A body of knowledge refers to core teaching and skills required to work in a particular field or industry. Members of the profession outline what is needed to do their jobs which forms the foundation for the curriculum of most professional programs or designations.
- Continuing Education Units must come from four distinct areas of the Body of Knowledge.
- Online Continuing Education Units: limited to 1.0 CEU or ten contact hours presented within the 2-year recertification period.
- Presentations are limited to no more than 1.0 CEU or 10 contact hours presented within the two years.
- Professional Presentations by a sole presenter will be acknowledged as ie, .4 CEU for a two-hour workshop and as .6 ceu.s for a three-hour session. (CEU.s are inclusive of all activities related to the development and implementation of the presentation.); not to include introductions, breaks, or meals.
- Written Publication: books, articles, thesis, dissertations
- Solely authored publications in professional journals are awarded 1.0 ceu or 10 contact hours for the approved author of the current published textbook/thesis & dissertation during the two-year cycle.
- Co-author publications not accepted
CTRAC Certification Body of Knowledge
NOTE:
- CTRAC must verify that Continuing Education Units (C.E.U.s) submitted for recertification are from a recognized C.E.U. approval source. C.E.U. certificates submitted must list the approving organization’s name, provider C.E.U. approval number, title of presentation, presenter information, and number of C.E.U.s allotted. C.E.U.s (Example: 2.0 C.E.U.’s. = 20 clock hours) must represent 4 distinct areas from the CTRAC Body of Knowledge. Check the CTRAC website for other related criteria. Submit questions to info@ctractexas.org.
- Effective 7/1/2018 when C.E.U. are being submitted to CTRAC for recertification that are not Therapeutic Recreation/Activities based conferences/workshop approved, the description from the session/ workshop and objectives must be submitted with the certificate. In addition, certificates must come from a recognized C.E.U approval agency.
- AUTOMATIC APPROVAL IS NOT guaranteed for any session.
