{"id":3737,"date":"2020-05-25T15:24:35","date_gmt":"2020-05-25T19:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpbao.ca\/?post_type=cporsc_resources&p=3737"},"modified":"2025-11-25T16:34:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T20:34:24","slug":"cpd-program-description","status":"publish","type":"cporsc_resources","link":"https:\/\/cpbao.ca\/fr\/cpo_resources\/cpd-program-description\/","title":{"rendered":"Continuing Professional Development – Exigences du programme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Program Requirements<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Program is designed to assist registrants in maintaining their professional competence by continuously enhancing their knowledge and experience. The requirements of the program are also designed to reduce professional isolation as this has been identified as a source of risk with respect to professional competence (ASPPB<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MINIMUM PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

College registrants must ensure the following requirements are met throughout each two-year cycle of the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Program. The minimum requirements apply equally to practitioners of psychology and applied behaviour analysis and are not intended to discourage participation beyond the minimum requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

During each two-year CPD cycle, a minimum of 50 overall hours of continuing education and professional development activities shall be undertaken to maintain and develop knowledge and skills relevant to a registrant\u2019s practice authorizations. Activities completed will pertain to professional jurisprudence, legislation, standards and ethics; equity, diversity and inclusion, and supervision (should a registrant provide supervisory services).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hours<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

To satisfy this overall requirement, the 50 hours completed must include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. At least 15 hours of Section A: Professional Interaction and Interdisciplinary Activities<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. At least 15 hours of Section B: Continuing Education, Professional Training and Self-Directed Learning Activities<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Registrants may, but are not required to, earn additional hours from Section C: Additional Professional Development Activities<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    In many cases, credits or CEUs are equivalent to hours (1:1). Behaviour Analysts completing the BACB continuing education requirements, which typically equate 50 minutes of activity to 1 CEU, are permitted to count 1 CEU as 1 CPD hour, as the College allows for brief exchanges of knowledge, relevant discussion, and Q&A participation during an event to be included in activity hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Content<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

    To satisfy the overall requirement, the 50 hours completed must include activities with content related to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. Ethics and Jurisprudence (Ethics)<\/strong>: At least 10 hours of activity content pertaining to legislation, standards or ethical conduct.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI):<\/strong> At least 5 hours of activity content pertaining to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion to avoid practices that may unfairly discriminate against or would be experienced as oppressive by some individuals or groups.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. Supervision:<\/strong> At least 3 hours of activity content pertaining to supervisory practices (only applicable for those registrants which provide supervision to other health professionals, Supervised Practice registrants of the College, or students).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Content requirements may be completed through activities from Sections A, B and\/or C. One activity may earn credit in multiple content categories (e.g., Ethics and Supervision) based upon the subject matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Activity Maximums<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

      No more than 10 hours per single event or per activity type may be applied towards your completion of the overall requirements. These maximums have been put in place to ensure registrants are participating in a variety of learning mediums to maintain their professional knowledge and skills. However, there is no maximum to the number of hours which registrants can apply from activities completed under Sections A, B, or C towards their fulfilment of the overall program requirement once the Section A and B minimums are met.<\/p>\n\n\n\n