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The Center for Addiction Studies and Research is a Rhode Island Certification Board (RICB) accepted distance learning provider of prevention education.
Education Requirements and Courses
Associate Prevention Specialist (APS)
Documentation of 48 hours of education across all prevention domains, including:
- 12 hours of ATOD specific education
- 6 hours of prevention ethics
- Minimum of 6 hours in each domain
There is no limit on the number of initial certification hours that can be earned through distance learning trainings.
Required Courses
Rhode Island APS 48-hour Required Content Training
Rhode Island APS 48-hour Required Content Training
$435
This course includes 12 hours of ATOD specific education and 6 hours of ethics.
Topics covered include:
- Domain 1 – Planning and Evaluation (7 hours)
- Domain 2 – Prevention Education and Service Delivery (7 hours)
- Domain 3 – Communication (7 hours)
- Domain 4 – Community Organization (7 hours)
- Domain 5 – Public Policy and Environmental Change (7 hours)
- Domain 6 – Professional Growth and Responsibility (7 hours – includes 6 hours of prevention ethics)
48 Hours – $435
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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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Certified Prevention Specialist (CPS)
High School Diploma / GED
Documentation of 175 hours of education relevant to domains including:
Minimum of 25 hours in each domain:
- 24 hours ATOD specific
- 6 hours ethics
There is no limit on the number of hours that can be earned through distance learning trainings.
Required Courses
Rhode Island CPS 175-hour Required Content Training
Rhode Island CPS 175-hour Required Content Training
$1,575
This course includes 24 hours of ATOD specific education and 6 hours of ethics.
Topics covered include:
- Domain 1 – Planning and Evaluation (30 hours)
- Domain 2 – Prevention Education and Service Delivery (30 hours)
- Domain 3 – Communication (25 hours)
- Domain 4 – Community Organization (30 hours)
- Domain 5 – Public Policy and Environmental Change (30 hours)
- Domain 6 – Professional Growth and Responsibility (30 hours – includes 6 hours of prevention ethics)
175 Hours – $1575
Please contact our office for information regarding payment plan options or to purchase individual content sections.
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Advanced Certified Prevention Specialist (ACPS)
Bachelors Degree
Documentation of 270 hours of education relevant to domains including:
- 24 hours ATOD specific
- 6 hours in each of the following categories (not included):
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- contract management
- program management
- leadership/supervision
- data literacy
- proposal/fund development
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- 6 hours ethics including 3 in advanced ethics
There is no limit on the number of hours that can be earned through distance learning trainings.
Required Courses
Rhode Island ACPS 240-hour Required Content Training
Rhode Island ACPS 240-hour Required Content Training
$2,160
This course includes 24 hours of ATOD specific education and 6 hours of advanced ethics.
Please note, this course DOES NOT include training in contract management, program management, leadership/supervision, data literacy, proposal/fund development.
Topics covered include:
- Domain 1 – Planning and Evaluation (40 hours)
- Domain 2 – Prevention Education and Service Delivery (40 hours)
- Domain 3 – Communication (40 hours)
- Domain 4 – Community Organization (40 hours)
- Domain 5 – Public Policy and Environmental Change (40 hours)
- Domain 6 – Professional Growth and Responsibility (40 hours – includes 6 hours of prevention ethics)
240 Hours – $2160
Please contact our office for information regarding payment plan options or to purchase individual content sections.
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Continuing Education Requirements and Courses
Certified Prevention Specialist (CPS) / Advanced Certified Prevention Specialist (ACPS)
Documentation of 40 hours of continuing education every two years including:
- 30 hours specific to prevention
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