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The Board is required to notify its licensees of the mandatory training that each licensee must undergo in human trafficking prevention as a condition of license renewal. The requirement for this training will not begin until September 1, 2020, but the training is now available for those who would like to complete it ahead of their license renewal date.
You may access the SOAR to Health and Wellness course that has been certified as meeting the requirements for human trafficking prevention training by clicking here. There you may sign-up for this free training course. As additional courses are developed or approved by HHSC, licensees may elect to take one of those courses in lieu of SOAR to Health and Wellness, if they prefer.
Licensees who complete the SOAR to Health and Wellness course are entitled to 1 hour of professional development credit.
Step-by-step instructions on how to register for the SOAR training can be downloaded by clicking here.
Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists
CE Required: 40 hours every 2 years
Online CE Allowed: No limit if APA-approved
License Expiration: Last day of birth month, every other year
National Accreditation Accepted: APA (Professional Development Resources is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for Texas psychologists.)
Notes: 6 hours must be in ethics, Board Rules of Conduct, or professional responsibility (Ethics Course Guidelines). 6 hours must be in the area of cultural diversity. Areas of cultural diversity include, but are not limited to, age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, language, national origin, race, religion, culture, sexual orientation, and social-economic status; 1-hour Human Trafficking Prevention (PDR's course will NOT meet this requirement. See above for details).
Date of Info: 4/20/2020
Texas psychologists can earn all 40 hours required for renewal through online courses offered on the psychology page of this website. Click here to view online CE courses for psychologists.
Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors
CE Required: 24 hours every 2 years
Online CE Allowed: No limit (effective 2/28/2019)
License Expiration: Last day of birthmonth, every 2 years
National Accreditation Accepted: NBCC, APA, ASWB
Notes: 4 hours in ethics, 2 of which must be directly related to Texas LPC ethics, required each renewal. Completion of the Jurisprudence exam will count as 1 hour of Texas LPC ethics and is required each renewal. A licensee holding the supervisor status must complete 6 hours of continuing education in supervision each renewal; 1-hour Human Trafficking Prevention (PDR's course will NOT meet this requirement. See above for details)
Date of Info: 8/25/2020
Texas LPCs can earn all 24 hours per renewal (limited only by jurisprudence exam) through online courses offered on the counseling page of this website. Click here to view board-approved online CE courses.
Texas Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists Advisory Board
CE Required: 20 hours every 2 years (30 if dual licensed)
Online CE Allowed: No limit if ASHA-approved
License Expiration: Date of issue, every 2 years
National Accreditation Accepted: ASHA
Notes: 2 hrs ethics required each renewal; 1-hour Human Trafficking Prevention (PDR's course will NOT meet this requirement. See above for details)
Date of Info: 8/25/2020
Texas SLPs can earn all 20 hours required for renewal through online courses offered on the speech-language pathology page of this website. Click here to view ASHA-approved online CEU courses.
Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiners
CE Required: 30 hours every 2 years
Online CE Allowed: No limit (independent study)
License Expiration: Last day of birthmonth, every 2 years
Accreditation Accepted: Professional Development Resources is approved as a provider for social work continuing education by the Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiners (#5678).
Notes: 6 hours in professional ethics & social work values required each renewal; 1-hour Human Trafficking Prevention (PDR's course will NOT meet this requirement. See above for details)
Date of Info: 8/25/2020
Texas social workers can earn all 30 hours required for renewal through online courses offered on the social work page of this website. Click here to view board-approved online CE courses.
Texas Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners
CE Required: 24 hours every 2 years
Online CE Allowed: No limit if AOTA-approved
License Expiration: Last day of birthmonth, every 2 years
Accreditation Accepted: AOTA (PDR is an AOTA-approved provider #3159)
Notes: Reduction in hours required (from 30 to 24) effective 9/1/2019; 1-hour Human Trafficking Prevention (PDR's course will NOT meet this requirement. See above for details)
Date of Info: 8/25/2020
Texas OTs can earn all 24 hours required for renewal through online courses offered on the Occupational Therapy page of this website. Click here to view AOTA-approved online CE courses.
Texas State Board of Examiners of MFTs
CE Required: 30 hours every 2 years
Online CE Allowed: No limit (effective 5/26/2019)
License Expiration: Birthmonth, every 2 years
National Accreditation Accepted: Professional Development Resources is approved by the Texas Board of Examiners of Marriage & Family Therapists (Provider #114)
Notes: 6 hours ethics required each renewal (jurisprudence exam can count for 1 hr); 3 hr supervision course for supervisors; 1-hour Human Trafficking Prevention (PDR's course will NOT meet this requirement. See above for details)
Date of Info: 8/25/2020
Texas MFTs can earn all 30 hours per renewal through online courses offered on the marriage & family therapy page of this website. Click here to view board-approved online CE courses.
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR)
CE Required: 12 hours every 2 years
Online CE Allowed: 6 hours (must have posttest)
License Expiration: Birthmonth, every 2 years
National Accreditation Accepted: CDR
Notes: 1 hr jurisprudence exam required each renewal; 1-hour Human Trafficking Prevention (PDR's course will NOT meet this requirement. See above for details)
Date of Info: 8/25/2020
Texas dietitians/nutritionists can earn up to 6 hours required for renewal through online courses offered on the nutrition & dietetics page of this website. Click here to view CDR-approved online CE courses.
Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists
CE Required: 20 hours per year
Online CE Allowed: No limit
License Expiration: Last day of birth month, annually
National Accreditation Accepted: APA
Notes: 3 hours in ethics & 3 hours in cultural diversity (areas of cultural diversity include, but are not limited to, age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, language, national origin, race, religion, culture, sexual orientation, and social economic status); 1-hour Human Trafficking Prevention (PDR's course will NOT meet this requirement. See above for details) are required each renewal
Date of Info: 8/25/2020
Texas school psychologists (LSSPs) can earn all 20 hours required for renewal through online courses offered on the school psychology page of this website. Click here to view APA-approved online CE courses.
