Topics covered include:

• Understanding Addiction (24 hours)
• Prevention-Specific Ethics (6 hours)
• Planning and Evaluation (70 hours – includes 16 hours directly related to staff supervision)
• Prevention Education and Service Delivery (35 hours)
• Communication (25 hours)
• Community Organization (35 hours)
• Public Policy and Environmental Change (25 hours)
• Professional Growth and Responsibility (30 hours)

250 Hours – $1250

This course focuses on the physical, psychological and pharmacological effects of drugs of abuse. Psychoactive substances covered include cocaine, hallucinogens and dissociative drugs, heroin, inhalants, marijuana, MDMA (ecstasy), methamphetamine, prescription medications, and tobacco.

Topics covered include:

• Scope and prevalence of psychoactive substance use in the United States
• The pharmacology of addiction
• Brain chemistry and neurotransmission
• Brain rewards mechanisms and systems
• Tolerance and withdrawal
• Predisposing risk factors
• Short- and long-term behavioral consequences
• Short- and long-term medical complications and consequences

24 Hours – $130

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

Topics covered include:

• Determine the level of community readiness for change.
• Identify appropriate methods to gather relevant data for prevention planning.
• Identify existing resources available to address the community needs.
• Identify gaps in resources based on the assessment of community conditions.
• Identify the target audience.
• Identify factors that place persons in the target audience at greater risk for the identified problem.
• Identify factors that provide protection or resilience for the target audience.
• Determine priorities based on comprehensive community assessment.
• Develop a prevention plan based on research and theory that addresses community needs and desired outcomes.
• Select prevention strategies, programs, and best practices to meet the identified needs of the community.
• Implement a strategic planning process that results in the development and implementation of a quality strategic plan.
• Identify appropriate prevention program evaluation strategies.
• Administer surveys/pre/posttests at work plan activities.
• Conduct evaluation activities to document program fidelity.
• Collect evaluation documentation for process and outcome measures.
• Evaluate activities and identify opportunities to improve outcomes.
• Utilize evaluation to enhance sustainability of prevention activities.
• Provide applicable workgroups with prevention information and other support to meet prevention outcomes.
• Incorporate cultural responsiveness into all planning and evaluation activities.
• Prepare and maintain reports, records, and documents pertaining to funding sources.

70 Hours – $350

Topics covered include:

• Coordinate prevention activities.
• Implement prevention education and skill development activities appropriate for the target audience.
• Provide prevention education and skill development programs that contain accurate, relevant, and timely content.
• Maintain program fidelity when implementing evidence-based practices.
• Serve as a resource to community members and organizations regarding prevention strategies and best practices.

35 Hours – $165

Topics covered include:

• Promote programs, services, activities, and maintain good public relations.
• Participate in public awareness campaigns and projects relating to health promotion across the continuum of care.
• Identify marketing techniques for prevention programs.
• Apply principles of effective listening.
• Apply principles of public speaking.
• Employ effective facilitation skills.
• Communicate effectively with various audiences.
• Demonstrate interpersonal communication competency.

25 Hours – $130

Topics covered include:

• Identify the community demographics and norms.
• Identify a diverse group of stakeholders to include in prevention programming activities.
• Build community ownership of prevention programs by collaborating with stakeholders when planning, implementing, and evaluating prevention activities.
• Offer guidance to stakeholders and community members in mobilizing for community change.
• Participate in creating and sustaining community-based coalitions.
• Develop or assist in developing content and materials for meetings and other related activities.
• Develop strategic alliances with other service providers within the community.
• Develop collaborative agreements with other service providers within the community.
• Participate in behavioral health planning and activities.

35 Hours – $165

Topics covered include:

• Provide resources, trainings, and consultations that promote environmental change.
• Participate in enforcement initiatives to affect environmental change.
• Participate in public policy development to affect environmental change.
• Use media strategies to support policy change efforts in the community.
• Collaborate with various community groups to develop and strengthen effective policy.
• Advocate to bring about policy and/or environmental change.

25 Hours – $130

Topics covered include:

• Demonstrate knowledge of current prevention theory and practice.
• Adhere to all legal, professional, and ethical principles.
• Demonstrate cultural responsiveness as a prevention professional.
• Demonstrate self-care consistent with prevention messages.
• Recognize importance of participation in professional associations locally, statewide, and nationally.
• Demonstrate responsible and ethical use of public and private funds.
• Advocate for health promotion across the life span.
• Advocate for healthy and safe communities.
• Demonstrate knowledge of current issues of addiction.
• Demonstrate knowledge of current issues of mental, emotional, and behavioral health.

30 Hours – $145

This course focuses on supervisory issues and techniques in substance abuse prevention.

Topics covered include:

• Assessment and evaluation
• Counselor development
• Management and administration
• Professional development
• Program development and quality assurance
• Professional and ethical standards

16 Hours – $120