COUNSELORS

This program has been approved by the National Board for Certified Counselors, NBCC Approval Number: SP-1605 for up to 22 contact hours.

Provider is also approved by the NAADAC Education and Research Foundation Provider Number 680 for up to 22 CHEs.  

Pursuant to 16.2l7.16.9, approval by both the NBCC and the NAADAC boards is considered an acceptable continuing education course by the New Mexico Counseling and Therapy Practice Board.

Counselors are required to have six hours of ethics related to counseling/mental health for all licenses. The ethics workshop held on Friday, December 5, Ethics for Behavioral Health Professionals, meets this requirement.

SOCIAL WORKERS

This program has been approved by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW-NM) for up to 22 continuing education contact hours. There are sessions provided that meet the new cultural requirements.  All of the workshops in the Native American track (Institute C and Workshops 3, 10, 18, 26 & 34) as well as hot topics 15 & 22 meet the cultural requirement criteria.

The NASW CE approval program is endorsed by 41 state licensure boards including the New Mexico Board of Social Work Examiners.

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

This program has been approved by the New Mexico Credentialing Board for Behavioral HEalth Professionals (NMCBBHP), provider number KJ103 for up to 22 CEUs. 

Following is the daily breakdown for counselors, social workers and behavioral health professionals:

         

12/2	Tuesday	6
12/3	Wednesday	6.25
12/4	Thursday	3.75
12/5	Friday: Ethics Track	6
12/5	Friday: General programming	2.75
	Full conference	18.75
	Full conference w/Ethics	22

Note: Single day attendance cumulatively is slightly less than full conference attendance because we must round down the partial hours in the daily calculations.

NURSES

The conference has been approved for continuing education credits by ENMU-R CE Monitoring Committee #02-08 for up to 24.6 continuing education contact hours or 2.46 CEUs if attending the full conference with the ethics track on Friday and 21.8 or 2.18 CEUs if attending the general conference programming.  The breakdown is as follows:

There is no additional fee for CEUs to the attendee. The conference has covered all costs associated with the application process and administration of the credits.

Attendees requesting CEUs must abide by the policies and procedures set by the conference office. These will be detailed in the conference program booklet and appear below. All boards prohibit early certificate distribution. The certificate distribution policies of the conference have been developed to meet the requirements set by the licensing boards, and the conference office does not have the ability to deviate from these policies.

As it is ultimately the responsibility of each licensee to keep abreast of the current rules and regulations of his/her respective licensing board, please contact your state licensing board with any questions regarding licensure renewal, continuing education requirements, and requirements for acceptable continuing education courses, programs and sponsors.

Expenses for continuing education, when taken to maintain and improve professional skills, are tax deductible. Consult your accountant for complete details

What about me?

Psychologists:  Unfortunately, due to the new application procedure which requires separate application and payment for every single session offered during the conference, we were unable to apply for credits for psychologists.

Psychiatrists and Physicians:  Both of these professions fall under the CME requirements.  Due to the strict protocol that must be followed to obtain CME, the conference did not qualify for CME.

THE ONSITE PROCESS

SIGN IN/OUT PROCESS:

Why you check in at registration, your packet will contain a personalized Continuing Education Tracking Form. CARRY THIS FORM WITH YOU THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CONFERENCE. This document is being used in place of sign in/out sheets. In order to receive any type of CE credit you must initial each session you attend in the space provided and the form must be turned in on-site and reviewed and approved by a CEU processing volunteer on your final departure from the conference.

 

EVALUATION FORM REQUIREMENT:

In your conference registration packet you will also be given a yellow Conference Evaluation Form; this form must be turned in at the end of the conference with your Continuing Education Tracking Form. You will also receive an evaluation form at each session you attend; please complete and return it to the Room Host before you leave your session.

 

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION:

Certificates will be handed out only at the end of the conference day. If you are attending the entire conference, you only need to pick up your certificate ONCE, on Friday. Tables will be designated for specific credentialing boards. To request a duplicate copy of the certificate AFTER the conference, send a check for $5 payable to Kesselman-Jones, Inc. AND a self-addressed stamped envelope to the conference office at PO Box 30182, Albuquerque, NM 87190. Replacement certificates will be sent only to individuals whose paperwork was submitted in full at the conference. Documentation will be kept on file for five years.