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The Center for Addiction Studies and Research is a Pennsylvania Certification Board (PCB) approved distance learning provider of prevention education.
Education Requirements and Courses
Certified Prevention Specialist (CPS)
Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university
Documentation of 120 hours of prevention specific education including:
- 24 hours of ATOD specific education
- 6 hours of prevention specific professional ethics and responsibilities
There is no limit on the number of hours that can be earned through distance learning trainings.
Required Courses
Pennsylvania CPS 120-hours Required Content Training
Pennsylvania CPS 120-hours Required Content Training
$1,080
This course includes 24 hours of ATOD specific education and 6 hours of prevention ethics.
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 ethics)
120 Hours – $1080
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)
Documentation of 40 hours of continuing education in prevention topics every two years including:
- 20 hours specific to prevention education
- 3 hours of ethics
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