Category Archives: Online Classes
Take Classes or Get Your Work Experience?
What to do if you don’t yet qualify for certification you want? Many prospective students ask us about certifications that they do not yet fully qualify for. All certifications required training and work experience to a varying degree. And while … Continue reading
The Many and Varied Types of Substance Abuse Counselors
When the typical patient or their family thinks about drug treatment, they don’t often understand how varied and diverse substance abuse counseling can be. Many levels of care within treatment, and even medical conditions that have to be managed through … Continue reading
Why to Become a Drug Abuse Counselor (Especially If You’re in Recovery)
Here at The Academy for Addiction Professionals, one of the most common questions we receive is from addicted individuals, now well into their recovery, asking how they can give back to the community that helped them so much. It stands … Continue reading
Trauma Informed Care – What it Means and Why It Is Important
Trauma informed care or TIC is a critical part the substance abuse and mental health treatment process. While there’s no dedicated section of the Florida Certification Board curriculum for TIC, our understanding of trauma and how it relates to behavioral … Continue reading
Announcing a New Class!
The Academy for Addiction Professionals is excited to announce a new class, which will be held in person and soon, online as well. Our computer skills class is an integral part of Professional Readiness. It helps addiction counselors document more … Continue reading
Announcing Online Classes!
Here The Academy for Addiction Professionals, we are very proud to have harnessed the latest in technology to offer our prospective students the ability to take their addiction classes online. As our Academy has grown by leaps and bounds, we … Continue reading
Online Addiction Training Coming Soon!
We’re very proud to announce that we have just completed the set-up of our new online addiction CEU training course system. That means that within a few weeks, we will have the first of many courses available to those who … Continue reading
