Recommended Curriculum
Florida Certified Addiction Specialist (CAS) Credential
Florida's CAS
credential is based on obtaining 150-hours of addiction specific
training. According to the requirements of the Florida
Certification Board, these hours must fit into the following
categories:
150 hours of Education
– At least 70 in the following:
- Clinical Evaluation
– 10 hours
- Treatment Planning
– 5 hours
- Referral – 5 hours
- Service
Coordination – 5 hours
- Counseling – 20
hours
- Client, Family and
Community Education – 5 hours
- Documentation – 5
hours
- Professional and
Ethical Responsibilities – 15 hours
The remaining 80 hours
must be in the transdisciplinary foundations as follows:
- 40 hours in
Understanding Addiction/Treatment Knowledge (UA / TK); AND
- 40 hours in
Application to Practice/ Professional Readiness (AP / PR).
Within these 80 hours
must be at least 4 hours of HIV and 2 hours of domestic violence
education/training.
The following is a
recommended curriculum for 172-hours of training. These
courses have been designed to not only fulfill the requirements of
the Florida Certification Board, but to also prepare you with
the information you'll need to to work with chemically dependent
clients, AND to assist you in passing your written credentialing
examination. You are always free to take any coursework from
our catalog, and our staff will be happy to work with you to make
course recommendations should you already have some training hours
and do not need an entire 150-hours of training.
For a PDF copy of this
curriculum,
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We also offer discounts for multiple
courses/hours of training. Contact our business office at
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|
Recommended
Courses |
Hours |
Categories |
|
Counseling
Functions: Working With Families - Guidelines and
Techniques |
15 |
Client,
Family, & Community Education |
AP/PR |
|
Counseling
Functions: Screening and Patient Placement for Treatment of
Substance Abusers |
15 |
Clinical
Evaluation |
UA/TK |
|
Counseling
Functions: Basic Counseling Information - Group Counseling
Skills |
12 |
Counseling |
UA/TK |
|
Group Drug
Counseling |
6 |
Counseling |
AP/PR |
|
Counseling
Functions: Basic Counseling Information - Individual
Counseling Skills |
15 |
Counseling |
UA/TK |
|
Basic Ethics
for Addiction Professionals |
12 |
Professional
and Ethical Responsibility |
AP/PR |
|
Counselor
Ethics - Ethical Counselors |
3 |
Professional
and Ethical Responsibility |
AP/PR |
|
Counseling
Functions: Case Management and Referral Services |
12 |
Referral/Service Coordination |
UA/TK |
|
Counseling
Functions: Treatment Planning Guidelines for Substance Abuse
Professionals |
10 |
Treatment
Planning/Documentation |
UA/TK |
|
Treating
HIV/AIDS and Substance Abuse |
6 |
HIV |
AP/PR |
|
Substance
Abuse and Domestic Violence |
3 |
Violence |
AP/PR |
|
Basic
Pharmacology |
15 |
|
UA/TK |
|
Confidentiality Issues for Drug and Alcohol Professionals |
9 |
|
AP/PR |
|
Counseling
Functions: Crisis Intervention |
3 |
|
AP/PR |
|
Diagnosing
and Treating Codependency |
6 |
|
AP/PR |
|
Multi-Cultural Counseling: The New Paradigm for Substance
Abuse Professionals |
3 |
|
AP/PR |
|
Relapse
Prevention Services |
3 |
|
AP/PR |
|
The
Minnesota Model |
6 |
|
UA/TK |
|
Theory and
Practice of Addictions Counseling |
15 |
|
UA/TK |
|
Understanding the Addictive Process |
3 |
|
UA/TK |
|
TOTAL
HOURS: |
172 |
|
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