Current through Register Vol. 28, No. 3, September 1, 2024
7.1 Graduate Transcript. The applicant's masters or doctoral degree in art therapy shall be documented by an official transcript submitted directly to the Board by the accredited educational institution granting the degree. In cases where an applicant's master's degree required remediation by the certifying organization the completion date of remediation courses shall be considered the conferment date of the degree of record for all matters before the Board.
7.1.1 Applicants who did not obtain a degree in art therapy must have obtained a degree which encompasses the following nine areas: history of art therapy; theory of art therapy; techniques of practice in art therapy; application of art therapy with people in different treatment settings; art therapy assessment; ethical and legal issues of art therapy practice; matters of cultural and social diversity bearing on the practice of art therapy; standards of good art therapy practice; and group art therapy.
7.2 All applicants must have passed the board examination of the Art Therapy Credentials Board (ATCB).
7.3 Supervised Experience. All applicants must provide documentation of 3,200 hours of supervised art therapy acceptable to the Board obtained over a period of not less than 2 years and not more than 4 years, at least 1,600 hours of which shall be supervised clinical experience acceptable to the Board. In order to be acceptable to the Board, the supervision must involve the provision of face to face art therapy services with clients and other matters directly related to the treatment of clients. Art teaching is not considered art therapy and cannot be used toward the supervised experience.
7.4 Required Supervision Hours. Applicants must provide documentation of completion of 3,200 hours of art therapy over a period of no more than four consecutive years.
7.4.1 Of the required 3,200 hours of total experience, 1,600 hours must have been completed under the professional direct supervision of an individual who meets the requirements of subsections 7.7 - 7.5.5. The 1,600 hours of supervised clinical experience must be fulfilled as follows:
7.4.1.1 At least 1,500 of the 1,600 hours must be in the provision of face to face direct art therapy services. Of the 1,500 hours at least 750 of the hours must be individual face to face client sessions and must include the provision of direct art therapy services; the additional 750 hours may be individual, group, couple or family counseling services, or some combination of those services:
7.4.1.2 At least one hundred hours of face to face professional direct supervision with the applicant's supervisor. Face to face supervision includes both in person and live video conferencing providing supervision by live video conferencing does not exceed fifty percent of the total 100 hours of supervision.
7.4.1.2.1 Individual Direct Supervision. Individual supervision shall consist of one to one, face to face meetings between the supervisor and supervisee. The entire 100 hour requirement may be fulfilled by individual supervision.
7.4.1.2.2 Group Supervision. Group supervision shall consist of face to face meetings between the supervisor and no more than six supervisees. No more than 40 hours of group supervision shall be acceptable towards fulfillment of the 100 hour direct supervision requirement.
7.4.2 Hours completed under the supervision of an individual who does not meet the requirements of these regulations will not count towards the fulfillment of the 1,500 hours of supervised experience but may count towards the fulfillment of the 1,600 hours of experience not required to be a supervised.
7.5 Acceptable Supervisors
7.5.1 To be acceptable to the Board, a supervisor must be either:
7.5.1.1 A Professional Art Therapist licensed in any state or U.S. territory; or
7.5.1.2 An individual holding either the Registered and Board Certified Art Therapist, or Art Therapy Certified Supervisor credential from the Art Therapy Credentials Board.
7.5.2 Supervision by an individual not listed above may be approved by the Board if the applicant can establish that the supervision was provided by a licensed behavioral health professional with a specialty or expertise in a clinical competency essential to the applicant's training. The applicant must provide the Board a compelling clinical reason for utilizing an individual not listed above. Examples of potentially acceptable licensed behavioral health professionals include licensed marriage and family therapists, licensed professional counselors of mental health, psychologists, licensed clinical social workers, physicians, and advanced practice registered nurses.
7.5.3 If a proposed supervisor is not a professional licensed by the Delaware Board of Professional Counselors of Mental Health and Chemical Dependency Counselors, the proposed supervisor must attest, on a form provided by the Board for this purpose, that he/she has read and is familiar with the requirements for licensure in Delaware, including the applicable statutes, rules and regulations and that she/he has the training to provide clinical supervision.
7.5.4 In addition to these requirements, the applicant's supervisor must:
7.5.4.1 if licensed in another state or jurisdiction, have been in practice for at least two years post-licensure without having been subject to any disciplinary actions;
7.5.4.2 have no more than ten total supervisees at a time.
7.5.5 An applicant is permitted to have been supervised by more than one supervisor.
7.6 Licensure by Reciprocity Requirements
7.6.1 Proof of Licensure Status - The applicant shall hold an active art therapy license in good standing from another state. Verification of licensure status shall be submitted directly to the Board by that state on the "Verification of Licensure or Certification from Another State" form.
7.6.2 Determination of Substantial Similarity of Licensing Standards - The applicant shall submit a copy of the statute and rules of licensure from the state issuing his/her license. The burden of proof is upon the applicant to demonstrate that the statute and rules of the licensing state are at least equivalent to the educational, experience and supervision requirements of this State. Based upon the information presented, the Board shall make a determination regarding whether the licensing requirements of the applicant's licensing state are substantially similar to those of Delaware.
7.7 Ethics The practice of all persons licensed as Art Therapists shall conform to the principles of the ATCB Code of Ethics, Conduct, and Disciplinary Procedures. Violation of the Code shall constitute grounds for discipline.
