If so, please describe when/where.

Example: "Participants will be able to describe at least 3 interventions for...."  (then name the interventions based on the modality that the training is featuring, or describe the client population that the interventions are appropriate for, etc.) This is just an example to illustrate how an appropriate Learning Objective is phrased. Your training is not required to feature interventions (though such trainings are often quite valuable for our participants!).

Please DO NOT USE words like learn, understand, or gain, as these do not show how the participant can demonstrate the knowledge that the training intends to impart. Action-oriented verbs like assess, explain, define, or apply are better. The majority of the Learning Objectives should be quantified (e.g., "at least 3 ..."). 

The Learning Objectives need to be supported by a) the References, and b) the Syllabus, both of which you will enter below. 

If your training is designed to meet the BBS law and ethics requirement, then ALL of the Learning Objectives need to have either a legal or an ethical focus.

Important: At least one Learning Objective needs to capture considerations for working with clients or applying the training based on client culture, identity, marginalized status, etc., which must be included in your proposed training. This is a requirement for all programs offered by Marin CAMFT as part of our mission to promote diversity and equity. A statement such as "this training is appropriate for all clients" is insufficient and will not meet this requirement.

The BBS has recently updated its regulations to more clearly emphasize the requirements that all CE-eligible trainings be based on current standards of care and mental health practices, and be research-based. Therefore, the Learning Objectives you have provided need to be explicitly supported by references to research and/or practice. The best references are to primary research that has been peer-reviewed and published in an academic journal; a meta-analysis is also often a good reference. (Tip: If the article has a Methods and a Results section, it is primary research.) Other non-research-based peer-reviewed journal articles are often acceptable too. Textbooks and books written for a clinical audience are usually appropriate. Books published for a mainstream (non-clinician) audience may be acceptable but are not preferred. Most references should be recent (published in the last 5 years), though seminal studies and papers are also appropriate.

Multiple references that capture professional ethics, or laws and regulations of practice, are mandatory for any training that is designed to qualify for the BBS law and ethics requirements. 

While it is not necessary to identify which reference backs up each Learning Objective, it should be clear based on the titles of your references how the Learning Objectives are supported; there should be general alignment between them. For example, if all of your references are about schizophrenia, yet schizophrenia is not the focus of the Learning Objectives, then that would be a disconnect and we would ask for revisions.

Please submit your references as a list in APA Style version 7 (we are less concerned about the formatting; please try to comply with that, but if you don't get it quite right, it's fine as long as we can identify the source that you're naming). 

The BBS requires that all trainings include: "A syllabus that contains a general outline of the main points for each topic." CAMFT CEPA requires that this outline also include either duration in minutes, or timestamps of from-to for each sequence, as indicated in the example below. 

Please provide your professional bio, written in a way that emphasizes your qualifications to present this specific topic. For example, any certifications earned that show your credentials to offer the proposed training, and/or years of experience with the relevant modality or treatment population you're presenting on, should be named. The bio will be published with your photo in the advertising on the Marin CAMFT website.  Please include a link to your own website if you would like that included in the event listing.