. Dr. Miele can be reached in writing at: 10911 Weyburn Avenue, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90024-2886 or by phone at: 310-267-5888.
