International Centre for Certification and Education of Addiction Professionals (ICCE)

The Universal Treatment Curriculum for Substance Use Disorders (UTC)

Curriculum 4

Basic Counseling Skills

for Addiction Professionals

MODULE 7 - TEACHING CLIENTS SKILLS

Skills Training
Systematically

teaches clients specific skills:

Purposeful
Orderly
Step-by-step procedures

Coaches

clients to manage
their recovery

7.2
1.2

Skills Training (continued)

Learning

new skills is critical to foster clients

abilities to achieve and maintain recovery
Learning skills can help clients throughout their
lives

7.3
1.3

Module 7 Learning Objectives

List

and describe at least 5 guidelines for

effective skills training
Describe and demonstrate teaching refusal skills
Describe and demonstrate teaching time
management

7.4
1.4

Module 7 - Learning Objectives

(continued)
Describe

and demonstrate teaching

thoughtfulness techniques
Describe and demonstrate teaching problemsolving techniques

7.5
1.5

Small-group Presentations: Principles

and Guidelines for Effective Skills
Training
Resource

Page 7.1: Principles and Guidelines for

Effective Skills Training
Read your groups assigned topics
Prepare a 3- to 5-minute presentation on each
topic
Be creative!

7.6
1.6

Break
15 minutes

7.7
1.7

Small-group Demonstrations: Skills

Introduce

your skill topic: Why is it important?

Prepare a teaching demonstration:
Use Resource Page 8.1: Principles and Guidelines
for Effective Skills Training
You can include parts of more than one session with
a client (part of an initial teaching session followed by
a later session to demonstrate follow up, for
example)
You may want to demonstrate a way in which the skill
could be taught in a group setting

7.8
1.8

Lunch
60 minutes

7.9
1.9

Partner Exercise: Practice

Select

a partner
Select a skill you want to practice
Decide who will be the counselor first
Practice for 5 to 10 minutes
Switch roles
Switch roles and skills as often as you want.

7.10
1.10

International Centre for Certification and Education of Addiction Professionals (ICCE)

The Universal Treatment Curriculum for Substance Use Disorders (UTC)

Curriculum 4

Basic Counseling Skills

for Addiction Professionals

MODULE 7 - TEACHING CLIENTS SKILLS