Addiction Counseling Competencies: The Knowledge, Skills, Attitudes of Professional Practice
SAMHSA Announces Availability of TAP 21, Addiction Counseling Competencies:The Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes of Professional Practice
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)announces the availability of the updated Technical Assistance Publication(TAP) 21, Addiction Counseling Competencies: The Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes of Professional Practice.
This printing of TAP 21 contains updated competencies that are essential to the effective practice of counseling for substance use disorders. Under each competency, the TAP lists updated knowledge, skills, and attitudes that counselors need to become proficient in that competency.
It also includes expanded bibliographies and new sections on cultural competence and Internet resources.
TAP 21 was originally developed in 1998, in cooperation with the Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network.
This update used the same development process as that used for the original version.
Order your FREE copy of TAP 21 online or, contact SAMHSA’s National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI). Ask for publication order number BKD246.
View this publication online in PDF format.
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The issue is also available online at www.kap.samhsa.gov.
Contributor: Don Phillilps
