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| Focus on: Prevention |
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The Prevention committee is proud to offer the first focused issue of IC&RC Insights, and I want to thank each member of the committee and staff who contributed to this effort. Each article featured here is posted at the IC&RC Insights blogsite, and we'd love to hear your feedback there. Finally, this is a space for all members of IC&RC. If your committee or board has news to share, go for it! Sincerely, Julie Stevens, LCDC, ICPS, ACPS Prevention Chair |
| Preventionist Keynoted Fall Meeting |
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 On October 21, 2009, Hope Taft, the former First Lady of Ohio, gave the Keynote Address at the annual meeting of the Board of Directors of IC&RC. "I was very happy when I was made a certified prevention specialist, which qualifies me for IC&RC's CPS credential," explained Taft. She has been a vital advocate for the substance abuse prevention and treatment community.
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| PCB Creates Prevention Scholarship |
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In 2009, the Pennsylvania Certification Board (PCB) awarded its first ever Maggie Marcopul Prevention Specialist Scholarship award to Sherry Clouser, the Prevention Program Supervisor at Dauphin County Department of Drug and Alcohol Services.
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| Ethical Fitness |
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| by Linda Verst
I've been teaching prevention topics, and more specifically, prevention focused ethics for 13 years. The longer I teach, the more I learn and the more I see a need for revisiting our values and principles as prevention professionals. Pam Lawrenz, my co-trainer, coined the title "Ethical Fitness" for our workshops about ten years ago. Her insight was that, just as we need exercise to stay physically fit, we must re-address our thinking to stay ethically fit. Great idea, Pam!
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| Sample Test Questions |
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1. A prevention strategy which utilizes one-way communication from the source to the audience, with limited contact between the two, is considered:
A. Alternate activities.
B. Information dissemination.
C. Prevention education.
D. Environmental approach.
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IC&RC sets the international minimum standards for competency-based certification programs in addiction counseling, prevention, criminal justice, co-occurring disorders and clinical supervision through testing and credentialing of addiction professionals. Incorporated in 1981, IC&RC represents 73 certifying agencies and more than 40,000 certified professionals.
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