- NAADAC 192243
Applies To:
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Alabama
Addiction Counselors
- AAP
- CAADP
- ADC
- AADC
- CCJP
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Alabama
Prevention Specialists
- APS
- CPS
Those certified must accumulate 20 hours of Continuing Education (20 contact hours) per year with 6 in ethics every other year and 4 in counselor specific HIV/AIDS also every other year. Documentation of these are to be submitted with the maintenance fees. provides printable certificates for easy documentation of courses completed.
Renewal is on a quarterly schedule based on initial certification date. Those certified in January, February or March would renew in January. Those certified in April, May, or June would renew in April. Those certified in July, August, or September would renew in July. Those certified in October, November, or December would renew in October.
Board Contact Info
Alabama Alcohol and Drug Abuse Association
717 Hwy 67 South Suite 2
Decatur, AL 35603
(256) 432-2781
[email protected]
https://www.aadaa.us/
Associate Addiction Professional
6 hour ethics and 4 HIV/AIDS
Initial Credential
140 CE credit hours required for initial credential.
Yes You can use Addiction Counselor CE for earning your AAP initial credential.
Any course accepted by AADAA is applicable to the AAP credential.
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Certified Adolescent Alcohol and Drug Counselor
6 hour ethics and 4 HIV/AIDS
Any course accepted by AADAA is applicable to the CAADP credential.
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Alcohol and Drug Counselor
6 hour ethics and 4 HIV/AIDS
Any course accepted by AADAA is applicable to the ADC credential.
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Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor
Credential Renewal
20 CE credit hours required for renewal.
Yes You can use Addiction Counselor CE for renewing your AADC credential.
Any course accepted by AADAA is applicable to the AADC credential.
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Certified Criminal Justice Professional
Credential Renewal
20 CE credit hours required for renewal.
Yes You can use Addiction Counselor CE for renewing your CCJP credential.
Any course accepted by AADAA is applicable to the CCJP credential.
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Associate Prevention Specialist
4 HIV/AIDS and Disruptive Audience Behavior, 6 Prevention Ethics
Initial Credential
75 CE credit hours required for initial credential.
Yes You can use Addiction Counselor CE for earning your APS initial credential.
Addiction Counselor CE does not currently offer any courses applicable to this credential.
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Certified Prevention Specialist
Initial Credential
120 CE credit hours required for initial credential.
Yes You can use Addiction Counselor CE for earning your CPS initial credential.
Credential Renewal
20 CE credit hours required for renewal.
Yes You can use Addiction Counselor CE for renewing your CPS credential.
Addiction Counselor CE does not currently offer any courses applicable to this credential.
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HIV/AIDS, 4.00 CE credit hours
4 credits required every two years.
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Addiction Counselor CE offers 7 courses applicable to this requirement.
103039: Prevention and Treatment of HIV Among People Living With Substance Use and Or Mental Disorders, 4 CE credit hours - 103000: Motivational Interviewing With Couples-A Theoretical Framework for Clinical Practice Illustrated in Substance Use and HIV Prevention Intervention With Gay Male Couples, 1.75 CE credit hour
- 102852: Drugs and HIV in People Over 50, 2.25 CE credit hours
- 102700: Common Comorbidities With Substance Use Disorders, 1.25 CE credit hour
- 102698: Challenges Facing a Rural Opioid Epidemic-Treatment and Prevention of HIV and Hepatitis C, 1.5 CE credit hour
- View All 7 Courses
Ethics, 4.00 CE credit hours
4 credit hours required every two years. It is recommended that you choose courses with the word “ethics” specifically in the title.
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Addiction Counselor CE offers 24 courses applicable to this requirement.
103386: Spirituality, Diversity, and Ethical Decision-Making: The Inclusive Wesleyan Quadrilateral Discernment Model, 1 CE credit hour - 103359: Reach Out and Shrink Someone-Clinical Practice in the Age of Technology, 3 CE credit hours
- 103340: Walking the Ethical Line in Providing Telemental Health Services, 3 CE credit hours
- 103329: Ethical Humility in Social Work, 1.5 CE credit hour
- 103321: Ethics and Risk Management Issues in Supervision, 3 CE credit hours
- View All 24 Courses
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Reconsidering the Roots, Structure, and Implications of Gambling Motives:: An Integrative Approach
1.25 CE credit hour
Understanding Addiction; Clinical Evaluation; Treatment Knowledge |
Reading-Based Online |
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Addiction Substitution and Concurrent Recovery in Gambling Disorder:: Who Substitutes and Why?
1.5 CE credit hour
Addictions, Substance Use; Relapse and Recovery Strategies; Understanding Addiction; Treatment Planning |
Reading-Based Online |
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Examination of the Problem Gambling Severity Index for Use With Older Adults:: A Rasch Model Approach
1.25 CE credit hour
Addictions, Substance Use; Assessment; Clinical Evaluation |
Reading-Based Online |
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A Scoping Review of the Individual, Socio-cultural, Environmental and Commercial Determinants of Gambling for Older Adults:: Implications for Public Health Research and Harm Prevention
1.25 CE credit hour
Addictions, Substance Use; Understanding Addiction; Prevention; Gambling |
Reading-Based Online |
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STAT: Schema Therapy for Addiction Treatment, a Proposal for the Integrative Treatment of Addictive Disorders
1.75 CE credit hour
Clinical Topics & Methods; Addictions, Substance Use; Understanding Addiction; Treatment Knowledge; Counseling (Theory and Techniques) |
Reading-Based Online |
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What Constitutes Effective Problematic Substance Use Treatment from the Perspective of People Who Are Homeless?: A Systematic Review and Meta-Ethnography
2 CE credit hours
Treatment Planning; Treatment Knowledge; Understanding Addiction; Crisis Intervention |
Reading-Based Online |
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Part 4 Motivational Interviewing in Life and Health Coaching:: A Guide to Effective Practice (Part 4)
4 CE credit hours
Peer Recovery |
Book |
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Feasibility and Acceptability of Incorporating Social Network Visualizations Into a Culturally Centered Motivational Network Intervention to Prevent Substance Use Among Urban Native American Emerging Adults:: A Qualitative Study
2 CE credit hours
Prevention |
Reading-Based Online |
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Pathways to Preventing Substance Use Among Youth in Foster Care
1 CE credit hour
Prevention |
Reading-Based Online |
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Adolescents Who Play and Spend Money in Simulated Gambling Games Are At Heightened Risk of Gambling Problems
1.25 CE credit hour
Addictions, Substance Use; Children and Adolescents; Gambling; Prevention |
Reading-Based Online |
