The International Association of Addictions and Offender Counselors is an organization of professional substance abuse counselors, corrections counselors, students and counselor educators who are concerned with improving the lives of individuals exhibiting addictive and/or criminal behaviors. Our mission is to provide leadership in and advancement of the professions of addiction and offender counseling.

Membership in IAAOC includes professionals from a variety of disciplines including substance abuse counselors, public offender rehabilitations, and mental health counselors. IAAOC members work with clients in such areas as alcohol and other drug abuse (including family issues related to addictions), gambling, maladaptive sexual behaviors, vocational rehabilitation, and adult and juvenile offender rehabilitation, among others.   More detail...