Program Summary

Possess knowledge and skills that will enable them to competently and ethically carry out the duties and responsibilities of jobs as addiction counselors or other positions in the addiction treatment and recovery field.

Counseling demonstrations to assess interpersonal helping skills

Possess interpersonal skills required to engage emphatically with clients who have substance use problems, develop safe and trusting relationships with them, assess their strengths and problems and recommend appropriate interventions and/or referrals.

Counseling demonstrations to assess interpersonal helping skills

Be familiar with a professional association’s code of ethics and demonstrate the ability to behave in accord with it.

Counseling demonstrations to assess ethics and boundaries.

Demonstrate the ability to create and maintain appropriate client documentation, including intake notes, service or treatment plans, progress notes, discharge notes and other documentation such as informed consent and release of information forms.

Documentation from class and field work.

Will be prepared to successfully pass a written examination leading to certification as an addiction counselor, and they will have completed at least 250 supervised work hours in the addiction treatment field in partial fulfillment of the supervised work experience requirement for certification.

Passing coursework to prepare for the professional certification, which includes CAADE-approved curriculum.