Author ORCID Identifier
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2015
Publication Title
Ideas and Research You Can Use: VISTAS
Volume
2015
Abstract
Addiction counseling is a growing field with emerging practice competencies and standards that have implications for counselor education programs. This study examined addiction counseling practice competencies and curriculum elements in CACREP-accredited programs to determine curriculum and program needs. A survey of 62 CACREP programs found that programs are including addiction counseling content into the curriculum, employing faculty who have experience in addiction counseling, and addressing the skill practice competency by adding increased credit hours in addiction counseling and teaching from a didactic and constructivist pedagogy. Recommendations are made to align addiction counseling training curriculum, including adding an addiction counseling specialization track that incorporates practice experiences.
Recommended Citation
Chasek, Christine; Dinsmore, Julie A.; Tillman, Douglas R.; and Hof, David D., "Addiction Counseling Practice Competencies and Curriculum in CACREP-Accredited Programs" (2015). Counseling Faculty Publications. 32.
https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/counselfacpub/32
Comments
University of Nebraska at Omaha Libraries were granted permission to deposit this by the American Counseling Association. Reuse and permission would need to be obtain from them directly, for more information visit https://www.counseling.org/knowledge-center/vistas/by-year2/vistas-2015/docs/default-source/vistas/article_69af5a22f16116603abcacff0000bee5e7
Paper based on a program presented at the 2015 American Counseling Association Conference, March 14, 2015, Orlando, FL.