ADC Changes in Experience, Education, and Supervision

Experience

High school diploma or jurisdictional equivalent requires 6,000 hours of supervised work experience specific to the ADC Job Analysis.

Associate’s degree in a related field requires 5,000 hours of supervised work experience specific to the ADC Job Analysis.

Bachelor’s degree in a related field requires 4,000 hours of supervised work experience specific to the ADC Job Analysis.

Master’s degree or higher in a related field requires 2,000 hours of supervised work experience specific to the ADC Job Analysis.

Education

High school diploma or jurisdictional equivalent.

270 hours specific to the domains. Six hours must be specific to counselor ethics.

Effective Oct. 1, 2017: 300 hours of education specific to the ADC Job Analysis.

Supervision (effective as of October 1, 2016)

300 hours with a minimum of 10 hours in each domain with a high school diploma or jurisdictional equivalent.

250 hours with a minimum of 10 hours in each domain with an Associate’s degree in a related field.

200 hours with a minimum of 10 hours in each domain with a Bachelor’s degree in a related field.

100 hours with a minimum of 10 hours in each domain with a Master’s degree or higher in a related field.

Updated IC&RC ADC Canidate Guide 2/1/17

On February 1, 2017 IC&RC removed the long case study from its ADC examination. The long case study was replaced with smaller vignettes approximately 1-2 paragraphs in length with 3-5 associated questions. 

See the link below for the updated IC & RC ADC Candidate Guide  http://www.internationalcredentialing.org/resources/Candidate%20Guides/ADC_CandidateGuide.pdf

Updated NAADAC Code of Ethics Effective 10/9/2016

Please, remember to review the changes in the code of ethics. 

http://www.naadac.org/code-of-ethics 

Updated By-Laws Have Been Posted

Stop by the "About the Board" page to view the updated By-Laws.

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CEUs for Certification and Re-Certification

When obtaining CEUs for certification or re-certification, only 12 CEUs can be earned in a 24 hour period.  If more than 12 CEUs have been earned in a 24 hour period, please provide written explanation. (as of April 1, 2013)

Ethics CEU Requirements for Re-certification

Professionals seeking re-certification for ADC or AADC must obtain 6 hours of addiction specific ethics CEUs.  These CEUs must be NAADAC approved.