Certified Clinical Supervisor Domains:

• Counselor Development

• Professional & Ethical Standards

• Program Development & Quality Assurance

• Performance Evaluation

• Administration

• Treatment Knowledge

Applicant must hold and maintain a CADAC II or IV, CCJP, CCDP or CCDPD credential at the IC&RC reciprocal level or hold a specialty substance abuse credential in another professional discipline in the human services field at the master's level or higher.

• Pass the Clinical Supervisor exam

• Have 30 hours of education specific to the first five IC&RC clinical supervision domains with a minimum of four hours in each.
• Have 10,000 hours of ADC counseling specific work experience plus 4000 hours of ADC supervisor work experience (4000 hours may be included in the 10,000 hours and must include 200 hours of face-to-face clinical supervision). An associate’s degree in behavioral science may substitute for 1000 hours; a bachelor’s degree in behavioral science may substitute for 2000 hours; a master’s degree in behavioral science may substitute for 4000 hours.

Steps to becoming an Addiction Counselor In Training include:

• Becoming a member of ICAADA
• Completing forms A, B (3 references submitted on Form B) & D (document HIV/AIDS & Ethics training) from the application forms listing of the home page.
• Pay application fee
• The Certification Committee will review the application. Once approved we notify the member, who will then receive the ACIT certification.
• The ACIT certified member must register for testing complete the test at either the ADC or AADC level within the 2 year period of ACIT certification.