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The Center for Addiction Studies and Research is a Florida Certification Board (FCB) approved provider of distance learning prevention education (FCB Approved Provider Certification Number 5304-A).
Education Requirements and Courses
Certified Prevention Specialist (CPS)
High School Diploma or General Equivalency Degree.
Documentation of 120 hours of training including:
- Understanding Addiction: 24 hours
- Prevention-Specific Ethics: 6 hours
- Planning and Evaluation: 30 hours
- Prevention Education and Service Delivery: 15 hours
- Communication: 10 hours
- Community Organization: 15 hours
- Public Policy and Environmental Change: 10 hours
- Professional Growth and Responsibility: 10 hours
There is no limit on the number of hours that can be earned through distance learning trainings.
Required Courses
Florida CPS 120-hour Required Content Training
Florida CPS 120-hour Required Content Training
$900
Topics covered include:
- Understanding Addiction: 24 hours
- Prevention-Specific Ethics: 6 hours
- Planning and Evaluation: 30 hours
- Prevention Education and Service Delivery: 15 hours
- Communication: 10 hours
- Community Organization: 15 hours
- Public Policy and Environmental Change: 10 hours
- Professional Growth and Responsibility: 10 hours
120 Hours – $900
Please contact our office for information regarding payment plan options or to order individual content sections.
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Certified Prevention Professional (CPP)
Applicants must hold a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
Documentation of 250 hours of training including:
- Understanding Addiction: 24 hours
- Prevention-Specific Ethics: 6 hours
- Planning and Evaluation: 70 hours*
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- Must include 16 hours directly related to staff supervision
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- 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
There is no limit on the number of hours that can be earned through distance learning trainings.
Required Courses
Florida CPP 250-hour Required Content Training
Florida CPP 250-hour Required Content Training
$1,875
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 – $1875
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) / Certified Prevention Professional (CPP)
Documentation of 20 hours of continuing education every year.
There is no limit on the number of hours that can be earned through distance learning trainings.
Required Courses
Prevention Interventions for at Risk Behaviors – 20 hours
Prevention Interventions for at Risk Behaviors (20 hours / $125)
$125
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
- Vulnerable population groups
- Ethical principles and legal issues in prevention
- Confidentiality considerations
- IC&RC Prevention Code of Ethical Conduct
20 Hours – $125