WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.000 music 00:00:04.000 --> 00:00:08.000 Now let me tell you a little bit about myself. 00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:10.000 My name's Lonnie Knotts. 00:00:10.000 --> 00:00:13.000 I'm the intake coordinator with the Oregon Board of 00:00:13.000 --> 00:00:16.000 Licensed Professional Counsellors and Therapists. 00:00:16.000 --> 00:00:18.000 I have been there now seven years. 00:00:18.000 --> 00:00:23.000 I was in the Army for eight. I have a master's degree in business. 00:00:23.000 --> 00:00:26.000 So I know a little bit about what you guys are going through. 00:00:26.000 --> 00:00:29.000 By the way, congratulations, cause you're almost there! 00:00:29.000 --> 00:00:33.000 The first thing I want to go over is our website, because this is your tool. 00:00:33.000 --> 00:00:37.000 In order for you to know what we do around here. 00:00:37.000 --> 00:00:40.000 And remember that I am your friend. I am the guy that's gonna help you. 00:00:40.000 --> 00:00:45.000 Even when I've got bad news, I'm gonna try to find a way to get you need. 00:00:45.000 --> 00:00:50.000 Before I go there, let me remind you that you did come to Western Oregon 00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:53.000 which is a nationally accredited program. 00:00:53.000 --> 00:00:56.000 What that means to you is that education is portable. 00:00:56.000 --> 00:00:60.000 Every state in the union, except maybe California - they tend to have 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:05.000 different rules than we do - will accept your degree. 00:01:05.000 --> 00:01:10.000 Without even looking at it, it's automatic because the education meets 00:01:10.000 --> 00:01:13.000 the national accreditation. So that's a good thing. 00:01:13.000 --> 00:01:21.000 We also will accept the rehabilitation counselling exam as your national competency exam. 00:01:21.000 --> 00:01:25.000 Once you become CACREP, though, there's a couple things you should know. 00:01:25.000 --> 00:01:27.000 There's two exams that CACREP has. 00:01:27.000 --> 00:01:30.000 One of those is called the National Counsellors Exam. 00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:33.000 And what that exam is, is a book exam. 00:01:33.000 --> 00:01:38.000 You're gonna forget that, so if you want to take that exam, I tell people to take it early. 00:01:38.000 --> 00:01:42.000 Once you're a registered intern with the board, you are eligible to take that exam. 00:01:42.000 --> 00:01:47.000 The other exam that's out there is called the National Clinical Mental Health Counsellor's Exam. 00:01:47.000 --> 00:01:56.000 National Clinical Mental Health Counsellor's Exam. NCMHCE. 00:01:56.000 --> 00:01:58.000 That exam, again, is a clinical exam. 00:01:58.000 --> 00:01:63.000 More difficult than the National Counsellor's Exam, as it should be. 00:02:03.000 --> 00:02:08.000 Because that exam has been approved by the Veteran's Administration. 00:02:08.000 --> 00:02:16.000 And with the deal with CACREP to allow LPC's to treat VA individuals under Tri-care. 00:02:16.000 --> 00:02:19.000 Tri-care is a big medical insurance. 00:02:19.000 --> 00:02:22.000 License is not a bad idea to have that exam under your belt. 00:02:24.000 --> 00:02:29.000 I don't know for certain, if, as a core accredited program, 00:02:29.000 --> 00:02:33.000 NCMHCE but that's something you should find out. 00:02:33.000 --> 00:02:36.000 At some point you will become CACREP accredited. 00:02:36.000 --> 00:02:40.000 If it's within a year of your graduation date, 00:02:40.000 --> 00:02:44.000 then you basically are CACREP accredited and core accredited. 00:02:44.000 --> 00:02:48.000 There is some kind of agreement between core and CACREP 00:02:48.000 --> 00:02:50.000 and I'm not exactly sure of the specifics. 00:02:50.000 --> 00:02:56.000 It may be that you don't have to worry about that and you are automatically CACREP accredited. 00:02:56.000 --> 00:02:58.000 You might want to check that out. 00:02:58.000 --> 00:02:64.000 Seeing as how this is now the only program that's core accredited. 00:03:04.000 --> 00:03:08.000 Portland State used to be. They're CACREP now. 00:03:08.000 --> 00:03:10.000 Those are the exams. 00:03:10.000 --> 00:03:14.000 If you ever want to take the exams, do it early. 00:03:14.000 --> 00:03:19.000 You're in that frame of mind to study, learn, retain, and take tests. 00:03:19.000 --> 00:03:22.000 The longer you wait, the more difficult they become. 00:03:22.000 --> 00:03:28.000 Not to say that you're going to fail them, it's just that it's harder to study, harder to remember. 00:03:28.000 --> 00:03:32.000 And who wants to take a test? Let's be honest, okay? 00:03:32.000 --> 00:03:36.000 I haven't had to take one in a long time and I don't wan to take one now. 00:03:36.000 --> 00:03:38.000 So we have our website. 00:03:38.000 --> 00:03:44.000 Oregon.gov/oblpct. 00:03:44.000 --> 00:03:46.000 That's our website, this is our main webpage. 00:03:46.000 --> 00:03:49.000 It's under construction, even though it doesn't look like it. 00:03:49.000 --> 00:03:55.000 Every one of the blue things are hyperlinks to other areas within our website. 00:03:55.000 --> 00:03:60.000 The thing that I want to start with is our forms page. 00:04:04.000 --> 00:04:08.000 This is where you're going to find all the stuff you're going to need in order 00:04:08.000 --> 00:04:10.000 to become a registered intern. 00:04:10.000 --> 00:04:16.000 The first thing I want you to do is not be overwhelmed by anything you have to do in order to be registered. 00:04:19.000 --> 00:04:21.000 I have a coworker. Her name's Natalie. 00:04:21.000 --> 00:04:25.000 Get a hold of either one of us and we will help you through this process. 00:04:25.000 --> 00:04:30.000 But remember, to become a registered intern, there are only six things you have to do. 00:04:30.000 --> 00:04:33.000 We're going to go through each one of those really quickly. 00:04:33.000 --> 00:04:35.000 First one is the application. 00:04:35.000 --> 00:04:39.000 It says Licensed Registered Intern Application. 00:04:39.000 --> 00:04:41.000 This is our application. 00:04:41.000 --> 00:04:47.000 Page one, demographic information and if you know where you're going to work. 00:04:47.000 --> 00:04:52.000 The important thing on this page is your email address. 00:04:52.000 --> 00:04:55.000 The board does all of its business now by email. 00:04:55.000 --> 00:04:60.000 We don't do anything by regular mail, with a few exceptions. 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:02.000 We're trying to get rid of those too. 00:05:02.000 --> 00:05:04.000 Your email address needs to be current. 00:05:04.000 --> 00:05:10.000 I will communicate with you by email, and I am available by email. 00:05:10.000 --> 00:05:12.000 I'm on the phone six hours a day. 00:05:12.000 --> 00:05:17.000 Trying to get ahold of me by phone some days is impossible 00:05:17.000 --> 00:05:21.000 But I do two things at once, I'm talking on the phone and answering emails at the same time. 00:05:21.000 --> 00:05:25.000 I try to answer those the same day or the following morning. 00:05:25.000 --> 00:05:27.000 Email is always the best way to find me. 00:05:27.000 --> 00:05:30.000 There's a link up there that says 'board'. 00:05:30.000 --> 00:05:34.000 Click on that and you'll find my email address, my phone numbers, 00:05:34.000 --> 00:05:37.000 and everybody that works on the staff. 00:05:37.000 --> 00:05:39.000 The second page of the application. 00:05:39.000 --> 00:05:43.000 On this page, there are only two things that I care about. 00:05:43.000 --> 00:05:47.000 You can put the other information down, but there are only two things I care about. 00:05:47.000 --> 00:05:54.000 Where you got your degree and when you graduated, and if you've taken any exams. 00:05:54.000 --> 00:05:57.000 That's all I care about. So don't stress about it. 00:05:57.000 --> 00:05:60.000 Because if I need something else, I'll ask you, 00:06:00.000 --> 00:06:05.000 Page three. This is the page that I talk about the most on the application. 00:06:05.000 --> 00:06:07.000 You have nine questions you have to answer. 00:06:07.000 --> 00:06:11.000 Compliance, criminal, that kind of stuff. 00:06:11.000 --> 00:06:17.000 If you have a traffic citation, put the X on number 9 and say 'traffic violation. 00:06:17.000 --> 00:06:21.000 If you were drunk in public, your dog defected on someone's yard. 00:06:21.000 --> 00:06:26.000 Whatever it happens to be, it's going to come up on a criminal background check. 00:06:26.000 --> 00:06:33.000 I would rather you put it here, than not put it there. 00:06:33.000 --> 00:06:36.000 It causes you more problems and me more paperwork. 00:06:36.000 --> 00:06:41.000 Answer each question truthfully. 00:06:41.000 --> 00:06:47.000 Give me an explanation why and don't worry about it. 00:06:47.000 --> 00:06:51.000 The one thing you have to realize is that you've entered into a profession 00:06:51.000 --> 00:06:54.000 where forgiveness is right up there on the top. 00:06:54.000 --> 00:06:59.000 There isn't much that you could have done that's going to prevent you from 00:06:59.000 --> 00:06:64.000 being licensed by our board. So don't stress about that. 00:07:04.000 --> 00:07:07.000 That's the application. That's the first thing you have to do. 00:07:07.000 --> 00:07:13.000 Very simple. Next thing. 00:07:13.000 --> 00:07:16.000 I was actually there trying to find this room. 00:07:16.000 --> 00:07:20.000 There's a registrar's office about two hundred yards that way. 00:07:20.000 --> 00:07:24.000 You walk in there and say 'I want a transcript. 00:07:24.000 --> 00:07:34.000 Once your degree is posted, it doesn't do me any good if you don't have an MA in rehabilitation counselling. 00:07:36.000 --> 00:07:38.000 You have to wait. 00:07:38.000 --> 00:07:43.000 Your advisors, your professors can tell you when those things are going to be posted. 00:07:43.000 --> 00:07:45.000 They have deadlines to get the grades in. 00:07:45.000 --> 00:07:49.000 Once it's posted, then I want you to have that sent to me. 00:07:49.000 --> 00:07:56.000 Most schools, and I believe Western does, have an electronic option. 00:07:56.000 --> 00:07:60.000 All you have to do is say 'I want it sent to Lonnie. Here's his email address. 00:08:00.000 --> 00:08:04.000 They send me an electronic little 'bloop' and then I go to a website and download it. 00:08:04.000 --> 00:08:06.000 That takes a day or two. 00:08:06.000 --> 00:08:12.000 Old fashioned way, it might take a couple or three weeks before I got the transcript. 00:08:12.000 --> 00:08:16.000 Very easy. It's going to cause you ten, fifteen, twenty bucks for that. 00:08:16.000 --> 00:08:20.000 If you do it electronically, they give you six or seven downloads. 00:08:20.000 --> 00:08:21.000 You can keep that in your bank, so take a look at that. 00:08:21.000 --> 00:08:24.000 That's the second thing. 00:08:24.000 --> 00:08:29.000 The next two things involve once you have a job. 00:08:29.000 --> 00:08:32.000 Right now you're all in student internships. 00:08:32.000 --> 00:08:34.000 Some of you may continue where you're at now. 00:08:34.000 --> 00:08:39.000 Once you graduate, you need to have a board-approved supervisors. 00:08:39.000 --> 00:08:42.000 There are three different ways that you can have a supervisor. 00:08:42.000 --> 00:08:47.000 Number one, there are two different types of supervisors on our registry. 00:08:47.000 --> 00:08:51.000 Go back to the main web-page please. 00:08:51.000 --> 00:08:56.000 Right here, it says 'supervisor reigstry. 00:08:56.000 --> 00:08:62.000 We have over three hundred people now that are either LPCs or LMFTs that have been vetted 00:09:02.000 --> 00:09:08.000 in order to give supervision to registered interns, whether it's an LPC or an LMFT. 00:09:08.000 --> 00:09:11.000 Telephone numbers, some have email addresses. 00:09:11.000 --> 00:09:16.000 It tells you where they're located, so there will be someone that's close to where you're living. 00:09:16.000 --> 00:09:19.000 You can contact them. 00:09:19.000 --> 00:09:24.000 That's if you're working with a place that doesn't have a supervisor on staff. 00:09:24.000 --> 00:09:27.000 There are two ways - I don't need to bore you with those. 00:09:27.000 --> 00:09:29.000 But the third way is the one I want to tell you about. 00:09:29.000 --> 00:09:31.000 Third way for a supervisor. 00:09:31.000 --> 00:09:38.000 A supervisor needs to be licensed in the state of Oregon for a minimum of three years. 00:09:38.000 --> 00:09:39.000 That's number one. 00:09:39.000 --> 00:09:44.000 The second thing is to be a graduate-level mental health profesional, which includes 00:09:44.000 --> 00:09:49.000 LCSW, psychiatric nurses, psychologists, psychiatrists. 00:09:49.000 --> 00:09:54.000 Anyone who has that graduate-level degree and above is eligible. 00:09:54.000 --> 00:09:57.000 Then they have to have thirty hours of supervision training. 00:09:57.000 --> 00:09:60.000 If they're teaching LMFTs, which you guys don't have to worry about, 00:10:00.000 --> 00:10:02.000 they also have to have systems training. 00:10:02.000 --> 00:10:08.000 The third thing is that the board has a supervisors law and rules exam. 00:10:08.000 --> 00:10:13.000 Those are the three things that they need in order to supervise an LPC intern. 00:10:13.000 --> 00:10:19.000 You have lots of options out there in order to do so. 00:10:19.000 --> 00:10:23.000 The two forms that are involved with your job - 00:10:23.000 --> 00:10:27.000 the first one, if we go back to the forms page real quick... 00:10:27.000 --> 00:10:29.000 Oh, by the way, if I refer to a number, excuse me. 00:10:29.000 --> 00:10:32.000 We've now taken the numbers off. 00:10:32.000 --> 00:10:34.000 We no longer have a form number. 00:10:34.000 --> 00:10:39.000 I am looking for 'Intern Supervised Clinical Experience Plan. 00:10:39.000 --> 00:10:42.000 There are four pages here. 00:10:42.000 --> 00:10:46.000 Page one: your name and where you're going to work. 00:10:46.000 --> 00:10:50.000 If you'll scroll up just a little bit. 00:10:50.000 --> 00:10:56.000 Number two is the one that everybody forgets because they don't see it. 00:10:56.000 --> 00:10:62.000 All it says is 'provide a brief description of client and counselling activities to be performed. 00:11:02.000 --> 00:11:06.000 Give me a one or two sentence 'bloop' and you're done. 00:11:06.000 --> 00:11:10.000 Guess what, that's all you really need to do for this form. 00:11:10.000 --> 00:11:14.000 Page two is for your supervisor to fill out. 00:11:14.000 --> 00:11:20.000 Page three is for your supervisor to fill out. 00:11:20.000 --> 00:11:24.000 Page four is a signature. Easy peasy. 00:11:24.000 --> 00:11:27.000 No problem. 00:11:27.000 --> 00:11:29.000 That's the third thing you have to give to me. 00:11:29.000 --> 00:11:33.000 The fourth thing you all are familiar with. 00:11:33.000 --> 00:11:39.000 Everyone has to submit a professional disclosure statement and hand that out to every client you have. 00:11:39.000 --> 00:11:44.000 That's by state law and rule. 00:11:44.000 --> 00:11:48.000 We have under our forms a sample. 00:11:48.000 --> 00:11:52.000 It says 'professional disclosure statement. 00:11:52.000 --> 00:11:56.000 That's the license example. 00:11:56.000 --> 00:11:59.000 The second page is for registered interns. 00:11:59.000 --> 00:11:64.000 All you need to do is take the one that you've been using currently that's got your student intern information. 00:12:04.000 --> 00:12:06.000 Mold it to this. 00:12:06.000 --> 00:12:11.000 However, I will tell you, this is my favorite form. 00:12:11.000 --> 00:12:13.000 Remember, I have an MBA/ 00:12:13.000 --> 00:12:16.000 This is your marketing tool. 00:12:16.000 --> 00:12:19.000 You're new to this profession. 00:12:19.000 --> 00:12:26.000 You don't have any clients out there, and if you do start a private practice, you have zero to start with. 00:12:26.000 --> 00:12:30.000 You get a client and you hand this out, it tells who you are, what you believe, 00:12:30.000 --> 00:12:36.000 what you're going to charge them, where you're located, what your phone number is. 00:12:36.000 --> 00:12:38.000 All of this stuff. 00:12:38.000 --> 00:12:42.000 Two people are having a couple of coffee, and they say 'I've got this problem. 00:12:46.000 --> 00:12:50.000 Guess what, you've already got another client. 00:12:50.000 --> 00:12:53.000 Make sure it's about you. 00:12:53.000 --> 00:12:57.000 There's stuff on there you have to do because it's what the board says you have to do. 00:12:57.000 --> 00:12:60.000 But make sure it's you, 00:13:00.000 --> 00:13:05.000 You can also combine this with an informed consent, if you like. 00:13:05.000 --> 00:13:08.000 I'm sure you've gone over that in your classes. 00:13:08.000 --> 00:13:10.000 There's no problem in combining the two. 00:13:10.000 --> 00:13:13.000 If you're in private practice, I highly recommend it. 00:13:13.000 --> 00:13:18.000 The fewer forms that someone has to sign and review, the better off they are. 00:13:18.000 --> 00:13:20.000 We've got four things. 00:13:20.000 --> 00:13:29.000 We've got the application, transcript, form 7 or the supervised work plan, and the PDFs. 00:13:29.000 --> 00:13:31.000 The other stuff is easy. 00:13:31.000 --> 00:13:36.000 Number five, right here, it says 'fingerprint instructions. 00:13:36.000 --> 00:13:39.000 Everybody has to have criminal background checks. 00:13:39.000 --> 00:13:42.000 It doesn't matter were you are or what you're doing, everyone wants them. 00:13:42.000 --> 00:13:44.000 So do we. 00:13:44.000 --> 00:13:47.000 The electronic services called Fieldprint. 00:13:47.000 --> 00:13:51.000 All you do is click on it, give them the code. 00:13:51.000 --> 00:13:54.000 They will set up an appointment somewhere close to where you live. 00:13:54.000 --> 00:13:60.000 You take your fingerprints and it's sent automatically to OSB and the FBI at the same time. 00:14:00.000 --> 00:14:04.000 There are days that I get stuff back in minutes, it's that quick. 00:14:04.000 --> 00:14:10.000 Again, very simple. I think the cost is twelve bucks to get your fingerprints done. 00:14:10.000 --> 00:14:12.000 So it's not too bad. 00:14:12.000 --> 00:14:16.000 Guess what the sixth thing is. Money! 00:14:16.000 --> 00:14:19.000 The fee just actually went down. 00:14:19.000 --> 00:14:21.000 It is now two hundred and fifteen dollars. 00:14:21.000 --> 00:14:24.000 A hundred and seventy five dollars is the application fee. 00:14:24.000 --> 00:14:27.000 Forty dollars is the criminal background check fee. 00:14:27.000 --> 00:14:30.000 It's a pass-through. 00:14:30.000 --> 00:14:33.000 Guess what, six things you have to do. 00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:40.000 No stress involved because if you have any questions, email me or call me and we'll get you squared away. 00:14:40.000 --> 00:14:46.000 And if you don't know something that you need to put on the form, leave it blank and I'll call you anyway. 00:14:46.000 --> 00:14:49.000 As soon as I get your application, I call everybody. 00:14:49.000 --> 00:14:51.000 So make sure I have a good phone number for you. 00:14:51.000 --> 00:14:56.000 I normally call your home or your cell because your work has changed 00:14:56.000 --> 00:14:61.000 or all you had was the administrative office's number and not where you're actually working. 00:15:01.000 --> 00:15:04.000 Also make sure that your email address is correct. 00:15:04.000 --> 00:15:08.000 That way I can get ahold of you that way if I can't get ahold of you by phone. 00:15:08.000 --> 00:15:12.000 Any questions about the application process? 00:15:12.000 --> 00:15:20.000 If you don't have a supervisor that's on staff where you are working, 00:15:20.000 --> 00:15:22.000 it's okay to get an off-site supervisor. 00:15:22.000 --> 00:15:28.000 The only caveat is that you need to check with your employer that you're able to share 00:15:28.000 --> 00:15:32.000 the information that you have from that agency with your supervisor. 00:15:32.000 --> 00:15:35.000 Normally there's no problem with that. 00:15:35.000 --> 00:15:38.000 There are some agencies that are very particular about it. 00:15:38.000 --> 00:15:41.000 That's really the only thing you need to check on. 00:15:41.000 --> 00:15:47.000 Let me say one thing before we go to the next question, and that is: supervisors. 00:15:47.000 --> 00:15:53.000 I want you to know that if you pick the right one, that person is going to be with you a long time, 00:15:53.000 --> 00:15:59.000 So make sure it's a good fit and it's in the area you want to practice in. 00:16:00.000 --> 00:16:05.000 We all have different modalities that you're going to practice. 00:16:05.000 --> 00:16:08.000 You guys are rehabilitation counsellors. 00:16:08.000 --> 00:16:12.000 You don't want to get someone that's doing holistic medicine. 00:16:12.000 --> 00:16:14.000 That's a separate entity. 00:16:14.000 --> 00:16:19.000 You want to get someone that basically does what you do, or is going the same direction that you are. 00:16:19.000 --> 00:16:21.000 This is a mentor. 00:16:21.000 --> 00:16:28.000 Someone that, fifteen years down the road, you're going to go 'hey dude, 00:16:28.000 --> 00:16:30.000 I've got this question and you were the only one I could think of. 00:16:30.000 --> 00:16:32.000 You want to develop that kind of relationship. 00:16:32.000 --> 00:16:36.000 I know it's kind of difficult because sometimes you'll go from supervisor to supervisor. 00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:42.000 And that's okay, but make sure who you get is a good fit for you. 00:16:42.000 --> 00:16:50.000 For question number nine on the application, which says 'have you had any 00:16:50.000 --> 00:16:52.000 arrests, citations... 00:16:52.000 --> 00:16:54.000 It's a long worded thing. 00:16:54.000 --> 00:16:57.000 The answer to that question is 'yes'. 00:16:57.000 --> 00:16:64.000 The reason is because the criminal background check will pick up things that you might not even consider. 00:17:04.000 --> 00:17:08.000 If you remember it, put it down. 00:17:08.000 --> 00:17:15.000 You're in a field of forgiveness, but at the same time, if you're lying to start off - and that's how they would look at it - 00:17:16.000 --> 00:17:18.000 that's not a good way to start off a new adventure. 00:17:18.000 --> 00:17:21.000 So be completely open with everything. 00:17:21.000 --> 00:17:25.000 If you got a parking ticket right out here, put down 'I got a parking ticket. 00:17:25.000 --> 00:17:29.000 If you got a speeding ticket for going 57 in a 55 zone, put that down. 00:17:29.000 --> 00:17:34.000 If you got a DUI, put that down. 00:17:34.000 --> 00:17:41.000 If you got arrested, and we have this more than not, in a demonstration for whatever it happens to be, 00:17:41.000 --> 00:17:45.000 and you got hauled off in a bus and they let you go, 00:17:45.000 --> 00:17:49.000 you were still arrested, and a lot of times that stuff shows up. 00:17:50.000 --> 00:17:53.000 Don't be afraid to put it down. 00:17:53.000 --> 00:17:55.000 We're very non-judgemental. 00:17:55.000 --> 00:17:58.000 All we want to know is to make sure you're being honest with us. 00:17:58.000 --> 00:17:63.000 Like I said, the background check picks up stuff you'd never know about. 00:18:03.000 --> 00:18:05.000 Can you change supervisors, is the question. 00:18:05.000 --> 00:18:08.000 The answer to that is 'yes. 00:18:08.000 --> 00:18:11.000 The supervisor may not think it's a good fit. 00:18:11.000 --> 00:18:13.000 You may not think it's a good fit. 00:18:13.000 --> 00:18:17.000 Like I said, this is someone you're going to work with, that you're going to call on the phone and say 'I have a question. 00:18:17.000 --> 00:18:20.000 You're going to meet with them, two, three, four, five hours a month. 00:18:20.000 --> 00:18:24.000 It's got to be someone that you can get along with. 00:18:24.000 --> 00:18:35.000 So, yes, if you find out that you're not cohesive with that individual, if you aren't in the same frame of mind, yes. 00:18:35.000 --> 00:18:38.000 Also, if you change jobs. 00:18:38.000 --> 00:18:42.000 Oftentimes the supervisor that you had at this agency isn't allowed to supervise you at that agency. 00:18:42.000 --> 00:18:48.000 So you have to get a new supervisor there. 00:18:48.000 --> 00:18:50.000 Make sure it's a good fit. 00:18:50.000 --> 00:18:60.000 If you don't get the total necessary credits right now, can you obtain those credits later on, and is it the same process once you do? 00:19:00.000 --> 00:19:02.000 The answer is yes. 00:19:02.000 --> 00:19:10.000 Currently the requirements are that you have to have a 60 semester or 90 quarter credit hour degree. 00:19:10.000 --> 00:19:14.000 Some of you might have 87 or 57 or whatever it happens to be. 00:19:14.000 --> 00:19:18.000 You can get those three hours from a different school in order to make it 60. 00:19:18.000 --> 00:19:20.000 If you're missing a core requirement 00:19:20.000 --> 00:19:24.000 you can also pick that up at a different college or university. 00:19:24.000 --> 00:19:26.000 The requirement is two-fold. 00:19:26.000 --> 00:19:30.000 Number one is that you have a master's degree. 00:19:30.000 --> 00:19:34.000 The second is that you meet the course requirements. 00:19:34.000 --> 00:19:36.000 We always look to the first. 00:19:36.000 --> 00:19:40.000 If you don't have a master's degree, I don't want to talk to you. 00:19:40.000 --> 00:19:46.000 Once you have a master's degree, then we look at your education, and if your education doesn't meet it I'll tell you why. 00:19:46.000 --> 00:19:51.000 Normally you're going to a school that the education is going to be there. 00:19:51.000 --> 00:19:53.000 I have three suggestions for you. 00:19:53.000 --> 00:19:57.000 You got your master's degree; you've got 51 credits for your degree. 00:19:57.000 --> 00:19:59.000 That leaves you nine short. 00:19:59.000 --> 00:19:63.000 There are a number of ways that you can make up those other credits. 00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:06.000 Number one, you're here at Western. 00:20:06.000 --> 00:20:10.000 Guess who their best advertising tool is. You! 00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:20.000 So you contact the head of the department and you say 'hey, I'm trying to get these courses, is there something you can do to help me?' 00:20:20.000 --> 00:20:26.000 As long as you've met our core requirements, you can take anything you want as long as it's mental health related. 00:20:26.000 --> 00:20:29.000 And you can make up those nine hours. 00:20:29.000 --> 00:20:32.000 Next thing is you can go to a different school and have that done. 00:20:32.000 --> 00:20:36.000 Third option is online programs. 00:20:36.000 --> 00:20:40.000 The problem with on-ground programs is cohorts. 00:20:40.000 --> 00:20:44.000 They only have X amounts of spots per course. 00:20:44.000 --> 00:20:48.000 If those are filled, they can't offer the course to anybody else. 00:20:48.000 --> 00:20:52.000 However, if you go to the online program, they normally have classes starting every month. 00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:56.000 Being able to get that course is a lot easier. 00:20:56.000 --> 00:20:62.000 It all depends on what fits in your schedule, what you've can do with your current university, 00:21:02.000 --> 00:21:05.000 if you go on to somewhere else, what they can do for you. 00:21:05.000 --> 00:21:08.000 Always be proactive, and there's something you can do. 00:21:08.000 --> 00:21:12.000 The other thing you do is you call Lonnie up and you say 'what can I do?' 00:21:12.000 --> 00:21:14.000 Lonnie's going to say 'send me your transcript. 00:21:14.000 --> 00:21:20.000 I will take a quick look at it, it's not a guaranteed one, because all I'm doing is looking at the name. 00:21:20.000 --> 00:21:24.000 Believe it or not, no one calls their stuff the same. 00:21:24.000 --> 00:21:25.000 Boggles my mind! 00:21:25.000 --> 00:21:30.000 It's the same course and it has a hundred different titles. 00:21:30.000 --> 00:21:33.000 I have enough experience that I can wade through most of that. 00:21:33.000 --> 00:21:37.000 What I would do is I would give you a review based on name only. 00:21:37.000 --> 00:21:42.000 I would tell you, 'you need this course, you need that course,' and we'd go from there. 00:21:42.000 --> 00:21:46.000 If you want an official one it's going to cost you money. 00:21:46.000 --> 00:21:54.000 What he's asking is 'what do you need in order to be qualified to do LPC and how the hours work. 00:21:56.000 --> 00:21:58.000 Let me go back to the beginning. I normally do this at the beginning but forgot about it. 00:21:58.000 --> 00:21:62.000 There are three things that you need to do in order to be licensed in the state of Oregon. 00:22:02.000 --> 00:22:04.000 Number one is meet the educational requirements. 00:22:04.000 --> 00:22:06.000 Number two is meet the experience requirements. 00:22:06.000 --> 00:22:10.000 Number three is meet the competency examination requirements. 00:22:10.000 --> 00:22:15.000 By coming to Western Oregon you meet the educational requirements. 00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:20.000 Number two is hours and supervision. 00:22:20.000 --> 00:22:25.000 Currently the rule says that you need to have three years post-graduate supervised work experience and 00:22:25.000 --> 00:22:29.000 twenty four hundred direct client contact hours. 00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:32.000 Those are two separate things even though they're together. 00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:35.000 Let's talk about the three years post-graduate supervision. 00:22:35.000 --> 00:22:42.000 Because you've got a practicum and internship, we give you credit for one year. 00:22:42.000 --> 00:22:46.000 So you're down to two years supervised work experience. 00:22:46.000 --> 00:22:49.000 That's the minimum post-graduate requirement. 00:22:49.000 --> 00:22:52.000 The two thousand four hundred hours of direct client contact. 00:22:52.000 --> 00:22:56.000 Very simple definition. Please write this down if you're going to. 00:22:56.000 --> 00:22:67.000 The definition of a direct client contact hour is assessing or diagnosing or treating a mental health disorder. 00:23:08.000 --> 00:23:12.000 If it's anything other than that, it's not a direct client contact hour. 00:23:12.000 --> 00:23:17.000 The state of Oregon doesn't care about the paperwork. 00:23:17.000 --> 00:23:20.000 They figure you can burn it anyway. 00:23:20.000 --> 00:23:23.000 Those are indirect hours. 00:23:23.000 --> 00:23:27.000 There are lots of different types of indirect hours. 00:23:27.000 --> 00:23:32.000 All we care about are the direct client contact hours, and if you ever have any question about that, 00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:38.000 call me or email me and we will talk it through to decide whether or not it works for you. 00:23:39.000 --> 00:23:42.000 She just wanted to know what a direct client contact hour is, and, again, 00:23:42.000 --> 00:23:51.000 it's assessing or diagnosing or treating a mental health disorder. 00:23:51.000 --> 00:23:55.000 You don't have to have all three of them in order for it to be a direct client contact hour. 00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:60.000 The question was, Cheryl Lynn asked about disabilities rather than about mental health disorders. 00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:04.000 I kind of lump all that stuff together. 00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:08.000 As long as you are assessing, diagnosing, or treating. 00:24:08.000 --> 00:24:13.000 Most of the disabilities that you're talking about, and rehab, are going to be mental health disorders anyway. 00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:16.000 There's going to be something about them, whether it's a loss of limb, 00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:20.000 so there's some treatment that has to go on there, 00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:21.000 could be loss of mobility. 00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:28.000 Whatever it happens to be, there's always going to be some part of that that's mental health. 00:24:28.000 --> 00:24:34.000 Again, my master's degree is in business, so I have a little bit of experience because I've been doing this for seven years. 00:24:34.000 --> 00:24:41.000 Your supervisor is the one that you want to turn to answer this particular type of question. 00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:49.000 I will tell you that if your supervisor doesn't know the answer, most of the time they know someone that does. 00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:52.000 Over here on the right-hand side, 00:24:52.000 --> 00:24:56.000 there are a number of links here that are very important. 00:24:56.000 --> 00:24:60.000 The one that I want to show you is links to other organizations. 00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:08.000 Some of you are going out into private practice, or going to another agency or something like that. 00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:12.000 These two organizations down here are state associations. 00:25:12.000 --> 00:25:16.000 The Oregon Association of Marriage and Family Therapy, 00:25:16.000 --> 00:25:21.000 which I don't think you belong to, and then there's the Oregon Counseling Association. 00:25:21.000 --> 00:25:24.000 They're your advocate. 00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:28.000 Remember, we are a licensing board and our job is public protection. 00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:35.000 We do some advocacy but we don't do it on your behalf, we do it for the profession as a whole. 00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:40.000 The Oregon Counseling Association would be your advocate. 00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:44.000 So if you have questions, for instance, 00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:48.000 if you're going to take the National Counselor's Exam, they have material 00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:52.000 and if your grad department doesn't have material, you want to contact them. 00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:56.000 There's also a national organization. 00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:61.000 The APA, the American Counseling Association, National Board of Certified Counselors. 00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:05.000 All of those are your advocate associations. 00:26:05.000 --> 00:26:08.000 So if you need something, that's who you want to talk to. 00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:14.000 The reason I bring this up is because I always get the question, 'what about insurance?' 00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:18.000 Single insurance versus group insurance is a lot of money. 00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:23.000 Go for group insurance because the more people, the less liability there is 00:26:23.000 --> 00:26:26.000 as far as the money is concerned, so you can get your insurance cheaper. 00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:29.000 It is not required by the board. 00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:34.000 It's a personal decision on whether or not you have it if you're in private practice. 00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:40.000 Back to the main web-page. 00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:48.000 I want you to go to 'discipline summary as of June 14, 2016. 00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:55.000 I show this page, not because of the names on there - you can scroll where you can't see the names if you want - 00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:59.000 I like for everyone to read this stuff. 00:26:59.000 --> 00:26:61.000 This is all the stuff that people get in trouble for. 00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:04.000 Some of it's stupid. 00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:07.000 Most of it is throgh ignorance. 00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:14.000 If you find out what people are being disciplined for throughout the state, you'll know what not to do. 00:27:14.000 --> 00:27:17.000 I highly recommend it. 00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:22.000 Just peruse it. Get an idea of what people have been disciplined for. 00:27:22.000 --> 00:27:25.000 You can see, people's licenses have been revoked, whether there's fines... 00:27:25.000 --> 00:27:29.000 Whatever it happens to be, you'll get an idea of what not to do. 00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:32.000 You already know what to do. Find out what you should't be doing. 00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:35.000 I love bringing this up. 00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:37.000 There's about fifteen pages worth. 00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:40.000 This goes back to 2007, 2008. 00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:48.000 If you go back to the main webpage, the next thing is licensing verification lookup. 00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:56.000 Put your last name in here, please. 00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:60.000 Any one of them. 00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:07.000 It's not name, where you're located, your license number, whether it's active, when you were initially licensed, when it expires. 00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:12.000 As a registered intern, you'll be in there also. 00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:15.000 You call up and you say 'hey, Lonnie. I say 'we're ready to go. 00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:17.000 We'll get to that in a few minutes. 00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:20.000 And you go 'what about my number?' It's not ready, it's going to be a week or so. 00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:26.000 All you need to do is put your name in there and eventually, boom, you'll pop up and there'll be a number associated with it. 00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:31.000 If you're trying to find out if one of your colleagues is licensed by our board, you can check there. 00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:38.000 The board of psychological examiners and the board of social workers also have licensee lookups. 00:28:40.000 --> 00:28:42.000 Back to the main web-page. 00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:48.000 On the left-hand side, there's a link that says 'laws and rules. 00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:51.000 There you go 00:28:51.000 --> 00:28:56.000 This is our statute, ORS chapter 675. Read it at your leisure. 00:28:56.000 --> 00:28:59.000 This stuff right here is the reason I come here right at this moment. 00:28:59.000 --> 00:28:62.000 It's all the duties to disclose. 00:29:02.000 --> 00:29:08.000 Everything you need to know. If you have a duty and you need to do it, most of it is already there. 00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:12.000 Just click the rule. Child abuse, elder abuse... 00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:16.000 I think we even have animal abuse up there. 00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:20.000 There are a lot of things, as a counselor, that you are mandated to report. 00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:24.000 Here's the thing you need to know about that. 00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:29.000 Everyone is afraid to report. 00:29:29.000 --> 00:29:33.000 All you're doing is telling someone you think there's something going on. 00:29:33.000 --> 00:29:36.000 It's not your job to investigate. 00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:40.000 It's not your job to say 'you're guilty or you're not guilty. 00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:45.000 It's only your job to report it and then put it down in your progress note. 00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:50.000 That way if anyone ever asks, say 'here it is, on this date, I did that. 00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:55.000 Never be afraid. 00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:60.000 It's always when you don't report that it's going to come and bite you. 00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:02.000 It's not a big deal. 00:30:02.000 --> 00:30:08.000 If you think there's child abuse going on, you report it and DHS will figure out 00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:10.000 whether or not they think it's a reportable offense. 00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:12.000 If they do, they'll investigate. 00:30:12.000 --> 00:30:15.000 If they think there's something going on, they're going to take care of it. 00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:20.000 But all you have done is your job. 00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:22.000 Don't be afraid to do that. 00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:28.000 Down further here, is our rules. The board's rules. 00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:35.000 The ones that you want to be interested in right now are Division 50, which are the intern requirements. 00:30:35.000 --> 00:30:36.000 You guys are going to meet that. 00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:41.000 Division 60, the education requirement, you guys are going to meet that. 00:30:41.000 --> 00:30:46.000 And division 100. That's the code of ethics. 00:30:46.000 --> 00:30:50.000 Read that. Understand it. Know it. 00:30:50.000 --> 00:30:55.000 That's where the ignorance comes in, when people don't do that. 00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:58.000 These are currently under review. 00:30:58.000 --> 00:30:60.000 They will be changed. 00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:06.000 I don't know if it's going to be significant or if they're going to massage them a little bit. 00:31:06.000 --> 00:31:12.000 They are considering adopting the American Counseling Association's rules. 00:31:12.000 --> 00:31:18.000 Theirs are a little bit more stringent in some and a less in others, so it might be a combination of both. 00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:24.000 All of these rules have been reviewed and either updated or are under consideration. 00:31:24.000 --> 00:31:28.000 These were done twenty years ago. 00:31:28.000 --> 00:31:32.000 It was time that they were updated. 00:31:32.000 --> 00:31:36.000 If you were reviewing these things a year ago, 00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:38.000 please review them again, because most of them have changed. 00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:42.000 All of the rules except rule 100 and rule 90. 00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:45.000 We're going to talk about division 90 right now. 00:31:45.000 --> 00:31:50.000 Division 90 is distance counseling. 00:31:50.000 --> 00:31:54.000 That is something that is becoming more and more prevalent. 00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:59.000 People are talking to people across borders, talking to people on different parts of the state, 00:31:59.000 --> 00:31:64.000 using electronic media such as Skype and those types of things, in order to communicate. 00:32:04.000 --> 00:32:10.000 The state of Oregon was one of the first states to have distance counseling rules. 00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:16.000 They're undergoing review now because there's a lot more out there that people are doing. 00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:20.000 There are a lot more mediums out there that people are utilizing. 00:32:20.000 --> 00:32:25.000 The one thing that I council people on is that - and it's not required, 00:32:25.000 --> 00:32:30.000 but I highly recommend it - is that on your professional disclosure statement, 00:32:30.000 --> 00:32:35.000 you add a paragraph or a section that states that 00:32:36.000 --> 00:32:41.000 the medium that you are using is not totally secure. 00:32:41.000 --> 00:32:44.000 Privacy may be violated. 00:32:44.000 --> 00:32:46.000 Or something along those lines. 00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:53.000 Come up with something that sounds nice, but basically telling them that someone may be able to break in. 00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:56.000 They can hear, they can see, or whatever. 00:32:56.000 --> 00:32:62.000 I highly recommend that you have them initial that section so that they know. 00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:06.000 You can say, 'yeah, they knew, they initialed it. 00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:11.000 Mediums are out there. Even HIPA has one. 00:33:11.000 --> 00:33:14.000 And HIPA's, they say are secure, but nothing's ever really secure. 00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:20.000 I highly recommend that you include that in your PDFs and that you do have them initial it. 00:33:20.000 --> 00:33:24.000 Like I said, the PDSs are all about you. 00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:28.000 If there's stuff that you want to add that's not there, please do so. 00:33:28.000 --> 00:33:34.000 Back to the main web-page. 00:33:34.000 --> 00:33:41.000 The other thing that's under a big-time review and that we're changing a lot around is our A-Z section. 00:33:41.000 --> 00:33:47.000 Eventually everything we have that we do or that you're going to question is here, 00:33:47.000 --> 00:33:49.000 alphabetically. 00:33:49.000 --> 00:33:53.000 Every one of those things is hyperlinked to somewhere else within our website. 00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:58.000 If there's something that you can't find, check there before you call me. 00:33:58.000 --> 00:33:61.000 Sometimes I might refer you back to it. 00:34:01.000 --> 00:34:08.000 The question is whether or not he should add the distance counseling information even if he's not using it right away. 00:34:08.000 --> 00:34:14.000 There's nothing wrong with making a one-covers-everything PDS. 00:34:14.000 --> 00:34:19.000 There's also nothing wrong with tailoring the PDS to each and every situation that you need to. 00:34:20.000 --> 00:34:21.000 That's okay, too. 00:34:21.000 --> 00:34:25.000 It all depends on how you want to do those particular things. 00:34:25.000 --> 00:34:29.000 I personally would do it all in one; that way I don't have to worry about it. 00:34:29.000 --> 00:34:32.000 I'll give you an example of that. 00:34:32.000 --> 00:34:37.000 We have a fee element that's required. 00:34:37.000 --> 00:34:42.000 Every time you change your fee, you have to send me a PDS. 00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:49.000 If you put 'see attached fee schedule' down there, you can change your fee schedule any time you want. 00:34:49.000 --> 00:34:52.000 I don't need to know about that. 00:34:52.000 --> 00:34:56.000 If there are things you can do like that, by all means, do so. 00:34:56.000 --> 00:34:58.000 You can have attachments to it. 00:34:58.000 --> 00:34:61.000 If the PDS is uniform and you're good like that, I'm okay with that. 00:35:01.000 --> 00:35:03.000 Also if you have different work sites. 00:35:03.000 --> 00:35:09.000 You can have one if it covers both, you can have separate if it covers both. 00:35:09.000 --> 00:35:13.000 Every time you do a change of PDS, you want to send a copy to the board. 00:35:13.000 --> 00:35:17.000 It's by rule, but it's also for your protection. 00:35:17.000 --> 00:35:23.000 Every document that you do from here on out with the board can be sent to me via electronic means, 00:35:23.000 --> 00:35:25.000 whether it's email or fax. 00:35:25.000 --> 00:35:31.000 I prefer email because all I have to do is click and drag, and I know who sent it to me. 00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:39.000 If you send it to me by fax, I have to open it up, figure out who it is, change what it is, so it takes me longer. 00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:43.000 You can track an email, and I can say I didn't get it. 00:35:43.000 --> 00:35:45.000 And if you've got it, all you have to do is re-send it to me, 00:35:45.000 --> 00:35:48.000 If you fax it, you have a cover sheet with a date and time on it. 00:35:48.000 --> 00:35:51.000 You can say 'I faxed it, here's my cover sheet. 00:35:51.000 --> 00:35:56.000 You've got proof. If you drop it in the mail, you have nothing. 00:35:56.000 --> 00:35:63.000 Remember that your hours are important, and that's going to be the last thing I show you before I go into my spiel. 00:36:03.000 --> 00:36:06.000 I'd like to go back to forms, please. 00:36:06.000 --> 00:36:11.000 I'd like to go to the bottom of that page. 00:36:11.000 --> 00:36:16.000 I'd like to go to the first link there: six-month intern evaluation report. 00:36:18.000 --> 00:36:20.000 This is a two-page report. 00:36:20.000 --> 00:36:27.000 This is how your hours are going to be reported to me or Natalie. 00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:29.000 This is your lifeline. It's done every sixth months. 00:36:29.000 --> 00:36:34.000 You want to make sure that this report is done correctly and to me on time. 00:36:34.000 --> 00:36:36.000 It's an easy form. 00:36:36.000 --> 00:36:41.000 See this first page here? She does it. You don't have anything to do with it. 00:36:41.000 --> 00:36:46.000 You put in the demographic information, name, that kind of stuff. 00:36:46.000 --> 00:36:50.000 But your supervisor fills out all the rest of page one. 00:36:50.000 --> 00:36:55.000 Go to page two real quick. This thing's even easier. 00:36:55.000 --> 00:36:61.000 All I need is month through January through June, number of hours in each one. 00:37:01.000 --> 00:37:04.000 You don't have to worry about this one because you're not LMFT. 00:37:04.000 --> 00:37:08.000 How many individual supervision hours you had and if any of those were electronic. 00:37:08.000 --> 00:37:12.000 Group hours. Sign. 00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:14.000 That's all that form is. 00:37:14.000 --> 00:37:20.000 People stress out about this all the time. Don't! 00:37:20.000 --> 00:37:24.000 Nothing you guys have to do is that stressful. 00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:29.000 Again, if you have a problem give me or Natalie a call, and we'll walk you through this. 00:37:29.000 --> 00:37:35.000 Once I have those six documents that we talked about - application, transcript, 00:37:35.000 --> 00:37:42.000 internship supervised work plan, professional disclosure statement, the criminal background check has come back in and you paid us money, 00:37:43.000 --> 00:37:48.000 I get on the phone. I don't do this any other way than on the phone, 00:37:48.000 --> 00:37:52.000 so don't try to get me to do it by any other means unless you come in person. 00:37:52.000 --> 00:37:54.000 I will call you. 00:37:54.000 --> 00:37:58.000 I will say, 'guess what, we've got everything we need! 00:37:58.000 --> 00:37:64.000 Here's what I want you to do - grab a pen and paper because I'm going to tell you what I'm going to tell you right now. 00:38:04.000 --> 00:38:06.000 Here it goes. 00:38:06.000 --> 00:38:13.000 I have everything I need, your start date is January first 2016. 00:38:13.000 --> 00:38:19.000 Your first six month reporting period will be January first through June 30th 2016. 00:38:19.000 --> 00:38:23.000 With your first sixth month report due no later than 00:38:24.000 --> 00:38:28.000 July 31st, 2016. 00:38:28.000 --> 00:38:32.000 The reason I go over this with everyone is because part of mine and Natalie's job 00:38:32.000 --> 00:38:34.000 is denying hours. We hate it. 00:38:34.000 --> 00:38:39.000 So I tell people how not to get their hours denied. 00:38:39.000 --> 00:38:41.000 There are two ways this occurs. 00:38:41.000 --> 00:38:43.000 The first way is by submitting the report late. 00:38:43.000 --> 00:38:46.000 As I've shown you it is very simple. 00:38:46.000 --> 00:38:53.000 Usnig your first six month reporting period as an example, January through June with the report due no later than July 31st. 00:38:53.000 --> 00:38:60.000 If you were to submit that report August 1 2016, you'd lose all your hours. 00:39:00.000 --> 00:39:04.000 You don't want to do that. Especially because the report is so simple. 00:39:04.000 --> 00:39:08.000 I'm going to send you a copy of that report 00:39:08.000 --> 00:39:11.000 along with your official paperwork, which will include your number. 00:39:11.000 --> 00:39:13.000 You'll get that in a week or two. 00:39:13.000 --> 00:39:20.000 It's also located on the website; same place you found the application but at the bottom of the page. 00:39:20.000 --> 00:39:24.000 Once you've done that, all you have to do is send it. 00:39:24.000 --> 00:39:28.000 You can send it to me by email, fax, mail, drop it by the office. 00:39:28.000 --> 00:39:33.000 Send it by carrier pigeon, paper airplane, I don't care just as long as it gets to me. 00:39:33.000 --> 00:39:40.000 I do recommend that you and your supervisor do this report at your last supervision meeting of your reporting period. 00:39:40.000 --> 00:39:41.000 In your case, June. 00:39:41.000 --> 00:39:45.000 That way, around the first of July, all you have to do is send it. 00:39:45.000 --> 00:39:48.000 And then you're done. Easy peasy. 00:39:48.000 --> 00:39:52.000 The other way that people lose hours is they don't get enough supervision during the month. 00:39:52.000 --> 00:39:56.000 Supervision rules are very straightforward and simple. 00:39:56.000 --> 00:39:59.000 Little caveat here - I'm going to add this for you guys. 00:39:59.000 --> 00:39:68.000 On the intern supervise work-plan, on page 1, item 2, are the supervision rules. 00:40:08.000 --> 00:40:12.000 It's a two-tiered system. 00:40:12.000 --> 00:40:14.000 Under 46 and 46 and above. 00:40:14.000 --> 00:40:20.000 If you have under 46 direct client contact hours in any given month, you need two hours of supervision. 00:40:20.000 --> 00:40:24.000 One of those hours has to be individual supervision. 00:40:24.000 --> 00:40:28.000 The other hour can be individual or group supervision. 00:40:28.000 --> 00:40:32.000 If you have 46 or more direct client contact hours in any given month, 00:40:32.000 --> 00:40:34.000 you need three hours of supervision. 00:40:34.000 --> 00:40:36.000 One and a half hours has to be individual. 00:40:36.000 --> 00:40:39.000 The other hour and a half can be individual or group. 00:40:39.000 --> 00:40:41.000 Those are the mandatory minimums. 00:40:41.000 --> 00:40:45.000 You can have a lot more supervision, just never less than that. 00:40:45.000 --> 00:40:51.000 I highly recommend that when you set up your supervisor, you set up three hours to begin with. 00:40:51.000 --> 00:40:55.000 That way you never have to worry about it. 00:40:55.000 --> 00:40:57.000 There are a few other things I'd like to share with you. 00:40:57.000 --> 00:40:64.000 Number one is normally Natalie comes and gives me your number because she's efficient. 00:41:04.000 --> 00:41:08.000 I'll give you your number. The other thing I'll give you is my email address. 00:41:08.000 --> 00:41:15.000 The last thing is that we give everybody permission to bug us. 00:41:16.000 --> 00:41:20.000 If you have any questions or problems, please get in contact with us. 00:41:20.000 --> 00:41:24.000 Keep trying until you get your answer. 00:41:24.000 --> 00:41:28.000 And that's it. You'll start collecting hours. 00:41:28.000 --> 00:41:32.000 music 00:41:32.000 --> 00:41:36.000 music 00:41:36.000 --> 00:41:40.000 music 00:41:40.000 --> 00:41:41.000 music ends