Applies To:
- Alabama Addiction Counselors
- Alabama Prevention Specialists
Those certified must accumulate 20 hours of Continuing Education (20 contact hours) per year with 6 in ethics every other year and 4 in counselor specific HIV/AIDS also every other year. Documentation of these are to be submitted with the maintenance fees. provides printable certificates for easy documentation of courses completed.
Renewal is on a quarterly schedule based on initial certification date. Those certified in January, February or March would renew in January. Those certified in April, May, or June would renew in April. Those certified in July, August, or September would renew in July. Those certified in October, November, or December would renew in October.
Board Contact Info
Alabama Alcohol and Drug Abuse Association
717 Hwy 67 South Suite 2
Decatur, AL 35603
(256) 432-2781
[email protected]
https://www.aadaa.us/
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HIV/AIDS, 4 CE credit hours
4 credits required every two years.
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We do not currently offer courses to fulfill this requirement.
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Ethics, 4 CE credit hours
4 credit hours required every two years. It is recommended that you choose courses with the word “ethics” specifically in the title.
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Addiction Counselor CE offers 4 courses applicable to this requirement.
102974: APA Ethics Code: With the 2016 Amendments to Standard 3.04, 2 CE credit hours - 102815: Drug Addiction: From Neuroscience to Ethics, 1 CE credit hour
- 102377: Ethics and Technology, 1.5 CE credit hour
- 102254: Enhancing the Ethical Conduct of HIV Research With Migrant Sex Workers: Human Rights, Policy, and Social Contextual Influences, 1 CE credit hour
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Maintaining Appropriate Professional Boundaries: Exploring Ethical Obligations of Mental Health Professionals
3 CE credit hours
Ethics; Ethics |
Recorded Webinar |
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Introduction to the EMDR Model
2 CE credit hours
Clinical Topics & Methods; Clinical Disorders (Adult); Counseling (Theory and Techniques); Understanding Addiction; Application to Practice; Treatment Knowledge |
Recorded Webinar |
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Time for a Paradigm Shift: The Adolescent Brain in Addiction Treatment
1.75 CE credit hour
Addictions, Substance Use; Children and Adolescents; Understanding Addiction; Application to Practice; Counseling (Theory and Techniques); Treatment Knowledge |
Reading-Based Online |
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Alcohol Use Disorder: The Role of Medication in Recovery
1.25 CE credit hour
Addictions, Substance Use; Medical Health, Pharmacology; Application to Practice; Pharmacology; Treatment Knowledge |
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 |
Recorded Webinar |
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Ethics & Cultural Diversity Training: Termination, Abandonment, Cultural Humility and Ethical Considerations: Meets ethics requirement for NY Psychologists
3 CE credit hours
Ethics; Ethics; Cultural Diversity; Cultural & Racial Diversity |
Recorded Webinar |
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Polyvagal Theory and Evidenced Based Interventions for Arousal Dysregulation in PTSD
3 CE credit hours
Counseling (Theory and Techniques); Application to Practice; Treatment Knowledge; Clinical Topics & Methods |
Recorded Webinar |
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Group Counseling for Chemical Dependence
1.5 CE credit hour
Group Counseling |
Recorded Webinar |
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Cocaine Use Disorder (CUD): Current Clinical Perspectives
1.5 CE credit hour
Understanding Addiction; Treatment Knowledge; Application to Practice; Addictions, Substance Use |
Reading-Based Online |
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Emotion Dysregulation and Adult ADHD
1 CE credit hour
Clinical Disorders (Adult); Treatment Knowledge; Application to Practice |
Reading-Based Online |
