Alaska Administrative Code › Title 12 - Professional Regulations › Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing › Chapter 62 - Board of Professional Counselors › Article 3 - License Renewal and Reinstatement; Continuing Education › 12 AAC 62.320 - Approved continuing education

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) To be accepted
				  by the board, continuing education must contribute directly to the professional
				  competency of a professional counselor and must be directly related to the
				  skills and knowledge required to implement professional counseling principles
				  and methods.
(b) The following
				  continuing education will be accepted by the board if related to professional
				  counseling as provided in (a) of this section:
(1) postgraduate courses, seminars, and
				  workshops offered or approved by a regionally or nationally accredited
				  institution of higher education, either audited by the licensee or taken for
				  academic credit;
(2) courses,
				  seminars, and workshops offered or approved by the
(A) American Counseling
				  Association;
(B) Alaska Counseling
				  Association;
(C) American
				  Psychological Association;
(D)
				  American Association of State Social Work Boards;
(E) National Association of Social
				  Workers;
(F) American Association
				  for Marital and Family Therapy;
(G)
				  National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC);
(H) Alaska Commission for Behavioral Health
				  Certification;
(I) Alaska
				  Psychological Association;
(J)
				  Alaska School Counselor Association;
(K) Alaska Chapter of the National
				  Association of Social Workers;
(L)
				  American School Counselor Association;
(M) Alaska Department of Health and Social
				  Services;
(N) Co-Occurring
				  Disorders Institute, Inc.;
(O)
				  Trust Training Cooperative;
(P)
				  National Association of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors;
(Q) Regional Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselor
				  Training Program;
(3)
				  cross-disciplinary courses, seminars, or workshops in the fields of medicine,
				  law, behavioral sciences, ethics, or other disciplines;
(4) first-time preparation and presentation
				  of a professional counseling course, seminar, or workshop; the board will
				  accept up to a maximum of 10 contact hours allocated among all professional
				  counselors involved in the preparation and presentation;
(5) first-time preparation or publication of
				  an article or book chapter related to the practice of professional counseling
				  that was presented at a state or national association meeting or published by a
				  publisher accepted by the board as recognized by the profession; the board will
				  accept up to a maximum of 10 contact hours allocated among all professional
				  counselors involved in the preparation or publication;
(6) completion of a correspondence, video
				  tape, audio cassette, or other individual study program; a program under this
				  paragraph is acceptable only if
(A) the
				  program requires registration and provides evidence of successful completion;
				  or
(B) the licensee submits a
				  signed statement from an approved counselor supervisor who supervised the study
				  program verifying that the licensee has successfully completed the
				  program;
(7) up to 15
				  contact hours of continuing education in other courses, seminars, workshops,
				  and in service training not covered under (1) - (6) of this subsection that are
				  not specifically preapproved by the board, but meet the standards contained in
				  (a) of this section.