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NOMC Continuing Education Categories

Category 1: Direct Service Provision

Structured Discovery mobility instruction with blind children, youth, or adults in a residential facility, day program, or itinerate instruction. Direct service must be travel instruction that is part of the applicant's job. Direct instruction means that the instructor is physically providing mobility instruction or otherwise responsible for the monitoring and progress of individuals learning mobility skills.

Full-time Instruction: (30+ hours per week) - 5 points per quarter (20pts every 12 months)

Part-time Instruction: (15+ hours per week) - 2.5 points per quarter

Other: (Less than 15 hours per week) Contact the NBPCB office for directions

Category 2: Professional Conferences and Presentations

Attendance at a Professional Rehabilitation Conference - 1 point per conference hour

Presenting at a Professional Rehabilitation Conference - Add 2 points

Coordinating a Professional Rehabilitation Conference - Add 2 points

Note: A conference hour includes time spent in conference, but does not include time for breaks, registration, or other waiting time. Contact the NBPCB office for pre-approval of conferences. An individual attending a three hour conference will earn three (3) points. If that person is also a presenter, he/she will earn a total of five (5) points for the conference.

Category 3: Literature and Professional Discourse

Authorship of a Published Article or Book Chapter - 5 points

Reviewing Orientation and Mobility Related Textbooks or Manuals - 2.5 points

Critique of O&M Related Article or Book Chapter - 1.5 points

Critique of Orientation and Mobility Book or Monograph - 2.5 points

Grant Writing - 5 points

Reviewing Grants Related to Orientation and Mobility, Education, or Rehabilitation - 2.5 points

Category 4: Professional Preparation

Teaching Academic Course (in which at least 50% content was focused on Structured Discovery Cane Travel (SDCT) methods/techniques) - 5 points per quarter/semester (20 pts/12 months)

Curriculum Development (for training O&M instructors in SDCT methods and principles) - 2.5 points per course

Supervision of SDCT internship (400 hours) or fieldwork supervision (800 hours) - 5 points

Conducting NOMC Certification examination - 2 points

Category 5: Training and Education

Conducting Training Workshop/Session (in which the content centered on SDCT training philosophy and principals) - 2.5 points

Attendance at a Workshop (at least 50% of the content was related to SDCT techniques and principals, or CBMR philosophy and history) - 1.25 points

Conducting Field Training or Demonstration in Hands-on SDCT Instruction - 2.5 points

Completion of Course Related to O&M/Rehabilitation - 2 points

Membership in Professional O&M/Education/Rehabilitation Organizations - 2 points

Attending a workshop or seminar in multicultural aspects, research or research design, disability legislation, principles of case management, negotiation and conflict resolution strategies, community resources, client advocacy, working with teams across disciplines, healthcare, medical aspects and implications of various disabilities, attitudinal barriers of people with disabilities - 2 points

Completing a Foreign Language Course (where a second language was acquired) - 2.5 points

Category 6: Research

Conducting Original SDCT/Rehabilitation-Related Research - 5 points

Publishing Results of Research - 2.5 points

Assisting in Research or Research Design that is Published- 2.5 points

Participating in SDCT-Related Research - 1.5 points

Critiquing Published O&M Research - 1.5 points

Secondary Analysis of Published Research or Original Data - 2 points

Category 7: Community Service

Providing Direct SDCT Instruction without Compensation - (see category 1)

Developing In-house SDCT/CBMR-Related Training Programs - 10 points

Conducting/Training In-house Training Programs - 5 points

Demonstrating Services to a National or State Professional Organization - 1.5 points

Presenting at Public Schools/Colleges on Blindness - 1.5 points

Category 8: Governmental Affairs

Develop and advocate for Legislation, Regulations, or Policy - 5 points

Advocating for Legislation at the State or Federal Level - 2 points

Drafting Resolutions Related to SDCT/Education/Rehabilitation - 1.5 points

Category 9: Professional Ethics

Note: At least 10 points during the five year period of certification must come from continuing education in the area of professional ethics.

Read NBPCB Code of Ethics- 8 points

Sign and Return NBPCB Code of Ethics Agreement Form - 2 points

Complete a Course in Professional Ethics, Multicultural Awareness, or Professional Counseling (may be an online course) - 5 points