title: A preliminary investigation of the components of a curriculum for the preparation of master's-level addiction counselors.
abstract: This study identified the preliminary curriculum components for the preparation of graduate-level addiction counselors. A review of the related literature revealed no agreed upon standards for post baccalaureate instruction of addiction counseling. The Delphi method was used to establish curriculum items from a list of 198 previously identified work behaviors associated with graduate-level addiction counseling. A panel of 28 addiction counseling experts responded to three administrations of an evolving questionnaire and reached consensus on a final list of 89 curriculum items. Consensus of expert judgments was corroborated by a post hoc multivariate of analysis of variance (MANOVA) that revealed no significant differences in ratings of importance among panelist subgroups.
authors.affiliation: University of North Florida, College of Education and Human Services, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Whittinghill
mesh_terms: D016739:Behavior, Addictive; D003376:Counseling / Q000193:education*; D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States