MODIFICATION
U -- TRAINING SERVICES - Theories of Counseling
- Notice Date
- 5/6/2010
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 611430
— Professional and Management Development Training
- Contracting Office
- Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency, D. C. Pre-Trial Services Agency, Finance and Administration, 633 Indiana Avenue, NW, Suite 1120, Washington, District of Columbia, 20004
- ZIP Code
- 20004
- Solicitation Number
- RFP-20101846-RD
- Point of Contact
- Rachel Dobbs, , Rachel Dobbs, Phone: 202-220-5657
- E-Mail Address
-
rachel.dobbs@psa.gov, rachel.dobbs@psa.gov
(rachel.dobbs@psa.gov, rachel.dobbs@psa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- I. Introduction The Pretrial Services Agency Training and Career Development Center (PSA) is the primary developer of this statement of work. This training is being offered as a part of PSA's Substance Abuse Treatment Training Program (SATTP). SATTP includes 12 substance abuse related trainings aimed at assisting Agency employees in acquiring the skills needed to work with substance dependant defendants. SATTP is also used to help employees earn substance abuse credit hours needed for certification exam and re-certification of currently certified or licensed substance abuse professionals who are PSA employees as well. The class will include up to 25 PSA employees, although the Agency reserves the right to include employees from other government agencies. This particular training will teach employees the theoretical knowledge that supports traditional counseling and psychotherapy and the skills and abilities needed to provide counseling. II. Scope This training is to take place at the District of Columbia Pretrial Services Agency training facility in August of 2010. The training must be a total of 26-hours in length. These 26-hours must be spread out over the month of August. The final dates and exact hours of the training will be determined upon award of the contract. This course should include the participants writing a case study combining the theoretical approach of their choice using at least one established therapeutic model. The class must be taught to prepare the participants to take a nationally recognized substance abuse certification exam. III. Training Objectives Goal 1 - The course should provide participants with the theoretical knowledge that supports traditional substance abuse and addiction counseling and psychotherapy and the skills needed to provide them. Applying these approaches when working with substance abusers and those with co-occurring mental health disorders must be emphasized. The course must offer diverse approaches and interventions for dealing with psychological, emotional, relationship, and adjustment problems. By the end of this session, participants should be able to: Objective 1 - Understand, compare and contrast the major theoretical approaches. Objective 2 - Identify and define key therapeutic terms and relate them to the appropriate theory. Objective 3 - Develop a theoretical approach of their choice using at least one established therapeutic model. Objective 4 - Determine the appropriate theory of counseling to use in various clinical settings, such as one-on-one individual counseling, group counseling, clinical staffing, etc. Objective 5- Identify and discuss various theories of counseling to include: Psychoanalytic, Behaviorism, Adlerian Counseling and Psychotherapy, Existential, Person-Centered, Gestalt, Cognitive-Behavioral and Family-Systems, Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, Reality Therapy, solution-focused and other brief therapies. IV. Technical Requirements • Instruction shall include opportunities for experiential as well as theoretical learning, exposing the employees to skills that can be immediately practiced and developed over time, for use with substance abuse dependant defendants. • Because adult learning theory suggests that individuals have different learning styles, various instructional strategies shall be employed to teach content. Group work, practice exercises and other interactive instruction shall be utilized whenever possible in order to allow for deep learning. • Vendor should use a various visual aides to present the training, preferably PowerPoint. • Vendor shall use PSA Training and Career Development Center Level 1 evaluation tools in place of their own. • All training must be in compliance with Section 624 of the Treasury, Postal Service and General Government Appropriations Act of 1997 which "Prohibits...employee training...containing [the following] elements: (1) inducing high emotional or psychological stress; (2) associated with religious, quasi-religious, or "new age" belief systems; (3) offensive to, or designed to change, participants' personal values or lifestyle; or (4) related to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) other than that necessary for specified purposes." • Training vendor must present verification that one of the following local or national certifications boards has approved the training to be provided:  District of Columbia Certification Board for Professional Alcohol and Drug Counselors  National Associations for Addiction Professionals  International Certification & Reciprocity Consortium • The Contractor shall submit a proposal for review and approval that includes the following:  Total cost, including any travel, if applicable;  Training title;  An overview and detailed description of the class;  Any materials/handouts to be used in the training (if all material is not available at the time the proposal is submitted, at least five sample pages must be provided for evaluative purposes);  An outline of experiential learning opportunities to be employed and a description of how the learning opportunities connect to the goal(s) and objective(s);  Three references that demonstrate experience delivering related trainings, preferably one from the Federal government.  An indication of vendor's availability to train class in the month of August  An indication that the training being provided to Pretrial Services Agency has been approved by the aforementioned boards and if so, which one (s). Failure to provide all of requested items may result in an unfavorable rating of proposal. V. Deliverables The contractor shall deliver: 1. Any and all workbooks/handouts on or before the training, professionally printed, grammatically correct and with no typos. 2. All contracted classes, to be delivered at a facility in the District of Columbia, to be provided by the Government. The training must take place in August 2010. 3. Training that complies with contractual obligations. 4. The vendor will be responsible for providing any and all handouts, participant manuals, etc. for 25 participants.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: DC PRETRIAL SERVICES AGENCY, 601 INDIANA AVE., NW 9TH FLOOR, WASHINGTON, DC 20004, TRAINING DEPT., WASHINGTON, District of Columbia, 20004, United States
- Zip Code: 20004
- Zip Code: 20004
- Record
- SN02142093-W 20100508/100506234736-58166dc69d9a1ec8b84ea73953f012f2 (fbodaily.com)
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