Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

What is CPD and why is it important?

CPD refers to the ongoing process of maintaining and enhancing the skills, knowledge, and experience needed throughout your educational therapy career. It involves tracking and documenting learning activities, both formal and informal, to ensure continuous improvement and development. CPD is crucial for keeping professional educational therapists up to date with the latest industry standards and practices, and helps build confidence and credibility, as those committed to their own development are often viewed as more competent and reliable.

As a professional educational therapist, you are required to undertake a minimum number of CPD hours each year and record their completion. For an activity to count towards CPD requirements, you will need to demonstrate how it is relevant to your role and has helped you meet your learning needs.

CPD For Educational Therapists

CPD requirements for full members are as follows:

  • A minimum of 10 verifiable CPD hours is required annually.
  • At least 1 CPD hour must be in ethics.
  • Publishing an article as the first author with a peer-reviewed journal of good standing:
    – 5 CPD hours are recognised for publishing an original or systematic review article;
    – 4 CPD hours are recognised for publishing a case report;
    – 3 CPD hours are recognised for publishing a narrative review article;
    – 2 CPD hours are recognised for publishing a letter to the editor or an opinion article.
  • 1 CPD hour is recognised for peer reviewing an article published in a peer-reviewed journal

 

Members must declare that CPD hours have been fulfilled for the 12 months preceding their membership renewal date. The Association may perform CPD compliance checks through an audit of randomly selected members.

  • Members must provide documentation of their 10 CPD hours when requested by the Membership Committee.
  • Educational Therapists must retain their own documentation of all completed qualifying activities.

Examples of Verifiable CPD Activities (Ensure Relevancy)

  • Attendance at or participation in conferences, webinars, seminars, talks, e-learning, training, or workshops (synchronous or asynchronous)
  • Supervision of an Associate Member working towards the Professional Educational Therapist tier of membership, or supervision of a Student Member in an AETS-approved training programme
  • Studying for post-qualification programmes relevant to the field of educational therapy
  • Preparing for and sitting professional examinations related to educational therapy
  • Writing and publishing articles or papers as the first author in peer-reviewed journals, or books on topics related to educational therapy
  • Peer reviewing articles or papers for peer-reviewed journals
  • Attendance or participation in study group meetings, live or virtual
  • Participation in professional journal or book discussion groups, live or virtual

Please download, complete, and submit the CPD Log Form during your membership renewal.

CPD Log Form

Acceptable Documents to Support Verifiable CPD Activities

  • Certificate of attendance
  • Letter of attendance issued by an employer or training organisation
  • Notes recorded by the attendee (describing how the content applies to the attendee’s professional practice)
  • Payment receipts for courses purchased or registered for
  • Published articles in a peer-reviewed journal

Members selected for audit will be notified within 30 days following their membership renewal date and requested to provide acceptable supporting documents for verifiable CPD activities completed during the 12 months prior to renewal. The deadline for submitting requested documentation is 30 days from the date of audit notification.

If the required documentation is not provided within this period, an Educational Therapist’s membership will convert to Affiliate Membership until compliance with CPD requirements has been established.

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