Integrating Gatekeeping Practices into Core Competencies in MFT Training: Development of the Core Competency-Based Assessment Measure

Authors

C D’Aniello, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
K M. Hertlein, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2017

Publication Title

Contemporary Family Therapy

Volume

39

Issue

3

First page number:

220

Last page number:

229

Abstract

Gatekeeping is an important topic in human-service professions. Faculty members in couple and family therapy programs are responsible for regulating student acceptance into marriage and family therapy (MFT) training, and student graduation from these training programs; thus, regulating entry into the profession. Core competencies in MFT were developed to describe the competencies of MFTs (Nelson et al., Journal of Marital and Family Therapy 33(4):417–438, 2007). The core competencies detail skills that MFTs must master within about 2 years post-master’s degree. We propose that core competencies are useful ways to assess student progress, and therefore, useful gatekeeping tools. In this paper, we present a student assessment measure called the Core Competency Based Student Assessment, which may be useful to faculty members as they take on a gatekeeping role. © 2017, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.

Language

english

Repository Citation

D’Aniello, C., Hertlein, K. M. (2017). Integrating Gatekeeping Practices into Core Competencies in MFT Training: Development of the Core Competency-Based Assessment Measure. Contemporary Family Therapy, 39(3), 220-229.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10591-017-9416-z