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The
RAS Credential is one of only three NCCA-accredited and
nationally-administered addiction professional certifications in the
United States.* |
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80% pass because
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we provide study guide
and a free on-line tutorial
Study material
provided
In order
to put all applicants on equal footing, Breining provides a
comprehensive study guide - The Addiction Professional
- as part of the exam fee, which covers
all of the material that may be asked on the exam. An on-line tutorial,
prepared by Breining Institute faculty, then walks the candidate
through the study guide, identifying all of the material
that may be asked on the exam.
Over 80% of the candidates who pass the exam passed
it the first time they took it, because they studied
the material provided.
You have probably already learned everything that will be
tested on, but don't assume that you can pass the
exam solely on that past knowledge.
Please select the button below to
access the RAS Exam Tutorial:
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For
Educators
Help your
students pass the
nationally-accredited RAS Exam
Educator Desk Copy
The
Addiction Professional: Manual for Counselor Competency (2nd
Edition) includes an examination and study of the
skills, knowledge and tasks of a competent addiction
counselor,
including the TAP 21 Counselor Competencies and the
Twelve Core Functions.
We are pleased to provide educators
in addictions, alcohol and other drug studies programs,
within institutions of higher learning, with a
FREE and complimentary, full-version desk copy
of the Manual.
If you are an educator, please select
the button below for more information and to order your
personal copy of
The Addiction Professional:
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For Candidates
Over
400 schools in the US
provide qualifying education
Breining Accredited
Breining
Institute has conducted an independent examination of the
institutions of higher learning that offer addictions
studies programs, and has identified over 400 programs that
offer the primary education which qualifies
the candidate to test for the
RAS Credential.
Candidates who complete the "Breining Institute Accredited"
programs offered
by these institutions - minimum of 155 hours of alcohol and
other drug abuse studies - will know that they have met the
minimum education requirement to qualify for the
nationally-accredited Registered Addiction Specialist
(RAS) Credential.
Please see the list of educational institutions,
below, that provide Breining Institute
Accredited programs.
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For Employers
The RAS exam is scientifically validated to test for
competency
Scientific Validation
A
distinguished panel of Subject Matter Experts (SME)
periodically reviews the written exam questions for the
Breining Institute addiction counselor
certifications, and those reviews have been
supervised and scientifically validated as relevant
to the skills and tasks competency of addiction
counselors by the nationally-recognized examination
expert,
Daniel A. Biddle, PhD.
The SME panel
members include representatives from both large and small
employers of addiction counselors, private practitioners,
program supervisors, higher education institutions,
professional alcohol and other drug (AOD) counselor
membership organizations, and nationally-accredited
counselor certification agencies.
Please select the button below for
more info related to the exam development and
validation, as well as an explanatory video:
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These credentials are registered service marks, and may only
be used by professionals who have been awarded these
credentials by Breining Institute.
"Registered Addiction Specialist" and "RAS" credentials:
Service Mark Reg. No. 65739, Class Number 41
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*The only
three nationally-issued addiction counselor certifications that have
been
awarded accreditation through an
independent review by the NCCA are:
Registered Addiction Specialist (RAS) issued by Breining Institute
Certified
Addiction Specialist (CAS) issued by American Academy of Health Care
Providers in the Addictive Disorders
Master Addictions Counselor (MAC) issued by National Board for
Certified Counselors
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Breining Institute
Accredited (BIA) educational programs |
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The
institutions of higher learning listed here offer
educational programs that meet or exceed the formal education prerequisite
- minimum 155 hours of alcohol and other drug abuse studies
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for the Registered Addiction Specialist (RAS)
nationally-accredited credential:
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The accreditation by Breining
Institute refers to the educational "program" itself,
and does not refer to the institution.
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Breining Institute does not accredit
or approve institutions. Institutional accreditation or
approval is performed by governmental agencies or
regional accreditation agencies that have been approved
by the Unites States Department of Education.
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This list is subject to constant
review, and may be adjusted / amended at any time, with
or without notice, by
Breining Institute. If a student has / had commenced or
completed a program with one of these institutions
within
the Accreditation Year, then it will be acceptable by
Breining Institute, even if the institution has / had
subsequently lost accreditation status.
SUGGESTIONS FOR ADDING INSTITUTIONS
If your educational institution is not
included on this list, please send an e-mail to us at College@Breining.edu
that includes the following: 1) full name of the educational
institution, 2)
the web site address of the institution, and 3) which
degree, certificate or other educational program that you
would like us to consider for accreditation. We are not
currently accepting applications for accreditation, but,
rather, conduct independent research and evaluations
regarding the institutions under consideration.
SUGGESTIONS FOR REMOVING INSTITUTIONS
We continually conduct independent research and evaluation
before including institutions on this list, but realize that
conditions change and that we may make errors in our
evaluations. If you believe that an educational institution
should be removed from this list, please send an e-mail to us at College@Breining.edu
that includes the following: 1) full name of the educational
institution, 2)
the web site address of the institution, and 3) the reason
that you believe the institution should be removed. We will
review the request and conduct an investigation, at our sole
discretion. If the person making the suggestion provides his
or her own contact information, we may follow-up and request
additional information from the person submitting the
suggestion, but we are under no obligation to do so. We will
make a determination, at our sole discretion, based upon our
independent research and evaluation, with or without notice
to the person submitting the suggestion. The change in
status, if any, will generally be reflected in the
Accreditation Year following the investigation.
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Breining Institute Accredited Programs
2011
Accreditation Year |
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