Applies To:
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Connecticut
Addiction Counselors
- CAC
- AADC
- CCS
- SCPG
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Connecticut
Prevention Specialists
- CPS
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Connecticut
Peer Support Specialists
- CPRS
Renewal Requirements
All of the required hours can be obtained through AddictionCounselorCE.com
CAC renewal:
1 year renewal: 22 hrs Addiction Specific training including 2 hour of ethics
2 year renewal: 44 hrs Addiction Specific training including 4 hours of ethics
3 year renewal: 66 hrs Addiction Specific training including 6 hours of ethics
CCJP renewal:
1 year renewal: 24 hrs Addiction Specific training including 4 hour of ethics
2 year renewal: 48 hrs Addiction Specific training including 8 hours of ethics
3 year renewal: 72 hrs Addiction Specific training including 12 hours of ethics
CPS renewal:
1 year renewal: 20 hrs Prevention Specific training
2 year renewal: 40 hrs Prevention Specific training
3 year renewal: 60 hrs Prevention Specific training
CPRS renewal:
1 year renewal: 10 hrs Peer Recovery Specific training including 3 hour of ethics
2 year renewal: 20 hrs Peer Recovery Specific training including 6 hours of ethics
3 year renewal: 30 hrs Peer Recovery Specific training including 9 hours of ethics
SCPG renewal:
1 year renewal: 10 hrs Gambling Specific training
2 year renewal: 20 hrs Gambling Specific training
3 year renewal: 30 hrs Gambling Specific training
Please Note
At least half of the trainings must be CCB-approved. AddictionCounselorCE.com is an approved provider of CCB and all required hours may be earned with us.
Initial Requirements
CAC
300 hours are required, of which 225 may be earned with us.
12 hours must be earned in ethics and 6 in problem gambling.
For detailed information on CCB Initial Certification requirements and for other certification types, please visit https://ctcertboard.org/applications-renewals
CE-Credit.com is a service of CE Learning Systems LLC. CE Learning Systems is approved to offer continuing educations courses by CCB, NAADAC and many ICRC certification boards. CE Learning Systems LLC maintains responsibility for the courses.
Board Contact Info
Connecticut Certification Board
203-440-9595
Fax: 203.621.3111
https://www.ctcertboard.org
Certified Addiction Counselor
20 per year and 1 must be CCB approved ethics
Credential Renewal
20 CE credit hours required for renewal.
Yes You can use CE-Credit.com for renewing your CAC credential.
Any course accepted by CCB is applicable to the CAC credential.
| Course Description | Medium |
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Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor
20 per year and 2 must be CCB approved ethics.
Credential Renewal
20 CE credit hours required for renewal.
Yes You can use CE-Credit.com for renewing your AADC credential.
Any course accepted by CCB is applicable to the AADC credential.
| Course Description | Medium |
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Certified Clinical Supervisor
3 supervision specific per year.
Credential Renewal
3 CE credit hours required for renewal.
Yes You can use CE-Credit.com for renewing your CCS credential.
CE-Credit.com offers 14 courses applicable to this credential.
Here are a few examples, or you can view all 14 courses
| Course Description | Medium |
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Clinical Supervision for Those Who Work With Couples and Families
3 CE credit hours
Supervision; Supervision; Couples, Family |
Recorded Webinar |
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Effects of Adding Video Feedback to Emotionally Focused Therapy Supervision: A Concurrent Multiple-baseline Across Subjects Design
1 CE credit hour
Supervision; Supervision |
Reading-Based Online |
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Models of Remote Professional Supervision for Psychologists in Rural and Remote Locations: A Systematic Review
1 CE credit hour
Supervision; Supervision |
Reading-Based Online |
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CBT Supervision Behind Closed Doors: Supervisor and Supervisee Reflections on Their Experiences and Use of Clinical Supervision
1 CE credit hour
Supervision; Supervision |
Reading-Based Online |
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Ethics and Risk Management Issues in Supervision
3 CE credit hours
Ethics; Ethics; Supervision; Supervision |
Recorded Webinar |
Specialty Certificate of Competency in Problem Gambling
10 per year that are gambling specific including 1 CCB approved ethics.
Credential Renewal
10 CE credit hours required for renewal.
Yes You can use CE-Credit.com for renewing your SCPG credential.
CE-Credit.com offers 22 courses applicable to this credential.
Here are a few examples, or you can view all 22 courses
| Course Description | Medium |
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The Conceptual Framework of Harmful Gambling: A Revised Framework for Understanding Gambling Harm
1.25 CE credit hour
Gambling |
Reading-Based Online |
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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 |
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The Presentation of Observable Risk Indicators of Problem Gambling - Gender Differences
1 CE credit hour
Gambling |
Reading-Based Online |
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Ethnic Minorities and Gambling
1.5 CE credit hour
Gambling |
Reading-Based Online |
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Maintaining Appropriate Professional Boundaries and Ohio Addiction Law: Meets ethics requirement for Ohio Gambling Endorsement
4 CE credit hours
Gambling |
Recorded Webinar |
Certified Prevention Specialist
20 per year that are prevention specific and 1 must be CCB approved ethics
Credential Renewal
20 CE credit hours required for renewal.
Yes You can use CE-Credit.com for renewing your CPS credential.
CE-Credit.com does not currently offer any courses applicable to this credential.
| Course Description | Medium |
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Certified Peer Recovery Specialist
10 per year specific to peer recovery and 3 must be CCB approved ethics
Credential Renewal
10 CE credit hours required for renewal.
Yes You can use CE-Credit.com for renewing your CPRS credential.
CE-Credit.com offers 14 courses applicable to this credential.
Here are a few examples, or you can view all 14 courses
| Course Description | Medium |
|---|---|
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Practical Guide for Implementing a Trauma-Informed Approach
1.5 CE credit hour
Clinical Topics & Methods; Peer Recovery; Counseling (Theory and Techniques); Application to Practice; Professional Readiness; Treatment Knowledge; Management, Administration |
Reading-Based Online |
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Title 42: Public Health Part 2 – Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records Updated
2 CE credit hours
Errors, Boundaries, Patient Safety; Ethics; Peer Recovery |
Reading-Based Online |
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Substance and Behavioral Addictions Among American Indian and Alaska Native Populations
1.25 CE credit hour
Cultural & Racial Diversity; Cultural Diversity; Addictions, Substance Use; Application to Practice; Peer Recovery |
Reading-Based Online |
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Boundary Issues and Dual Relationships in Behavioral Health: Ethics and Risk Management Challenges
3 CE credit hours
Ethics; Ethics; Peer Recovery |
Recorded Webinar |
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Human Trafficking
3 CE credit hours
Sexual Abuse; Clinical Topics & Methods; Forensic, Criminal Justice; Application to Practice; Peer Recovery |
Recorded Webinar |
Addiction Specific Ethics, 0.00 CE credit hours
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CE-Credit.com offers 22 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
- 103321: Ethics and Risk Management Issues in Supervision, 3 CE credit hours
- 103300: National Board for Certified Counselors Code of Ethics 2023, 1 CE credit hour
- View All 22 Courses
Gambling Specific, 0.00 CE credit hours
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CE-Credit.com offers 6 courses applicable to this requirement.
103446: Non-pharmacological Treatment of Gambling Disorder:a Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials, 1.5 CE credit hour - 103410: Suicide and Gambling Disorder, 1.5 CE credit hour
- 103162: Dopamine and Risky Decision-Making in Gambling Disorder, 1.25 CE credit hour
- 103031: A Systematic Review of Gambling-related Findings from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions, 2.25 CE credit hours
- 102697: Gamblers Anonymous As a Recovery Pathway-A Scoping Review, 1.25 CE credit hour
- View All 6 Courses
Prevention Specific, 0.00 CE credit hours
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CE-Credit.com offers 43 courses applicable to this requirement.
103466: Rethinking Unhealthy Alcohol Use in the United States: A Structured Review, 1 CE credit hour - 103347: Bulletins for Professionals: Human Trafficking and Child Welfare: A Guide for Child Welfare Agencies, 1 CE credit hour
- 103329: Ethical Humility in Social Work, 1.5 CE credit hour
- 103320: Native Spirit: Development of a Culturally Grounded After‐school Program to Promote Well‐being Among American Indian Adolescents, 1 CE credit hour
- 103263: A Self-Inquiry Into Race Socialization & Internalized Whiteness: For Therapists Treating Racial Trauma Among BIPOC Clients, 3 CE credit hours
- View All 43 Courses
Peer Recovery Specific, 0.00 CE credit hours
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CE-Credit.com offers 11 courses applicable to this requirement.
103309: Substance and Behavioral Addictions Among American Indian and Alaska Native Populations, 1.25 CE credit hour - 103287: Boundary Issues and Dual Relationships in Behavioral Health, 3 CE credit hours
- 103273: Human Trafficking, 3 CE credit hours
- 103253: Implicit Bias Training: Increasing Understanding Towards Reducing Barriers and Disparities in Access to and Delivery of Physical and Mental Health Care Services, 3 CE credit hours
- 103234: Suicide and Indigenous People: Understanding Risks and Sustaining Cultural Resistance, 1.75 CE credit hour
- View All 11 Courses
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Clearing the Fog: Recognizing, Understanding, and Protecting Against Gaslighting
3 CE credit hours
Clinical Topics & Methods |
Recorded Webinar |
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Bridging Divides: Coming Home to Belonging
3 CE credit hours
Clinical Topics & Methods |
Recorded Webinar |
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Addiction Substitution and Concurrent Recovery in Gambling Disorder:: Who Substitutes and Why?
1.5 CE credit hour
Addictions, Substance Use; Relapse and Recovery Strategies; Understanding Addiction; Treatment Planning |
Reading-Based Online |
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Examination of the Problem Gambling Severity Index for Use With Older Adults:: A Rasch Model Approach
1.25 CE credit hour
Addictions, Substance Use; Assessment; Clinical Evaluation |
Reading-Based Online |
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A Scoping Review of the Individual, Socio-cultural, Environmental and Commercial Determinants of Gambling for Older Adults:: Implications for Public Health Research and Harm Prevention
1.25 CE credit hour
Addictions, Substance Use; Understanding Addiction; Prevention; Gambling |
Reading-Based Online |
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STAT: Schema Therapy for Addiction Treatment, a Proposal for the Integrative Treatment of Addictive Disorders
1.75 CE credit hour
Clinical Topics & Methods; Addictions, Substance Use; Understanding Addiction; Treatment Knowledge; Counseling (Theory and Techniques) |
Reading-Based Online |
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Adolescents Who Play and Spend Money in Simulated Gambling Games Are At Heightened Risk of Gambling Problems
1.25 CE credit hour
Addictions, Substance Use; Children and Adolescents; Gambling; Prevention |
Reading-Based Online |
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Compassion Fatigue for Clinicians and Mental Health Providers
3 CE credit hours
Consulting, Workplace; Clinical Topics & Methods |
Recorded Webinar |
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Characterizing Dementia Caregiver Style in Managing Care Challenges:: Cognitive and Behavioral Components
1 CE credit hour
Aging, Long Term Care; Clinical Disorders (Adult); Clinical Topics & Methods |
Reading-Based Online |
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Substance Use in Pregnancy:: Identifying Stigma and Improving Care
1.5 CE credit hour
Counseling (Theory and Techniques); Clinical Evaluation; Treatment Planning; Treatment Knowledge; Addictions, Substance Use; Clinical Topics & Methods |
Reading-Based Online |
