S.D. Admin. R. 20:71:02:11

Current through Register Vol. 51, page 67, December 16, 2024

Section 20:71:02:11 - Approved marriage and family therapy program

Academic requirements to become a marriage and family therapist must be completed through a board approved program. An approved program is:

(1) A program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education;

(2) A program with specialty training in marriage and family counseling or therapy which is accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs; or

(3) An organized sequence of study in the area of marriage and family therapy that includes graduate course work in each of the following areas:

(a) Marriage and family studies introductory systems theory, family development, family systems (marital, sibling, individual subsystems), special family issues, gender and cultural issues, all with major focus from a systems theory orientation;

(b) Marriage and family therapy advanced systems theory and interventions, major systemic marriage and family treatment approaches, (structural, strategic, neoanalytic (object relations), behavioral marriage and family therapy, communications, sex therapy, etc.);

(c) Human development: At least one course in psychopathology-abnormal behavior is required and at least one course in assessment is required. The third course may be selected from human development (normal and abnormal), personality theory, or human sexuality;

(d) Professional studies: Professional ethics as a therapist including legal andethical responsibilities and liabilities, family law, etc;

(e) Research: Research course in marriage and family studies and therapy including research design, methodology, statistics; and

(f) Practicum: one year minimum during graduate work: 15 hours per week, approximately eight to ten hours in direct clinical contact with individuals, couples, and families. Minimum of three hundred client contact hours required.

S.D. Admin. R. 20:71:02:11

47 SDR 040, effective 10/14/2020

General Authority: SDCL 36-33-43, 36-33-71.

Law Implemented: SDCL 36-33-43.