Handbook May 1 2009 for Practice
and January 1, 2010 for Certification

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Fees - Certification and Accreditation
Regional Admitting Chair Guidelines The Association of Theological Schools
Overall TABLE OF CONTENTS
Accreditation: 1
Section I: Standards for the approval of programs and the accreditation of education centres
Section II: Procedures and guidelines for the approval of programs and the accreditation of education centres
Section III : Standards and procedures for accreditation of pastoral counselling centres
Certification: 2
Section I: Basic supervised pastoral education
Section II: Advanced supervised pastoral education (Flow Sheet: MS Word / Adobe)
Section III: Certification as a specialist - Pastoral Care (Flow Sheet: MS Word / Adobe)
Application Form - Pastoral Care Specialist		Fill-able
Steps One and Two (Subsections 1 - 5C)		Fill-able form
Steps Two Report Form (Subsection 5D)		Fill-able
NEW -PILOT Step Two Process, including Report Form		Fill-able
Step Three (Subsections 6 & 7)		Fill-able
Section IV: Certification as a specialist - Pastoral Counselling (Flow Sheet: MS Word / Adobe)
Application Form - Pastoral Counseling Specialist		Fill-able
Steps One and Two (Subsections 1 - 5C)		Fill-able
Step Two Report Form (Subsection 5D)		Fill-able
Step Three (Subsections 6 & 7)		Fill-able
Section V: Teaching Supervisor (Subsections 1 - 3)
Provisional Process with Application Form (Subsection 4) (Flow Sheet: MS Word / Adobe)
Application Form - Associate Supervisor		Fill-able
Associate Steps One and Two (Subsection 5 A - D.3)		Fill-able
Associate Step Two Report Form (Subsection 5 D.4)		Fill-able
Associate Step Three (Subsection 5 E)		Fill-able
Application Form - Full Teaching Supervisor		Fill-able
Full Teaching Supervisor, including Teaching Supervisor Consultant Report Form (Subsection 6)		Fill-able
Section VI
Maintenance of Educational Standing		Fill-able
Practice: 3
Section I : Confidentiality
Section II: Standing and status
Section III: Specialist – Pastoral Care/Pastoral Counselling (Peer review in this section)
Peer review Report Form		Fill-able
Section IV: Teaching supervisors (Peer review in this section)
Peer review report Form		Fill-able
Appendices:
Appendix I: Procedures for dealing with grievances related to standards and organizational structures
Appendix II: Procedures for complaints under the Code of Ethics & Professional Conduct
Appendix III: Reciprocity agreement regarding membership equivalencies to be recognized between American Association of Pastoral Counselors AAPC and Canadian Association for Pastoral Practice and Education CAPPE /ACPEP
Appendix IV: Transfer of standing from ACPE
Appendix V: Guidelines for entry into or placement in CAPPE/ACPEP’s educational process from an alternate or irregular educational background (Flow sheet MS Word / Adobe)
Appendix VI: Student Manual & Welcome Package
Appendix VII: Guidelines for religious authorities providing “evidence of endorsement” and “continuing good standing”
Appendix VIII Examples of Participation in the Life of the Association
Appendix IX Glossary of Terms
The Code of Ethics 2009

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