Clinical Supervision in SUD Services: Ethics, Competency, Documentation & Counselor Development
Advanced continuing education for ethical, competent, development-focused SUD supervision.
Course Code: AODCEU-CS-001 • Self-Paced Online / Home Study
COURSE OVERVIEW
Clinical Supervision in SUD Services: Ethics, Competency, Documentation & Counselor Development
This course is designed as advanced continuing education for SUD professionals who supervise, lead, coach, evaluate, or support counselors in treatment settings. It emphasizes practical supervision behaviors that protect client welfare, strengthen counselor competency, improve documentation, address ethical and performance concerns, and build a sustainable learning culture.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
Learning objectives
- Differentiate clinical supervision from administrative oversight while explaining where the two functions appropriately overlap in SUD programs.
- Identify core supervisor responsibilities related to client welfare, counselor development, quality assurance, and professional accountability.
- Use a structured supervision agreement to clarify expectations, roles, confidentiality limits, documentation, and methods of supervision.
- Apply competency-based supervision methods to observation, feedback, development planning, and performance concerns.
- Use ethical decision-making, consultation, and documentation to address boundary, impairment, and client-welfare concerns.
- Support counselor development through reflective supervision, deliberate practice, evaluation, and a sustainable learning culture.
COURSE STRUCTURE
6 focused learning modules
The locked course architecture provides 360 designed instructional minutes and 6 module knowledge checks plus a 30-question cumulative final. Course-specific module content is preserved in the controlling master and is not altered by this public page.
COMPLETION REQUIREMENTS
What is required to complete the course
Progress through the full 360-minute course structure and required learning activities.
The course uses six required module knowledge checks and interactive supervision activities. Each module knowledge check requires 80% in the production course workflow.
A minimum score of 80%—24 of 30 correct—is required.
Learner feedback is required before the completion workflow can advance.
The learner must electronically attest that they personally completed the required course activities and assessments.
ASSESSMENT
Application checks and final exam
Application checks
The course uses six required module knowledge checks and interactive supervision activities. Each module knowledge check requires 80% in the production course workflow.
Final exam
The cumulative final contains 30 scored questions. The passing standard is 80% (24/30).
Answer keys and grading logic are administrative controls and are not exposed on the public course page.
CERTIFICATE & PROVIDER STATUS
Certificate available after successful completion
Certificate eligibility requires completion of all modules, all required application checks, a passing final-exam score, the course evaluation, and the learner attestation.
AOD CEU Workshop is CADTP Approved CE Provider #309. CEUs are currently offered for CADTP; CCAPP and CAADE approval is planned for the future. Certificates are issued after all course-completion requirements are met.
LEARNER ACCESS
How to access your course
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The course player tracks required lessons, application checks, the final exam, evaluation, attestation, and certificate eligibility.
Enroll using the course link, then open your course from My Account. Certificates become available after all completion requirements are met.
ENROLLMENT STATUS
Open for enrollment
This page previews the course. Purchase the course and sign in to access the lessons. Certificates are issued after all course-completion requirements are met.