Guidelines and Application for Providing CEUs
CTAMFT offers formal approval of Continuing Education Hours for training activities, workshops, conferences and educational programs that meet the criteria established by CTAMFT in conjunction with the State of Connecticut's Department of Public Health regulations for continuing education for Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists.
Please read the following to assist you in filing a complete application form.
I. The Application Process for CTAMFT Continuing Education Hours
- Submit application information and application fee at least TWO MONTHS IN ADVANCE of each program/activity in order to allow for proper processing. There is no guarantee that CTAMFT will be able to post workshops to its membership if application is received late. A late fee of $25 will be required for processing applications less than four (4) weeks prior to the date of the offering. Retroactive approval is not granted; there will be no exceptions.
- Submit an application for each individual activity
- Submit an evaluation summary or individual evaluation forms to the CTAMFT office no later than 30 days following the event.
- Include all enclosures as listed on page 3 of the application
- Include the following statement in the announcement of the program:
This program has been approved for ___ Continuing Education Hours by the Connecticut Association for Marriage and Family Therapists and meets the continuing education criteria for Marriage and Family Therapist Licensure renewal.
Definition of "Individual Activity": An individual activity is one which has one overall title and for which registration grants participants entry to the entire program. Single activities offer a fixed amount of continuing education hours.
If your program design has participants registering for one or more segments or permits registration for either morning or afternoon elements of a day-long activity, different amounts of continuing education hours will be granted and therefore must be treated as separate activities and will require separate applications for each.
Conferences may be single day or multi-day meetings containing choices of workshops in some or all time slots. One application may be submitted for the entire conference if it can be documented that 67% or more of the meeting/workshop hours have MFT or related content areas in their title and/or descriptions.
Certificates of Attendance: Participants who attend conferences should receive CE certificates of attendance showing the number of hours of certified activities they have attended. It is possible that this number may not be the same as the total number of contact hours available.
II. Counting Contact Hours
Definition of contact hour: 50 or 60 minutes of face-to-face educational activity
Exclusions: Time spent for breaks, socializing, registration, and meals
Minimum number of hours: One and a half hours (1.5 hours) of activity
Maximum number of hours: 8 per day
Graduate Courses: Courses attended toward a Masters or Doctorate or other post-Bachelor's degrees are eligible for consideration for MFT CE certification.
Instructors' Continuing Education Credit: Instructors of any MFT certified activities may count their actual face-to-face contact time toward their own CE requirements. Instructors should be given certificates of attendance.
III. Granting Continuing Education Credit to Participants
Attendance: MFT attendees who participate in certified activities are expected to attend the entire program. A record of signing in and signing out will be required and maintained by the sponsoring organization.
Evaluations: Attendees must complete and return to the sponsor an evaluation of each activity before continuing education hours are provided. The sponsor is responsible for keeping these evaluations as evidence of each participant’s completion of your program. As a condition of MFT certification for your activity, you must maintain these records for a minimum of 5 years and agree to produce them for inspection as needed.
Certificates of Attendance: Attendees who participate in certified activities should receive continuing education certificates of attendance showing the number of hours of certified activities they have completed. The recommended wording on the certificates is:
"This activity has been certified by CTAMFT for professional continuing education. Certificate # ____.
The certificate should show the certification number and number of contact hours granted, along with the title of the activity, the instructor's name, date(s) of attendance and sponsoring organization. An authorized representative of the sponsor should sign the certificate.
IF YOU WANT CTAMFT TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF COMPLETION/ATTENDANCE TO PARTICIPANTS:
- You must certify the participation of each person in the approved program for which Continuing Education Hours are to be awarded by submitting to CTAMFT a Participant Form with sign-ins and sign-outs in accordance with the requirements above.
- You must pay an additional fee of $25 for every 20 participant
IV. Application Materials
To ensure rapid and accurate consideration, please include the following information:
- Description of Professional Development Activity listing each activity, date(s), location, description, learning outcomes
- Proposal for a Professional Development Activity listing agenda/time schedule, contact hours, special equipment, and evaluation type
- Bibliography or reading list relevant to each activity
- Copy of evaluation form to be completed by participants
- Attached Resumes or CVs of presenter(s)
- Fee
V. Fees **
Determine your fee as follows:
1. $100 each for 1-2 activities
2. $275 total for 3-5 activities
3. $400 total for 6-19 activities in a full calendar year
4. $40 each for 20 or more activities in a calendar year (up to $600 total)
If CTAMFT is to provide certificates: $25.00 for each 20 participants
** ALL FEES ARE NON-REFUNDABLE AND NON-TRANSFERRABLE
VI. Notification of Approval
1. After the application is reviewed and a decision made about whether it meets the requirements for CTAMFT as set forth in this document, the sponsoring organization will be notified by email of this decision. An email address MUST be included on the application unless the sponsoring organization wants a written response via USPS.
2. If the organization wants a written response sent via USPS, a self-addressed, stamped envelope must be included with the application packet.
VII. Program Listing
1. If requested on the application form, the approved program will be posted on CTAMFT’s listserv, posted on the CTAMFT website (www.ctamft.org) and given a calendar listing in the quarterly CTAMFT newsletter, if timely. Anyone wishing a larger advertisement in the CTAMFT newsletter, CT Connections, may contact our editor, Jan Bailey, at janbee38@yahoo.com.
Mail all applications to:
CTAMFT
P.O. Box 782
Wallingford, CT 06492
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