{"id":1556,"date":"2022-03-30T19:26:18","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T19:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/psychology\/?page_id=1556"},"modified":"2023-03-27T12:47:27","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T12:47:27","slug":"massachusetts-licensure","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/psychology\/massachusetts-licensure\/","title":{"rendered":"Massachusetts Licensure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor I (LADC I) Requirements in Massachusetts<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">A person licensed by the Department to conduct an independent practice of alcohol and drug counseling, and to provide supervision to other alcohol and drug counselors.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Master&#8217;s or doctoral degree in behavioral sciences<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Minimum of 270 hours of training that address the full range of education related to substance addiction counseling<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">300 hours of supervised practical training<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">6,000 hours of supervised alcohol and drug counseling work experience<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Submit passing score on required examination<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Three letters of recommendation<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Payment of required licensing fee<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor II (LADC II) Requirements\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">A person licensed by the Department to practice alcohol and drug counseling under clinical supervision.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Minimum of 270 hours of training that address the full range of education related to substance addiction counseling<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">300 hours of supervised practical training<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">6,000 hours of supervised alcohol and drug counseling work experience (4,000 if applicant holds a Bachelor\u2019s degree)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Submit passing score on required examination<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Show proof of high school diploma or equivalent<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Three letters of recommendation<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Payment of required licensing fee<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000080\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/how-to\/apply-for-an-alcohol-and-drug-counselor-license\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/how-to\/apply-for-an-alcohol-and-drug-counselor-license<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor I (LADC I) Requirements in Massachusetts A person licensed by the Department to conduct an independent practice of alcohol and drug counseling, and to provide supervision to other alcohol and drug counselors. Master&#8217;s or doctoral &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-1556","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1556\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}