GACA Professional Development

 Virtual Only

The Ethics of MAT

 

Friday, August 21, 2026


12:45 PM Check-In  

1:00 PM Workshop Begins

4:00 PM Workshop Concludes

Location:  Online

3.0 CE Hours Approved by GACA and NAADAC.  

Applied for Approval with GSCSW. 

Approved for 3.0 Clock Hours with NBCC.

Description:

Addiction is a complex medical condition affecting neurocognitive and physical functioning. Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) is a well-studied and validated pharmacological therapy for the Opioid Use Disorder client.  The failure to offer options to this medical therapy threatens fundamental human rights and rights to health and to life.  This may pose serious ethical situations for clinicians and health care providers. 

Learning objectives:  

1. To Understand the Use of MAT

2. Define Professional Ethics

3. Learn the "why" of ethical obligations concerning your client

Presenter: Kelly Michael Moselle, MA, MS, CAC II, CMAC, CCS, CMATS, CAMS II


 Kelly Michael Moselle, a Certified Addiction Counselor, currently serves as the Director of Training and Education for Georgia Addiction Counselors Association.  Kelly formerly served as Director of Administration at LPCA of GA.  During his previous experiences facilitating innovative programs in higher education for over 16 years, he oriented students to learning outside the traditional classroom, building civic and social responsibility, and overall development. He brings this same passion to working with clients in early recovery. For the past several years, he has worked in the residential recovery field and helped many college students discover their path in sobriety. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Frayed Edges Foundation and the Georgia School of Addiction Studies. Additionally, he is the Chair for the Southeastern Institute on Chemical Dependency and Secretary for the Southeastern Professional Liaison Association. Whether supervising professional staff, building recovery coalitions, or working directly with individual clients or students, his dedication is the creation of an optimal experience for positive growth and recovery. 

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The Association for Addiction Professionals (NAADAC) represents the professional interests of more than 100,000 addiction counselors, educators, and other addiction-focused health care professionals.


Georgia Addiction Counselors Association has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7302.  Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Georgia Addiction Counselors Association is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.  


Registration

  • 3.0 CE Hours, Virtual Only

  • 3.0 CE Hours, Virtual Only

  • that Continuing Education is part of my professional and ethical responsibilities. This requirement is for my betterment and for the welfare of my clients. It is not simply a box to check, but for my professional growth and development as a clinician.

  • that I can not miss more than 15 minutes of a training/workshop in order to receive CE credit, as per the regulations governing CE approvals.

  • it is unethical and unprofessional to be working (engaged in work), shopping, at a restaurant, playing video games, watching tv, or engaged in any other activity that would cause me to be distracted from learning.

  • I may be required to have my camera turned on.

  • to type my name into the chat box at random times.

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