N.J. Admin. Code § 13:34D-4.3

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

Section 13:34D-4.3 - Approval of courses or programs

(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.

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:34D-4.3

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