Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) The following are acceptable sources of
continuing education, as long as the content areas set forth in (c) or (d) below or are directly related to
art therapy:
1. Courses and programs approved by the American Art Therapy
Association; the Art Therapy Credentials Board, Inc.; the American Association for Marriage and Family
Therapy; the National Association of Social Workers; the American Psychological Association; the National
Board for Certified Counselors; the American Counseling Association; the American Psychiatric Association;
the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselors Certification; the American Medical Association; the American
Nursing Association; the Association for Addiction Professionals; the National Association of Alcoholism and
Drug Abuse Counselors; the National Association for Advancement of Psychoanalysis; the member boards of the
International Certification and Reciprocity Consortium/Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse, Inc.; the National
Hospice and Palliative Care Organization; and any State or local affiliated chapter approved by one of these
organizations;
2. Teaching or completing graduate coursework at a
regionally accredited institution of higher education;
3.
Authoring a peer-reviewed article published in a professional journal within the preceding biennial
period;
4. Authoring a book chapter, monograph, or
book;
5. Presentation of a new course, program, or workshop
approved by one of the organizations listed in (a)1 above;
6.
Developing and completing courses or programs that provide distance learning opportunities approved by one of
the organizations listed in (a)1 above or a regionally accredited institution of higher education;
7. Completing and having accepted a doctoral dissertation from a regionally
accredited institution of higher education;
8. Attendance at
conferences, programs, lectures, courses, or workshops of one of the organizations listed in (a)1 above;
and
9. Exhibition in a juried art show.
(b) A licensee may seek credit for attendance at a program or course that
is not offered by one of the organizations listed in (a)1 above, provided that:
1. Prior to seeking approval of continuing education credit from the
Committee for attending or presenting a course or program that has not been approved by any of the
organizations listed in (a)1 above, the art therapist shall first apply to, and obtain approval from, one of
the listed organizations; and
2. The art therapist seeks approval
from the Committee within 60 days prior to the licensee attending the course or program.
(c) The following are acceptable content areas for continuing education:
1. Psychological and psychotherapeutic theories and practice;
2. Art therapy assessment;
3.
Art therapy theory, practice, and processes;
4. Client
populations and multicultural competence;
5. Art therapy and
media; and
6. Professionalism and ethics.
(d) A course or program in the subject area of social and cultural
competence for the purpose of fulfilling the three contact-hour continuing education requirement shall be
obtained consistent with (a) above or shall be subject to the approval of the Committee. A course or program
in the subject area approved by the Board of Marriage and Family Therapy Examiners, the Board of Social Work
Examiners, the State Board of Psychological Examiners, the Professional Counselor Examiners Committee, or the
Alcohol and Drug Counselor Committee shall be deemed acceptable by this Committee.
