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The Competencies
Addiction Counselor Competencies:
The Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes of Professional Practice,
CSAT's Technical Assistance Publication (TAP) #21
New! The TAP 21 Revised Edition is Now Available!
Also now available, the New TAP 21-A: Competencies for Substance Abuse Treatment Clinical Supervisors
Workforce development is essential to the field of substance use disorder treatment. A major focus of workforce development activities is to improve the competencies of professionals in the field. This updated edition of Technical Assistance Publication (TAP) 21: Addiction Counseling Competencies: The Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes of Professional Practice (The Competencies) is a key component of that strategy.
In 1998, in cooperation with its Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC) Network, the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), published TAP 21, as a comprehensive list of 123 competencies that all substance abuse treatment counselors should master to do their work effectively. TAP 21 has been used to develop and evaluate addiction counseling curricula, advise students, and assess counseling proficiencies.
The overarching competencies in this updated version of TAP 21 remain largely unchanged from the original. Some Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes (KSAs) have been changed from those in the 1998 edition to reflect the new thinking in the field. In addition, the competencies and the KSAs in the clinical evaluation and treatment planning sections have been revised based on new information. Bibliographies were updated to include publications through 2005. The layout of the publication has been improved to make the information more accessible and useful.
Download TAP 21 (PDF, revised edition)
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