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Continuing Education

The Western Conference on Addictions (WCA) meets the qualifications for 18 continuing education (CE) credits. There is no additional fee for CE credits. Continuing Education will be offered for the following disciplines:

Psychologists:
UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs maintains responsibility for the program.

Marriage and Family Therapists (MFTs)/Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSWs):
UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs is approved by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) to offer continuing education for MFTs/LCSWs (PCE2001).

Substance Abuse Treatment Counselors and Specialists:
UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs is approved by the California Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors (CAADAC) to offer continuing education for Certified Addiction Counselors (C.A.C., #2N-00-445-1104); by the California Association of Alcohol/Drug Educators (CAADE) to offer continuing education for Certified Addictions Treatment Specialists (C.A.T.S., CP 20 731 C 0707); and by the California Association of Addiction Recovery Resources (CAARR) to offer continuing education for Certified Alcoholism and Other Drug Addictions Recovery Specialists (C.A.S., 5033).

Registered Nurses:
The UCLA School of Nursing will provide Board of Registered Nursing continuing education units (9542).

Corrections Personnel:
The Western Conference on Addictions (WCA) qualifies for credit-hours under the California Board of Corrections' Standards and Training for Correction (STC), Work-Related Education and Training (WRE) alternative.

To obtain WRE credit for attending the WCA training, please follow these steps:

  1. Request training credit through your department's STC Training Manager.
  2. In turn, your training manager should submit the WRE application (on-line) to STC for certification. Note: This step can be done retroactively, but it must be done.
  3. Upon completion of the WCA training, you should complete a "WRE Post-Course Benefit Analysis" form. You can obtain this form through your training manager.
For STC- or WRE alternative-related questions, please contact Nathaniel Reed, California Department of Corrections, at 916-324-2878.

For more information, please contact Suzanne Spear by phone at (310) 445-0874, ext. 326, or e-mail at sspear@ucla.edu.


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click here for link to the PacifiCare Behavior Healthclick here for link to the Hythiam, Inc.click here for link to the Reckitt Benckiser web siteclick here for link to the National Association of Social Workers
click here for link to the Visions Adolescent Treatment Programclick here for link to the Counselor Magazine for Addiction Professionalsclick here for link to the Summit Centers - Malibu
click here for link to the Addiction Professional web siteclick here for link to the Sexual Recovery Instituteclick here for link to the Tarzana Treatment Centerclick here for link to the Sierra Tucson web site
click here for link to the UCLA web siteclick here for link to the Eyes of the World Productionsclick here for link toThe California Endowment web siteclick here for link to the International Nurses Society on Addictions (IntNSA) web siteclick here for link to the Phoenix House