Arkansas
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 your state and links to the appropriate regulations.
Professions
Addiction Professionals
Precertification/Licensure
Addiction Counselor (5) The Applicant must successfully complete a minimum of two hundred
seventy (270) clock hours of approved education. Approved education must be directly related to alcoholism and/or drug abuse counseling
subjects, theory, practice, or research.
Continuing Education
Addiction Counselor 40 Hours biennally. At least 50% must be live, interactive. CEUs from NAADAC Approved providers like AllCEUs are acceptable.
Marriage and Family Therapists
Accepted AllCEUs Approvals:
(e) The Board recognizes the following activities/experiences, which demonstrate professional benefit to the licensee, as acceptable CE: 1. Attending workshops provided by a qualified professional from state and/or nationally recognized training programs.
AllCEUs is an approved provider for the Florida Board of Marriage and Family Therapy, Mental Health Counseling and Social Work.
Professional and Associate Counselors
Accepted AllCEUs Approvals:
(e) The Board recognizes the following activities/experiences, which demonstrate professional benefit to the licensee, as acceptable CE: 1. Attending workshops provided by a qualified professional from state and/or nationally recognized training programs.
AllCEUs is an approved provider for the Florida Board of Marriage and Family Therapy, Mental Health Counseling and Social Work.
Social Workers
Accepted Approvals: It is the licensee's responsibility, using his/her professional judgment, to determine the workshops that are applicable and appropriate to his/her professional development as a social worker.
“C. Examples of Acceptable Social Work Continuing Education (SWCE):1. Seminars, workshops, or courses oriented to the enhancement of socialwork practice, values, skills and knowledge. a. Cross-disciplinary offerings from medicine, law, administration, education and the behavioral sciences are acceptable if they are clearly related to the enhancement of
social work practice.”
Required Hours: 30
Limits to Online: No limits noted.
Psychologists
Accepted AllCEUs Approvals: 9.1. A. (1). (b). In-person or online training provided by a
qualified professional from state and/or nationally recognized professional organization. AllCEUs is approved by the State of Florida Board of Social Work and NAADAC among others.
Required Hours: 20 Annually by June 30
Limits to Online: None noted
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.