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Pictured above: Charlie Wuth (L), Ray Cortese (C)
and Stephanie Knight (R).
Ray Cortese, Director of Consumer Connections at the
Mental Health Association in New Jersey and past President of the
Certification Board, Inc. has be selected by the National
Association of Peer Specialists (NAPS) to receive the
"Bridge Builder-Peer Support Advocate of the Year" Award at
the Association's National Conference held in Philadelphia, PA
from August 19 -21st.
The award recognizes Ray Cortese for his leadership in promoting peer
support on the state and national level through the creation of the
Community Mental Health Associate (CMHA) and Peer Specialist
Associate (PSA) credentials in New Jersey, integration of WRAP
(Wellness Recovery Action Plan) into peer support models, and the
expansion of peer services at the Veterans Administration in NJ.
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September is Addiction
Recovery Month!
 New Jersey's Seventh Rally for Recovery will be held
at Liberty State Park, Jersey City, NJ on Saturday, September 27,
2008 after the return cruise from New York City. A greatly
expanded Friends' Rally for Recovery 2008 in
partnership with A&E Network! This year's all-day free event will
have morning activities including a chartered cruise from Liberty
State Park to NYC where we will join thousands of recovery supporters
from the tri-state area to form a human bridge - a living symbol of recovery
- right on the historic Brooklyn Bridge!
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Newly Certified &
Recertified
DRCC
Ackerman, G. Marc
Albarracin-Reeves, Patricia
Angello, Charles
Arnold-Velcheck, Joanne
Acker, Deborah
Barbato, John
Barbolini, Barbara
Becker, Laurie
Beljean, Claudia
Bellitz, Stephen
Billups, Fredricka
Birk, Mona
Borsuck, Irene
Bonner, William
Brewster, Catherine
Bulbach, Rose Marie
Cagide, Jorge
Canady, Beverly
Carideo, Cerena
Christiansen, Astrid
Cinquanta, Wendy
Clark, Penny
Cline, Michelle
Cohen, David
Coughlin-Neville, AJ
DiCola, Jane
Dorsey, Henry
DeBose-McKenzie, Mia
Dougherty, Gail
Duffy, Mary
Farwig, Jack
Fiola, Janet
Friedland, Sarah
Frost, Michael
Gapas, Donna
Garcia, Manuela
Golan, Marian
Greene, Natalie
Hartfiel, Lida
Hauer, April
Henderson, Bonnie
Honig, Bettyann
Hunt, Jerry
Jones, Joyce
Juliano, Jamie
Kallman, Meg
Klemm, Terri
Klugman, Peter
Kolb, Erika
Kraft, Paula
Lawler, Suzette
Logsdon, Michael
Lopez, Alexandra
Maldanado, Gertrude
Martins, Glenn
McNultz, Sharon
Millar, Dennis
Miller, Sondra
Mitchell, Dorothy
Moeller, Tamerra
Napoli, Joseph
Natapoff, Karen
Neaman, Maryann
Nedelka, Anne
Nyland, Natasha
O'Connor, Gerard
Palombo, Susanne
Pfeiffer, Danielle
Pierfy, Robert
Pierson, Wendy
Poletti, Claire
Porteous-Nye, Hilary
Quick, Carol
Ramseur, Karen
Reed, Rachel
Reilly, Ryan
Renaud, Heather
Richardson, Diane
Robayo, Claudia
Rockwood, Paul
Rodriguez, Arelis
Rosenstein, Marsha
Rosenthal, Kathleen
Rowan, Mark
Royster, Brian
Ruberton, Mary
Sacco, Linda
Sandberg, Rosemarie
Santos, Danielle
Sarner, Suzanne
Schaffer, Patricia
Schott, Pamela
Sehgal, Madhu
Semerolos, Suellen
Seto, Atsuko
Shook, Shannon
Sidlow, Elizabeth
Silitsky, Daniel
Smith, Anita
Sonn, Maureen
Sosnowski, Cynthia
Spera, Frank
Sutton, Mary
Taylor, David
Thornton, Danielle
Toline, Holli
Vercoski, Denise
Verdicchio, Jessica
Vliet-Lavin, Judy
Warner, Susan
Waters, Janis
Wellington, Jeffery
White, Kim
William, Barry
Williams, Lauren
Wilsbach, Mary
Woods, Edward
Wright, Ashley
Xiques, Maria
Zagury, June
Zeitz-Wolos, Leah
CTTS
Bemus, Lisa
Bronsburg, Steve
Brown, David
Clark, Christine
Eagle, Gillian
Fodor, Lynette
Haines, Teresa
Majka, Bethany
Mites, Mary
Morrison, Sandra
North, Gretchen
O'Brien, Thomas
Smith, Marcia
Wolowitz, Jennifer
CDA
Rosato, Edward
Walters, Sidney
CPS
Carlin, Mara
Schlossberg, Samantha
CCS
Alli, Ajibola
Liga, Steve
Pittala, Donna
CJC
Pereira, Joao
WTS
Fonseca, Patricia
Gibson, Deena
Milides-Hennon, Jean
Nathans, Beth Anne
Sullivan, Evelyn
PEER
Camilo, Edward
RECERTIFICATIONS
CDA
Campbell, Shonda
Constantino, Linda
DeJesus, Jorge
Kerimol-Johnson, Jale
Martin, Yvette
Thomas, Deauwand
CPS
Bianchi, Sr. Dolores
Cervelli, Roseann
Fornarotto-Regenye, Alyssa
Fowle, Stephanie
Fritsch, Marion
Hulick, John
Kinelski, Marilyn
Liga, Steven
Lillis, William
Nobleman, Susan
Ponton, Richard
CJC
Beresford, Joyce
Cagide, Jesus
Carr, William
Centeno, Migadalia
D'Arcangelo, Michael
Hopkins, Bernard
Lehing, Peter C.
McCollough, James
Parran, John
Reres, Mary
Rogers, Robert
Worley, Atonia
Zecca, Angelo Louis
CCS
Berlingeri, Frank
Brown, Virginia
Castellano, Anthony
Cortese, Ray
Horowitz, Nancy
Kane-Cavaiola, Carolann
Kramer, Margo
Moody, Elizabeth
Polizzi, Anthony
Roberts, Afiya
Weil, Jeffrey
CTTS
Heyman, Lynn
Williams, Emma F.
Wilson, Connie
CODS
Moran, Hap
Williams, Harold
Winkelmann, Sr. Anne
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How would you like to help us name our monthly
newsletter? The Board is holding an open contest to come up
with a more engaging name.
We will post the top five suggestions in our next
newsletter and ask you to vote on your favorite title. The
winner will be featured in the next issue.
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Rutgers
University has been Approved!
 
Rutgers University has been Approved! Rutgers University
is now fully approved by the Addictions Professionals Certification
Board, Inc. as a provider of substance abuse related coursework.
" This means all Rutgers University schools and
campuses that offer matriculated (part of a
degree) coursework are now covered! All approved
degree/matriculated courses taught through the university will also
receive college credit!
This announcement is the culmination of two years of work that
began when Steve Liga (an LCADC, CPS, and CCS) began teaching
addiction policy courses as part of Rutgers University's Bloustein
School of Planning and Public Policy. Drawing from his years
as a CADC/CPS course instructor, he crafted two upper level, three
credit courses that met the objectives of many of the standard six
hour initial certification courses. Recognizing the potential
that several of his students might choose to pursue a career in
addiction services (and eventually need to be licensed or
certified), he began serving as a liaison between the University
and the Certification Board. Today, students who take his
courses not only earn credits toward their college degrees, they
also are simultaneously earning credit toward credentialing as
addiction professional.
Going forward, all faculty who teach addiction-related
coursework at Rutgers can submit their courses for approval towards
certification and licensure. This opens the door to teachers
from throughout the university who teach in the fields of medicine,
psychology, counseling, policy, social work, etc. to have their
addiction and prevention related courses approved. From the University's
perspective, their courses are now more valuable to students, as
they serve a dual purpose. From "the field's"
perspective, this is valuable because many students who would have
previously not considered addiction studies as an option may now
consider a career in addiction services.
The Certification Board is pleased to welcome Rutgers University to
its family of approved university and college providers, which
include the College of New Jersey, Fairleigh Dickenson University,
Monmouth University, Montclair State University, New Jersey City
University, Ramapo College, Rowan University and
UMDNJ; Atlantic Cape, Bergen, Brookdale,
Burlington, Camden, Essex, Ocean, and Passaic Community
Colleges.
Please note that CEU credits offered in a non-degree continuing
education format may also be approved once the instructors submit
coursework for approval.
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CDA Expands Specialty
Areas
 The
Certification Board, Inc. recently passed a standard that
identifies Recovery Mentoring, Medication Assisted Treatment,
and Therapuetic Community / Residential treatment as specialty
areas for initial CDA certification. All coursework will be
taken from the CADC Educational Manual. The option will be
available October 1st.
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 At the
last meeting in July, the group encouraged the Board to sponsor a
meeting that will address issues pertinent to the addiction counseling
/ prevention field. The next Counselors Meeting is
scheduled for October 11, 2008 from 10 AM til 12 Noon at the
Certification Board office. This meeting will set the agenda
for our future monthly meetings.
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New CPS Required
Coursework
 The
Certification Board passed a motion on September 12th to accept the
recommendations of the Board's Prevention Advisory Committee.
The CPS Advisory Committee (B. Sprechman, S. Liga, L. Daly, P.
Clarke, N. Salt, B. Adolphe, and D. Adelman) has been meeting
monthly for the past year and has completed a revised CPS Training
Manual that the Board approved at our June meeting. These include:
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The number of training hours drops to 120 clock hours (from 180
hours).
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10 courses were eliminated as they were not reflected in the new
IC&RC JTA.
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Classes were developed, edited, or re-written to comply with the
new JTA.
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Click here for a list of classes
These new training standards meet the knowledges and
skills identified in the new CPS Job Task Analysis and tested for
on the IC&RC Prevention Written Exam. Please note that the
Board will accept, when possible, completed courses from the
previous training manual. CPS Training Providers are wrapping up
training forms and old manuals and instituting the new training
during this quarter. The new lineup of courses will be in operation
by the start of 2009.
Students are invited to send in their amplifications for review to
determine what courses they are still required to complete. The CPS application is
available for dowload on our website.
The Board also approved a CPS motion to:
1. Drop the recertification hours to
36 from 50. This will more accurately reflect the 120 hours
required for initial certification.
2. Add 4 Specialty recertifications
options of a minimum of 24 hours each in:
a. "Arts in
Prevention"
b. Juvenile
Justice Prevention
c. Violence
Prevention
d. Disabilities
Prevention
The specific specialty options will be developed during this
quarter and be presented to the Board in December.
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 There is now
a pathway for Recovery Mentor Associates (RMA) to obtain the
Chemical Dependency Associate (CDA).
The Board, in response to many requests from the RMA's, has
designed a way to keep their credentials meaningful in the face of
government funding cutbacks and to expand the RMA's employability
in the addiction field.
Active RMA's can upgrade to the 72 hour CDA by:
· Using the 48
hours of training acquired for your initial RMA. Send in your
certificate with CDA application.
· PLUS The actual
18 recertification hours required for your first RMA cycle.
· PLUS any 6
additional approved CADC hours.
You will be required to take the following 6 hour courses for your
next recertification period as a CDA.
o C101 Initial Interviewing
o C201 Introduction to Counseling
o C304 HIV
o C503 Cultural Competency
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 Are you
currently looking for work and wish to advertise yourself for
free? Check out the Job Openings section of
our website. There counselors may post their resumes for
FREE! Many angencies located throughout the State utilize
this service when searching for the perfect candidate. Let us
help them find you!
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Sincerely,
Kristie Thomas, Office Manager
Christine La Bruno, Administrator
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