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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This information below is likely to be of interest to many.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Note that the </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>DSM-5 will be a part of the NCMHCE exam starting with exams given on or after April 1, 2014.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Christine Suniti Bhat, Ph.D., L.P.C, L.S.C.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Past-President, Ohio Counseling Association (OCA), 2013-2014<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Associate Professor & Program Coordinator, Counselor Education, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Department of Counseling and Higher Education,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The Patton College of Education, OHIO UNIVERSITY, Athens, OH 45701<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Office: McCracken Hall, 374<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Phone: 740-593-4425; Fax: 740-593-0477; Email: <a href="mailto:bhatc@ohio.edu">bhatc@ohio.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Website: <a href="http://www.cehs.ohio.edu/facultystaff/bhatc/">http://www.cehs.ohio.edu/facultystaff/bhatc/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Media: <a href="http://www.ohio.edu/ucm/media/experts/ohioexpert.cfm?formid=1822088&pageid=1844292">http://www.ohio.edu/ucm/media/experts/ohioexpert.cfm?formid=1822088&pageid=1844292</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> cswmft.info@cswb.state.oh.us [mailto:cswmft.info@cswb.state.oh.us] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 05, 2013 11:31 AM<br><b>To:</b> Bhat, Christine<br><b>Subject:</b> Ohio CSWMFT Board: News from the NBCC National Licensing Board Conference<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=500 style='width:375.0pt;background:#00CCFF'><tr><td style='padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong> </strong><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:center'><u><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>NBCC National Licensing Board Conference </span></u><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:center'><u><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Report for Ohio Counselors</span></u><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> Our board chair, Mary Venrick, and I recently attended the NBCC conference. There are a number of key parts, which I wish to share with our licensees and students.</span><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The NBCC exams hope to have applicants apply online by June 2014. With board approval applicant can go online to apply with a credit card! Details will come as they are developed for use.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> The DSM-5 will be a part of the NCMHCE exam starting with exams given on or after April 1, 2014.</span><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>o</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> Changes in nomenclature and symptom profiles</span><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>o</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> Inclusion and Expansion of V-codes as part of dimensionality of clinical presentation (ICD-9-CM V-codes and, from the forthcoming ICD-10-CM, Z-codes)T</span><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>o</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> New simulations that incorporate the dimensional approach to diagnosis, treatment planning and interventions</span><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>o</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> No more axes (I-V)</span><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>o</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> The job analysis (every 5-6 years) to determine use of DSM-5</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> CACREP and CORE (Council on Rehabilitation Education) have signed an affiliation agreement. CORE programs may achieve a dually accredited degree with CACREP as a clinical rehabilitation degree that is an equal of the clinical mental health degree per CORE & CACREP executive directors.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> Counselor National Legislative Efforts</span><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>o</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> Department of Veterans Affairs – law now allows hiring of professional counselors in VA clinical jobs. Slow to hire counselors, but look for opportunities on VA website.</span><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>o</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> Medicare – Counselors added to Medicare passed in the House & Senate in separate years of different Congresses. One of the major sponsors is moving up into leadership…better chance of passing.</span><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>o</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> Tricare Certified Mental Health Counselor (TCMHC), if you want to be a provider start working on it now unless you have a CACREP accredited degree and have passed the NCMHCE.</span><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-family:Wingdings;color:black'>§</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> Window for grandparenting provisions closes 12/31/2014 – requires a CACREP degree and NCE passed or non-CACREP and NCMHCE passed.</span><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-family:Wingdings;color:black'>§</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> Go to NBCC website here: </span><span style='color:black'><a href="http://list.em.ohio.gov/t/253835/9447271/2382/0/"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>http://www.nbcc.org/TRICARE/</span></a></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>o</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> DOD/Military Health System DOD directed to develop a plan to hire more counselors. </span><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>o</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>NBCC received a SAMHSA Minority Fellowship Program to award $20,000 per year to 24 minority counseling students. Go to NBCC website search for SAMHSA</span><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>o</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> Indian Health Service (IHS) – loan repayments are available. Got to NBCC website search for HIS</span><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>o</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> NBCC – through Fair Access Coalition on Testing (FACT) is fighting for counselors rights to administer and interpret assessment tests for which they are appropriately trained.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> Online Counseling Resources</span><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>o</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> See NBCC ethical code</span><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#000066'>o</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#000066'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> FDA beginning to regulate Apps as medical equipment. Here is a website that lists many of the more than 300 software company programs for online – this site rates their HIPAA compliance. Check it out: </span><span style='color:black'><a href="http://list.em.ohio.gov/t/253835/9447271/2383/0/"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>http://www.telementalhealthcomparisons.com/consumer?orderby=name</span></a></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000066'> if it looks weird try Firefox.</span><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>o</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> Research on Online Therapy show - No Difference between face-to-face & online therapy</span><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Please feel free to share this information with other licensees who may not have seen or received this email.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'> <img border=0 width=100 height=100 id=Image src="http://cswmft.ohio.gov/images/CSWMFTseal.jpg"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></div><div id="Unsubscribe_footer"><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>You are subscribed to csw-pc as <a href="mailto:bhatc@ohio.edu">bhatc@ohio.edu</a><br>To unsubscribe, send a blank email to:</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>leave-253835-9447271.a28c166964a24028d3255bcab1dd3edd@list.em.ohio.gov</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=1 height=1 id="_x0000_i1027" src="http://list.em.ohio.gov/db/253835/9447271/1.gif"><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>