- NAADAC 192243
40 CE credit hours required every 2 years — 40 may be earned with CE-Credit.com.
Applies To:
- Washington Addiction Counselors
Renewal
14 hours must be in one or more topics (a-w). See details at in the Special Requirements tab.
4 must be in professional ethics or law. Ten (10) may be in areas relating to various phases of one’s professional career.
28 of the 40 hours must be continuing education. The additional 12 may be continuing education or “professional development activities”.
6 credit hours must be in suicide assessment, treatment, and management
(1)(A) Each of the following professionals certified or licensed under Title 18 RCW shall, at least once every six years, complete training in suicide assessment, treatment, and management that is approved, in rule, by the relevant disciplining authority.
c) The training required by this subsection must be at least six hours in length, unless a disciplinary authority has determined, under subsection (8)(b) of this section, that training that includes only screening and referral elements is appropriate for the profession in question, in which case the training must be at least three hours in length.
Initial Certification
Our courses not allowed for initial certification hours
CE-Credit.com is a service of CE Learning Systems LLC. CE Learning Systems is approved to offer continuing educations courses by NAADAC and many ICRC certification boards. CE Learning Systems LLC maintains responsibility for the courses.
Our companion site, www.addictioncounselorce.com, is specifically focused on the CE needs of addiction counselors and offers a greater quantity and variety of substance abuse-specific courses.
Board Contact Info
Washington State Department of Health (AODA Counselors)
111 Israel Rd. S.E.
Tumwater, WA 98501
360-236-4700
Fax number: 360-236-4818
[email protected]
https://doh.wa.gov/licenses-permits-and-certificates/professions-new-renew-or-update/substance-use-disorder-professional/continuing-education
CDP renewal-Ethics and Law requirement, 4.00 CE credit hours
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CE-Credit.com offers 20 courses applicable to this requirement.
103386: Spirituality, Diversity, and Ethical Decision-Making: The Inclusive Wesleyan Quadrilateral Discernment Model, 1 CE credit hour - 103359: Reach Out and Shrink Someone-Clinical Practice in the Age of Technology, 3 CE credit hours
- 103340: Walking the Ethical Line in Providing Telemental Health Services, 3 CE credit hours
- 103329: Ethical Humility in Social Work, 1.5 CE credit hour
- 103321: Ethics and Risk Management Issues in Supervision, 3 CE credit hours
- View All 20 Courses
CDP renewal-14 hours in topic areas, 14.00 CE credit hours
At least 14 hours must be done in one or more of the following topic areas. For each topic area AddictionCounselorCE has courses that address the area. These can be found here: http://www.addictioncounselorce.com/courses. You may browse our Course Categories or do a keyword search.
• Understanding addiction;
• Pharmacological actions of alcohol and other drugs;
• Substance abuse and addiction treatment methods;
• Understanding addiction placement, continuing care, and discharge criteria, including American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) criteria;
• Cultural diversity including people with disabilities and its implication for treatment;
• Chemical dependency clinical evaluation (screening and referral to include comorbidity);
• HIV/AIDS brief risk intervention for the chemically dependent;
• Chemical dependency treatment planning;
• Referral and use of community resources;
• Service coordination (implementing the treatment plan, consulting, continuing assessment and treatment planning);
• Individual counseling;
• Group counseling;
• Chemical dependency counseling for families, couples and significant others;
• Developmental psychology;
• Psychopathology/abnormal psychology;
• Documentation, to include, screening, intake, assessment, treatment plan, clinical reports, clinical progress notes, discharge summaries, and other client related data;
• Chemical dependency confidentiality;
• Professional and ethical responsibilities;
• Relapse prevention;
• Adolescent chemical dependency assessment and treatment;
• Chemical dependency case management; and
• Chemical dependency rules and regulations.
Suicide, 3.00 CE credit hours
A substance use disorder professional must complete a training in suicide assessment, including screening and referral. The training must be provided by a single provider and must be at least three hours in length. The training must be on the department’s model list for training programs in suicide assessment, treatment and management. (https://doh.wa.gov/public-health-healthcare-providers/healthcare-professions-and-facilities/suicide-prevention/training-programs/model-list)
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We do not currently offer courses to fulfill this requirement.
Course Description | Medium |
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Treating Addiction A Guide for Professionals - Part 4
8 CE credit hours
Addictions, Substance Use; Treatment Knowledge; Application to Practice; Professional Readiness |
Book |
Treating Addiction A Guide for Professionals - Part 3
8 CE credit hours
Addictions, Substance Use; Counseling (Theory and Techniques); Application to Practice; Treatment Knowledge; Professional Readiness |
Book |
Treating Addiction: A Guide for Professionals - Part 1 and 2
8 CE credit hours
Addictions, Substance Use; Counseling (Theory and Techniques); Treatment Knowledge; Application to Practice; Professional Readiness |
Book |
Treatment of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Substance Use Disorder in Adults With a History of Adverse Childhood Experiences: A systematic review of psychological interventions
1.5 CE credit hour
Counseling (Theory and Techniques); Treatment Knowledge; Application to Practice; Clinical Topics & Methods; Addictions, Substance Use |
Reading-Based Online |
Treatment Considerations for Youth and Young Adults With Serious Emotional Disturbances and Serious Mental Illnesses and Co-occurring Substance Use
2 CE credit hours
Children and Adolescents; Treatment Knowledge; Application to Practice; Professional Readiness; Addictions, Substance Use |
Reading-Based Online |
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Disaster Technical Assistance Center Supplemental Research Bulletin: Challenges and Solutions for Disaster Behavioral Health in Rural and Remote Communities
1 CE credit hour
Clinical Topics & Methods; Addictions, Substance Use; Application to Practice; Professional Readiness; Treatment Knowledge |
Reading-Based Online |
The Interplay of Ethics & Motivational Interviewing!
3 CE credit hours
Ethics; Ethics |
Recorded Webinar |
Non-pharmacological Treatment of Gambling Disorder:a Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials
1.5 CE credit hour
Gambling; Addictions, Substance Use |
Reading-Based Online |
Recipients of Suicide-Related Disclosure: The Link Between Disclosure and Posttraumatic Growth for Suicide Attempt Survivors
1 CE credit hour
Application to Practice; Suicide |
Reading-Based Online |
Predictors of Therapeutic Alliance, Treatment Feedback, and Clinical Outcomes Among African American Women in Treatment for Co-Occurring PTSD and SUD
1 CE credit hour
Counseling (Theory and Techniques); Treatment Knowledge; Application to Practice; Professional Readiness; Clinical Topics & Methods; Addictions, Substance Use; Cultural & Racial Diversity |
Reading-Based Online |