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Applications:
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Option
A Application (pdf, 412kb)
Option B Application (pdf,
431kb)
Option
C Application (pdf, 461kb)
ATR-BC Application (pdf, 35kb)
NY
2009 Examination Registration (pdf, 24KB)
Important Announcement Regarding Using Option C to Obtain ATR
status
At the Fall 2006 Board Meeting, the ATCB Board of Directors voted
unanimously to eliminate Option C as an avenue for becoming a
registered art therapist (ATR). Persons currently working towards
obtaining the ATR through Option C must have their completed
applications postmarked by September 1, 2010.
The decision to eliminate Option C was made after lengthy
consideration. The ATCB Board of Directors sought and received
input from The Board of Directors of the American Art Therapy
Association (AATA), the AATA Education Committee, and the Coalition
of Art Therapy Educators (CATE). The majority opinion was that the
elimination of Option C would be in the best interest of the art
therapy profession.
The ATCB will continue to process completed Option C applications
postmarked by September 1, 2010. Incomplete applications and
applications postmarked after this date will not be processed.
Recommendations
for Distance Supervision
The ATCB is aware of the growing need for guidelines regarding distance supervision. The ATCB proposes the following recommendations, should prospective credential holders find distance supervision to be a preferred means of completing post-graduate hours or licensure requirements:
1. The ATCB acknowledges that in-person supervision should be the primary means of clinical supervision for art therapists.
2. The ATCB recommends that distance supervision, as a stand-alone
form of supervision, occur only when particular situations and
circumstance prevent the art therapist from participating in
in-person supervision or a hybrid form of supervision. The
following are examples of situations in which stand-alone distance
supervision might be necessary:
a. When there are no art therapists qualified to do supervision within 100 miles of the supervisee, or
b. When the supervisee, due to physical or other limitations, is unable to travel, or
c. When international supervision is necessary, or
d. When other unforeseen limitations occur that prevent the supervisee from attaining in-person supervision.
3. Should distance supervision be used in conjunction with
in-person supervision or as a stand-alone form of supervision, the
supervisor and supervisee should consider the following
recommendations:
a. The supervisor and supervisee should be aware of
their own particular state and/or national licensing requirements
pertaining to distance supervision and follow those guidelines. The
ATCB is not responsible for state licensing requirements.
b. When using the Internet, the supervisor and
supervisee should obtain encrypted software or use secure servers
to transfer clinical files, artwork and information. All transfer
of electronic information must be sent in an encrypted state.
c. All written, audio, and video correspondence should
be conducted through secure and encrypted formats and /or
servers.
The ATCB is aware that there are many means of conducting safe,
and confidential supervision through the Internet. The ATCB does
not endorse any particular software, platform, or server to be used
for encryption purposes.


