EDUCATIONAL PROVIDERSHIP
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Educational Provider Listing
Who Are We?
In 1988, SACAVA was founded with
initial grant funding from the Virginia Association of
Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors (VAADAC) and the Virginia
Association of Drug and Alcohol Programs (VADAP) along with
additional support from the Department of Mental Health and
Substance Abuse Services. This provided a second tier of
substance abuse counselor's certification in Virginia that would
meet or exceed the certification standards of the Certification Reciprocity
Consortium / Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse (ICRC/AODA).
The Certification Reciprocity Consortium is a multi-state
organization which exists to promote uniform professional
standards, to protect and to safeguard the general public,
provide quality control for substance abuse counseling
profession, provide counselor reciprocity among member boards,
and to give the profession greater visibility throughout the
United States and internationally.
SACAVA offers several
certifications such as:
With over 550 members, SACAVA
continues to present itself to the Commonwealth of Virginia as a
viable entity in the promotion of competency-based credentialing
for the substance abuse profession.
To maintain the high standards of
the profession and to ensure the continuing awareness and
appropriate incorporation of the new knowledge in the field,
SACAVA requires that all Certified CAC, CCS, CPP, and CCJP be recertified
every two years. In order to be recertified, all certified
members must, along with other requirements, maintain knowledge
of the discipline through documented, on-going, pertinent
education and training within the prior two (2) years.
This education and training must meet or exceed the standards of
the SACAVA for continuing education as described in the
following sections.
SACAVA cordially welcomes and
sincerely appreciates any interest your agency has in providing
continuing education to substance abuse counselors, supervisors,
criminal justice and prevention specialist and other
professionals in the field of chemical dependency and prevention
services.
SACAVA has Education
Providership information in the following pages explaining the
process for being a provider.
It is SACAVA's hope that you will
consider distributing this information to staff who are substance
abuse counselors, prevention specialist, supervisors and other
professionals in the field of chemical dependency and prevention
specialist. SACAVA wishes you would assist us in
encouraging the staff their competencies by seeking
certification and joining a continually growing group of
professionals.
Inge
Tracy
President
SACAVA
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