Approval for Psychologists in Wisconsin

Wisconsin Department of Human Services CE Information

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) is one of the largest state agencies in Wisconsin, with an annual budget of roughly $15 billion and more than 6,700 employees. DHS is committed to protecting and promoting the health and safety of the people of Wisconsin, making sure everyone can live their best life.

There are two types of certified peer specialists in Wisconsin.

  • Certified Peer Specialist: An individual with experience in the mental health and substance use services system trained to provide support to others struggling to find a path to recovery.
  • Certified Parent Peer Specialist: An individual with experience raising a child with behavioral health challenges trained to use their experience navigating services in support of other parents.

Initial Certification is awarded after successful completion of a training course and passage of an exam. Visit the Wisconsin Peer Specialist website for information on upcoming certified peer specialist and certified parent peer specialist trainings: https://www.wicps.org/

Recertification: CPS and CPPS must recertify every two years and document completion of no fewer than 20 hours of continuing education in specific topic areas. https://www.wicps.org/continuing-education/

For further information on the recertification process, contact:
Gaochi Vang Peer Specialist Program Manager
608-716-7335
[email protected]

Board Contact Info

Wisconsin Department of Health Services
1 West Wilson Street
Madison, WI 53703
General Phone: 608-266-1865
TTY users please dial 711 or 800-947-3529 before calling DHS

https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/peer-services/peer-specialists.htm

Applies To:

  • Wisconsin Peer Support Specialists
    • CPS
    • CPPS
Select credential:

Certified Peer Specialist

INITIAL:
Initial Certification is awarded after successful completion of a training course and passage of an exam. Visit the Wisconsin Peer Specialist website for information on upcoming certified peer specialist and certified parent peer specialist trainings: https://www.wicps.org/trainings/


RECERTIFICATION:

20 hours of continuing education are required every two years. A minimum of 1.5 hours is required in each of the following categories:

  1. Cultural Humility
  2. Ethics and Boundaries
  3. Substance Use Specific
  4. Mental Health Specific
  5. Trauma-Informed Care
  6. Peer Specialist Specific
Credential Renewal
20 CE credit hours required for renewal.

Yes You can use Impact CE for renewing your CPS credential.

Impact CE offers 24 courses applicable to this credential.

Here are a few examples, or you can view all 24 courses

Implicit Bias Training: Increasing Understanding and Reducing Barriers and Disparities in Access to and Delivery of Physical and Mental Health Care Services

Self-Paced Course

3 CE credit hours
Cultural & Racial Diversity; Cultural Diversity; Prevention; Peer Recovery; Application to Practice; Peer Support; Physical Therapy; Occupational Therapy; Nursing
Recorded Webinar
$57

Decision-Making and Relationship Competence When Reporting Suspected Physical Abuse and Child Neglect An Objective Structured Clinical Evaluation

Self-Paced Course

1.5 CE credit hour
Laws, Regulations, Legal; Ethics; Clinical Topics & Methods; Ethics; Prevention; Peer Recovery; Peer Support
Reading Online
$13.50

Lived Experience in New Models of Care for Substance Use Disorder A Systematic Review of Peer Recovery Support Services and Recovery Coaching

Self-Paced Course

1.5 CE credit hour
Peer Recovery; Peer Support
Reading Online
$13.50

Motivational Interviewing in Life and Health Coaching Part 4 A Guide to Effective Practice

Self-Paced Course

4 CE credit hours
Peer Recovery; Peer Support
Book
$36

Compassion Fatigue for Clinicians and Mental Health Providers

Self-Paced Course

3 CE credit hours
Consulting, Workplace; Clinical Topics & Methods; Peer Recovery; Professional Readiness; Peer Support
Recorded Webinar
$57

View All 24 Courses

Certified Parent Peer Specialist

INITIAL: Initial Certification is awarded after successful completion of a training course and passage of an exam. Visit the Wisconsin Peer Specialist website for information on upcoming certified peer specialist and certified parent peer specialist trainings: https://www.wicps.org/trainings/



RECERTIFICATION:

20 hours of continuing education are required every two years. A minimum of 3 hours is required in each of the following categories:

  1. Cultural Humility
  2. Ethics and Boundaries
  3. Parent Peer Specialist Specific
  4. Child/Adolescent Development or Parenting
Credential Renewal
20 CE credit hours required for renewal.

Yes You can use Impact CE for renewing your CPPS credential.

Impact CE offers 24 courses applicable to this credential.

Here are a few examples, or you can view all 24 courses

Implicit Bias Training: Increasing Understanding and Reducing Barriers and Disparities in Access to and Delivery of Physical and Mental Health Care Services

Self-Paced Course

3 CE credit hours
Cultural & Racial Diversity; Cultural Diversity; Prevention; Peer Recovery; Application to Practice; Peer Support; Physical Therapy; Occupational Therapy; Nursing
Recorded Webinar
$57

Decision-Making and Relationship Competence When Reporting Suspected Physical Abuse and Child Neglect An Objective Structured Clinical Evaluation

Self-Paced Course

1.5 CE credit hour
Laws, Regulations, Legal; Ethics; Clinical Topics & Methods; Ethics; Prevention; Peer Recovery; Peer Support
Reading Online
$13.50

Lived Experience in New Models of Care for Substance Use Disorder A Systematic Review of Peer Recovery Support Services and Recovery Coaching

Self-Paced Course

1.5 CE credit hour
Peer Recovery; Peer Support
Reading Online
$13.50

Motivational Interviewing in Life and Health Coaching Part 4 A Guide to Effective Practice

Self-Paced Course

4 CE credit hours
Peer Recovery; Peer Support
Book
$36

Compassion Fatigue for Clinicians and Mental Health Providers

Self-Paced Course

3 CE credit hours
Consulting, Workplace; Clinical Topics & Methods; Peer Recovery; Professional Readiness; Peer Support
Recorded Webinar
$57

View All 24 Courses

Cultural Competence

3.00 CE credit hours
Impact CE offers 4 courses applicable to this requirement.

Implicit Bias Training: Increasing Understanding and Reducing Barriers and Disparities in Access to and Delivery of Physical and Mental Health Care Services

Self-Paced Course

3 CE credit hours
Cultural & Racial Diversity; Cultural Diversity; Prevention; Peer Recovery; Application to Practice; Peer Support; Physical Therapy; Occupational Therapy; Nursing
Recorded Webinar
$57

A Trauma-Informed Approach to Moving Beyond Cultural Competence to Cultural Intelligence

Self-Paced Course

3 CE credit hours
Cultural & Racial Diversity; Cultural Diversity; Professional Readiness; Relapse and Recovery Strategies; Prevention; Peer Recovery; Clinical Disorders (Adult)
Recorded Webinar
$57

Legacy of Trauma: The African American Experience

Self-Paced Course

2.75 CE credit hours
Cultural & Racial Diversity; Treatment Knowledge; Application to Practice; Cultural Diversity; Prevention; Peer Support
Recorded Webinar
$54.75

Mental Health Challenges of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People: An Integrated Literature Review

Self-Paced Course

1.25 CE credit hour
Cultural & Racial Diversity; Gender Issues; Cultural Diversity; Application to Practice; Prevention; Peer Support
Reading Online
$11.25

Ethics

3.00 CE credit hours
Impact CE offers 8 courses applicable to this requirement.

Decision-Making and Relationship Competence When Reporting Suspected Physical Abuse and Child Neglect An Objective Structured Clinical Evaluation

Self-Paced Course

1.5 CE credit hour
Laws, Regulations, Legal; Ethics; Clinical Topics & Methods; Ethics; Prevention; Peer Recovery; Peer Support
Reading Online
$13.50

Title 42: Public Health Part 2 - Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records Updated

Self-Paced Course

2 CE credit hours
Errors, Boundaries, Patient Safety; Peer Recovery; Peer Support; Ethics
Reading Online
$18

The Interplay of Ethics and Motivational Interviewing

Self-Paced Course

3 CE credit hours
Ethics; Ethics; Peer Recovery; Peer Support
Recorded Webinar
$57

Boundary Issues and Dual Relationships in Behavioral Health: Ethics and Risk Management Challenges

Self-Paced Course

3 CE credit hours
Ethics; Ethics; Peer Recovery; Peer Support
Recorded Webinar
$57

Protecting Children from Child Neglect Supporting Families

Self-Paced Course

3 CE credit hours
Children and Adolescents; Couples, Family; Ethics; Ethics; Peer Recovery; Peer Support
Recorded Webinar
$57
View All 8 Courses

Parent Peer Specialist

3.00 CE credit hours
We do not currently offer courses to fulfill this requirement.

Child/adolescent development or parenting

3.00 CE credit hours
We do not currently offer courses to fulfill this requirement.
Currently 939 of our courses are available for Peer Support Specialists regulated by Wisconsin Department of Human Services. These are just a few examples!

Skills for the Season: DBT Strategies for Family Time

Apr 30th, 2026 8:00am - 11:15am Pacific

3 CE credit hours
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Live Event
$67

Understanding and Responding to Domestic Violence

Apr 28th, 2026 8:00am - 11:15am Pacific

3 CE credit hours
Domestic Violence
Live Event
$67

Ethics of Boundaries and Dual Relationships in Mental Health

Apr 22nd, 2026 8:00am - 11:15am Pacific

3 CE credit hours
Ethics
Live Event
$67

Special Ethical Considerations When Working With Kids & Teens: Complications in Boundaries and Confidentiality

Apr 16th, 2026 8:00am - 11:15am Pacific

3 CE credit hours
Ethics; Children and Adolescents
Live Event
$67

Parts Work and EMDR: Integration for Comprehensive Trauma Treatment

Apr 10th, 2026 10:00am - 1:15pm Pacific

3 CE credit hours
Clinical Topics & Methods
Live Event
$67

Addressing Suicide in School Settings

Apr 7th, 2026 8:00am - 11:15am Pacific

3 CE credit hours
Suicide
Live Event
$67

Posttraumatic Growth: Theory and Clinical Application

Apr 3rd, 2026 8:00am - 11:15am Pacific

3 CE credit hours
Clinical Topics & Methods
Live Event
$67

Deconstructing Anxiety: A New Approach to Understanding and Treating Anxiety Disorders

May 2nd, 2026 8:00am - 11:15am Pacific

3 CE credit hours
Clinical Topics & Methods
Live Event
$67

Creating a Culture of Belonging: The Ethics of Diversity Equity and Inclusion In Clinical Practice

Apr 17th, 2026 8:00am - 11:15am Pacific

3 CE credit hours
Cultural & Racial Diversity
Live Event
$67

Online and Distance Behavioral Health Practitioners: Ethics and Risk-Management Challenges

May 29th, 2026 8:00am - 11:15am Pacific

3 CE credit hours
Ethics; Technology and Counseling
Live Event
$67
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