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The Center for Addiction Studies and Research is a Delaware Certification Board (DCB) approved distance learning provider of prevention education (DCB Provider Number 111).
Education Requirements and Courses
Certified Prevention Specialist (CPS)
Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university
Documentation of 100 hours of education relevant to the field of addiction including:
- 50 hours of prevention specific education
- 6 hours of prevention specific professional ethics and responsibilities
There is no limit on the number of hours that can be earned through distance learning trainings.
Required Courses
Delaware CPS 100-hour Required Content Training
Delaware CPS 100-hour Required Content Training
$900
This course includes 50 hours of prevention specific education and 6 hours of prevention specific professional ethics and responsibilities
Topics covered include:
- Domain 1 – Planning and Evaluation (20 hours)
- Domain 2 – Prevention Education and Service Delivery (15 hours)
- Domain 3 – Communication (10 hours)
- Domain 4 – Community Organization (15 hours)
- Domain 5 – Public Policy and Environmental Change (15 hours)
- Domain 6 – Professional Growth and Responsibility (25 hours – includes 6 hours of prevention specific professional ethics and responsibilities)
100 Hours – $900
Please contact our office for information regarding payment plan options or to order individual content sections.
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Continuing Education Requirements and Courses
Certified Prevention Specialist (CPS)
Documentation of 40 DCB approved hours of education every two years including:
- 20 hours of prevention specific education
- 3 hours in professional ethics and responsibilities
There is no limit on the number of hours that can be earned through distance learning trainings.
Required Courses
Prevention Interventions: Special Populations and Special Issues - 40 hours
Prevention Interventions: Special Populations and Special Issues
$225
Topics covered include:
- Risk and protective factors
- Evidenced based prevention programs
- Public policies to reduce substance use and misuse
- Prevention of adverse childhood experiences
- Barriers to behavioral health help seeking
- Ethical principles and legal issues in prevention
- Confidentiality considerations
- IC&RC Prevention Code of Ethical Conduct
- Research-based principles of HIV-prevention
- Evidenced based marijuana use prevention practices for pregnant and postpartum women
- HIV related risk assessment and risk reduction strategies
- Providing suicide prevention training to community service providers
- Evidenced based approaches to suicide prevention
40 Hours – $225
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Ethics for Prevention Professionals - 6 hours
Ethics for Prevention Professionals
$100
This course focuses on legal issues, ethical principles and professional considerations commonly faced by prevention specialists and professionals.
Topics covered include:
- Ethical principles and legal issues in prevention
- Counselor-client relationships
- Boundary issues
- Clinical supervision and counselor competence
- Professional readiness
- Application of ethical codes in professional practice
- Confidentiality considerations
- IC&RC Prevention Code of Ethical Conduct
6 Hours – $100