Generally, these descriptions and topics are approved for CPP initial applications, renewals, and 
recertifications. This is not an exhaustive list and is subject to change without notification. 
Long running courses, workshops, trainings, and conferences have been known to change content 
overtime necessitating adjustments on the part of the PSCBW in accepting and approving CEHs.

Training or education on the following topics

 

Drug Pharmacology and/or Harm Reduction Education:

Drug Pharmacology including but not limited to Alcohol, Cannabis, Vapes and other Tobacco 
products, Amphetamines, Opioids, etc., substance use effects on the human body.

Harm reduction is a broad term that applies to policies, programs, and practices that aim to 
minimize the health, social, and economic consequences of substance misuse, such as environmental 
and economic challenges, access to drugs and lack of awareness of community resources, lack of 
access to treatment, providing safer conditions to manage substance misuse, etc. Drug harm 
reduction approaches are aimed at reducing the harmful effects of substance misuse. Acceptable CEHs 
will contain the term of harm reduction in the title or content will address substance misuse 
specifically.

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Prevention-specific Ethics Education:

▪  PTTC Network
▪  HealthEKnowledge
▪  Prevention Training Services – Basic Prevention Ethics Education (6 hours) and Prevention Ethics Refresher (3 hours)
▪  Prevention Network
▪  Rocky Mountain Public Health Training Center

 

 

Substance Use Prevention Education:

▪   Approved evidence-based, prevention programs, e.g. Guiding Good Choices, SPORT Prevention Plus Wellness
▪   Substance use prevention for all age groups, e.g. Botvin’s LifeSkills
▪   Parenting education classes, e.g. Guiding Good Choices, The Incredible Years, Parent BASICS​

▪   Substance use prevention for various settings, e.g. primary, secondary and higher education, family, community 
▪   Prevention Core Competencies*

▪   Pre-SAPST and SAPST*​

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General Prevention Education:

▪   Coalition-building and management
▪   Prevention Core Competencies*

▪   Risk and protective factors
▪   Social media use for prevention communications
▪   Prevention communication skills
▪   Public speaking
▪   Website creation and management
▪   Evaluations of program effectiveness
▪   Community needs assessments
▪   CADCA Boot Camp
▪   Grant writing
▪   Suicide prevention (not intervention)
▪   Youth violence prevention
▪   Youth bullying prevention
▪   Youth academic success
▪   Youth gambling prevention
▪   Motivational Interviewing if specific to prevention, including Indicated Prevention
▪   SBIRT if specific to prevention, including Indicated Prevention

General Prevention Health Equity Education:

▪   Prevention Institute
▪   WA Department of Health – Health Equity Education
▪   Many major prevention conferences host Health Equity education keynote, breakout sessions.

HCA/DBHR Annual Provider Meetings – CEHs may be approved on a meeting-by-meeting basis.

HealthEKnowledge and other E-learning courses – CEHS may be approved on a course-by-course basis.

Prevention Conferences – Such as the WA Prevention Summit and CADCA Mid-Year Training Institute. There are 
many conference programs found under a link on the Continuing Education tab.

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* These educational events may be 100% Substance Use Prevention Education as well as provide CEHs in Prevention Specific Ethics Education, General Prevention Health Equity Education, and General Prevention Education.

 

The Continuing Education tab on the PSCBW website has other links for more CEHs resources as well.