Student Drug Testing

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PREVENTION CERTIFICATION PREPARATION
Sponsored By Department of Mental Health
Bureau of Alcohol Drug Abuse Developed by
Rachel Anderson, CPS DREAM, Inc. in conjunction
with MAAP
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WHY SHOULD I BECOME CERTIFIED?

• Establishes credibility of the prevention
  profession
• Establishes and recognizes the basic standards of
  professional competence
• Provides standards for evaluation of those
  seeking employment in the field
• Sets the prevention professional apart from their
  peers
• Gives a sense of accomplishment

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WHY SHOULD I BECOME CERTIFIED?

• Ensure programs are being led by quality,
  professionally trained people who maintain the
  highest ethical standards and are well trained in
  evidenced-based practices
• Accountability of public funds
• Ensure populations are well-served
• Stay abreast of the current trends in the field

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PREVENTION CERTIFICATION PROCESS

• Attain the required educational and experience
  requirements
• Obtain application and portfolio for 35.00 from
  MAAP
• Complete the portfolio
• Make a copy of your portfolio and send it to MAAP
  with 150.00
• Your portfolio must be approved before you are
  allowed to take the exam

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PREVENTION CERTIFICATION PROCESS

• Notify MAAP 45 days before the next scheduled
  testing date in which you wish to take the exam
• Review prevention materials and study!
• Take the exam
• Pass the exam
• Become certified

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Certification Requirements

• NON-RECIPROCAL ICRC LEVEL
• Associate Prevention Specialist (APS)
• One year (2000 hours) or 240 direct service hours
  of experience in prevention
• 75 hours of prevention education/training (50 of
  this must be in alcohol, tobacco, and other drug
  abuse training)
• High school diploma or GED
• Supervisor(s) evaluations
• Two (2) colleague evaluations
• Signed Code of Ethics and Release
• Must be supervised by CPS or CPM for one year
• Eight (8) hours of AIDS education
• Six (6) hours of Prevention Ethics
• Four (4) hours of Disruptive Audience Behavior
  Education

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Certification Requirements

• ICRC RECIPROCAL LEVELS (CPS)
• Certified Prevention Specialist (CPS)
• Two (2) years experience in prevention
• 150 hours of prevention education/training (50
  of this must be in alcohol, tobacco, and other
  drug abuse training)
• Bachelors degree
• Supervisors evaluations
• Three (3) colleague evaluations
• Signed Code of Ethics and Release
• 120 hours of supervised practical experience
  (minimum ten hours in each of the five (5)
  performance domains)
• Eight (8) hours of AIDS education
• Six (6) hours of Prevention Ethics
• Four (4) hours of Disruptive Audience Behavior
  Education
• Passing score ICRC Prevention Written Exam

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Certification Requirements

• ICRC RECIPROCAL LEVELS (CPM)
• Certified Prevention Manager (CPM)
• Same as CPS, plus three (3) years of
  managerial/supervisory experience in substance
  abuse prevention.

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The Portfolio

• Submit portfolio including documentation of
  training
• 35.00 to obtain portfolio
• Must be approved by MAAP
• 1 year from approval to complete certification
  process
• 150.00 portfolio processing fee
• Colleague and supervisor evaluation mailed
  directly to MAAP
• Official transcript from college or university
  mailed directly to MAAP

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PORTFOLIO CONTENTS

• Work History
• Education/Training documentation
• Academic documentation
• Supervisors evaluations (3)
• Colleague evaluations (3)
• Signed Code of Ethics
• Assurances and Releases
• Signed Affirmation

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EDUCATION/TRAINING DOCUMENTATION

• APS
• Associate Prevention Specialist
• Requires 75 hours minimum
• (50 must be in prevention, 50 in substance
  abuse)
• 8 hours in HIV/AIDS education
• 6 hours in Prevention Ethics
• 4 hours in Disruptive Audience

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EDUCATION/TRAINING DOCUMENTATION

• CPS CPM
• Certified Prevention Specialist/Managers
• Requires 150 hours minimum
• (50 must be in prevention, 50 in substance
  abuse)
• 8 hours in HIV/AIDS education
• 6 hours in Prevention Ethics
• 4 hours in Disruptive Audience

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EDUCATION DOCUMENTATION

• Makes copies of certificates to send with
  portfolio
• Always keep the originals!!

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SUPERVISORS EVALUATIONS

• Can be anyone who has provided supervision
• Does not have to be someone who is at your
  agency/organization
• Does not have to be a direct supervisor

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IC/RC EXAM
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TEST DATES
Portfolio must be approved before taking the exam
March 14, 2009 Deadline February 1, 2009
September 12, 2009 Deadline August 1, 2009
December 12, 2009 Deadline November 1, 2009
Cost is 285.00 payable to MAAP (non-MAAP
members, 150.00 MAAP members) includes 135.00
annual membership dues
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WHAT TO EXPECT

• Time Limit 3 1/2 Hours
• Questions 150 Multiple Choice
• Utilizes Critical thinking, experience,
  education and knowledge

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PREVENTION CERTIFICATION EXAM
Planning and Evaluation
Professional Growth and Responsibility
Community Organization
Public Policy and Organization Policy
Education and Skill Development
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TEST SPECIFICATIONS
TEST BLUEPRINT DOMAIN
___ ?s on Test I. Planning and
Evaluation 36 II. Education and Skills 42
Development III. Community Organization 26 I
V. Public and Organizational 20 Policy V. Pro
fessional Growth and 26 Responsibility
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TEST TAKING TIPS

• Do not procrastinate studying
• Procrastinating will only cause you to panic
• Create summary notes and sheets
• Study with others

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TEST TAKING TIPS

• Start with a positive mental attitude
• Get enough sleep, get something to eat, focus on
  your strengths and doing your best
• Arrive on time to the testing site
• Listen carefully to instructions
• Keep yourself calm
• Read questions slowly and completely
• Re-read if you do not fully understand
• Read ALL the answers

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TEST TAKING TIPS

• Dont expect to know ALL the answers
• Use the process of elimination
• Apply the question or relate it to your own work
• When all else fails, guess. Leaving it blank is
  automatically wrong-with a guess you have a
  chance
• You dont have to finish first
• Go back over the exam if time allows to check
  answers

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TEST TAKING TIPS

• Choose the BEST answer
• Apply the question to your own experiences
• Slow yourself down if you feel panickytry deep
  breathing. Refocus

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REQUIRED HOURS
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DISRUPTIVE AUDIENCES (4 HOURS)
PREVENTION ETHICS (6 HOURS)
HIV/AIDS (8 HOURS)
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TEST TOPICS
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Test Prep Topics of Interest

• History of Prevention
• Prevention Program Planning
• SAMHSAs Strategic Prevention Framework, NIDAs
  Guiding Principles, CSAPs Planning and Best
  Practices
• Community Readiness Stages
• Evidenced-Based Programs (promising, effective,
  model/best practice)
• Guiding Principles (16 NIDA, Department of Eds
  Principles of Effectiveness, CSAPs)
• Selected, indicated, universal

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Test Prep Topics of Interest

• Evaluation
• Process, Outcome, Impact
• Methods for evaluation
• Theoretical Models
• Protective/Risk Factors, Developmental Assets,
  CSAPs 6 Strategies, Resiliency, Public Health
• Cultural Competence
• Ethics/Confidentiality

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Test Prep Topics of Interest

• Media
• Logic Models
• Capacity Building
• Pharmacology (Drug Facts)
• Human Development
• Maslows Hierarchy of Needs, Social Development,
  Moral Development, Emotional Development,
  Erikson, Bandura, Piaget

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Recertification

• Certification must be renewed every 2 years
• Recertification fee is 75.00
• Must have maintained MAAP membership _at_
  135.00/year
• Must acquire 40 hours
• 2 hours must be HIV/AIDS
• 2 hours must be Prevention Ethics
• 50 must be ATOD

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Upgrades

• May upgrade from APS to CPS or CPS to CPM within
  first year of certification if you meet the
  criteria

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Resources

• Test Prep Manual www.readytotest.com
• NIDAs Guiding Principles (includes risk and
  protective factors)http//www.drugabuse.gov/Preven
  tion/Prevopen.html
• Substance Abuse Prevention Specialist Training
  manual http//captus.samhsa.gov/western/resources/
  prevmat/sapst_pilot.cfm

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Resources

• CADCA Assessment Primer and Evaluation Primer
  http//coalitioninstitute.org
• SAMHSA samhsa.gov
• Distance Learning for Addiction Studies
  http//www.dlcas.com/

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Contact Information

• Mississippi Association of Addiction
• Professionals
• PO Box 13069
• Jackson, MS 39236
• 601.933.4994
• 601.932.8882 fax
• msaap_at_bellsouth.net
• www.msaap.net

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