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MFT Continuing Education - 'Units' Versus 'Contact Hours'

The phrase "continuing education unit" (or CEU for short) does not have a common meaning among everyone. Some state boards may define it differently than others. It is important to know how your state defines this term when seeking out continuing education. A second phrase that is used in place of "units" is "contact hour" or "clock hour". Contact hour is more widely accepted as the universal label for the measurement for determining the amount of continuing education each course is worth. Let's look at each term individually.

First term we will discuss is "unit". This is the term used when using the acronym CEU. Most organizations rely on the universally accepted definition of a CEU equaling 10 hours of instruction time. The mental health profession has mixed definitions. Some organizations in the mental health field will define a CEU to be equal to 10 hours of learning, while others will define a CEU as just one hour of learning. In light of this conflict mental health state boards are moving away from using the term CEU or Unit when explaining the continuing education requirements of their licensed professionals. This is why the term "contact hour" (or "clock hour", which is interchangeably used) is now the term of choice.

The definition of a "contact/clock hour" is one hour of non-stop learning or instruction. This is usually accepted as 50 minutes as opposed to the full 60 minutes in each hour. This was due to those attaining their "contact hours" at a live workshop with several classes back to back and thus needing a 10 minute break between sessions. With this definition, it is easy to determine the credit at a live conference. What about those receiving their continuing education through written material, such as found in home study, distant learning and online continuing education courses?

People's rate of reading range widely, thus making it difficult to define to define a contact/clock hour to just time alone. How is Contact Hour defined with home study courses? The NBCC has defined a contact hour to a specific word count with written material designed for home study. Here is an excerpt from the NBCC website explaining this:

"2. Home Study Programs.

Home study-approved clock hours must be calculated in accordance with the following requirements.
The number of hours of credit awarded must be based on an accurate word count for text-based materials, and on an accurate word count plus listening/viewing time for mixed text and audio/visual materials. A reading speed of 66 words per minute is used to calculate the number of clock hours that may be awarded for text-based home study programs. One hour of continuing education credit may be awarded for a minimum of 4,000 words of text."
http://www.nbcc.org/Assets/CEProvider/approvedproviderpolicies.pdf (page 10)

What all this means is be sure to use the same definition of a CEU that your state board uses. If not, you may not get the amount of credit for your continuing education you expected. Because virtually every state accepts the term "contact/clock hour" make sure this is what gets printed on your certificate of completion for any online courses you take.

Aspira is an online provider that agrees with the NBCC definition of contact hour. Aspira provides courses for MFT continuing education. You can visit Aspira at http://www.aspirace.com. View Aspira's feed at MFT continuing education article feed