N.J. Admin. Code § 13:34D-2.4

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 13:34D-2.4 - Educational requirements for licensure: associate art therapist

(a) An applicant for licensure shall hold a master's degree in art therapy, or a closely related field with specialization in art therapy, from either an American Art Therapy Association (AATA)-approved or Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP)-accredited art therapy education program, from a regionally accredited educational institution of higher education; or a master's degree or doctoral degree in a closely related field to art therapy without specialization in art therapy and demonstrates to the Committee that she or he has completed course work content and training substantially equivalent to that required for a master's degree in art therapy from a regionally accredited educational institution of higher education.

(b) An applicant for licensure with a master's degree in art therapy or a closely related field with specialization in art therapy, shall complete a minimum of 60 graduate credit-hours in an art therapy program that is AATA-approved or CAAHEP-accredited, from a regionally accredited educational institution of higher education.

(c) An applicant with a doctoral degree in a planned educational program of 90 graduate credit-hours in a field closely related to art therapy without specialization in art therapy, shall complete a minimum of 30 graduate credit-hours in an art therapy program from a regionally accredited educational institution of higher education.

(d) An applicant with a master's degree in a planned educational program of 60 graduate credit-hours in a field closely related to art therapy without specialization in art therapy, shall complete a minimum of 30 graduate credit-hours in an art therapy program from a regionally accredited educational institution of higher education.

(e) An applicant for licensure shall satisfy the following required areas of graduate course work in art therapy from an accredited college or university program from a regionally accredited college or university program:

1. The art therapy profession;

2. Theory and practice of art therapy;

3. Human growth and developmental dynamics in art;

4. Application of art therapy with people in different treatment settings;

5. Art therapy appraisal, diagnosis, and assessment;

6. Ethical and legal issues of art therapy practice;

7. Matters of cultural and social diversity bearing on the practice of art therapy;

8. Standards of good art therapy practice; and

9. Group art therapy.

(f) The Committee shall not base its determination as to whether it will recognize an educational institution's program solely on the failure of any professional organization of art therapists to accredit the program.

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:34D-2.4

Adopted by 51 N.J.R. 1674(a), effective 11/18/2019