- 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 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 |
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 |
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What Factors Influence Implementation of Whole-school Interventions Aiming to Promote Student Commitment to School to Prevent Substance Use and Violence?: Systematic Review and Synthesis of Process Evaluations
2.25 CE credit hours
Prevention |
Reading-Based Online |
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Part 1Motivational Interviewing in Life and Health Coaching: A Guide to Effective Practice Part 1
4.5 CE credit hours
Peer Recovery |
Reading-Based Online |
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The Role of Attachment in Poly-Drug Use Disorder:: An Overview of the Literature, Recent Findings and Clinical Implications
1.5 CE credit hour
Treatment Planning; Understanding Addiction; Treatment Knowledge |
Reading-Based Online |
