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BCIA Recertification - Continuing Education Hours
Summary of Requirements
Candidates for recertification must complete 55 hours (30 hours for Senior Fellows) of accredited continuing education related to the blueprint, relevant to biofeedback and/or the disorder you may be treating with the majority of your hours being biofeedback specific. *Individuals certified in both General and Neurofeedback may use CE credits from accredited providers for recertification in both programs.
New in 2010
- 3 hours of the required 55 (or 30 for Senior Fellows) must be related to ethics and professional standards
- the 25 hours of elective continuing education are no longer required; however we do encourage you to continue to read and study good materials that are outside of the accredited work.
Accredited work is described as follows:
College Courses - Registered attendance in an undergraduate or graduate course approved and offered through a regionally accredited academic institution.
Professional Instruction - Teaching at a regionally accredited academic institution or at a nationally recognized, accredited professtional venue is counted as class time plus two hours of preparation time are allowed for each hour of instruction time.
Professional Organization Courses - Continuing education courses offered through a professional organization or private agency. Such courses must be approved through an accrediting agency (e.g., AMA, ANA, APA, etc.). Documentation should indicate the accrediting agency.
Professional Preparation - Authorship of a peer-reviewed document (journal, manuscript, written or edited textbook chapter, platform or poster presentation critiqued or otherwise reviewed by formally designated professional colleagues). Credit for publications is allowed as follows:
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Book authored 40 hours
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Book edited 40 hours
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Book chapter 20 hours
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Journal article 10 hours
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Masters thesis 20 hours
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Dissertation 40 hours
Presentation - *based on the accreditation and the topic, but could be counted that for every 1 presentation hour, you could also receive an additional 2 preparation hours.
Research - Per special review on an individual basis.
Chapter/State Meetings - AAPB Chapter/State/Regional Biofeedback Society Meeting hours apply toward recertification.
Tapes - Used in a course through a regionally accredited educational institution or approved continuing education.
Distance Education/Home Study Courses - Courses relevant to the Blueprint offered by a regionally accredited university, the national body of your profession, or a BCIA accredited training program.
Patent - Approved patents within a Blueprint area - 10 hours.
Mentoring of Candidates - BCIA approved mentors should submit candidate’s name, address and phone number. Upon verification, BCIA allows five continuing education hours for each candidate if a minimum of 15 hours mentoring was provided. Attendance at the BCIA Mentor’s Workshop is worth 2 hours of continuing education.
Exam Item Construction - One-half hour of accredited continuing education will be given for reading an article, documented published book or study from a peer reviewed journal and preparing an examination question. The examination item should be comprised of a question, correct answer and three distractors (incorrect answers), and sourced from the Suggested Reading List. A maximum of 20 hours per four-year certification period is allowed (i.e., 40 questions maximum). Test question forms are available from BCIA upon request or on the website at bcia.org.
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