{"id":5371,"date":"2015-12-02T14:05:10","date_gmt":"2015-12-02T20:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/?p=5371"},"modified":"2019-04-29T15:44:59","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T20:44:59","slug":"5371","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/insight\/news\/5371\/","title":{"rendered":"Institute for Professional &#038; Continuing Studies earns APA 5-year approval"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"clearfix\"><p>The Chicago School&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/academics\/continuing-education\/\">Institute of Professional &amp; Continuing Studies<\/a> (IPCS) has been granted Five Year Approval by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apa.org\/ed\/sponsor\/committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">American Psychological Association Continuing Education Committee<\/a> (APA CEC). ICPS offers Continuing Education (CE) courses for credit to mental health professionals, so that they may stay in compliance with their respective industry\u2019s standards, and first gained approval from APA CEC in fall 2013. The continued ability to offer APA approved CEs is representative of the mission and vision of ICPS to offer quality programming that is in line with the rigorous standards set forth by the APA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFive Year Approval status is the longest an organization can receive,\u201d said Dina Glaser, Psy.D., director, IPCS and the Office of Applied Professional Practice and Consortia. \u201cWe wouldn\u2019t have gotten the approval without the diligent efforts of our CE Coordinator, Moira Jackson and collaboration from Dr. Colin Ennis, associate director of Training, Clinical Psychology. We also wouldn\u2019t be able to meet our department\u2019s goal to provide high-quality learning opportunities to mental health professionals from several different fields.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Chicago School\u2019s Institute for Professional &amp; Continuing Studies provides CE courses for psychologists, counselors\/clinical counselors and social workers. In addition to having APA approval, ICPS is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.idfpr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">licensed<\/a> in the State of Illinois to provide continuing education courses for counselors, clinical counselors (license number: 197.00159)\u00a0 and social workers (license number: 159.001036).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chicago School&#8217;s Institute of Professional &amp; Continuing Studies (IPCS) has been granted Five Year Approval by the American Psychological Association Continuing Education Committee (APA CEC). ICPS offers Continuing Education (CE) courses for credit to mental health professionals, so that they may stay in compliance with their respective industry\u2019s standards, and first gained approval from APA CEC in fall 2013. 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