Education Areas and Categories

For Certification Purposes Only

Each course description includes a breakdown of the CEU or education hours available.

(CEU = Continuing Education Hours). Certification boards look for these types of designations. TAP 21 is a Technical Assistance Publication entitledAddiction Counseling Competencies: The Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes of Professional Practice published by Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) - see http://www.kap.samhsa.gov/products/manuals/pdfs/TAP21.pdf.

Florida Certification Board and other boards require education hours in the TAP 21 categories.

Area:This refers to the two large areas recognized in the addiction field. All courses will be identified as either Addiction or Counseling. Some courses have content hours in both areas.

Foundations: Transdisciplinary Foundations are four categories identified inTAP 21 pertaining to addiction related content:

Understanding Addiction, Treatment Knowledge, Application to Practice, Professional Readiness.

Practice: Practice Domains are nine skills identified in TAP 21 that pertain to counselor competencies:

Clinical Evaluation, Treatment Planning, Referral, Service Coordination, Counseling, Client Education, Documentation, Ethical Responsibility, Supervision.

TAP 21– Foundations and Practices Training Areas

*Foundations*		*Practices*
FUA	Understanding Addiction	PCV	Clinical Evaluation	PCO	Counseling
FTK	Treatment Knowledge	PTP	Treatment Planning	PED	Client, Family & Community Edu
FAP	Application to Practice	PRF	Referral	PDO	Documentation
FPR	Professional Readiness	PSC	Service Coordination	PER	Ethical Responsibility
				PSV	Supervision