Prevention Specialist Certification

The internationally approved Prevention Specialist Certification focuses on six Competency Domains:

  1. Prevention Planning and Evaluation

2. Prevention Education and Service Delivery

3. Communication

4. Community Organization

5. Public Policy and Environmental Change

6. Professional Growth and Responsibility

Earning this certification allows prevention professionals to demonstrate mastery in competency domains which are necessary in implementing successful prevention programs.

Certified Prevention Specialist Pathway

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Benefits of Certification

  • Quality assurance of knowledge, skill & competency of emerging data and trends in the prevention profession.

  • Displays ongoing professional development and a commitment to continued education through stringent certification standards.

  • Accountability of performing career duties in alignment with the Prevention Ethical Code of Conduct.

Tools for the Exam

Ready to take the CPS exam?? These tools make the perfect study guide! Check them out!

Prevention 101 Series

  • This coursework covers the very basics of the prevention profession to get you started on your path to becoming a competent prevention professional. Check out this material here

    Covers Domain 2: Prevention Education and Service Delivery

  • This coursework continues where the Fundamentals left off, jumping into more in-depth material surround Prevention history and substance policy within the United States. This course also draws from materials on how to look for gaps in resources within communities and bridge them using a continuity of varying healthcare services. Check it out here

    Covers Domain 5: Public Policy and Environmental Change

  • Coming soon!

Prevention Ethics (you need 6 CEUs)

  • This coursework covers the beginning of understanding ethical situations within the prevention profession and gives the learning a basic understanding of the practitioner’s role as an ethical human service worker. Check it out here

  • Collecting data on target population is an important skill in public health professions and prevention is no different. This course helps the prevention professional understand their ethical obligations in regards to how data is collected and represented for their target population in order to avoid exploitation. Check it out here

Strategic Prevention Framework 101

  • This coursework provides an overview of how to incorporate the Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) into our working model of prevention. Check it out here