CAAC

Certified Advanced Addiction Counselor (IC&RC Reciprocal)

Overview of Requirements

Experience-

2,000 Hours full- or part-time work.  

• Experience is defined as full– or part-time experience counseling AODA clients at a MDCH/ODCP licensed program. The experience may be as a paid or volunteer employee and must be in the IC&RC/AODA Performance Domains and the Twelve Core Counseling Functions.
  

Education - Master’s Degree**Degree or license at a Master’s Level must be in Psychology, Social Work, Counseling, or Marriage and Family Therapy with a clinical application. 
Degree must be from a regionally accredited institution of higher learning.

180 contact hours required; all of which must be specific to Substance Abuse. 6 hours of Professional or Treatment Ethics is required.

Education is defined as formal classroom education (workshops, seminars, institutes, in-services, and college/university work) or home study courses (internet, correspondence, teleconference).

Supervised Practical Training-

300 hours of direct supervision specific to the counseling of AODA clients (with a minimum of 10 hours in each of the Core Functions)

• Supervised Practical Training is defined as a formal, systematic process that focuses on skill development and integration of knowledge. This training must take place in a setting where AODA counseling is being provided. Training must be specifically related to the IC&RC/AODA Performance Domains including the Twelve Core Counseling Functions. This training must occur as part of an eligible work experience and may be completed under more than one supervisor.

Testing-

IC&RC/AAODA Written Exam

Fee-

Submit completed application with a $150.00 two-year initial certification fee

Renewal

• Forty- (40) hours of approved continuing education training is required for a two (2) year certification period or twenty (20) hours of approved continuing education training is required for a one (1) year certification period, since the beginning of your previous certification period with a minimum of 50% specific to substance abuse.

Renewal fee-

$135.00 two (2) year renewal fee

      $85.00 one (1) year renewal fee

More detailed information and Certification Application manuals are available at www.mcbap.com