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Overview
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Program Schedule
About the Director
Continuing Education Contact Hours
Application
Fees & Refund Policy

Clinical Approaches to the Addictions

Overview

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Online Post-Master's Certificate Program

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Social service, mental health, and health agencies recognize the growing need for social workers and other mental health professionals with expertise in treating addiction disorders. Increased emphasis on co-occurring disorders makes advanced training even more valuable. This Post-Master’s Program integrates sophisticated, clinical understanding with the latest evidence-based knowledge regarding screening, assessment, and treatment of individuals with alcohol and other drug disorders, as well as process addictions such as gambling and eating and sexual disorders. New York Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor (CASAC) credits are provided.

Program Highlights

  • A cognitive behavioral and psychodynamic clinical understanding of the current drugs of abuse and patterns of abuse

  • Understanding and treating non-chemical addictions such as eating disorders, gambling, and sexual disorders

  • The latest evidence-based knowledge regarding screening, assessment, and treatment of individuals with substance use disorders, including tobacco addiction. Trends in treatment, motivational interviewing, harm reduction, self-help, and uses of medications

  • Interventions with families and children of substance abusers, adolescents, women, involuntary clients, and trauma victims

  • Case studies are integrated throughout the program


“This course was tremendously helpful with my work in substance use counseling. The class discussions were wonderful. I appreciate the diversity of perspectives among the lecturers and students in the classroom. The material was thoughtfully organized and engaging. I am also grateful for all of your support in transitioning the course to online learning during a challenging time, where education and social connection were of particular value.”

– Jeremy Brinsdon, MSW, Harm Reduction Services, Housing Works

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Program Requirements

This certificate requires the completion of 26 two-hour online sessions over the course of two semesters. Assignments include weekly readings and a final learning assessment in the form of a project or test.

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Program Schedule

Program dates for 2025 are forthcoming, please check back. 

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About the Director

Joseph Madonia headshotJoseph R. Madonia, LCSW-R, CASAC

Mr. Madonia is currently the Executive Director of the Joseph Leroy and Ann C. Warner Fund, a private grant-giving foundation. In this role he oversees all aspects of the foundation including administering grants to organizations that improve the lives of children with disabilities and children in foster care. He is laser focused on empowering these children to reach their full potential in new and innovative ways.

Mr. Madonia is also a Clinical Associate Professor at the New York University Silver School of Social Work where he lectures on graduate and post-graduate courses. He is also the 2019 recipient of the NASW (National Association of Social Workers) Emerald Award for Leadership and Innovation in the field of Social Work. In the Fall of 2022, he was appointed as the Director of the NYU Silver Post- Master’s Certificate Program in Clinical Approaches to Addictions.

Prior to the Warner Fund, Mr. Madonia spent 15 years as the Director of the Brooklyn Treatment Court where he was responsible for the implementation of policy and planning for judicial diversion courts including Brooklyn Diversion, Veterans, and DWI courts. In this role he managed oversight of clinical operations, management of federal grants, and supervision of staff. He hosted numerous site visits to the court by international dignitaries and local and national visitors and was the chairperson for Brooklyn Treatment Court’s Clinical Advisory Board and the Brooklyn Veterans Stakeholder Board.

Mr. Madonia was the co-developer of the Brooklyn Treatment Court Training Academy and conducted training for drug court practitioners through the New York State Unified Court System and the Center for Court Innovation. He also conducted numerous workshops at the State and National levels and served on the curriculum development team for implementing veteran’s treatment courts in New York State. He stays close to court innovations by currently serving as an active board member of New York State Drug Court Professionals.

In September of 2009 Mr. Madonia was appointed by Governor David Patterson to sit on the New York State Board for Medical Misconduct and acted in that capacity for four years.

Mr. Madonia is a graduate of New York University and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. He holds several degrees and certifications including Credentialed Alcohol and Substance Abuse Counselor and Forensic Mental Health Counselor and has over 27 years experience working with the Forensic and Co-Occurring Disorders populations. He conducts numerous professional development trainings for practicing clinicians throughout the United States and maintains a private psychotherapy practice in New York City where he treats adolescents and young adults with substance abuse and mental health disorders.

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Continuing Education Contact Hours

52 NYSED and ASWB/ACE Continuing Education Contact Hours will be awarded for this program.

New York University Silver School of Social Work is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers {#SW-0012}.

New York University Silver School of Social Work is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors {#MHC-0083}.

For Mental Health Practitioners: Please check with your state, if you are not licensed in New York, to determine if these credits will be accepted for licensing renewal.

NYU Silver School of Social Work is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0126.

NYU Silver School of Social Work is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychoanalysts #P-0066.

55 jurisdictions accept ACE-approved provider CE contact hours. ACE is not an approved Continuing Education provider in the states of New York (though NYU Silver is NYSED CE approved in NYS) and West Virginia, unless the event is outside of West VA. ACE only approves individual courses in New Jersey, though NYU Silver is CSWE-accredited and therefore accepted for licensed NJ professionals. Here is a full list of statutes related to social work CE.

CASAC Hours

This program is OASAS-approved as a Section 1 Provider (Knowledge of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse). Section 1 curriculum carries 85 clock hours towards the CASAC 350-Hour Education and Training Standardized Curriculum. Visit the OASAS website for more information about the credentialing process and requirements.

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Application

Access the Post-Master's Certificate application here.

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Fees & Refund Policy

The cost of this certificate program is $3,255, which includes registration and application fees and the cost of an online compendium of readings.

Available discounts include:

  • 25% discount for NYU Silver School of Social Work MSW/DSW/PhD alumni
  • 25% discount for practicum instructors currently working with NYU Silver School of Social Work graduate students.
  • 15% discount for applicants who have already completed one NYU Silver certificate program.
  • 50% discount for veterans.

Please note: discounts may not be combined.

Deposit: Upon acceptance into the program, a $250 non-refundable deposit is required to secure your place. This deposit is applied to the total cost of tuition. 

The $250.00 program deposit is non-refundable. Students that withdraw before the first class will be refunded 100% of their fees (minus the deposit). Students that withdraw after up to and including two (2) sessions will be refunded 70% of their fees (minus the deposit). Students who withdraw after up to and including four (4) sessions will be refunded 55% of their fees (minus the deposit). Students who withdraw after four (4) sessions will receive no refund.

Please note: although the tuition payments are broken down into deposit, fall, and spring installments (a practice meant to create smaller, easier payments for students), the term 'sessions' refers to the entire program. Students who withdraw after four sessions, even if they have not begun the spring semester, are still required to pay their spring semester bills.

Withdrawal Session

Refund Rate

Before the first session

100% (minus deposit)

Up to/including two sessions

70% (minus deposit)

Up to/including four sessions

55% (minus deposit)

After four sessions

0%

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