Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM
Title 172 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSURE
Chapter 94 - INDEPENDENT MENTAL HEALTH PRACTITIONERS, MENTAL HEALTH PRACTITIONERS, MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS, PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS, AND SOCIAL WORKERS
Section 172-94-007 - EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
Universal Citation: 172 NE Admin Rules and Regs ch 94 ยง 007
Current through September 17, 2024
If the educational program is not accredited by one of the organizations set out in Neb. Rev. Stat. § 38-2104, the applicant must provide evidence that the program meets the following requirements:
007.01 MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY. A program that meets substantially equivalent educational requirements as adopted by Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education.
007.02 MENTAL HEALTH PRATICE. To be approved as equivalent to an approved mental health program, a program must meet the following:
(A) Be at least 60 semester hours in
duration. If the master's degree is less than 60 semester hours, additional
hours can be attained outside of the program to equal 60 semester hours. Any
additional hours must be graduate hours and have a mental health focus to be
considered as substantially equivalent.
(B) Have a mental health focused supervised
practicum or internship that included a minimum of 300 clock hours of direct
client contact under the supervision of a qualified supervisor as defined in
172 NAC
94-008 of these regulations. Any
artificial situation where a person presents a problem, such as role playing,
is not direct client contact. The program must have an emphasis on mental
health practice and include coursework in theories and techniques, professional
ethics, assessment techniques, human growth and development, and research and
evaluation. Two years after the effective date of these regulations the
coursework must also include social and cultural diversity. No course may be
used to fulfill more than 1 coursework area. The coursework must meet the
following requirements:
(i) A minimum of 6
semester hours or 9 quarter hours in theories and techniques. Two years after
the effective date of these regulations, the coursework must include a minimum
of at least 9 semester hours or 12 quarter hours in theories and techniques.
The course must focus on therapeutic techniques and strategies for human
behavioral intervention. Therapeutic techniques and strategies may include the
study of major contributions of biological, behavioral, cognitive, and social
sciences relevant to understanding assessment and treatment of a person and his
or environment with an emphases on the social systems framework, personality
theories and development through the life cycle and application of those during
therapy.
(ii) A minimum of 3
semester hours or
4.5 quarter hours in professional
ethics. The course must focus on the application of ethical and legal issues to
the practice. Ethical and legal issues may include family law, codes of ethics,
boundaries, peer review, record keeping, confidentiality, informed consent, and
duty to warn.
(iii) A minimum of 3
semester hours or
4.5 quarter hours in assessment
techniques. The course must focus on the process of collecting pertinent data
about a client or client systems and their environment and appraising the data
as a basis for making decisions regarding treatment or referral or both.
Assessment techniques may include the ability to make a clinical diagnostic
impression, knowledge of psychopathology, and assessment of substance abuse and
other addictions.
(iv) A minimum of
3 semester hours or
4.5 quarter hours in human growth and
development. The course must focus on studies that provide an understanding of
the nature and needs of individuals at all developmental levels. Human growth
and development may include theories of individual and family development and
transitions across the life-span; theories of learning and personality
development; human behavior including an understanding of developmental crises,
disability, exceptional behavior, addictive behavior, psychopathology, and
situational and environmental factors that affect both normal and abnormal
behavior; and strategies for facilitating optimum development over the
life-span.
(v) A minimum of 3
semester hours or
4.5 quarter hours in research and
evaluation. Research and evaluation includes statistics or research design and
development of research and demonstration proposals.
(vi) Two years after the effective date of
these regulations, in addition to the above coursework, a minimum of 3 semester
hours or
4.5 quarter hours in social and
cultural diversity. The course must focus on studies that provide an
understanding of the cultural context of relationships, and issues and trends
in a multicultural and diverse society. Social and cultural diversity may
include multicultural and pluralistic trends, including characteristics and
concerns between and within diverse groups nationally and internationally;
attitudes, beliefs, understandings, and acculturative experiences, including
specific experiential learning activities; individual, couple, family, group,
and community strategies for working with diverse populations and ethnic
groups; counselors' roles in social justice, advocacy and conflict resolution,
cultural self-awareness, the nature of biases, prejudices, processes of
intentional and unintentional oppression and discrimination, and other
culturally supported behaviors that are detrimental to the growth of the human
spirit, mind, or body; theories of multicultural counseling, theories of
identity development, and multicultural competencies.
(C) Graduate programs accepting an
undergraduate course as meeting the course criteria set out in 172 NAC
94-007.02(B)(i) through
(vi) are acceptable if the course was used to
meet the requirements for the master's degree. The applicant must have the
school submit a notarized letter, on institutional letterhead, from an
authorized person stating the undergraduate course(s) was accepted to meet the
educational requirement(s) of the master's degree.
007.03 INDEPENDENT MENTAL HEALTH PRACTICE. A program that meets the educational requirements set out in Neb. Rev. Stat. § 38-2124.
007.04 PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING. A program that meets substantially equivalent educational requirements as adopted by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs.
007.05 SOCIAL WORK. The following are acceptable programs:
007.05(A)
BACCALAUREATE
DEGREE. Undergraduate social work education and training approved
by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE).
007.05(B)
MASTER'S
DEGREE. Graduate social work education and training approved by
the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE).
007.05(C)
DOCTORAL DEGREE
PROGRAMS. Recognized by the Groups for Advancement of Doctoral
Education (GADE).
007.06 DEGREE OBTAINED IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY. A degree obtained in a foreign country must be evaluated by a foreign educational credential evaluation service that is a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) and be determined as equivalent to a degree issued from an approved program.
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