Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Training Certification
MBSR certification, the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction online training program, offers an optional ‘Certificate of Completion’.
Mindfulness training certification and the MBSR ‘Certificate of Completion’, may provide the basis and gateway for achieving mindfulness certification at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
What Can I Do With The Certificate Of Completion?
Yes, please click on this link – http://mbsrottawa.com/mbsr-teacher-qualification-and-certification/
Yes, you are welcome to pass along whatever you feel would be helpful to your clients. If you think the Mindfulness Attitudes or the Body Scan etc. would be helpful by all means pass it on. You would not be able to teach the entire 8-week M.B.S.R. program as Certified Mindfulness teacher.
No, Taking a MBSR 8 week program does not allow for the teaching of the M.B.S.R. program.
To become a MBSR teacher first requires being accepted and then trained through the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
BUT, completing this 9 lesson MBSR online program, fulfills the first requirement of acceptance into the MBSR teacher training.
Note: You can receive a ‘Certificate of Completion’ with this M.B.S.R. online program.
The Process Of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Certification:
M.B.S.R. Teacher Training Path
Phase 1: Beginnings
• Completion of 8 week or intensive MBSR course as a participant
• Participation in at least one silent, teacher-led, 5-10 day mindfulness meditation retreat.
• Daily meditation practice for a least one year
Phase 2: Ongoing Training
• Practicum in MBSR
• Preliminary teaching experience (short classes and workshops)
• Ongoing relevant personal and professional education and training; regular mindfulness meditation and retreat practice; and yoga and other body-awareness practice
Phase 3: Developing Teaching Skills
• Co-teaching with a designated mentoring teacher for 2-3 MBSR course offerings (alternatively the Teacher Development Intensive course could be completed in lieu of mentoring)
• Review of video of your teaching of week 5 by MBSR Ottawa
• Completion of online teaching modules (still to be developed)
• Completion of a 2nd silent, teacher-led, 5-10 day mindfulness meditation retreat.
By successfully completing the above you will have the minimum qualifications for beginning to teach the complete MBSR course on your own.
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The Process Of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Certification:
Certificate programs are a growing segment of the continuing education marketplace. These certification programs generally recognize a relatively narrow scope of specialized knowledge.
Issues to Think About When Considering a Certificate Program
For Attendes
- What new skills do I need to acquire? Will the certificate program lead to the acquisition of those skills?
- What will I be able to do as a result of engaging in the program and earning the certificate?
- How will earning this certificate benefit me and my clients/patients?
- Is the program content validated by experts?
- How will my new skills and knowledge be assessed in order to earn the certificate?
- What organizations recognize the certificate?
- What will I be able to do that I can’t do now as a result of earning the certificate?
For CE Providers
- Is there an educational need for the program?
- Who is your target audience?
- What skills and knowledge will participants acquire that they cannot acquire in other programs?
- How will the program content be validated by experts?
- How will you assess learning to award the certificate?
- What organizations recognize the certificate?
- How will you communicate the value and acceptance of the certificate?
What Is Mindfulness?
Broadly defined, mindfulness is learning how to use our natural mental faculties of attention & intention. We first bring a non-judgmental attention, to our daily life experiences. Then we choose a wise intention, to match any of our life experiences. This deeper understanding of our life, results in more health & happiness. As we practice mindfulness we have less stress & more calmness, clarity and choices.
The Difference Between Professional Certification and Certificate Program
Often organizations that develop certificate programs incorrectly call them certification programs. Be an informed consumer and educate yourself about the important differences.
Professional certification is the voluntary process by which a non-governmental entity grants a time-limited recognition and use of a credential to an individual after verifying that he or she has met predetermined and standardized criteria.
A certificate program is a training program on a specialized topic for which participants receive a certificate after completing the course and passing an assessment instrument.
Note: This is not to be confused with the commonly used “certificate of attendance” given at the completion of many continuing education courses to validate attendance.
To clarify the distinction between certificate and certification a comparison chart has been provided below.**
Certificate
- Results from an educational process.
- For both newcomers and experienced professionals alike.
- Awarded by educational program providers or institutions.
- Indicates completion of a course or series of courses with specific focus; is different than a degree granting program.
- Course content set a variety of ways (faculty committee, dean, instructor); occasionally through defensible analysis of topic area.
- Usually listed on a resume detailing education; may issue a document to hang on the wall.
- Is the end result; demonstrates knowledge of course content at the end of a set period in time.
- May provide the basis and gateway for achieving a degree.
Certification
- Results from an assessment process.
- Typically requires some amount of professional experience.
- Awarded by a third party, standard-setting organization.
- Indicates mastery/competency as measured against a defensible set of standards, usually by application or exam.
- Standards set through a defensible, industry-wide process (job analysis/role delineation) that results in an outline of required knowledge and skills.
- Typically results in a designation to use after one’s name (CCC-SLP, CCC-A.); may result in a document to hang or to keep in a wallet.
- Has ongoing requirements in order to maintain; holder must demonstrate he/she continues to meet requirements. For example, SLPs, audiologists, and other allied health professionals are required to complete annual CEUs to keep their certifications.
- No relationship with attaining higher education or degree.