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
Addiction Counselor CE 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.
You can use Addiction Counselor CE 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.
You can use Addiction Counselor CE 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.
You can use Addiction Counselor CE for renewing your CCS credential.
Addiction Counselor CE 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.
You can use Addiction Counselor CE for renewing your SCPG credential.
Addiction Counselor CE 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.
You can use Addiction Counselor CE for renewing your CPS credential.
Addiction Counselor CE 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.
You can use Addiction Counselor CE for renewing your CPRS credential.
Addiction Counselor CE offers 13 courses applicable to this credential.
Here are a few examples, or you can view all 13 courses
| Course Description | Medium |
|---|---|
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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 |
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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
Clinical Topics & Methods; Cultural & Racial Diversity; Cultural Diversity; Application to Practice; Peer Recovery; Prevention |
Recorded Webinar |
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Suicide and Indigenous People: Understanding Risks and Sustaining Cultural Resistance
1.75 CE credit hour
Cultural & Racial Diversity; Suicide; Cultural Diversity; Peer Recovery |
Reading-Based Online |
Addiction Specific Ethics, 0.00 CE credit hours
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Addiction Counselor CE offers 25 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
- 103295: Maintaining Appropriate Professional Boundaries: Exploring Ethical Obligations of Mental Health Professionals, 3 CE credit hours
- View All 25 Courses
Gambling Specific, 0.00 CE credit hours
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Addiction Counselor CE offers 24 courses applicable to this requirement.
103452: The Conceptual Framework of Harmful Gambling: A Revised Framework for Understanding Gambling Harm, 1.25 CE credit hour - 103446: Non-pharmacological Treatment of Gambling Disorder:a Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials, 1.5 CE credit hour
- 103423: Best Practices in Ethics and Cultural Diversity Training: Patient Abandonment and Cultural Humility and Ohio Addiction Law, 4 CE credit hours
- 103417: The Presentation of Observable Risk Indicators of Problem Gambling - Gender Differences, 1 CE credit hour
- 103416: Ethnic Minorities and Gambling, 1.5 CE credit hour
- View All 24 Courses
Prevention Specific, 0.00 CE credit hours
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Addiction Counselor CE offers 90 courses applicable to this requirement.
103466: Rethinking Unhealthy Alcohol Use in the United States: A Structured Review, 1 CE credit hour - 103459: Character Strengths As Moderators of the Relationship Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Negative Health Outcomes, 1.5 CE credit hour
- 103451: Media Literacy As a Practical and Transferrable Skill, 1.25 CE credit hour
- 103450: Social Media Best Practices - Prevention, 1.5 CE credit hour
- 103449: Using Media in Substance Misuse Prevention, 1.5 CE credit hour
- View All 90 Courses
Peer Recovery Specific, 0.00 CE credit hours
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Addiction Counselor CE offers 13 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 13 Courses
| Course Description | Medium |
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Termination and Abandonment: Best Ethical Practices for Clinicians
3 CE credit hours
Ethics; Ethics |
Recorded Webinar |
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Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in Groups Part 3:: Using group CBT to treat eating disorders, substance use disorders, borderline personality disorder, and psychosis/psychotic disorders.
8 CE credit hours
Clinical Topics & Methods; Group Counseling |
Book |
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Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in Groups Part 2:: Using group CBT to treat anxiety, obsessive-compulsive, trauma, and mood disorders
8 CE credit hours
Group Counseling; Clinical Topics & Methods |
Book |
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Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in Groups Part 1:: General Principles and Practice
8 CE credit hours
Group Counseling; Clinical Topics & Methods |
Book |
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Rethinking Unhealthy Alcohol Use in the United States: A Structured Review
1 CE credit hour
Treatment Knowledge; Understanding Addiction; Addictions, Substance Use; Prevention |
Reading-Based Online |
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Cumulative Exposure to Traumatic Events and Craving Among Women in Residential Treatment for Substance Use Disorder:: The role of emotion dysregulation and mindfulness disposition
1 CE credit hour
Addictions, Substance Use; Gender Issues; Counseling (Theory and Techniques); Application to Practice; Treatment Knowledge; Professional Readiness |
Reading-Based Online |
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Brain Interrupted: Early Life Traumatic Brain Injury and Addiction Vulnerability
1.5 CE credit hour
Addictions, Substance Use; Understanding Addiction; Professional Readiness |
Reading-Based Online |
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Treating Addiction A Guide for Professionals - Part 4
8 CE credit hours
Addictions, Substance Use; Treatment Knowledge; Application to Practice; Professional Readiness |
Book |
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Treating Addiction A Guide for Professionals - Part 3
8 CE credit hours
Addictions, Substance Use; Counseling (Theory and Techniques); Application to Practice; Treatment Knowledge; Professional Readiness |
Book |
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Character Strengths As Moderators of the Relationship Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Negative Health Outcomes
1.5 CE credit hour
Prevention |
Reading-Based Online |
