078-3 Wyo. Code R. §§ 3-3 - Education Requirement for Certification
The educational requirement for certification as an addictions practitioner may be met:
(a) By holding a current National Certified
Addictions Counselor Level II (NCAC II) certification in good standing;
or
(b) By receiving a baccalaureate
degree in addiction therapy from an educational institution accredited by one
of the regional or national institutional accrediting bodies recognized by the
Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA); or
(c) By receiving a baccalaureate degree in a
human behavioral discipline from an educational institution accredited by one
of the regional or national institutional accrediting bodies recognized by the
Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) and by completing an
addictions specific associates degree or higher from an educational institution
accredited by the National Addictions Studies Accreditation Commission (NASAC);
or
(d) By receiving a baccalaureate
degree in a human behavioral discipline from an educational institution
accredited by one of the regional or national institutional accrediting bodies
recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) and by
completing course work (either graduate or undergraduate) in each of the core
areas defined herein:
(i) Each of the
following four (4) courses shall be completed:
(A) Counseling Theories- Three (3) Semester
Credits. Theories and principles of counseling and psychotherapy.
(B) Counseling Skills- Three (3) Semester
Credits. Methods and techniques of individual and group counseling.
(C) Practicum in Addictions/Chemical
Dependency Counseling- Three (3) Semester Credits.
(D) Counseling Ethics- Two (2) Semester
Credits.
(ii) Course work
shall be completed in each of the following five (5) subject areas for a
minimum of ten (10) semester hours:
(A)
Alcoholism: To include biochemical, socio-cultural, and psychological
factors.
(B) Drugs and Behavior: A
survey of drugs with abuse potential in addition to alcohol that affect
behavior including psychopharmacological information.
(C) Addictions and Special Populations:
(i.e., adolescents, women, ethnic groups, elderly, adult children of
alcoholics, the impaired family, impaired professional, athletes, criminals,
etc.).
(D) Addictive Behaviors:
Gambling, eating disorders, sexual addictions, cults, compulsive behaviors of
non-ingestive nature, etc.
(E)
Addictions Assessment: Appraisal, assessment, testing, diagnosis/dual
diagnosis. This category may also be satisfied by completing specialty
training.
(iii) Six (6)
contact hours of specialty training shall be completed in communicable
diseases. This category may be satisfied by completing college course work or
workshops.
(e) If an
applicant chooses to meet the educational criteria outlined in Section 3(d),
the following shall apply:
(i) The official
transcripts, course prefixes, and course descriptions shall clearly identify
the course work as preparing persons to be practitioners.
(ii) Course work shall be completed in an
associates program, baccalaureate program or subsequent college level course
work.
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