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Strategies for Successful Test Taking

• Description: Preparing for a certification or licensure examination can be daunting.  Questions like: What do I study?  What will the questions be like?  What topics will be included on the examination? are frequently asked by test takers.  This webinar, produced in partnership with Orion Healthcare Technology, is designed for any individual who expects to take a certification or licensure in the future and would like some assistance preparing for it.  Topics will include: the expectations of certification/licensure testing, the mechanics of multiple-choice questioning and research regarding successful examination completion and options available for test preparation, including formal education and manualized study.  The presenter will also review levels of certification/licensure available in reference to ethics and scopes-of-practice and discuss in the typical state and national certification/licensure process, including the National Certification Commission (NCC) domain areas of testing for the NCAC I, NCAC II and MAC levels.
• Price: Education is free to all professionals
• Earn 2 CEs by passing the CE Quiz (members: free; non-members: $25)

Homestudy

The Basics of Addiction Counseling Desk Reference and Study Guide, Tenth Edition has aided many addiction professionals in attaining their state and national credentials with its thorough and easy to understand descriptions of counseling concepts. The Basics can also be used as a quick reference tool for clinicians to use throughout their careers.

• Module I: Pharmacology of Psychoactive Substance Use, Abuse and Dependence - This module outlines the pharmacological effects of each substance of abuse, drug interactions and treatment considerations.
• Module II:  Addiction Counseling Theories, Practices and Skills - This module addresses issues critical to clinicians and includes descriptions of individual counseling theories, family therapy, group therapy and multicultural considerations.
• Module III: Ethical and Professional Issues in Addiction Counseling - This module provides a detailed explanation of the NAADAC Code of Ethics, with examples, application questions and case studies to augment understanding.

Enhance your learning by ordering the Independent Study Examination that supplements each module.  Successful completion of these exams earn up to 42 CEs (between 12 and 16 CEs per exam) and help prepare for key concentration areas found on state and national certification exams.

• *Best Value! Complete Professional Development and Study Package (All Manuals, Independent Study Exams and Earn 42 CEs): $225 for members; $330 for non-members (Click Here to Buy)
• Complete Set of Manuals: $150 for members; $225 for non-members (Click Here to Buy)
• Single Manual: $50 for members; $75 for non-members (Click Here to Buy - Pharmacology, Skills, Ethics)
• Complete Set of Independent Study Exams: $75 for members; $105 for non-members (Click Here to Buy)
• Independent Study Course by Topic: $75 for members; $110 for non-members (Click Here to Buy - Pharmacology, Skills, Ethics)
• Single Independent Study Exam: $25 for members; $35 for non-members (Click Here to Buy - Pharmacology, Skills, Ethics)

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