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The Clinical Psychology PhD Program in the Department of Psychology at Drexel University (referred to as “our Program”) makes every effort to provide education that is compliant with national standards and to prepare students to practice clinical psychology. As recognition of our compliance with national standards, our Program is accredited by the American Psychological Association[. The practice of psychology, however, is regulated at the state level. State licensing authorities, commonly referred to as “State Boards,” determine the specific educational and training requirements for licensure in their State. Of note, many States require post-doctoral training as well as examinations beyond educational and training requirements. As such, a PhD degree from our Program in Clinical Psychology is not sufficient, in and of itself, to meet licensure requirements in most states. 

If you are planning to pursue professional licensure or certification, it is strongly recommended that you contact the appropriate licensing entity in the state for which you are seeking licensure or certification to obtain information and guidance regarding licensure or certification requirements before beginning an academic program.  Given that State requirements for licensure or certification vary and may change over time it is also strongly recommended that you review licensing or certification requirements as you get closer to seeking licensure or certification. You are encouraged to review the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards’ online tool, PsyBook (https://www.asppb.net/page/psybook), which summarizes requirements for most states and territories. You are also encouraged to directly confirm state licensing requirements directly with the state they are interested in seeking licensure or certification. 

Drexel University, to the best of its ability, determined that the curriculum offered by our Program meets the educational requirements for licensure or certification to practice psychology in each of the States listed in Table 1. For States in which the Program’s educational offerings do not meet a specific State’s requirements for licensure or certification, students may be required to obtain alternate, different, or more courses, or more experiential or clinical hours required. These findings are accurate, to the best of our ability, as of Summer, 2020.

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Requirements for pharmacy technicians vary by state, but most require certification, registration or licensure. Earning your certification from the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) provides a valuable, industry-recognized credential that meets most states’ requirements.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CFP Board today announced the results of the July 2023 CFP® Certification Exam. The exam was administered during a July 11-18 testing window to 2,926 candidates, with 6% of candidates testing remotely. The pass rate for the July exam was 67%.

According to the July 2023 post-exam survey, the main reason exam-takers are pursuing CFP® certification is to demonstrate experience on the job (41%), followed by to distinguish themselves as a fiduciary (25%). Of the exam-takers, 77% reported receiving some level of financial support from their employers during the CFP® certification process.

Registration for the CFP® exam showed that 71% of July candidates are under 40 years old and 38% are under 30 years old.

The top three CFP Board exam preparation resources used by exam-takers were CFP Board Practice exam 1, the exam Candidate Handbook and the Candidate Preparation Toolkit. Other resources used included CFP Board supplementary resources and guidance documents, the CFP Board Candidate Forum and webinars. The 10 states with the most exam-takers were California, Texas, Pennsylvania, Florida, Illinois, New York, North Carolina, Colorado, Ohio and Massachusetts, with 1,562 candidates from these states sitting for the exam.

"As CFP Board continues to foster growth in the financial planning profession, we are committed to providing access to the tools CFP® certification candidates need to prepare for the exam," said CFP Board CEO Kevin R. Keller, CAE. "Congratulations to candidates from across the country for passing this rigorous exam."

Statistics from previous exams — including those from the July 2023 exam — are available on CFP Board's exam statistics webpage.

November 2023 Exam

The CFP® exam is offered three times annually, in March, July and November. Registration for the November 2023 CFP® Certification exam is now open. This exam will be administered from October 31 through November 7, 2023. The registration deadline is October 17, and the Education Verification deadline is October 10. Testing appointments are scheduled on a first-come, first-served basis. We therefore encourage individuals to register for the exam at least 60 days in advance for the best date and site availability. Early registrants who schedule exams by September 5 are eligible for a discount.

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To begin the path to certification, CFP® certification candidates should create accounts on CFP.net. Here, they can access resources for all stages of their certification journey.

ABOUT CFP BOARD
CFP Board is the professional body for personal financial planners in the U.S. CFP Board consists of two affiliated organizations focused on advancing the financial planning profession for the public's benefit. CFP Board of Standards sets and upholds standards for financial planning and administers the prestigious CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ certification — widely recognized by the public, advisors and firms as the standard for financial planners — so that the public has access to the benefits of competent and ethical financial planning. CFP® certification is held by more than 96,000 people in the U.S. CFP Board Center for Financial Planning addresses diversity and workforce development challenges and conducts and publishes research that adds to the financial planning profession's body of knowledge.

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Now that training camp has started, the season is officially here. And we kicked things off Tuesday with a 12-team, 0.5-PPR mock draft. The best part was watching where the buzzworthy players got selected since plenty of news is happening around the NFL, especially at running back.

The first player of note to get drafted was Saquon Barkley, who agreed to a one-year contract with the Giants and reported to training camp on time. He went at No. 8 overall as the fourth running back, behind Christian McCaffrey, Austin Ekeler and Bijan Robinson. While you can argue Barkley vs. guys like Nick Chubb, Jonathan Taylor and Tony Pollard, this is a great spot to draft Barkley this year.

Josh Jacobs, who is going to hold out of training camp because he was given the franchise tag, was drafted with the third pick in Round 2 at No. 15 overall. I don't mind him at that spot for now, but he went ahead of Taylor and Pollard, which could be a mistake. And the longer he stays away from the team, the more we'll likely see him slide in Fantasy drafts.

Taylor (ankle) was actually placed on the PUP list after this draft happened, but all indications are he'll be fine. However, if he stays out of practice, he will also start to slide, and he was picked at No. 16 overall here.

Breece Hall (knee) was placed on the PUP list at the start of training camp, and he fell to Round 3 here at No. 34 overall. This is later than he's gone in our previous mock drafts this offseason, and I expect him to slide to this range if not into Round 4 if he remains out. Hopefully, he'll be cleared to practice soon, but running backs coming off a torn ACL have a terrible track record in their first season back, which is why I'm concerned about drafting Hall too early this year.

I drafted J.K. Dobbins in Round 5, and he also opened training camp on the PUP list. The official injury designation is undisclosed, but the Ravens are likely being cautious after he dealt with knee problems last year. He's now two years removed from his ACL tear, but he's expected to be fine this season. I'm counting on Dobbins to have a breakout year if healthy, and I love him at this spot.

Javonte Williams avoided the PUP list after suffering a torn ACL last year, which is great news, but I'm still concerned about his production this season. He was drafted in Round 6 here, and that's the perfect spot to gamble on him. If he's healthy and can get the majority of touches for the Broncos then he still has top-20 upside in all formats. However, I still like drafting Samaje Perine as a sleeper, and he was drafted in Round 7 here.

For the receivers of note dealing with injury situations, here is where they went in this draft: Amari Cooper (leg) in Round 5, Kadarius Toney (knee) in Round 7, Michael Thomas (toe) in Round 8 and Rashod Bateman (foot) in Round 10.

Cooper is expected to be fine, and Round 5 would be a steal to get him there. Toney might not be ready for Week 1, and he was overdrafted here. I would rather have Skyy Moore, who was drafted in Round 9, and Rashee Rice also went in Round 12.

Thomas was cleared for practice, and hopefully he stays healthy all season. He has been limited to just 10 games over the past three seasons, but he could be a steal if he stays in this range for most Fantasy drafts.

As for Bateman, he opened training camp on the PUP list, and hopefully he'll be healthy soon. It's going to be interesting to track the progress for him, Zay Flowers and Odell Beckham Jr., and whoever emerges as the No. 1 receiver in Baltimore could be a low-end starter in the majority of leagues. Flowers, who is my favorite Ravens receiver for now, went in Round 9, and Beckham was drafted in Round 10.

I selected Beckham as my No. 4 receiver, and my receiving corps is the strength of my team. My first three picks from No. 1 overall were Justin Jefferson, DeVonta Smith and Tee Higgins. While I didn't intend to do that, even though we start three receivers in this league, I felt like Smith and Higgins were better than Joe Mixon, Josh Allen or Jalen Hurts at that point.

Part of the reason I went WR-WR-WR was I knew the running back options at the Round 4-5 turn would be OK, which proved to be true, and I got Dameon Pierce and Dobbins. I love those first five picks.

I did have a little regret passing on Allen and Hurts, and I also drafted those running backs ahead of Justin Fields, who fell to Round 5. But I was able to get Trevor Lawrence in Round 6, and I love that. Lawrence is one of my favorite breakout candidates this season.

The rest of my running back corps is James Cook, Khalil Herbert, Elijah Mitchell and Zamir White, who could be a steal if Jacobs misses any games this season. I also have Darnell Mooney and Zay Jones as reserve receivers, and Pat Freiermuth is my tight end. This should be a playoff-caliber team in this league.

In this league, all touchdowns are worth six points, and we award one point for every 10 yards rushing and receiving and one point for every 25 yards passing. We also award 0.5 points for every reception. We feature a starting lineup of QB, 2 RB, 3 WR, TE and FLEX (RB/WR/TE) with six reserves for a 14-round draft.

Our draft order is as follows:

1. Jamey Eisenberg, Senior Fantasy Writer

2. Frank Stampfl, FBT Podcast Host

3. Chris Towers, Senior Editor, Fantasy Sports

4. Dave Richard, Senior Fantasy Writer

5. George Maselli, Fantasy Editor

6. Meron Berkson, CBS Sports HQ Producer

7. Daniel Schneier, Senior Fantasy Editor

8. Jack Capotorto, FFT HQ Producer

9. Heath Cummings, Senior Fantasy Writer

10. Zach Brook, FFT Social Media Coordinator

11. Adam Aizer, FFT Podcast Host

12. Jacob Gibbs, SportsLine Fantasy Analyst

A five-day mock assessment exercise conducted by the Global Forum secretariat kicked off on Monday, July 31, in Kigali, in a move that aims at, among others, gauge the level of readiness of the legal and regulatory framework to implement the Exchange of information on request standard (EOIR).

During the assessment, officials are expected to undertake an on-site mission ahead of the much anticipated EOIR peer review, slated for October 1 through December 31.

The outcome, or "Rating" by the OECD/GF will send a signal to investors on Rwanda's position vis a vis the standards. This will play a huge role in investors' decision making especially when deciding where to invest.

Basically the peer reviews are carried out against the three major requirements including ensuring that all reporting financial institutions apply due diligence procedures, jurisdictions should also exchange information with all interested appropriate partners, in a timely manner, ensuring it is sorted, prepared, validated and transmitted.

Equally important, according to the requirements, is that jurisdictions should keep the information exchanged confidential and properly safeguarded, and use it in accordance with the agreement under which it was exchanged.

The Global Forum is a group of over 160 jurisdictions that includes all G20 countries, financial centers, and the majority of its members are developing countries.

Together they work on an equal footing to put an end to offshore tax evasion.

"This mock assessment comes at a crucial moment, providing Rwanda with an opportunity to showcase the progress made towards improving tax transparency standards following the country's exact tax reforms intended to broaden the tax base and Boost compliance," Uzziel Ndagijimana, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning said.

The assessment is inline with the International Standard for Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information in Tax Matters (AEOI), and according to Ndagijimana, Rwanda, being the ninth African country to do so, made a commitment in September 2021 to adhere to the standard.

Nearly three quarters (74 percent) of the Global Forum members are now committed to start automatic exchange. The standard draws extensively on earlier work of the OECD in the area of automatic exchange of information.

It incorporates progress made within the European Union, as well as global anti-money laundering standards, with the intergovernmental implementation of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) having acted as a catalyst for the move towards automatic exchange of information in a multilateral context.

Note that Rwanda was admitted to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Development Centre as its 55th member during the OECD Forum in Paris, France in May 2019.

Officials said then that this was a transformational development path, and the country's commitment to sharing the lessons learned, and willingness to enhance cooperation with other member States, while accessing best practices of development from other OECD members.

"Tax transparency and exchange of information is helping African countries reduce illicit financial flows so as to increase their domestic resource mobilization," said Pascal Ruganitwali, Commissioner General of the Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA).

He added, "Rwanda in the same respect, is taking bold actions to protect its tax base and some of the measures include; ensuring enough accessibility to tax information on cross-border transactions, strengthening its internal capacities for raising domestic taxes and significantly reducing tax evasion or avoidance arising from base erosion and profit shifting schemes. All aimed at boosting Rwanda's domestic resource mobilization efforts."

In 2021, Rwanda signed and ratified the Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters (MAAC), an international convention on tax matters, used by countries to exchange information for tax purposes to better enforce their domestic laws.

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At the time, the treaty enabled Rwanda to exchange tax information with 141 countries that were signatory to the MAAC and boost cooperation in tax matters with regard to countering international tax evasion and avoidance.

By signing MAAC, signatories commit to comply with international standards on tax transparency and exchange of information as observed by the European Union and Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

According to officials, however, the treaty also enables Rwanda to increase its tax revenue mobilization using different standards. These include all forms of Exchange of Information (EOI), namely exchange of information on request (EOIR), automatic exchange of information (AEOI), spontaneous exchange of information (SEOI) as well as simultaneous tax examinations, and tax examinations abroad, the assistance in recovery of tax claims and the assistance in the service of documents.

LOS ANGELES & NEW YORK, August 21, 2023--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Behavioral Health Center of Excellence (BHCOE) is now approved by the Behavioral Intervention Certification Council (BICC), the International Behavior Analysis Organization (IBAO), and the Qualified Applied Behavior Analysis Credentialing Board (QABA) as a Continuing Education Provider, in addition to being an Authorized Continuing Education (ACE) provider by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB).

BHCOE is dedicated to offering high-quality, accessible, and flexible learning opportunities for today’s ABA providers via the BHCOE Learning Hub. The BHCOE Learning Hub is a virtual online platform that provides insights from experts on trending Topics in the Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) field through live and on-demand continuing education webinars, workshops, and courses. BHCOE maintains an online library of our webinars available on-demand, providing ongoing access to leading educational Topics and industry experts to inform your practice decisions. Most of this content is offered at no-cost for accredited organizations. CE certificates are issued for all applicable content.

Content that meets the CE requirements of each of the certification/credentialing bodies is clearly indicated in the "Webinar Information" section for each of the courses.

Recent continuing education content and presenters include:

• Combatting Behavior Analyst Compassion Fatigue & Burnout Workshop Series featuring content by John Austin, Adrienne Bradley, Nasiah Cirincione-Ulezi, Nicole Gravina, Chunying Jin, Ellie Kazemi, Denice Rios, Tyra P. Sellers, Julie Slowiak, Shane T. Spiker, Sarah Trautman, Jessica Rohrer, and Mary Jane Weiss

• ABA Assessment Workshop Series featuring content by Celine Saulnier, Ira Cohen, Thomas W. Frazier, Francesca degli Espinosa, Nasiah Cirincione-Ulezi, Michael Fabrizio, John N. Constantino, Kristen L. Padilla, Stephen M. Kanne, Jana Sarno, Sigmund Eldevik, Stephen N. Elliott, Katerina Monlux, and Margaret Uwayo

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New continuing education content is in development and is released throughout the year.

To explore the BHCOE Learning Hub’s continuing education offerings and register visit: https://learning.bhcoe.org

About BHCOE

BHCOE is a leading organization dedicated to promoting quality behavioral health care. BHCOE’s service offerings address the many components of quality behavioral health delivery including accreditation, education, credentialing, data management, and research. Through these efforts BHCOE enables the highest level of client and provider experience and outcomes for their partners and the patients they serve.

About BICC

Founded in 2013, the Behavioral Intervention Certification Council's (BICC) mission is to enhance public protection by developing and administering a certification program consistent with the needs of behavior analysts to recognize individuals who are qualified to treat the deficits and behaviors associated with autism spectrum disorder using the principles and procedures of ABA. BICC's certifications are accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA).

About IBAO

The International Behavior Analysis Organization® (IBAO®) is an international applied behavior analysis credentialing organization whose mission is to provide Behavior Analysts and Behavioral Technicians living outside North America with a credentialing standard needed for professional practice in Applied Behavior Analysis. By establishing and maintaining educational, experiential, examination, and practice standards, the IBAO® will serve as the certification organization for International Applied Behavior Analysis practitioners.

About QABA

QABA Credentialing Board was established in 2012 to meet paraprofessional and professional credentialing in ABA. QABA offers the only internationally accredited certifications for ABA including the behavior analyst credential, Qualified Behavior Analyst (QBA); assistant behavior analyst credential, Qualified Autism Services Practitioner - Supervisor (QASP-S); and behavior technician credential, Applied Behavior Analysis Technician (ABAT). QABA establishes the highest standard of care and empowers all professionals providing behavior intervention services, including services to those with ASD and related disabilities. Through access, transparency, and dedication to best practice, we provide everyone an opportunity for consistent high-level care.

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