Welcome to the September edition of "Certification News You Can Use", a monthly newsletter about certification published on the first Tuesday of each month. Each newsletter will highlight important updates regarding certification and recognize all new certified IAEDP members for each month. As the Certification Director, I appreciate the dedication and passion of all those who are pursuing advanced skills and recognition by applying for iaedp's Certification designations.
HOT OFF THE PRESS:
Great news! iaedp has recently become a vendor for the Veteran's Administration (VA). Becoming a vendor for the VA will allow iaedp to accept VA grant funding as payment for our course work and certification process. Within the next two years we hope to have 160+ VA clinicians working toward their CEDS, CEDRD or CEDRN Certification.
If you are pursuing Traditional Certification, one of the requirements is completion of 2000+ patient care hours supervised by an iaedp Approved Supervisor. Two options exist for you when selecting your supervisor:
1.You can now search for an iaedp Approved Supervisor by clicking on the memberclicks site link: http://iaedp.memberclicks.net/. The Approved iaedp Supervisor search is at the bottom right part of the page. If you enter a specific zip code, you can see who is already approved in your specific geographical area. Since you are not limited to a supervisor within your own geographical area, you can leave the zip code field blank to pull up the entire list.
2. You can ask an experienced clinician in the field of eating disorders with whom you already work to consider becoming your Approved Supervisor. This clinician would need to meet the requirements listed on the Approved Supervisor application, found at www.iaedp.com under the Certification link, Traditional Certification.
3. For more specific guidelines about supervision, read the Approved Supervisor Options and Guidelines http://www.iaedp.com/Approved_Supervisor_Options_Guidelines.pdf
UPCOMING CERTIFICATION EVENTS:
For New York iaedp Chapter members only:
"Everything You Need to Know About Certification" Webinar on Thursday, October 16, 2014 from 4:00pm-5:30pm Eastern. Contact Jessica Slotnick at jstherapist@yahoo.com for more info.
If your chapter would like to schedule a webinar on "Everything You Need to Know About Certification" for your chapter members, contact Tammy at tammy@iaedp.com.
RECOGNITION OF NEW CERTIFIED IAEDP MEMBERS:
CONGRATULATIONS to the following IAEDP members approved for certification during the month of August:
CERTIFIED EATING DISORDER SPECIALIST (CEDS)/ THERAPISTS:
FLORIDA:
Friedman, Nicole, PsyD
Lopez, Nicole, PsyD
CERTIFIED EATING DISORDER SPECIALIST (CEDRD)/ REGISTERED DIETITIANS:
CALIFORNIA:
Black, Nancy, MS, RD
NEW YORK:
Baum, Limar, MS, RD
And WELCOME to Pat Gabbard, who has taken the position of Membership and Certification Coordinator beginning September 1st. If you have any questions about your iaedp membership or your certification certificate, please contact Pat at pat@iaedp.com. For questions regarding the Certification process itself, please contact Tammy at tammy@iaedp.com.
Look for the "Certification News You Can Use" Newsletter in your mailbox on the first Tuesday of every month.
Tammy Beasley, RDN, CEDRD, LD, CSSD
Director of Certification
tammy@iaedp.com
