The University of Massachusetts Medical School's Center for Tobacco Treatment Research and Training is pleased to announce its Spring 2008 Tobacco Treatment Specialist (TTS) Core Certification Training.

Our Tobacco Treatment Specialist Core Certification Training is a nationally recognized training program which is held in Worcester, Massachusetts, twice a year. This is an intensive 5-day training designed to help tobacco treatment providers master the necessary core competencies for providing evidence-based treatment for nicotine dependence.

The training is based on the Association for Treatment of Tobacco Use and Dependence (ATTUD) core competencies. Our instructors have extensive research and clinical expertise thus providing a well rounded source of up-to-date tobacco treatment information.

Participants who are planning to attend Core Certification training are required to be tobacco-free at least 6 months prior to the training.

Completion of the Basic Skills online course prior to attending Core Certification training is required. Persons interested in certification as a Certified Tobacco Treatment Specialist (CTTS) must complete both Basic Skills and Core Certification training before continuing on with the rest of the certification process.

Our professional TTS training and certification program is the ONLY TTS training program that offers Master level TTS Certification (CTTS-M). Master Tobacco Treatment Specialists have a minimum of 2000 hours experience in tobacco treatment and possess the highest level of tobacco treatment knowledge and skills.

Cost of Training: $800 Massachusetts residents; $950 out-of-state residents

Spring Dates: March 31 – April 4, 2008

Registration deadline is March 10, 2008.

To register or for more information about either the Basic Skills online course or the 5-day TTS Core Certification training, please go to www.umassmed.edu/behavmed/tobacco/train. You may also call Beth Ewy at 508-856-2935 for additional information.