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Graduate Certificate in Substance Abuse

Program Description

The substance abuse certificate program is designed to provide social work and criminal justice graduate students with the necessary core functions and competencies of substance abuse counseling. This body of knowledge will allow the student who earns the certification an opportunity to earn their Certified Clinical Addictions Specialist (CCAS) credential from the North Carolina Substance Abuse Professional Certification Board (NCSAPCB). Individuals who are certified may engage in clinical practice with substance abusing clients. The courses will be taught both on site at ECU and on-line by criminal justice and social work faculty. The certificate classes will be offered as electives in the graduate criminal justice and social work curricula. NCPSACB certifies the Certified Clinical Addictions Specialist (CCAS). Students receiving the certificate qualify under NCPSACB Criteria “C” for CCAS Certification. After completion of the certificate program, students will be required to meet the additional requirements of Criteria “C” in order to be certified. This certificate will not waive other NCSAPCB requirements.

Program Objectives

The certificate in substance abuse is designed to equip select social work and criminal justice graduate students with specific skills and knowledge in the area of substance abuse counseling. The primary objectives are to increase the educational knowledge (cognitive) and skills (practice) in substance abuse among criminal justice and social work professionals, and to increase the number of substance abuse counselors in the state who are academically prepared to become CCAS practitioners.

Curriculum - Core Courses

JUST 6005 Legal Aspects of Substance Abuse or JUST 6007
JUST 6008 Drugs and Crime as a Community Health Issue or JUST 6007
SOCW 6808 Selecteed Topics in Mental Health: A Social Work Perpective
SOCW 6804 Selected Topics in Direct Practice Social Work
SOCW 6950 Field Instruction II
SOCW 6960 Field Instruction III

Admission Requirements

  • Completion of an undergraduate degree

  • Current enrollment in graduate social work or criminal justice program (Final certification at the CCAS level requires the completion of a master’s degree)

  • Completion of the four academic courses and a second year field placement

NOTE: These academic courses can be utilized by others holding a master’s level degree in social work, criminal justice, or other human services field as partial fulfillment of the NCSAPCB requirements. Such candidate would have to comply with all other requirements for certification by the Board.
 
For more information, contact:
Martha Early
College of Human Ecology
East Carolina University
Rivers RW 324
Greenville, North Carolina 27858-4353
252-328-5376
earlym@ecu.edu
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