CERTIFICATES/CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS

Certificates/Continuing Education Credits

Certificates/Continuing Education Credits

Introduction

CEUs are awarded for the successful completion of professional development activities which focus on improved student learning. CEUs awarded by providers approved by the CSDE may be used to fulfill the certification requirements for the continuance of a professional educator certificate. Each CEU is based on ten contact hours of educational experience (Kontos 2008). Three semester hours of graduate credit, awarded by a regionally accredited institution, will be accepted as equivalent to 4.5 CEUs, if the credit is in a person's current endorsement area, or if the credit is being applied to a new endorsement. State law requires the successful completion of 90 hours of continuing education, which is documented by nine CEUs or graduate course work, every five years, in order for a holder to maintain a professional educator certificate. Effective July 1, 1989, you MUST successfully complete CEUs, if you are currently employed by a Connecticut board of education and you hold a professional educator certificate. Initial and provisional certificate holders are not required to earn CEUs for certification purposes.

Prominent Certificates & Credentials

1) Certificate of Completion

A “Certificate of Completion” is not issued for the ADA Basic Building Blocks web course by the DBTAC: Southeast ADA Center.

2) CEU: Continuing Education Units

The ADA Basic Building Blocks webcourse has been approved by the University College at Syracuse University for 0.5 continuing education units (CEU), which equates to 5 contact hours.

3) CRCC: Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification

Due to changes in requirements for CRCC credit by the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification (CRCC), CRCC clock hours are currently unavailable for the ADA Basic webcourse.

Determining Certification Requirements

This Certificate Program provides participants with a comprehensive background of knowledge (Rafii 2009). An eight semester hour curriculum consisting of four courses, the program is designed primarily for mental health practitioners, nutritionists and medical personnel working in the field, but is open to all students.

Participants join with practitioner faculty in small classes for discussion, study, and field experience that engage the full range of issues involved in working with clients who have eating disorders (Pellegrino 2008). To accommodate the schedules of working professionals, classes convene one weekend per month for 10 months. Study and discussion continue online between class sessions.

The program, in partnership with the Addictions Program at Lewis & Clark Graduate School of Educations and Counseling, is designed to provide participants with a comprehensive background of knowledge and skills to work effectively with clients. This program meets the academic credentialing requirements of the International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals (IAEDP).

Those participants holding a master's degree or doctoral degree in nutrition, exercise physiology, health, behavioral science, or medicine may complete a practicum experience and apply for Certified Eating Disorders Specialist in Nutrition (CEDN) or Certified Eating Disorders Specialist (CDES) certification from the International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals (IAEDP) (Rafii 2009).

All courses in the Eating Disorders Certificate Program are applicable to a graduate degree in counseling psychology Graduate level degree-applicable credit and continuing education credit are available for those working toward ...