Alabama
Below you will find summaries of the continuing education requirements for mental health and addiction counselors, marriage and family therapists, social workers, nurses and psychologists in Alabama and links to the appropriate regulations.
Professions
Addiction Professionals
Precertification/Licensure
- Per Bill Bates (8/5/24), training from NAADAC and IC&RC approved education providers would be acceptable for the 300 addiction specific hours for ADCs. and AAPs
Continuing Education
Courses from a NAADAC approved provider like AllCEUs confirmed by email with Bill Bates
Marriage and Family Therapists
Accepted AllCEUs Approvals: Sponsored by allied mental health counseling agencies. AllCEUs is approved by the Florida Board of Marriage and Family Therapy and NAADAC.
Required Hours: 40 hours biennially
Limits to Online: N/A
Mental Health Counselors
Accepted AllCEUs Approvals: NAADAC, CRCC
Required Hours: 40 hours by July 31 biennially
Limits to Online: 75% of hours must involve real-time interaction
Social Workers
Accepted Approvals: Accepts courses approved by other state boards of social work. AllCEUs is approved by the Florida Board of Social Work.
Psychologists
Accepted AllCEUs Approvals: LIVE interactive CEUs only. Professional discretion that CE is relevant and appropriate as approved by a professional organization such as the Florida Board of Social Work (750-x-3A-.05 (2) )
Required Hours: 20 hours each year
Limits to Online: Only live interactive
Courses
Attachment
Continuing education courses on attachment theory, attachment trauma, Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES), attachment styles, abandonment anxiety and more.
Addiction
Precertification/prelicensure curriculum and ongoing continuing education for addiction counselors, recovery support specialists and other addiction professionals.
Child Development & Parenting
Online courses on child development adolescent development, parenting skills and special needs of college students.
Diagnosis and Treatment
Assessment, diagnosis and treatment of common mental disorders in the DSM 5 TR and ICD-11
Goal Setting & Motivation
Explore goal setting best practices, types of motivation, ways to enhance motivation, causes for resistance and behavior modification techniques.
Integrative / Holistic & Neuropsychology
Learn about neurotransmitters, the relationship between hormones and mental health, the HPA, HPG and HPT-Axes; the gut brain axis and mental health; the importance of circadian rhythms on mental health, the connection between inflammation and mental illness and more.
Mindfulness & Meditation
Explore mindfulness and meditation practices and benefits for treating mental health issues, cognitive and attentional issues, pain, sleep disorders and more.
Older Adults
Explore unique needs of older adults, signs of dementia, dementia prevention strategies, special needs of caregivers, and communicating with the cognitively impaired.
Professional Development
Ethics, documentation, domestic violence, health and safety and supervision.
Tools and Techniques
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Person Centered Therapy. Dialectical Behavioral Therapy. EMDR and more…
Trauma, Crisis and Suicide
Explore current best practices for assessment, early intervention and treatment of trauma, crisis and suicidal and nonsuicidal ideation.