- DCB 105
Applies To:
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Delaware
Addiction Counselors
- CAAC
- CADC
- CADC
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Delaware
Prevention Specialists
- CPS
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Delaware
Peer Support Specialists
- CPRS
Counselors
CADC re-certification requires 40 hours relevant to addiction including 3 hours of ethics.
Clinical Supervisors
CCS re-certification requires 6 hours relevant to clinical supervision.
Co-Occurring Disorders
CCDP re-certification requires 45 hours relevant to co-occurring disorders including 3 in ethics.
CCDP Diplomate re-certification requires 40 hours relevant to co-occurring disorders including 3 in ethics.
Prevention
CPS re-certification requires 40, including 20 specific to alcohol, tobacco & other drug abuse prevention and 3 in ethics.
All credentials require three hours in DCB approved professional ethics and responsibilities as part of the total hours. Acceptable trainings that would meet this requirement include but are not limited to: ethics related to human services, HIPAA, confidentiality, boundaries and mental health law.
Initial Certification
For information regarding initial certification requirements for the above credentials, please visit the board website.
Board Contact Info
Delaware Certification Board
298 S. Progress Avenue
Harrisburg, PA 17109
Phone: 717-540-4456
Fax: 717.540.4458
https://www.decertboard.org/
Certified Associate Addiction Counselor
300 hours of relevant education/training including 6 hours in substance use disorders ethics.
Initial Credential
300 CE credit hours required for initial credential.
Yes You can use Addiction Counselor CE for earning your CAAC initial credential.
Any course accepted by DCB is applicable to the CAAC credential.
Credential Renewal
40 CE credit hours required for renewal.
Yes You can use Addiction Counselor CE for renewing your CAAC credential.
Any course accepted by DCB is applicable to the CAAC credential.
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Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor
300 hours of relevant education/training including 6 hours in substance use disorders ethics.
Initial Credential
300 CE credit hours required for initial credential.
Yes You can use Addiction Counselor CE for earning your CADC initial credential.
Any course accepted by DCB is applicable to the CADC credential.
Credential Renewal
40 CE credit hours required for renewal.
Yes You can use Addiction Counselor CE for renewing your CADC credential.
Any course accepted by DCB is applicable to the CADC credential.
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Certified Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor
180 hours of relevant education/training including 6 hours in substance use disorders ethics.
Initial Credential
180 CE credit hours required for initial credential.
Yes You can use Addiction Counselor CE for earning your CADC initial credential.
Any course accepted by DCB is applicable to the CADC credential.
Credential Renewal
40 CE credit hours required for renewal.
Yes You can use Addiction Counselor CE for renewing your CADC credential.
Any course accepted by DCB is applicable to the CADC credential.
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Certified Prevention Specialist
120 hours of prevention relevant education/training of which 24 hours must be specific to alcohol, tobacco and other drugs and 6 hours in prevention ethics.
Initial Credential
120 CE credit hours required for initial credential.
Yes You can use Addiction Counselor CE for earning your CPS initial credential.
Any course accepted by DCB is applicable to the CPS credential.
Credential Renewal
40 CE credit hours required for renewal.
Yes You can use Addiction Counselor CE for renewing your CPS credential.
Any course accepted by DCB is applicable to the CPS credential.
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Certified Peer Recovery Specialist
46 hours of education/training specific to the peer recovery specialist domains of which 10 hours must be in the Advocacy domain; 10 hours must be in the Mentoring/Education domain; 10 hours must be in the Recovery/Wellness Support domain; and 16 hours must be in the Ethical Responsibility domain.
Initial Credential
46 CE credit hours required for initial credential.
Yes You can use Addiction Counselor CE for earning your CPRS initial credential.
Credential Renewal
20 CE credit hours required for renewal.
Yes You can use Addiction Counselor CE for renewing your CPRS credential.
Addiction Counselor CE offers 14 courses applicable to this credential.
Here are a few examples, or you can view all 14 courses
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Practical Guide for Implementing a Trauma-Informed Approach
1.5 CE credit hour
Clinical Topics & Methods; Peer Recovery; Counseling (Theory and Techniques); Application to Practice; Professional Readiness; Treatment Knowledge; Management, Administration |
Reading-Based Online |
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Bulletins for Professionals: Human Trafficking and Child Welfare: A Guide for Child Welfare Agencies
1 CE credit hour
Clinical Topics & Methods; Forensic, Criminal Justice; Clinical Evaluation; Application to Practice; Professional Readiness; Prevention; Peer Recovery |
Reading-Based Online |
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Substance and Behavioral Addictions Among American Indian and Alaska Native Populations
1.25 CE credit hour
Cultural & Racial Diversity; Cultural Diversity; Addictions, Substance Use; Application to Practice; Peer Recovery |
Reading-Based Online |
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Boundary Issues and Dual Relationships in Behavioral Health: Ethics and Risk Management Challenges
3 CE credit hours
Ethics; Ethics; Peer Recovery |
Recorded Webinar |
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Human Trafficking
3 CE credit hours
Sexual Abuse; Clinical Topics & Methods; Forensic, Criminal Justice; Application to Practice; Peer Recovery |
Recorded Webinar |
Ethics for Addiction Professionals, 3.00 CE credit hours
All credentials require three hours in DCB approved professional ethics and responsibilities as part of the total hours. Acceptable trainings that would meet this requirement include but are not limited to: ethics related to human services, HIPPA, confidentiality, boundaries and mental health law.
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Addiction Counselor CE offers 30 courses applicable to this requirement.
103481: Title 42: Public Health Part 2 – Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records Updated, 2 CE credit hours - 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
- View All 30 Courses
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A Lifestyle Risk Reduction Model for Preventing High‐Risk Substance Use Across the Lifespan
1 CE credit hour
Prevention; Understanding Addiction |
Reading-Based Online |
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Treatments for Internet Addiction, Sex Addiction and Compulsive Buying:: A Meta-Analysis
2.25 CE credit hours
Clinical Topics & Methods; Addictions, Substance Use; Clinical Evaluation; Treatment Planning; Pharmacology; Treatment Knowledge |
Reading-Based Online |
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Opioid-related Treatment, Interventions, and Outcomes Among Incarcerated Persons:: A Systematic Review
2.5 CE credit hours
Clinical Topics & Methods; Addictions, Substance Use; Clinical Disorders (Adult); Treatment Planning; Treatment Knowledge; Clinical Evaluation; Crisis Intervention |
Reading-Based Online |
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Current Advances in Research in Treatment and Recovery: Nicotine Addiction
2.25 CE credit hours
Addictions, Substance Use; Clinical Topics & Methods; Understanding Addiction; Prevention; Treatment Knowledge |
Reading-Based Online |
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Addiction and Autonomy:: Why emotional dysregulation in additional impairs autonomy and why it matters
1.75 CE credit hour
Addictions, Substance Use; Treatment Planning; Understanding Addiction; Treatment Knowledge; Application to Practice |
Reading-Based Online |
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The Role of Stress, Trauma, and Negative Affect in Alcohol Misuse and Alcohol Use Disorder in Women
1 CE credit hour
Addictions, Substance Use; Gender Issues; Clinical Disorders (Adult); Clinical Topics & Methods; Understanding Addiction; Treatment Knowledge; Prevention |
Reading-Based Online |
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E-cigarette Use Behaviors of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Youth in the Contiguous United States:: Insights from the Monitoring the Future Study (2018–2019)
1 CE credit hour
Clinical Evaluation |
Reading-Based Online |
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"Letting Go and Staying Connected":: Substance Use Outcomes from a Developmentally Targeted Intervention for Parents of College Students
1 CE credit hour
Education (Client, Family, and Community); Family/Couple; Prevention |
Reading-Based Online |
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Children of Parents With Addiction: Hidden Burdens and Resiliencies
3 CE credit hours
Children and Adolescents; Addictions, Substance Use; Education (Client, Family, and Community); Treatment Planning; Family/Couple; Understanding Addiction |
Recorded Webinar |
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Behavioral Addiction from the Asian Americans Perspective:: Exploration of Public and Help-Seeking Stigma
1.25 CE credit hour
Clinical Topics & Methods; Cultural & Racial Diversity; Clinical Disorders (Adult); Gambling |
Reading-Based Online |
