Distance Learning Center for Addiction Studies
The Distance Learning Center for Addiction Studies (DLCAS) is an internet based educational service that provides comprehensive training and information in the field of addiction studies. Such knowledge will help individuals stay current with the advances of the field, or will provide the educational training hours needed to either obtain or maintain a credential as a drug/alcohol counseling professional. Addiction Education by way of distance learning is an exciting format that can help save you considerable amounts of both time and money by allowing you to do your training in the comfort and convenience of your own home or office….
NCFADS Announces Winter School Scholarship Application
The Board of the North Carolina Foundation for Alcohol and Drug Studies will be awarding 20 scholarships for the 2014 Winter School. Dates of the Winter School are: February 16-19, 2014. The amount of the scholarship award will be dependent on one’s registration option. The completed application package must be received no later than October 31, 2013. To apply for the NCFADS scholarship, Click Here to access the scholarship application website.
New Prevention Specialist Job Task Analysis
On May 1, 2013, IC&RC announced the completion of a new Job Task Analysis (JTA) for the Prevention Specialist. A JTA is the methodical process of determining what elements of practice and knowledge are important to assess as part of a certification examination and serves as the blueprint for the examination. The updated Prevention Specialist Job Task Analysis, which includes new domains, will be used to develop a new examination to be administered for the first time on December 13, 2013 by IC&RC member boards. New PS Domains: 1. Planning and Evaluation 2. Prevention Education and Service Delivery 3….
New Web-Based FASD Toolkit
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), with support through a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD) has developed a comprehensive, web-based FASD toolkit that helps to raise awareness, promote surveillance and screening, and ensure that all affected children receive appropriate and timely interventions. Primary care providers should consider FASDs when evaluating children with developmental problems, behavioral concerns, or school failure. Like other children with complex medical or behavioral disabilities, children with FASD need a pediatric medical home to provide and coordinate care and ensure necessary medical, behavioral,…