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Addiction Counseling – Washington
Substance Use Disorder Professional (SUDP)
Washington requires that applicants for this licensure have an associate degree in human services or related field, or successful completion of 90 quarter or 60 semester college credits in courses from an approved school – see WAC 246-811-010(9).
Course Requirements
At least 45 quarter or 30 semester credits must be in courses relating to the substance use disorder profession and must include the topics listed in WAC 246-811-030. Specific topics include
- Understanding addiction
- Pharmacological actions of alcohol and other drugs
- Substance abuse and addiction treatment methods
- Understanding addiction placement, continuing care, and discharge criteria, including American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) criteria
- Cultural diversity, including people with disabilities, and its implication for treatment
- Substance use clinical evaluation
- HIV/AIDS brief risk intervention for people with substance use disorder
- Substance use disorder treatment planning
- Referral and use of community resources
- Service coordination
- Individual counseling
- Group counseling
- Substance use disorder counseling for families, couples and significant others
- Client, family and community education
- Developmental psychology
- Psychopathology/abnormal psychology
- Documentation, to include screening, intake, assessment, treatment plan, clinical reports, clinical progress notes, discharge summaries and other client-related data
- Substance use disorder confidentiality
- Professional and ethical responsibilities
- Relapse prevention
- Adolescent substance use disorder assessment and treatment
- Substance use disorder case management
- Substance use disorder rules and regulations
Additional Requirements
Applicants must take CEFS 502 Human Growth and Development and ADCN 606 Pharmacology of Addiction and Recovery.
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