Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 39, March 25, 2024
Subp. 2.
Continuing education
requirements for licensee's first four years.
Licensees must, as part of meeting the clock hour requirement
of this part, obtain and document the following clock hours within the first
four years after their initial license effective date according to the board's
reporting schedule. Alcohol and drug counselor training obtained up to three
years prior to January 27, 1998, which meets the requirements of this subpart
must be considered as having met the requirements of this part. Alcohol and
drug counselor classroom education obtained any time prior to January 27, 1998,
which meets the requirements of this subpart must be considered as having met
the requirements of this part.
A. Six
clock hours in Native American issues, including gaining knowledge of:
(1) the practical application of traditional
Native American spiritual and cultural living to clients;
(2) the functioning of traditional Native
American cultures before the arrival of alcohol and drugs;
(3) the changes that alcohol and drugs have
caused in the traditional Native American cultures;
(4) the history of the Native American
experience in the United States and its effects on the influence of alcohol and
drug use among Native Americans;
(5) the development of United States policy
in regard to Native Americans and how this has influenced Native
Americans;
(6) the progression of
social scientific thought and its influence on Native Americans as it relates
to alcohol and drugs;
(7) how the
licensee must demonstrate sensitivity for a client's healthy, culturally
appropriate lifestyle;
(8) the
licensee's knowledge of cultural practices that will recreate a supportive,
alcohol-free environment;
(9) the
licensee's awareness and ability to identify the dynamics of an alcohol and
drug subculture, as opposed to traditional Native American practices;
and
(10) integrating
self-evaluation into personal and professional development.
B. Six clock hours in Asian
American issues, including gaining knowledge of:
(1) existing referral agencies whose focus is
practicing with Asian American clients, including counties and community-based
agencies;
(2) the various subgroups
within the Asian American population in the United States, including their
languages, religious practices, and place of origin;
(3) the dynamic of Asian American
emigrational history, including the regulated immigration patterns and the
refugee resettlement after World War II, from the Indo-Chinese War to the
present time;
(4) current trends of
alcohol and drug abuse among Asian Americans;
(5) various approaches to practicing with
Asian American clients, including prevention, intervention, treatment, and
continuing care approaches;
(6)
understanding Asian American family dynamics, its traditional values, and its
relation to recovery from alcohol and drug abuse;
(7) understanding cultural assets, and
spiritual and religious healing as they relate to the recovery from alcohol and
drug abuse; and
(8) integrating
self-evaluation in the licensee's personal and professional
development.
C. Six
clock hours in deaf and hard-of-hearing issues, including gaining knowledge of:
(1) the history of the deaf American
experience in the United States as a basis for understanding the continuing
oppression deaf, deaf-blind, hard-of-hearing, and late-deafened people
face;
(2) barriers, such as
confidentiality, accessibility, and social stigma, to assessment, treatment,
and recovery for chemically dependent deaf, deaf-blind, hard-of-hearing, or
late-deafened people;
(3)
psychosocial aspects of being deaf, deaf-blind, hard-of-hearing, or
late-deafened;
(4) various
approaches to serving the deaf, deaf-blind, hard-of-hearing, or late-deafened
client, including prevention, intervention, treatment, and continuing care
approaches;
(5) issues surrounding
chemical dependency and people who are deaf, deaf-blind, hard-of-hearing, or
late-deafened;
(6) deaf culture,
norms, community, and issues relative to and differences among deaf,
deaf-blind, hard-of-hearing, or late-deafened persons;
(7) work and volunteer experiences with deaf,
deaf-blind, hard of hearing, or late-deafened persons;
(8) a variety of communication modes
including, but not limited to: American Sign Language, tactile signing, speech
reading, oral speech, manual coded English, and written English;
(9) existing referral agencies whose focus is
serving the deaf, deaf-blind, hard-of-hearing, or late-deafened client,
including counties and community-based agencies;
(10) family dynamics and its impact on the
deaf and hard-of-hearing individual; and
(11) integrating self-evaluation in the
licensee's personal and professional development.
D. Six clock hours in Chicano/Latino issues,
including gaining knowledge of:
(1) existing
referral agencies whose focus is serving the Chicano/Latino client, including
counties and community-based agencies;
(2) the various subgroups within the
Chicano/Latino population in the United States;
(3) current trends of alcohol and drug abuse
among the Chicano/Latino community;
(4) various approaches to serving the
Chicano/Latino client, including prevention, intervention, treatment, and
continuing care approaches;
(5)
understanding Chicano/Latino family dynamics and its relationship to recovery
from alcohol and drug abuse;
(6)
understanding cultural assets as they relate to recovery from alcohol and drug
abuse; and
(7) integrating
self-evaluation into the licensee's personal and professional
development.
E. Six
clock hours in disability issues, including gaining knowledge of:
(1) disability awareness;
(2) overview of chemical dependency and
disability;
(3) identification of
disability;
(4) familiarity with
the Americans with Disabilities Act;
(5) implications for accessing treatment,
exit planning, and aftercare support;
(6) adaptations of methods and materials for
increased effectiveness in practicing alcohol and drug counseling with persons
with disabilities; and
(7) ability
to know when consultation is needed.
F. Six clock hours in African American
issues, including gaining knowledge of:
(1)
existing referral agencies whose focus is serving the African American client,
including counties and community-based agencies;
(2) the various subgroups within the African
American population in the United States;
(3) current trends of alcohol and drug abuse
among the African American community;
(4) various approaches to serving the African
American client, including prevention, intervention, treatment, and continuing
care approaches;
(5) understanding
African American family dynamics and its relationship to recovery from alcohol
and drug abuse;
(6) understanding
cultural assets as they relate to recovery from alcohol and drug abuse;
and
(7) integrating self-evaluation
into the licensee's personal and professional development.