Yes — accepted under our NAADAC accreditation.
Provider No. ADRA AEP # E012Louisiana | Addictions | Addiction Counselors, Prevention Specialists
Impact CE's distance-learning courses meet the continuing education requirements of the Louisiana Addictive Disorder Regulatory Authority, accepted under our NAADAC approval.
These hours count toward your 48 CE credit hours, but must cover specific content.
Addiction Counselor
Any person who has not yet met the qualification to become a licensed, certified or registered counselor, but who has made application to the board in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter and procedures established by the board. 180 credits must be addiction specific. Renewal is every year.
Addiction Counselor
6 hours of professional ethics, approved training on confidentiality and documents the completion of an ADRA approved training in First Aid and CPR
Addiction Counselor
Initial - 6 credits in professional ethics, 180 credits substance abuse specific education, 114 credits related education. - Renewal- 6 credits in professional ethics, 42 credits substance abuse specific or related education.
Addiction Counselor
Initial - 60 credits Substance Abuse specific and 30 credits gambling specific. Renewal - 6 credits ethics and 8 credit gambling specific. Please be sure to confirm that a course is in the gambling category to meet the gambling specific requirements.
Addiction Counselor
Initial - 60 credits Substance Abuse specific and 30 credits supervision specific. Renewal - 6 credits ethics and 8 credit supervision specific.
Addiction Counselor
Initial - 6 credits in professional ethics, 180 credits substance abuse specific education, 114 credits related education. - Renewal- 6 credits in professional ethics, 42 credits substance abuse specific or related education.
Addiction Counselor
Initial - 6 credits in professional ethics, 180 credits substance abuse specific education, 114 credits related education. - Renewal- 6 credits in professional ethics, 42 credits substance abuse specific or related education.
Prevention Specialist
Initial - 90 credits in prevention, 24 credits addiction specific and 6 credits prevention ethics Renewals- 42 credits prevention and 6 credits prevention ethics.
Prevention Specialist
Initial - 90 credits in prevention, 24 credits addiction specific and 6 credits prevention ethics Renewals- 42 credits prevention and 6 credits prevention ethics.
Prevention Specialist
20 credits in prevention domains
Prevention Specialist
Initial - 90 credits in prevention, 24 credits addiction specific and 6 credits prevention ethics Renewals- 42 credits prevention and 6 credits prevention ethics.
Substance abuse/Addiction Specific education hours are defined as only those hours obtained from courses/workshops/seminars that have the actual words “substance abuse” “addiction” “drug abuse” and "substance misuse" in the title of the course.
Applicants for addiction counselor certification may substitute up to 300 hours of AEP education for up to 18 semester hours of college credit in substance abuse counseling courses.
Applicants for compulsive gambling counselor certification are required to have 30 hours of AEP education in compulsive gambling.
Applicants for prevention specialist certification must have 100 hours of AEP education.
Applicants for counselor in training certification must have 180 hours of AEP education.
Louisiana also accepts up to 270 hours of distance learning for initial certification hours.
CIT's must renew every year.
Impact CE is a service of CE Learning Systems LLC. CE Learning Systems is approved to offer continuing educations courses by ADRA (AEP # E012), NAADAC and many ICRC certification boards. CE Learning Systems LLC maintains responsibility for the courses.
Diane Bigler, LCSW, LSCSW
Todd Evan Pressman, Ph.D.
Shayla Gray, LMFT, LCMFT, EMDR-Certified
John Ludgate, Ph.D.
Kathryn Krase, PhD, JD, MSW
Kathryn Krase, PhD, JD, MSW
Diane Bigler, LCSW, LSCSW
Louisiana Addictive Disorder Regulatory Authority
(225) 361-0698
[email protected]
https://www.la-adra.org
Approved Education Provider (AEP# E012) by Louisiana Addictive Disorder Regulatory Authority
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