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The Center for Addiction Studies and Research is an Idaho Board of Alcohol/Drug Counselor Certification (IBADCC) accepted distance learning provider of prevention education.
COVID-19 Update: The Idaho Board of Alcohol/Drug Counselor Certification (IBADCC) has waived the 50% face-to-face requirement for continuing education and the 4 hour face-to-face Professional Growth and Responsibility or Ethics continuing education requirement for prevention certifications.
You may now complete all coursework through approved distance learning programs.
Ethics for Prevention Professionals (6 hours) may be used to satisfy the ethics requirement.
Prevention Interventions: Special Populations and Special Issues (40 hours) may be used to satisfy continuing education requirements. This course includes 6 hours of ethics education.
Education Requirements and Courses
Certified Prevention Specialist (CPS)
High school diploma or equivalent.
Documentation of 120 hours of education specific to the domains including:
- 50 hours specific to tobacco and/or other drugs training
- 10 hours (minimum) in each of the six Performance Domains
- 6 hours of ethics training
A maximum of 50% of education hours may be completed through distance learning trainings.
Required Courses
Idaho CPS 60-hour Required Content Training
Idaho CPS 60-hour Required Content Training
$540
This course includes 60 hours specific to the six Performance Domains (10 hours per domain) including 6 hours of ethics training.
Topics covered include:
- Domain 1 – Planning and Evaluation (10 hours)
- Domain 2 – Prevention Education and Service Delivery (10 hours)
- Domain 3 – Communication (10 hours)
- Domain 4 – Community Organization (10 hours)
- Domain 5 – Public Policy and Environmental Change (10 hours)
- Domain 6 – Professional Growth and Responsibility (10 hours – includes 6 hours of prevention ethics)
60 Hours – $540
Please contact our office to order individual content sections.
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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
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Continuing Education Requirements and Courses
Certified Prevention Specialist (CPS)
Documentation of 40 hours of continuing education/training every two years including 4 hours in the domain of Professional Growth and responsibility or Ethics which must be face-to-face.
A maximum of 50% of education hours may be completed through distance learning trainings.
Required Courses
Prevention Interventions for at Risk Behaviors - 20 hours
Prevention Interventions for At-Risk Behaviors
$140
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 – $140