At Wellspring Center for Prevention, we help professionals grow their skills and meet credentialing requirements through high-quality, relevant training.
We offer both virtual and in-person professional development courses for addiction counselors, prevention specialists, and school faculty. Whether you’re renewing your credentials or expanding your knowledge, our trainings are designed to support your work and your mission.
All of our courses meet state and national standards, including those for Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselors (CADC and LCADC), Certified Prevention Specialists (CPS), and Department of Education professional development hours.
Self-Paced, Online Training for Alcohol and Drug Counselors
It is estimated that at least 5,000 new addiction counselors are needed every year to meet the growing demand for professional addiction treatment. Responding to those needs, Wellspring’s online courses are delivered entirely online in an engaging and interactive format—nothing to download and nothing to print.
CADC/LCADC Renewal Courses
All of Wellspring’s CADC courses can be taken toward both your initial certification or license, as well as the renewal of those credentials (and many others). By sharing a classroom with other seasoned professionals, you have the opportunity to learn from each other and take your skills to the next level. Each year, all new courses are developed to keep your training current and expand your knowledge base.
Certified Prevention Specialist (CPS) Courses
Certified Prevention Specialists work in settings as diverse as schools, hospitals, faith-based organizations, government, and non-profit agencies. To be effective, a Prevention Specialist must be skilled in impacting Public Policy, Community Organization, and Program Coordination, as well as Education and Training. Professional Responsibility coursework ensures Prevention Specialists meet the highest standards of the profession.
Awareness Training Courses
Throughout Wellspring’s thirty-five-year history, schools have relied upon us to not only provide quality prevention programming for their students but also to keep their faculty up-to-date on the latest trends and how to best support their students. School districts interested in group discounts for their entire faculty should call or email for more information.
Addiction Counselors
According to the United States Department of Labor, employment opportunities for addiction counselors are projected to grow 31 percent from 2012 to 2022, much faster than the average for all other occupations.
Self-Paced Addiction Counseling Courses
Learn at Your Own Pace With Online CADC Training
Wellspring’s self-paced online courses offer a convenient, affordable, and engaging way to earn continuing education hours or complete requirements for initial CADC certification. Designed by experienced social services professionals, these courses are mobile-friendly, accessible 24/7 on any device, and approved by the New Jersey Addiction Professionals Certification Board, Inc. (APCBNJ) to meet current standards for addiction counselor training.
Our course catalog includes 270 hours of approved training, with each course providing a minimum of six (6) hours of credit. While most courses are 6 hours, some are bundled to offer up to 18 hours. These flexible, interactive courses typically take just 2–3 hours to complete and allow you to pause and resume at your own pace. You’ll have 90 days to finish any course from the date of purchase, and your certificate will be available immediately after passing the post-test.
Important for New CADC Applicants in New Jersey:
To meet initial certification requirements, applicants must complete 270 hours of coursework, but no more than 54 of those hours can come from self-paced online courses. Be sure to review the course list carefully to ensure you’re meeting the proper requirements and staying within the 54-hour online course limit.
Skip the classroom. Get started today with a flexible, low-cost training solution designed to meet your professional goals.
CADC/LCADC Renewal Courses
Renew Your Credentials with Virtual CADC Training
Wellspring offers a series of approved virtual training courses (see our CADC course catalog) designed to help professionals meet their certification renewal requirements. Each course provides six (6) renewal credits and is conducted live via Zoom.
Our renewal trainings are approved by the Addictions Professionals Certification Board of New Jersey (APCBNJ Provider #208) and meet the renewal requirements for a wide range of credentials, including:
- Licensed Clinical/Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor (L/CADC)
- Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT)
- Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)
- Licensed Associate Counselor (LAC)
- Licensed Rehabilitation Counselor (LRC)
- National Commission for Health Education Credentialing (NCHEC)
- Association for Addiction Professionals (NAADAC)
Please note: We do not accept purchase orders or checks. Zoom login details are provided in advance of each session. Be sure to review our cancellation and refund policy before registering.
Prevention Specialists Courses
Build Stronger Communities as a Certified Prevention Specialist
Prevention Specialists play a vital role in promoting mental, emotional, and behavioral health, not just preventing alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use. These professionals educate children, families, and communities about risky behaviors and help them develop the life skills needed to make healthy choices.
Working in schools, non-profits, healthcare, government, and faith-based organizations, Prevention Specialists lead evidence-based programs that have contributed to significant declines in youth substance use. For example, Drug-Free Communities (DFC) initiatives have demonstrated measurable reductions in past-30-day use of alcohol, marijuana, and tobacco among middle and high school students in funded communities. Nationally, comprehensive prevention efforts have helped lower current alcohol use among high schoolers from 29.8% in 2017 to 22.7% in 2021, and current marijuana use from 19.8% to 13.3% in New Jersey during the same period.
Our CPS course catalog helps Prevention Specialists develop core competencies in:
- Planning and Evaluation
- Prevention Education and Service Delivery
- Communication
- Community Organization
- Public Policy and Environmental Change
- Professional Responsibility
These courses meet the latest standards outlined by the New Jersey Prevention Specialist Job Task Analysis and provide essential knowledge in program coordination, education and training, and influencing public policy.
Whether you’re just entering the field or renewing your credentials, our Prevention Specialist courses will help you make a measurable difference in your community.
Awareness Courses for Education Professionals
Wellspring currently offers nine awareness courses for education professionals covering a variety of real, critical, and potentially life-threatening or life-altering issues.
Wellspring’s eLearning courses in Professional Development Training are designed to bring awareness to faculty, school administrators, and other healthcare professionals. All courses are continuously brought up-to-date to reflect the latest updates, trends and Department of Education and legislative mandates. Additionally, all course tests were updated to multiple choice to better evaluate participant knowledge
- All courses earn one (1) CEUs. To meet State requirements on Youth Suicide, both courses must be taken.
- Each course provides current facts and figures to illustrate the severity of the topic at hand.
- Practical guides are provided to help educators recognize the signs and symptoms of each issue.
- Policies and procedures governed by New Jersey statutes and administrative codes are discussed.
By taking these courses and understanding the information contained in them, educators and school administrators will take a huge step toward providing a healthy school environment for all their students. Information in these training courses is presented so that the reader can progress through the course at his or her own pace. Course navigation tools are provided that allow the reader to easily go back to any part of the course and review any information. Quizzes ensure an accurate understanding of the information. Completion of the quizzes is tracked for administrators, but specific quiz scores are not reported.