New Mexico Register / Volume XXXII,
Issue 22 / November 30, 2021
This is an amendment
to 16.27.2 NMAC, Sections 3, 7, and 8, effective 11/30/2021.
16.27.2.3 STATUTORY AUTHORITY: These parts are promulgated pursuant to the counselor
and Therapist Practice Act, [Section 61-9A-1, 3, 5, 11 and 15, NMSA 1978]
Sections 61-9A-1, 61-9A-3, 61-9A-5, 61-9A-9, 61-9A-11, and 61-9A-15, NMSA
1978.
[16.27.2.3 NMAC - N, 6/15/2001; A, 11/30/2021]
16.27.2.7 DEFINITIONS: Mental health clinical core curriculum as
used in [Part 4, Part 8, and Part 9] Parts 4, 8, and 9 means a
curriculum for training counselors that includes graduate-level coursework
within 10 core curriculum areas. Course
work that makes up the 48 semester hours or 72 quarter hours needed
to meet the statutory requirement includes – [33] 45 clinical
semester hours including nine semester hours of practicum, or 72 quarter
hours including 12 quarter hours of practicum. The remaining course work
needed to complete the 48 graduate semester hours or 72 graduate
quarter hours is to be distributed as electives among the 10 core
curriculum areas derived from program approved courses.
[16.27.2.7 NMAC - N, 6/15/2001; A, 7/1/2004; A, 11/30/2021]
16.27.2.8 MENTAL HEALTH CLINICAL CORE CURRICULUM: The core curriculum must be met using only [transcripted]
transcript courses dedicated to the required course area. [thesis]
Thesis or dissertation will not be accepted [partitioning] [divisioning]. Partitioning, dividing, or sectioning
of courses into various core course areas will not be accepted. The [11] 10 core curriculum
graduate areas of study apply to applicants who hold a related-field degree
and include the following: [Applies
to applicants who hold a related-field degree.]
A. Human
growth and development: A minimum of three semester hours or four quarter hours
of graduate coursework in studies that provide an understanding of the nature
and needs of individuals at all developmental levels. Essential components include, the following:
(1) theories of individual development
and transitions across the life-span;
(2) theories
of learning and personality development;
(3) human
behavior including an understanding of developmental crises, disability,
addictive behavior, psychopathology, and environmental factors as they affect
both normal and abnormal behavior;
(4) strategies
for facilitating development over the life span.
B. Social
and cultural foundations: A minimum of three semester hours or four quarter
hours of graduate coursework in studies that provide an understanding of issues
and trends with multicultural and diverse populations. Essential components include, the following.
(1) theories
of multicultural counseling;
(2) prejudicial attitudes and behavior
based on such factors as age, race, religious preference, physical disability,
sexual orientation, ethnicity and culture, family patterns, gender,
socioeconomic status, and intellectual ability;
(3) individual, family, and group
strategies with diverse populations.
C. Helping
relationships: A minimum of three semester hours or four quarter hours of
graduate coursework in studies that provide an understanding of counseling and
consultation processes. Essential
components include, the following:
(1) counseling and consultation theories
including both individual and systems perspectives;
(2) counselor or consultant
characteristics and behaviors that influence helping processes, including age,
gender and ethnic differences, and personal characteristics;
(3) client or consultee characteristics
and behaviors that influence helping processes, including [ate] age,
gender and ethnic differences, verbal and nonverbal behaviors and personal
characteristics, traits, capabilities, and live circumstances.
D. Group
work: A minimum of three semester hours or four quarter hours of graduate
coursework in studies that provide an understanding of group development,
dynamics, counseling theories, group counseling methods and skills, and other
group work approaches. Essential
components include, the following;
(1) theories
of group dynamics including group process, developmental stages, and group
members roles and behaviors;
(2) group
leadership styles and approaches including the various types of groups;
(3) staged appropriate group counseling
techniques and methods of evaluating effectiveness.
E. Career
and lifestyle development: A minimum of three semester hours or four quarter
hours of graduate coursework in studies that provide an understanding of career
development and related life factors.
Essential components include, the following:
(1) career
development theories and decision-making models;
(2) labor market information resources,
and including accessing computer-based career information systems;
(3) career
development program planning, organization, implementation, administration, and
evaluation;
(4) interrelationships among work,
family, and other life roles and factors, including multicultural and gender
issues as they relate to career development;
(5) assessment
instruments and techniques relevant to career planning and decision-making.
F. Appraisal:
A minimum of three semester hours or four quarter hours of graduate coursework
in studies that provide an understanding of individual and group approaches to
assessment and evaluation. Essential
components include, the following:
(1) theoretical and historical bases for
assessment;
(2) selection, administration and
interpretation of psychological tests considering examinee characteristics such
as age, gender and cultural background;
(3) validity and reliability of appraisal
instruments;
(4) psychometric statistics, including
types of assessment scores, measures of central tendency, indices of
variability, standard errors, and correlation's;
(5) age,
gender, ethnicity, language, disability, and culture factors related to the
assessment and evaluation of individuals and groups;
(6) strategies
for selecting, administering, interpreting and using assessment and evaluation
instruments and techniques in counseling.
G. Research
methods: A minimum of three semester hours or four quarter hours of graduate
coursework and studies that provide an understanding of types of research
methods, basic statistics, and ethical and legal considerations in
research. Essential components include,
the following:
(1) basic types of research methods to
include qualitative and quantitative research designs;
(2) uses of statistics software programs.
H. Professional
orientation: A minimum of three semester hours four quarter hours of graduate
coursework in studies that provide an understanding of all aspects of
professional functioning including history, roles, organizational structures,
ethics, standards, and credentialing.
Essential components include the following:
(1) history of the helping professions;
(2) professional roles scope of practice,
including similarities and differences with other types of professionals;
(3) professional
organizations, primarily the American counseling association, its divisions,
branches, and affiliates, including membership benefits, activities, services
to members, and current emphases;
(4) ethical
standards of the American counseling association and related entities, ethical
and legal issues, and their applications to various professional activities;
(5) professional credentialing including
certification, licensure and accreditation practices and standards.
I. Specialized
clinical studies: A minimum of 12
semester hours or 18 quarter hours of graduate coursework in studies that
provide an understanding of all aspects of diagnosis and treatment of mental
disorders. Studies in this area to include but are not limited to, the
following:
(1) clinical
case study
(2) psychodynamics and psychotherapy
(3) treatment
planning
(4) clinical
supervision
(5) psychopharmacology
(6) advanced
testing
(7) addictions
(8) psychopathology
(9) clinical
theory and practice
J. Supervised
practicum: A minimum of nine semester
or 12 quarter hours of graduate coursework in practicum [and/or] or
internship is required. The
practicum [and/or] or internship training shall focus on [the
provision of] counseling services within a professional setting under the
direction of a faculty member [and/or] or on-site supervisor
designated by the college or university.
[16.27.2.8 NMAC - Rp 16 NMAC 27.1.7.24, 6/15/2001; A, 7/1/2004; A,
11/19/2007; A, 11/30/2021]