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The Center for Addiction Studies and Research is a Kentucky Certification Board for Prevention Professionals accepted distance learning provider of prevention education.
Education Requirements and Courses
Certified Prevention Specialist (CPS)
Documentation of 150 hours in prevention including:
- 100 hours of prevention specific education
- Of the 100 Prevention specific hours a maximum of 20 hours may be Mental, Emotional or Behavioral Health (MEB) training
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- 50 hours ATOD specific
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- 6 hours prevention ethics
- 12 hour minimum per domain
A maximum of 40 education hours may be completed through distance learning trainings.
Required Courses
Kentucky CPS 40-hour Required Content Training
Kentucky CPS 40-hour Required Content Training
$360
This course includes 24 hours of prevention specific education (4 hours per domain), 6 hours of prevention ethics, and 10 hours of ATOD specific education.
Topics covered include:
- Domain 1 – Planning and Evaluation (6 hours)
- Domain 2 – Prevention Education and Service Delivery (6 hours)
- Domain 3 – Communication (5 hours)
- Domain 4 – Community Organization (5 hours)
- Domain 5 – Public Policy and Environmental Change (6 hours)
- Domain 6 – Professional Growth and Responsibility (12 hours – includes 6 hours of prevention ethics)
40 Hours – $360
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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, specific to the field of ATOD prevention, every two years.
A maximum of 20 continuing 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