This course includes 24 hours of ATOD specific education and 6 hours of prevention ethics and responsibilities.

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 ethics)

150 Hours – $750

Topics covered include:

• Coordinate prevention activities.
• Implement prevention education and skill development activities appropriate for the target audience.
• Provide prevention education and skill development programs that contain accurate, relevant, and timely content.
• Maintain program fidelity when implementing evidence-based practices.
• Serve as a resource to community members and organizations regarding prevention strategies and best practices.

25 Hours – $130

Topics covered include:

• Promote programs, services, activities, and maintain good public relations.
• Participate in public awareness campaigns and projects relating to health promotion across the continuum of care.
• Identify marketing techniques for prevention programs.
• Apply principles of effective listening.
• Apply principles of public speaking.
• Employ effective facilitation skills.
• Communicate effectively with various audiences.
• Demonstrate interpersonal communication competency.

25 Hours – $130

Topics covered include:

• Identify the community demographics and norms.
• Identify a diverse group of stakeholders to include in prevention programming activities.
• Build community ownership of prevention programs by collaborating with stakeholders when planning, implementing, and evaluating prevention activities.
• Offer guidance to stakeholders and community members in mobilizing for community change.
• Participate in creating and sustaining community-based coalitions.
• Develop or assist in developing content and materials for meetings and other related activities.
• Develop strategic alliances with other service providers within the community.
• Develop collaborative agreements with other service providers within the community.
• Participate in behavioral health planning and activities.

25 Hours – $130

Topics covered include:

• Provide resources, trainings, and consultations that promote environmental change.
• Participate in enforcement initiatives to affect environmental change.
• Participate in public policy development to affect environmental change.
• Use media strategies to support policy change efforts in the community.
• Collaborate with various community groups to develop and strengthen effective policy.
• Advocate to bring about policy and/or environmental change.

25 Hours – $130

Topics covered include:

• Demonstrate knowledge of current prevention theory and practice.
• Adhere to all legal, professional, and ethical principles.
• Demonstrate cultural responsiveness as a prevention professional.
• Demonstrate self-care consistent with prevention messages.
• Recognize importance of participation in professional associations locally, statewide, and nationally.
• Demonstrate responsible and ethical use of public and private funds.
• Advocate for health promotion across the life span.
• Advocate for healthy and safe communities.
• Demonstrate knowledge of current issues of addiction.
• Demonstrate knowledge of current issues of mental, emotional, and behavioral health.

25 Hours – $130

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