4757-9-06 Sources of continuing professional education.

 

 

 

4757-9-06                    Sources of continuing professional education.

 

 

 

(A)    Sources of continuing professional education shall be formally organized learning experiences with education as their explicit principal intent and which are oriented toward the enhancement of counselor, social worker, and marriage and family therapy practice. The following are examples of appropriate formats for such learning experiences:

 

(1)     "Institute" means a formal offering, usually in a series of meetings, for instruction and information in a particular area of counselor, social worker and/or marriage and family practice;

 

(2)   "Seminar" means a small group of counselors, social workers, or marriage and family therapists who meet under expert leadership or resource persons. Participants prepare reports on some aspect of a problem, which is discussed and analyzed;

 

(3)   "Conference" means sessions of one or more days duration designed to serve a varying number of persons to hear different points of view on a central theme;

 

(4)    "Staff development" means an educational program planned by an agency to assist its employees in becoming increasingly knowledgeable and competent in fulfilling role expectations within that agency. Although often used interchangeably with in service education, staff development frequently includes out-of-agency educational activities;

 

(5)     "Symposium" means two or more specialists presenting information on a particular subject. A moderator introduces the subject and each speaker then summarizes and presides during a question and answer period;

 

(6)    "Workshop" means a program designed to bring together individuals with a common interest and background to solve similar problems and to gain new knowledge, skills, and attitudes;

 

(7)   "Plenary session" means an assembly designed for all participants;

 

(8)    "Course" means a series of learning experiences with a specific content and offered for credit, non-credit, or audit by an accredited educational institution;

 

(9)   "Short-term course" means an intensive sequence of learning activities offered regularly over a short period of time.

 

 

 

 

(10)   "Teleconference" means the transmission of video information where there is an on-site moderator to lead a post-conference discussion and question and answer session.

(11)    "Distance learning" means a formal education process, in which instruction occurs when the students and instructor(s) are not located in the same place. Distance learning adds technology to the learning environment by a variety of means. As this form of education has evolved with technology, it may be referred to as cyber learning, electronic learning, distance learning. For the purposes of these rules, the term distance learning refers to all non traditional non-traditional methods of presentation except video-conferencing.

(12)    "Video conferencing" means conducting a conference between two or more participants at different sites using computer networks to transmit audio and video data. For example, a video conferencing system works much like a video telephone. Each location has a video camera, microphone, and speakers with which to interact. As the two or more participants speak to each other, their voices are carried over the network and delivered to the other's speakers, and whatever images appear in front of the video camera appear on the other participants' monitor. Video conferencing allows two or more locations to sit in a virtual conference room and communicate as if they were sitting right next to each other.

(B)     The board shall grant continuing professional education credit to licensees who author journal articles or books on subjects related to counseling, social work, or marriage and family therapy, and which meet the following requirements:

(1)   Journal articles shall be published in refereed journals.

(2)    Chapters authored by licensees in books acceptable under this rule shall be treated as journal articles.

(3)    Reprints or republications of previously published materials either in name or substantive content are not acceptable as continuing professional education.

(4)   Continuing professional education for publications having joint authorship shall be divided equally among the authors.

(5) Licensees wishing to use a journal article or book shall submit a post program approval per paragraph (F) of rule 4757-9-05 of the Administrative Code.

(C)     The  board  shall  grant  continuing  education  credit  to  individuals  who  conduct

presentations on subjects related to counseling, social work, or marriage and family therapy. Credit shall be granted for first time preparation and presentation of an in-service training workshop, a seminar or a conference presentation which is related to the enhancement of counseling, social work, or marriage and family therapy practice, values, skills, or knowledge. Licensees wishing to use a presentation shall submit a post program approval per paragraph (F) of rule 4757-9-05 of the Administrative Code.

(D)    The board may grant continuing education credit to individuals wishing to explore and develop independent learning opportunities which are related to counseling, social work, or marriage and family therapy and which meet the following requirements:

(1)   All independent options shall be pre-approved by the board. In order to receive approval, individuals shall submit an approval form to the board at least sixty days prior to beginning the study.

(2)     The approval form shall be accompanied by the actual study materials, a statement of the goals and objectives of the study, an overview of the study methodology, and copies of the evaluation tool that will be used at the completion of the study.

(E)   The board may grant continuing education credit for approved home study programs when the distance learning program's sponsor can demonstrate to the board that:

(1)   The program meets all of the requirements established in rule 4757-9-05 of the Administrative Code for approved programs and providers.

(2)    The program sponsors shall have adequate security in place to assure that the individual who receives credit for the course is the individual who completed the program.

(3)   The program sponsor shall include post tests of at least five questions per hour of continuing education for home-study courses.

(4) Licensees wishing to use a home study or distance learning program not having board approval for continuing education hours shall submit a post program approval per paragraph (F) of rule 4757-9-05 of the Administrative Code.

(F)   The board may grant continuing education credit for appropriate college courses that are documented by passing grades of "C-" or above on undergraduate courses and "B-" or above for graduate courses from accredited educational institutions; audited courses require documentation by a letter from the professor noting the hours

attended.

(1)    Appropriate college courses are those that are at the level of the license for which CEUs are sought. Graduate level licensees shall generally be approved for graduate level courses directly related to their license type. Bachelor level licensees shall generally be approved for bachelor or graduate level courses directly related to their license type. Associate level registrants shall generally be approved for associate, bachelor or graduate level courses directly related to their license type. College courses taken at a lower level than qualifying degree may be submitted for post program approval per paragraph (C) of rule 4757-9-05 of the Administrative Code; applicants shall delineate how that course work is relevant to their practice.

(2)     Appropriate courses are ones not previously taken unless updated due to passage of five years or more.

(3) Licensees wishing to use a college course for continuing education hours shall submit a post program approval per paragraph (F) of rule 4757-9-05 of the Administrative Code.

Effective:	01/01/2013
R.C. 119.032 review dates:	09/20/2014
CERTIFIED ELECTRONICALLY
Certification
12/17/2012
Date
Promulgated Under:	119.03
Statutory Authority:	4757.33
Rule Amplifies: Prior Effective Dates:	4757.33 5-22-86; 7-3-97; 7-10-00; 4-10-04; 9-20-07; 9-18-09