- 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 22 courses applicable to this requirement.
103472: Termination and Abandonment: Best Ethical Practices for Clinicians, 3 CE credit hours - 103447: The Interplay of Ethics Motivational Interviewing, 3 CE credit hours
- 103438: Ethical Challenges in Mental Health Practice Presented by the Use of Technology, 3 CE credit hours
- 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
- View All 22 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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CE-Credit.com offers 8 courses applicable to this requirement.
103442: Recipients of Suicide-Related Disclosure: The Link Between Disclosure and Posttraumatic Growth for Suicide Attempt Survivors, 1 CE credit hour - 103410: Suicide and Gambling Disorder, 1.5 CE credit hour
- 103327: Exploring Evidenced-Based Therapies for Suicide, 3 CE credit hours
- 103316: Strengthening Your Suicide Assessment Skills, 3 CE credit hours
- 103234: Suicide and Indigenous People: Understanding Risks and Sustaining Cultural Resistance, 1.75 CE credit hour
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Course Description | Medium |
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Community-based Models of Care Facilitating the Recovery of People Living With Persistent and Complex Mental Health Needs: A systematic review and narrative synthesis
3.25 CE credit hours
Clinical Topics & Methods; Clinical Disorders (Adult); Application to Practice |
Reading-Based Online |
Adolescent Suicide: Understanding Unique Risks and Opportunities for Trauma Centers to Recognize, Intervene, and Prevent a Leading Cause of Death
1 CE credit hour
Clinical Topics & Methods; Children and Adolescents; Application to Practice; Professional Readiness |
Reading-Based Online |
A Meta-analytic Review of Anger Management Activities That Increase Or Decrease Arousal: What fuels or douses rage?
1.75 CE credit hour
Clinical Topics & Methods; Clinical Disorders (Adult); Application to Practice |
Reading-Based Online |
Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence Among Men Who Have Sex With Men: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
1 CE credit hour
Clinical Topics & Methods; Sexual Abuse; Domestic Violence; Application to Practice; Family/Couple |
Reading-Based Online |
A Community Engaged Approach in Adapting Motivational Interviewing and Skills Training for Native Americans With Experiences of Substance Misuse
1 CE credit hour
Clinical Topics & Methods; Clinical Disorders (Adult); Cultural & Racial Diversity; Treatment Knowledge; Cultural Diversity; Application to Practice |
Reading-Based Online |
Childhood Trauma Personality and Substance Use Disorder:: The Development of a Neuropsychoanalytic Addiction Model
1.75 CE credit hour
Clinical Topics & Methods; Medical Health, Pharmacology; Understanding Addiction; Application to Practice; Treatment Knowledge |
Reading-Based Online |
Flash Technique in a Scalable Low-intensity Group Intervention for COVID-19 Related Stress in Healthcare Providers
1 CE credit hour
Clinical Topics & Methods; Medical Health, Pharmacology; Clinical Disorders (Adult); Treatment Knowledge; Application to Practice; Pharmacology |
Reading-Based Online |
Psychotherapeutic Techniques for Distressing Memories: A Comparative Study between EMDR, Brainspotting, and Body Scan Meditation
1 CE credit hour
Clinical Topics & Methods; Treatment Knowledge; Application to Practice |
Reading-Based Online |
Decision 'Making and Relationship Competence When Reporting Suspected Physical Abuse and Child Neglect:: An Objective Structured Clinical Evaluation
1.5 CE credit hour
Laws, Regulations, Legal; Ethics; Clinical Topics & Methods; Ethics; Prevention |
Reading-Based Online |
Solution Focused Brief Therapy Telemental Health Suicide Intervention
1.25 CE credit hour
Clinical Topics & Methods; Technology; Clinical Disorders (Adult); Treatment Knowledge; Application to Practice |
Reading-Based Online |