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Certified Prevention Specialist (CPS)
High School/GED
Documentation of 120 hours of education including:
- 24 hours specific to tobacco and/or other drugs training
- 6 hours of prevention specific ethics
- 90 hours across the six Performance Domains
There is no limit on the number of hours that can be earned through distance learning trainings.
Required Courses
Illinois CPS 120-hour Required Content Training
Illinois CPS 120-hour Required Content Training
$1,080
This course includes 90 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 (30 hours)
- Domain 2 – Prevention Education and Service Delivery (20 hours)
- Domain 3 – Communication (15 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 ethics)
120 Hours – $1080
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Certified Senior Prevention Specialist (CSPS)
High School/GED
Documentation of 150 hours of education including:
- 36 hours specific to tobacco and/or other drugs training
- 6 hours of prevention specific ethics
- 98 hours across the six Performance Domains including 10 hours Planning and Evaluation
There is no limit on the number of hours that can be earned through distance learning trainings.
Required Courses
Illinois CSPS 150-hour Required Content Training
Illinois CSPS 150-hour Required Content Training
$1,350
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 (25 hours)
- Domain 2 – Prevention Education and Service Delivery (25 hours)
- Domain 3 – Communication (25 hours)
- Domain 4 – Community Organization (25 hours)
- Domain 5 – Public Policy and Environmental Change (25 hours)
- Domain 6 – Professional Growth and Responsibility (25 hours – includes 6 hours of prevention specific ethics)
150 Hours – $1350
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Continuing Education Requirements and Courses
Certified Prevention Specialist (CPS) / Certified Senior Prevention Specialist (CSPS)
Documentation of 40 continuing education hours within the two-year certification period. An average of 20 CEUs should be obtained each year.
Continuing education is broken down into two categories.
CATEGORY I – Minimum 15 hours of education specific to alcohol, tobacco and other drug abuse/dependency.
CATEGORY II – Minimum 25 hours of education specific to knowledge and skills related to the prevention domains, tasks, and knowledge areas including 6 hours prevention ethics education.
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