Mentor/Supervisor Responsibilities
Trainee Responsibilities
Designation of Mentor/Supervisors

Mentor/Supervisor Responsibilities

• Acting as a role model of a competent and ethical poetry therapy practitioner
  
• Being fully familiar with the protocols of poetry therapy training as explained in the Guide to Training Requirements.
  
• Meeting all training, renewal and continuing education requirements for mentor/supervisors
  
• Interviewing and selecting suitable candidates
  
• Receiving, reviewing and submitting to the credentials committee the trainee's completed training application and application for credentials
  
• Designing appropriate training programs, including didactic, fieldwork, supervision, and peer poetry therapy experience components
  
• Requiring timely and ongoing documentation of learning consistent with Federation standards
  
• Supervising and evaluating trainee's progress via timely oral and written feedback.
  
• Keeping accurate records.

Trainee Responsibilities
As an adult learner the trainee is expected to take responsibility for his/her program. Trainee responsibilities include:

• Reading and adhering to requirements as stated in the current edition of the Guide to Training Requirements.
  
• Selecting a mentor/supervisor and maintaining a good working relationship.
  
• Submitting to the mentor/supervisor (who forwards it to the credentials committee) a complete application for training, which includes a signed letter of intent and training plan, along with required fee and all required attachments.
  
• Completing and documenting all assigned training work.
  
• Following the guidance and direction of the mentor/supervisor.
  
• Submitting to the mentor/supervisor (who forwards it to the credentials committee) a complete application for certification/registration.

Ultimately the Federation, not the mentor/supervisor, grants certification or registration.

If the learner believes the mentor/supervisor is in ethical violation, the learner is requested to bring this to the attention of the Federation.

Designation of Mentor/Supervisors
In 1991, the education committee of the National Association for Poetry Therapy began formally designating a group of mentor/supervisors as trainers of others.

The listing of mentor/supervisors is periodically updated. Current mentor/supervisors are undergoing fulfillment of renewal requirements. New applications to become a mentor/supervisor will be taken after July 1, 2007. The current mentor/supervisors:

• Received CPT or PTR at least two years prior.
  
• Attested that he/she is free of the following adverse actions: denial, loss, suspension, or request to surrender a professional license; ejection or suspension from a school or professional society; conviction of a felony; physical and/or mental impairment, including substance abuse, that could affect professional performance.
  
• Pledged adherence to the NFBPT Code of Ethics. Mentor/supervisors will not engage in dual relationships with trainees.
  
• Provided--at the time of original designation--letters of professional recommendation.