ANCDS GUIDELINES FOR DOCUMENTING CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS (CECs)

Six broad areas of activity can be credited: meetings, workshops, post Master's degree courses audited, post Master's degree courses taken for credit, presentations or courses taught, workshops, and publications.  Examples of activities that are applicable to each area are summarized in the next section.

A minimum of 60 hours are required within the past three (3) years of the date of this application for new applicants and also as part of the recertification process.  Courses taken to obtain CEC hours are to consist of intermediate and advanced level content.  At least 45 of the 60 hours need to be specific to neurologic communication disorders.  Neurologic related hours include those focused on acquired language, motor speech, right hemisphere, and cognitive or cognitive-communicative disorders associated with underlying neurologic and/or neurodegenerative diseases.  Hours focused on comparing normal and disordered brain function and communication as well as courses on functional speech disorders would also count.  Hours pertaining to voice and dysphonia that are not specific to neurologic disorders and courses on normal aging would count toward non-neurologic hours.  If a conference or workshop has various sessions with mixed offerings that relate to neurologic disorders and non-neurologic disorders, only the numeric portion of the course that relates to neurologic disorders should be counted for neurologic credit.  No more than 15 of the 60 hours may be in related or areas besides neurologic communication disorders.

The following section summarizes and provides examples of activities that can meet CEC requirements.  Examples of supporting documents corresponding to these activities are also included.  Please note that the activities listed under each continuing education category include but are not limited to the examples provided.  Should questions arise regarding the acceptability of certain activities, they should contact the Board of Clinical Certification at [email protected] for clarification before submitting their application materials.

Click here for the BC CEC Guidelines and Worksheet for examples of activities that count toward CECs.

Category 1 | Category 2 | Category 3 | Category 4 | Category 5 | Category 6

Category 1 - Professional Meetings

Includes conferences that are focused on an aspect of neurologic disorders or that offers a substantial amount of its programming on neurologic-related topics

Examples include:

• ANCDS Annual Scientific Meeting
• Clinical Aphasiology Conference
• Conference on Motor Speech
• Academy of Aphasia
• ASHA Convention
• State Speech-Language-Hearing Association Conventions
• Regional and local conferences
• Within work facility departmental meetings, grand rounds, guest lectures, etc.

CEC Credits:

• 10 contact hours = 1 CEC

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Category 2 - Workshops

Includes on-site workshops, seminars and presentations, teleconferences, and videoconferences usually focused on a well-defined topic and presented by one or a few individuals

CEC Credits:

• 10 contact hours = 1 CEC

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Category 3 - Post Master's Degree Courses Audited

Examples include:

• Auditing graduate level courses
• Viewing of asynchronous presentations tailored for self-study
• Special Interest Division 2 Newsletters read for self-study credit
• Other ASHA-sponsored self-study activities

CEC Credits:

• 1 academic course (regardless of number of credits) = 1 CEC 
• 10 contact hours for documented self-study = 1 CEC

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Category 4 - Post Master's Degree Courses Taken for Credit

• Academic transcript or signed verification from course instructor 
  Note: course must be passed for pass/fail or receive grade of B- or higher

CEC Credits:

• 1 academic course (regardless of number of credits) = 2 CECs
  

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Category 5 - Presentations or Courses Taught

Examples include:

• Poster sessions and oral presentations at national, state, and/or regional professional meetings
• Invited workshops, seminars, presentations, teleconferences, and/or videoconferences
• Graduate level courses taught for credit (1 course = 1 presentation per certification/recertification cycle)

CEC Credits:

• 1 presentation = 1 CEC (regardless of duration of presentation)
  Note: a specific presentation given multiple times can only be credited once in the three-year recertification per year

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Category 6 - Publications

Examples include:

• Refereed journal articles
• Invited articles in refereed journals
• Refereed or invited book chapters
• Books
• Standardized published tests
  Note: published abstracts and letters to the editor cannot be credited as publications, but published abstracts can be used to document a presentation

CEC Credits:

• 1 publication = 2 CECs
  

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Examples of Supporting Documentation

• ASHA Continuing Education Registry transcripts
• Meeting program with proof of registration (e.g., receipt, attendee listing)
• For within-work facility activities without formal registration or documentation: a listing of topics and hours, with verification signed by a work supervisor
• For audited courses: academic transcript or signed verification from course instructor
• For self-study activities: ASHA CE Registry transcripts or comparable documentation
• Presentations and publications
• Anything that documents authorship, title of presentation, and location and date (e.g., programs, brochures, letters of acceptance, course outlines, course catalogs, published abstracts).
• Any of the following: reprint, first page of the publication with complete reference information, letter of acceptance