NADA Registered Trainer Application / Certification Process
NADA continues to grow because of its trainers – they are the foundation of this organization. To be eligible, you must have two years of current membership with NADA as an Acudetox Specialist, two years of experience in addiction, trauma, or behavioral health treatment, and a currently active role in providing and/or promoting Acudetox services. Decisions about granting of Registered Trainer status can also be determined by the evidence for the need for training capability in a given locale.
Application Requirements
- Current resume.
- Photocopy of NADA Certificate of Training.
- Letter describing your experience with Acudetox, why you want to be a trainer, and what is the need for training & Acudetox services in your area.
- Check or money order for $200 (U.S. funds only) payable to NADA.
Application Process
- Contact the NADA office to request an application.
- Submit application with application fee to the current Training Chair for review (address is on the application).
- If approved, your application will be sent to the NADA office for processing.
- If denied, your application will be returned to you with a check for $150, less the $50 processing fee.
- In communication with the Training Chair, you will be assigned a mentor who is a current NADA Registered Trainer. After co-facilitating one or more trainings with your mentor, and upon recommendation by your mentor, you will be approved to become a NADA Registered Trainer.
- The NADA office issues you a certificate recognizing your new trainer status.
Responsibilities of a Trainer
- Adhere to the NADA Code of Ethics.
- Maintain ADS membership and additionally a trainer membership which is equivalent in monetary value to the ADS membership and shares the same renewal schedule.
- Comply with the continuing education requirement.
- Purchase malpractice insurance (this is strongly recommended, although no longer required).
- Provide trainings only when membership status is active.
- Attend national trainer meetings at the annual conference (minimum 1 every 3 years).
- Engage in a reinstatement process if trainer membership lapses more than 3 months.