BABCP%20CBT%20Course%20Accreditation

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BABCP CBT Course Accreditation
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History

• Been going on for last 10 years
• Aim is to help courses adhere to the standards
  which are required to accredit their graduates as
  individual practitioners
• Accredited a number of courses, recently IAPT
  courses have been big area of work
• Overseen by committee, chaired by me, linked in
  closely with individual practitioner
  accreditation
• Liaison with other bodies, IAPT etc

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Accreditation offered

• Level 2 accreditation (full)
• The course offers all training and supervised
  practice required to meet all the Minimum
  Training Standards
• Level 1 accreditation
• Offers CBT meeting quality criteria although
  quantity not sufficient for graduates to achieve
  full MTS

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Process of accreditation

• BABCP is notified of a courses intention to seek
  validation
• Letter outlining documentation necessary for this
  sent to course from BABCP and course submits
  documentation for review
• Validation panel appointed and validation visit
  arranged
• Report produced by BABCP panel
• Information for individual accreditation panel
  agreed

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Personnel required for validation visit

• Course team
• Representatives from
• course academic validation body (e.g university)
• sponsor/host of physical resources/environment
  (if different)
• current and former students
• Supervisors
• administrative support

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Information needed for validation

• Course handbooks including details of course
  taught content and timetables
• Any validation documents
• Staff lists, CVs, BABCP accreditation status
• Supervisory arrangements, nature of relationship
  to course, and CVs
• Details of physical resources
• Statement of how course matches up to BABCP
  minimum training standards

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How is course appraised?

• Contemporary Course Accreditation Document (2008)
  used as assessment tool to appraise course
• Course assessed on quality quantity
• Only content that meets quality standards counts
  towards quantity
• How long? How much teaching, on what topics?
• Supervised practice/Supervision?
• How many clients supervised/non-supervised? etc

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Quality of training criteria

• Post-grad level validated by university
• Entry status as per Minimum Training Standards
  (i.e. core profession or meet KSA or course
  provides training in KSA)
• Course team and supervisors personally accredited
  by BABCP (exceptions allowed)
• Contracts necessary to manage clinical work and
  supervision not carried out in house

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Quality cont.

• Course content consistent with MTS and cover the
  breadth of topics necessary to meet the MTS
• Number of hours delivered, on what topics will
  form part of info submitted to individual
  accreditation panel
• Delivered by BABCP accredited individuals or
  international equivalent

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Supervised practice

• Contracts, quality assurance process
• Must be monitored by mandatory course assessment
  or log books
• Only supervised practice carried out by BABCP
  accredited individuals can count towards criteria
• Access to individual supervision if group used
• Should expose trainees to CBT clinical work
  reaching a minimum standard (8 cases, 3 closely
  supervised, 3 different types of problems for
  level 2)

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For clinical cases to count towards quantity they
should be.

• be supervised by a BABCP accredited person
• be of at least 5 sessions duration
• receive at least 5 hours supervision
• be assessed as a course requirement (marked case
  study or mandatory log book)
• to count as closely supervised, also need to
  reach agreed criteria on a recognised CT scale or
  equivalent method

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Course assessment

• Mixture of essays, case studies etc related to
  CBT
• Course have to demonstrate how the course meets
  Pilling and Roth competencies
• Clinical work assessment formalised
• Essential for both academic and clinical
  assessments to be course requirements

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How long does accreditation last?

• 5 years in first instance
• But, any significant changes to course team,
  course validation, host university, resources etc
  will invalidate accreditation unless BABCP is
  informed to review the changed status of course