Addiction Counseling Competencies: The Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes of Professional Practice (Module 2)

Course overview

This course is based on information found in the manual Addiction Counseling Competencies: The Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes of Professional Practice (TAP 21) from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This manual is DHHS publication No. (SMA) 08-4171 and can be obtained free of charge from the DHHS. This course (Module) is the second of two Modules that provide information for substance abuse and addiction counselors to evaluate counseling curricula, advise students, and assess counseling proficiencies. TAP 21 identifies 123 competencies that are paramount to counselors in the field of psychoactive substance use disorders. In addition, the knowledge, skills, and attitudes counselors need to become fully proficient in each competency are outlined. Module 2 encompasses roughly the second half of TAP 21, beginning with Section 2, Practice Dimension IV (Service Coordination).