The Results
The free online courses are hosted on ireta.org and accessed by a wide range of professionals; a significant proportion are social workers, addiction counselors, and mental health counselors.
81% of the people who took the course and completed a brief survey rated its overall value as good or excellent and 86% found the course content useful at either a good or excellent level. Finally, 82% said they would probably or definitely recommend it to other people.
Feedback from students
“The information on adolescent opiod use in combination with other drugs was very informative and relevant to assessing risk levels in clients.”
“I enjoyed the case studies in which they asked how to proceed as it puts one in a reality based situation and makes you think about the situation happening in clinical practice.”
“the information was clear and kept my attention throughout.”