Approved
Providers Lead the Way with High Quality Continuing Education
Members
of the NCBTMB Continuing Education/ Recertification Panel
have the responsibility for administering the NCBTMB Approved
Provider Program.
Two members of the panel read, review and
assess each application for compliance with the criteria.
They also request additional information from the applicant
if necessary. The entire panel then votes on the action. Newly
approved providers are notified in writing about the panel’s
decision and they are listed in the NCB Connection.
(See this quarter’s listing of newly approved
providers.)
The panel’s committee members are
volunteers who are knowledgeable in the field of therapeutic
massage and bodywork as well as continuing professional education.
They are trained in uniformly applying the criteria on the
Approved Provider Applications.
How To Apply
Any continuing education provider of massage/bodywork can
apply to become an NCBTMB Approved Provider. The NCBTMB
Approved Provider Application for Continuing Education
explains in detail the application process and can be obtained
by visiting www.ncbtmb.com and clicking on “Continuing
Education.” Those who apply to become an NCBTMB Approved
Provider must be sure to:
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Study the application booklet.
The applicant is responsible for seeking help from the NCBTMB
office staff if necessary.
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Review each response on
the application to identify any potential weakness.
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Strengthen those weaknesses
until each criterion statement has been met satisfactorily.
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Submit a completed application.
Applicants must make sure that each question has been answered
fully, all supporting documents and materials are attached
and all appropriate fees have been paid.
Critical requirements for those applying to become an NCBTMB
Approved Provider are:
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Four completed applications, index-tabbed,
typed and bound (such as a three-ring binder, spiral bound
notebook);
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Appropriate application fees for an individual
or an organization;
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Proof that each program has been planned,
taught or administered by the applicant two times within
the two years prior to the application date.
The NCBTMB office will return all incomplete applications.
For More Information…
To become an NCBTMB Approved Provider, please contact Bill
Tanner at the NCBTMB office by emailing btanner@ncbtmb.com
to request an application or visit the NCBTMB Web site at
www.ncbtmb.com and click on “Continuing Education”
to download the application and the booklet. Those who are
currently NCBTMB Approved Providers can also download the
Renewal Application Form from the Web site.
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FROMTHECHAIR
By
Garnet Adair, NCTMB
With summer now in full swing many of us have
traveled to a desired destination or we are preparing to travel
soon. I was thinking about the preparations I have whenever
I travel… where am I going, how am I going to get there,
and what’s the cost? Interestingly enough, those are some
of the very thoughts you, as a Nationally Certified Practitioner,
might have when the time to recertify draws near. Starting with
this issue we will focus on a recertification option to help
create a clear picture of all the different options available
to you to reach your destination of maintaining your National
Certification.
Let’s take a look at your travel plans.
Where do you want to be in your profession of massage or bodywork?
Think about traveling to a place where you are:
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A leader in the profession.
National Certification represents the highest professional
credential in the field of massage and bodywork.
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Accountable to the consumers. National
Certification provides reassurance to the consumer, the
profession, and the employer.
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A professional who provides safe,
trustworthy sessions. National Certification denotes
the mark of a true professional committed to safe and ethical
practice.
What is your mode of transportation to deliver
you safely and in time for your destination? Be sure to:
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Plan ahead to meet your recertification
deadline. Start reviewing the NCB Recertification
Handbook about one year before your recertification
deadline to make sure you get all the requirements in order.
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Decide what options best fit your needs.
Yes, you can mix and match options. Choose options that
best suit your geographic needs, such as online courses
or related work experience.
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Get the required NCBTMB “pre-approval”
for any special options.
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Ask how much money will I spend to get there?
How can I get the most savings? Set aside a minimal monthly
expense for the recertification fee.
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Save by selecting the most affordable options.
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Now that you’ve
studied your road map, have your itinerary and have made all
your arrangements and reservations, enjoy your trip! If your
itinerary has been well planned you’ll be able to arrive
at your destination on time feeling relaxed and refreshed. Months
afterward, as you reflect on your trip, you’ll find that
the road to recertification was memorable and non-stressful.
Happy Travels!
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NCB
Seeks Qualified Candidates for the 2004 Election
The NCBTMB is seeking Nationally Certified Practitioners
who are dedicated to National Certification for the massage
therapy and bodywork profession and are committed to moving
forward with the goals and objectives set forth in the NCBTMB’s
Strategic Plan.
Four director positions are open for three-year
terms commencing May 1, 2004. Each board member is elected by
Nationally Certified Practitioners who are in good standing
with the NCBTMB at the time of application and the election.
To be considered for a board position an applicant
must:
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be a certificant in good standing;
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hold all applicable licensing requirements;
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declare all possible conflicts of interest;
and
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have the ability to commit to the time and
travel necessary to be a fully participating member of the
board.
In addition, each applicant
must have experience with teamwork and organizational structure
and must be able to support collective decisions. Applicants
must support the positions of the NCBTMB, have a broad view
of the profession and an understanding of National Certification.
Applicants must also have knowledge of, or a desire to learn
about, not-for-profit organizations and the political and ethical
dimensions of the National Certification Program.
To be considered for service as a director
of the NCBTMB, please submit a letter of intent postmarked
no later than September 15, 2003 to the NCBTMB office
at the following address:
NCBTMB—2004 Election
8201 Greensboro Drive, Suite 300
McLean, VA 22102
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NCBTMB
Announces 2002 Statistical Performance for the NCE
The NCBTMB has calculated performance statistics
on the National Certification Examination (NCE) for the year
2002. In total, 17,340 candidates tested in 2002, with 12,612
candidates passing. Currently, about 71,645 practitioners are
Nationally Certified. The NCBTMB expects to test about 18,500
candidates in 2003.
Here are some other statistics related to
the National Certification Program for calendar year 2002.
| Number Tested (NCE) |
17,340 |
Number Passed (NCE)
|
12,612 |
Success Rate of Candidates
(NCE)
|
72.7% |
Passing Point (NCE)
|
300
(scaled) |
Average Score of Candidates
(NCE)
|
328.34
(scaled) |
Standard Deviation of Scores
(NCE)
|
52.92
(scaled) |
Standard Error of Measurement
(NCE)
|
4.51 |
Reliability Statistic (NCE)
|
KR-20.93 |
Total Certified as of December
31, 2002
|
68,000 |
Number of Certificants Recertified
|
4,692 |
| Percent Rate Recertified
|
43.5% |
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NCBNEWS
NCBTMB
Takes Pulse of Practitioners
The NCBTMB is in process of conducting a national poll of certificants
to get the current pulse of practitioners. The survey will provide
a comprehensive look into how therapists are organizing their
practice, how they are getting and retaining clients, concerns
they might have about their practice and general business management
issues. The results of this survey will be used by NCBTMB to
continue to develop relevant programming and services for certificants.
Spreading
the Word about National Certification

By attending conferences of other related professions, the NCB
staff and volunteers provide information and education about
how to find a Nationally Certified Practitioner, the National
Certification Program, the National Certification Examination
(NCE), as well as the NCBTMB Approved Provider Program and the
NCBTMB Study Guide. This outreach helps to
provide a clear understanding about the massage and bodywork
profession and National Certification. It also informs other
professionals by providing information and education materials
at an NCB exhibit booth and provides other professionals with
a first hand experience of a seated massage from Nationally
Certified practitioners.
Recently, NCB staff and committee members
attended and exhibited at three conferences to spread the word
about NCBTMB and National Certification:
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the annual meeting of the American Academy
of Physician Assistants (AAPA), which was held May 25-26
in New Orleans, Louisiana;
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the meeting of the National Association
of Counties (NACo), which was held July 13 – 15, in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
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the National Conference of State Legislatures
(NCSL), which was held July 23-26, in San Francisco, California.
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CERTIFICANTSCORNER
Recertification - It's
all about options!
NCBTMB requires recertification every four years
to maintain the National Certification credential. If you're
approaching your recertification date, you need to know about
the options
for recertification NCBTMB is now offering.
Option
1 NCBTMB introduced a new recertification
program at the beginning of the year, allowing certificants
greater flexibility in meeting their recertification requirements.
Under the new program, Nationally Certified practitioners can
chose from 10 different learning requirement options to accommodate
their busy lifestyles. The options span from continuing professional
education to academic coursework, clinical internships to state
or national presentations and other continuing competence-based
programs, with the choice of combining credit hours earned from
different continued education activities.
If you are looking for the opportunity to
customize your own course of continuing education activities,
this option is for you. Find more information about the new
program in the NCBTMB Requirements for Recertification handbook
dated January 2003. This handbook includes the application for
recertification and a detailed list of continuing education
options. The
handbook is downloadable from the NCBTMB Web site.
Option
2 Through December 31, 2006,
Nationally Certified practitioners eligible for recertification
can chose to recertify under the recertification program outlined
in the NCBTMB Requirements for Recertification
handbook dated June 2002. This handbook includes a description
of requirements, instructions for recertification and an application.
This
handbook is also available under the "How to Recertify"
section of the NCBTMB Web site.
When preparing to recertify, candidates should
consider the two recertification program options carefully to
determine which best fits their professional goals and educational
needs. Once you decide on the right program for you, be sure
to fill out the appropriate application - the new recertification
program application is found in the handbook dated January 2003
while the second recertification option application is in the
June 2002 handbook.
Whichever option a candidate selects, both
recertification programs keep Nationally Certified practitioners
on the path to competence, professionalism and professional
success!
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NCBTMB
Brings Together Massage Leaders to Discuss the Future of Massage
Regulation

Massage and bodywork regulation is a topic that
affects all of NCBTMB's 70,000 certificants. With many organizations
looking to NCBTMB to play a significant leadership role, the
National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork
hosted a meeting of leaders in the massage and bodywork field
to discuss the current state of massage regulation and the direction
of massage and bodywork professional standards in the next 5-10
years.
The meeting, which took place August 9th in
McLean, Va., was attended by representatives from the American
Massage Therapy Association (AMTA), the Associated Bodywork
and Massage Professionals (ABMP), the American Organization
for Bodywork Therapies of Asia (AOBTA), the Commission on Massage
Therapy Accreditation (COMTA) and the National Certification
Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB).
The meeting included many discussions on how
regulation has changed the massage and bodywork industry over
the past 5, 10, 15 years and how it will continue to change
how practitioners work; the needs for standards in the industry;
and how each organization can keep the dialogue open to continue
to discuss these issues.
"NCBTMB felt it was important to host
this meeting to create an opportunity where each organization
can better understand the legislative needs and goals of each
other and the industry," said Christine D. Niero, PhD,
executive director, NCBTMB. "By understanding each organization's
position and identifying ways to maintain the integrity of the
profession, we are all working to strengthen and grow the field
of massage and bodywork."
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NEWLYAPPROVEDPROVIDERS
Academy of Massage Therapy
401 South Van Brunt Street, #204
Engelwood, NJ 07631-4600
201-568-3220
info@academyofmassage.com
www.academyofmassage.com
Academy of Somatic Healing Arts
Building 4
7094 Peachtree Industrial Boulevard
Norcross, GA 30071
770-368-2661
admissions@ashamassage.com
www.ashamassage.com
Acupressure Institute
1533 Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94709
510-845-1059
gach@acupressure.com
www.acupressure.com
Aileen S. Foust
502 Washington Avenue, #909
Baltimore, MD 21204
410-366-9922
aileen@massageforthemasses.com
Alcena Woods
143 Park Lane, #204
Kirkland, WA 98033
425-985-3422
woods_ae@hotmail.com
AMTA - TX Chapter
241 Oleander Street
Corpus Christi, TX 78404
972-240-9288
HOTSchool@aol.com
Andrew Slater
232 Market Street
Kirkland, WA 98033
425-803-5080
drew@slaterchiro.com
Anne Arundel Community College
101 College Parkway
Arnold, MD 21012
masullivan@aacc.edu
www.aacc.edu
Australasian College of Herbal Studies
5940 SW Hood Avenue
Portland, OR 97239
503-244-0726
achs@herbed.com
www.herbed.com
Ayurvedic Institute
11311 Menaul Boulevard NE
Albuquerque, NM 87112
505-291-9698
smasocco@ayurveda.com
www.ayurveda.com
Barry Gillespie
193 Church Road
Devon, PA 19333
610-964-1697
www.healingyourchild.com
Blue Ridge Healing Arts Academy, Inc.
175 Furr Avenue NW
Concord, NC 28027
704-795-7478
blueridge@ctc.net
www.blueridgemassage.com
Carol Rangel Gilmore
PO Box 3234
Cathedral City, CA 92235
760-574-0799
islandstone@email.com
www.carolgilmore.com
Cassandra Batson
1100 Aquidneck Avenue
Middletown, RI 02842
401-846-4956
pro@healingartspros.com
www.batsonhealth.homestead.com
China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine
8839 Knox Avenue
Skokie, IL 60076-6030
800-343-6030
info@china-usa.org
www.china-usa.org
Christine Wheaton, MSPT, LMT
875 Islington Street
Portsmouth, NH 03801
603-436-0220
cgwheaton@attbi.com
Cynthia Loving
3106 Hayden Street
Greensboro, NC 27407
336-294-7727
cjloving@mindspring.com
David Morin
6516 Escondido, #A7
El Paso, TX 79912
915-534-7337
Desert Institute of the Healing Arts
639 North Sixth Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85705
520-882-0899
info@diha.org
www.diha.org
Dr. Elliot Diamond
243 Race Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
215-592-0516
Dr. Tanya English
1201 Wade Street
Iowa City, IA 52240
319-341-0031
Edward Bilanchone
22 South Old Glebe Road, # 302
Arlington, VA 22204
703-979-1526
bilanchonebear@erols.com
Eugene F Hummel, NMP
1188 Wooster Road West
Barberton, OH 44203
330-283-1478
Gary Harvell
2824 Campbell Road NW
Albuquerque, NM 87104
505-344-4259
Gathering Place
3391 North Highway 67
Florrissant, MO 63033
314-831-4558
cmg673@juno.com
www.agatheringplace.com
Grove Park Inn Resort and Spa
290 Macon Avenue
Asheville, NC 28804
828-252-2711
jhuffman@groveparkinn.com
www.groveparkinn.com
Institute for Advanced Therapeutics
2100 Bayberry Drive
Pembroke Pines, FL 33024
954-441-9553
charlescook@itaonline.com
Institute for Integrative Healthcare
Studies
PO Box 423
Bullville, NY 10915-0423
800-364-5722
joanna@natural-wellness.com
www.homestudyinstitute.com
International School of Shiatsu
10 South Clinton Street, #300
Doylestown, PA 18901
215-340-9918
www.SHIATSUBO.com
International School of Shiatsu
10 South Clinton Street, #300
Doylestown, PA 18901
215-340-9918
info@shiatsubo.com
www.shiatsubo.com
James H Clay
2723 Stockton Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27127
336-771-9032
doc@dnake.com
Jill Henry
10248 Georgia Road
Otto, NC 28763
828-369-5698
mail@mountainvalleycenter.com
www.mountainvalleycenter.com
Joel Tull
3005 Pisgah Court
Greensboro, NC 27455
336-545-1935
joeltull@aol.com
Kathy M Duncan
5821 County Road, #331
Silt, CO 81652
970-618-2885
mail@kathymduncan.com
www.kathymduncan.com
Lancaster School of Massage
317 North Queen Street
Lancaster, PA 17603
717-293-9698
lsmassage@redrose.net
www.lancasterschoolofmassage.com
Landmark Center for Therapeutic Bodywork
50 South Pickett Street, #204
Alexandria, VA 22304
703-461-8142
lctb@cavtel.net
Linda J McCrea
7427 Hammond Drive
Charlotte, NC 28215
704-536-2225
linwsw@carolina.rr.com
Mabel Katz, ABA, EA
21821 Burbank Boulevard, #152
Woodland Hills, CA 91367
818-999-4753
makangel@aol.com
Mark J Bigelow, LMT
1006 Landing Boulevard
West Palm Beach, FL 33413
561-434-2944
bigelowseminars@aol.com
Massachusetts Institute of Therapeutic
Massage
223 Middlesex Turnpike
Burlington, MA 01803
781-272-3866
info@mitm.org
Massage Arts Center of Philadelphia
1515 Locust Street, 2nd Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19102
215-985-0674
rglaser@massagearts.com
www.massagearts.com
Massage Therapy Workshop
4406 Bark Boulevard, #E
San Diego, CA 92116
619-255-2487
Naomie Poran
2720 Kilgore Avenue
Raleigh, NC 27607
919-832-1117
Passport to Wellness
1281 South Laclede Station Road
Webster Groves, MO 63119
314-961-1948
mdmuskopf@cs.com
Pete Pfannerstill, PhD, LMT
9610 59th Avenue North
St Petersburg, FL 33708
727-460-3514
pete@ultrasportsmassage.com
www.ultrasportsmassage.com
Phyllis A. Singer
808 Pass-A-Grille Way
St. Pete Beach, FL 33706
727-367-2626
info@selfknow.com
Pranic Applications
2118 Wilshire Boulevard, #958
Santa Monica, CA 90403
866-260-9546
info@pranicapplications.com
www.pranicapplications.com
Robert McAtee
1119 North Wahsatch, #1
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
719-475-1172
strechman@strechman.com
www.stretchman.com
Robert P. Korb
501 Valley Brook Road, #206
McMurray, PA 15317
412-241-0888
scottkor@sgi.net
Rosanna Malloy
5700 River Ridge Lane
Sugar Hill, GA 30518
770-614-5144
Roseanna Ellis
480 Ocean Boulevard, # 5H
Long Beach, NJ 07740
732-483-1199
Rosen Method, The Berkeley Center
825 Bancroft Way
Berkeley, CA 94710
510-845-6606
sarahwebb@value.net
Somatic Energy Therapies
1101 South Arlington Ridge Road, #101
Arlington, VA 22202
703-521-7177
setherapies@aol.com
Spinal Reflex Institute International
1111 Camino del Rio
Durango, CO 81301
1-800-259-5520
info@spinalreflex.com
www.spinalreflex.com
Sports Massage Training Institute
204 16th Place
Costa Mesa, CA 92627-1710
949-642-0735
St. John Seminars
6565 Park Boulevard
Pinellas Park, FL 33781
727-397-5525
info@stjohnnmtseminars.com
Sterling Health Center
15070 Beltwood Parkway
Addison, TX 75001
972-991-9293
SterlingHC@hotmail.com
www.sterlinghealthcenter.com
Susan M. Cossette
48 Springbrook Circle Drive
Appleton, WI 54914
920-730-2937
hhzonereikibal@aol.com
Tamsin Lee
21236 Greenbrier Court
Ashburn, VA 20147
703-858-9307
fingerslee@earthlink.net
Thai Yoga Body Therapy
P O Box 2322
Roswell, GA 30077
770-843-2993
thaiyogabodytherapy@hotmail.com
Thousand Petals Lotus Workshop
5830 West Quail Avenue
Las Vegas, NV 89118-2746
Troy Jackson Lee
20 Starmount Drive
Asheville, NC 28806
828-231-4845
tj@metamorphicmassage.com
www.metamorphicmassage.com
Unlimited Network, LLC
300 Schooner Way
Chester, MD 21619
410-604-0506
Vicki L. Wengrow
721 Stockton Street
Jacksonville, FL 32204
904-981-8646
VLWintouch@aol.com
Western Institute of Science and Health
130 Avram Avenue, #103A
Rohnert Park, CA 94928
707-664-9267
mjhastings@westerni.org
Yoshihito Nozaki
10637 Moon Flower Arbor Place
Las Vegas, NV 89144
702-796-0756
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STRATEGICPLANUPDATE
While NCBTMB continues
to deliver services identified in its current strategic plan,
the Strategic Planning Committee met last month to begin preparing
for the next strategic plan, identify priorities, set new goals
and evaluate the status of current goals. To help inform their
work, the strategic planning committee conducted a small phone
survey prior to their meeting that included potential candidates,
1st time certificants in their first three years of practice,
renewed certificants, educators, regulators, employers, medical
community and other related professional organizations. The
first draft of the new strategic plan will be presented to the
NCBTMB Board in September.
Following is an update on the various committee
activities to help deliver on the goals of the current strategic
plan.
The Continuing
Education/Recertification Panel
Committee Chair: Bob Helfrich, NCTMB
The panel members continue to move forward
in achieving the goals and objectives of the NCBTMB Strategic
Plan. The panel now consists of 10 members to better facilitate
the handling of the applications to become NCBTMB Approved Providers.
The new applications for providers, as well as the new recertification
application, is now available online.
Committee Chair Bob Helfrich, NCTMB, recently
met with NCBTMB Executive Director Christine D. Niero, PhD,
and other board members to review and amend the bylaws affecting
the panel’s decisions. These changes will be presented
to the board at their next meeting.
A very productive training seminar was held
in April to review the new criteria. Training on NCBTMB's complaints
and discipline program for Approved Providers is scheduled in
November. This aspect of the Approved Provider program was developed
to assure participants in continuing education programs that
they are receiving the quality of programs they have come to
expect from NCBTMB.
Ethics
and Standards Committee
Committee Chair: Judith McDaniel, PhD, NCTMB
Certificants will be polled for their input
on the relevance of the standards in today’s practice.
The Ethics and Standards Committee has been charged with creating
a validation survey about the Standards of Practice that all
Nationally Certified Practitioners must uphold.
Examination
Committee
Committee Chair: Sandra K. Anderson, NCTMB
The members of the NCBTMB Examination Committee
have been working to complete the committee’s charges
set forth in the NCBTMB Strategic Plan. At the May 2003 board
meeting in New York City, Sandra K. Anderson, NCTMB, was appointed
chair of the committee. She filled the vacancy left by Bob Lehnberg,
NCTMB, who was elected to the board. Sandy had been a member
of the NCBTMB Examination Committee member for about two years.
In June, the members of the NCBTMB Examination
Committee met at the Chauncey Group in Princeton, NJ, for an
item review to ensure that questions on the National Certification
Examination (NCE) are of the highest quality. The committee
members discussed the two new examinations that are being developed:
the National Certification Examination for Massage Therapy and
the Advanced Level National Certification Examination. These
two new examinations will require item writing later this year
or early next year and additional committee members to accommodate
the increasing workload. For those who are interested
in becoming an item writer or an examination committee member,
please contact either Paul Parker at pparker@
ncbtmb.com or Sandy Anderson at faculty@diha.org.
In addition, the Examination Committee is
continuing to add to its reference library, ensuring that all
reference texts are up-to-date. For the advanced level examination,
advanced level texts need to be identified and purchased. For
recommendations on high quality, advanced level texts, please
submit the information to Sandy Anderson at faculty@diha.org.
Be sure to include the title, author, publisher and year of
publication.
Leadership
Development Committee
Committee Chair: Bud Crouch
The NCBTMB Strategic Plan is a critical component
to the NCBTMB’s future leadership development. To sustain
its success, the NCB must attract and retain leaders who have
the talent, willingness, knowledge, and fortitude to engage
in strategic thinking and execute the Strategic Plan. The Leadership
Development Committee uses the Strategic Plan as part of the
current process to select potential talent.
The Leadership Development Committee is currently
engaging in two major areas of activity. The first area is to
continue the committee’s evolution from the role of a
traditional nomination committee to a broader leadership development
committee. The second area is to review and revise the NCB’s
current nomination process to ensure that it is identifying
the most talented volunteers.
The committee members have redefined the overall responsibility
of the committee: To develop a sustainable process that will
identify a pool of talented and qualified volunteer leaders,
and to regularly evaluate for needed volunteer characteristics
and qualifications. This new, broader responsibility was broken
down into four major action areas:
-
Marketing the NCB’s Volunteer
Opportunities—This area is focused on a variety
of activities marketing to selected audiences the value
and benefits of being an NCB volunteer and to communicate
to those who are interested in participating and how to
become one.
-
NCB Nomination Process—This
area focuses on the committee’s responsibility to
constantly review, update and retain a leading edge nomination
process and to use this process annually to identify talented
volunteer candidates.
-
Leadership Development and Education—In
this area the committee members must constantly encourage,
facilitate and coordinate the implementation of various
leadership development training sessions and opportunities.
The goal is to prepare and grow future volunteer leaders.
Examples of types of training could be board training, future
leadership training, informal mentoring opportunities and
new board member orientation.
-
Constant Evaluation of Leadership
Development Activities—In this area, the
committee members will monitor changes in the NCB’s
strategic direction, seek board feedback on leadership skills
and training needs, and evaluate the efficacy of training,
in order to keep all four of these major action areas updated.
The committee members are in
the process of developing and implementing action plans directly
relating to these four areas.
Update
from the NCBTMB Government Relations Consultant
Sally Hacking, the NCBTMB government relations consultant, has
been working toward achieving the goals of the NCBTMB Strategic
Plan as they specifically relate to government relations.
To fulfill these goals, Hacking and other
NCBTMB staff members and committee volunteers recently attended
the 30th Annual American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)
in Washington, D.C. It was the first time that the NCBTMB was
represented at the ALEC annual meeting.
ALEC is the nation’s largest bipartisan
individual membership association of state legislators, with
2,400 members nationwide. The purpose of the annual meeting
of ALEC is to bring together the leaders of the states through
conferences, publications and its nine national task forces.
Each task force provides a unique vehicle for legislators and
their staff to communicate across state lines, share experiences
and ideas and work in unison with the private sector to create
effective public policies. These task forces also provide a
forum for legislators and the private sector to discuss issues,
develop policy and write model legislation.
More than 2,000 participants attended this
meeting, which was described as a “must attend”
by many legislators because of the featured speakers including
Vice President Dick Cheney, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security
Tom Ridge and U.S. Congressman J.C. Watts.
The NCBTMB exhibit booth received many visitors.
“Our booth was very heavily traveled and our on-site massage
therapist very popular indeed,” Hacking said. She mentioned
that some legislators attending the conference were looking
for the NCBTMB exhibit booth and were “expecting on-site
massage, which enhanced the opportunity for the NCBTMB exhibit
booth staffers to meet with a diversity of legislators.”
The experience provided a chance for Hacking
and the other NCBTMB representatives to communicate with legislators
from many states, provide them with information about the National
Certification Program and educate them on the value of National
Certification in the massage and bodywork profession.
“The benefits of the NCBTMB ALEC attendance were very
apparent from day one,” Hacking explained. “We quickly
became the booth of choice at the conference.”
NCBTMB
Committees
Bylaws Committee
Chair: Ray Moriyasu, NCTMB
Continuing Education/Recertification
Panel
Chair: Bob Helfrich, NCTMB
Eligibility Panel
Chair: Elliot Greene, NCTMB
Ethics and Standards
Committee
Chair: Judith McDaniel, PhD
Examination Committee
Chair: Sandra K. Anderson, NCTMB
Leadership Development
Committee
Chair: Bud Crouch
Strategic Planning
Committee
Chair: Elliot Greene, NCTMB
Government Relations
Sally Hacking, Consultant
School Outreach
Susan Scoboria, NCTMB
CALENDAROFEVENTS
Editor's Note:
This list of events is provided for informational purposes
only. For specific information about participation in the
events listed above, please contact the host organization.
| EVENT |
DATE |
LOCATION |
| Council
on Licensure, Enforcement and
Regulation |
September 11-13, 2003 |
Toronto, Canada |
League
of California Cities
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September 10-13, 2003 |
Sacramento, California |
American Academy of
Family Physicians
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October 1-5, 2003 |
New Orleans, Louisiana |
American Osteopathic
Association
|
October 12-16, 2003 |
New Orleans, Louisiana |
NCBTMB Board of Directors
Meeting
|
October 17-19, 2003 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
International Spa and
Fitness Association
|
October 12-15, 2003 |
Dallas, Texas |
| American Massage Therapy
Association |
October 22-26, 2003 |
Richmond, Virginia |
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Contents
FROM THE CHAIRS
NCB Seeks
Qualified Candidates for the 2004 Election
NCBTMB Announces
2002 Statistical Performance for the NCE
NCB NEWS
CERTIFICANTS CORNER
NCBTMB Brings
Together Massage Leaders to Discuss the
Future of Massage Regulation
Newly Approved Providers
STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Board
of
Directors
Garnet Adair,
NCTMB, Chair, Tucson, AZ - 2004
Judy Dean,
MEd, RN, BC, NCTMB, Chair-Elect, LaPorte,
IN - 2004
Elaine Calenda,
NCTMB, Secretary/Treasurer, Longmont, CO
- 2004
Neal Barry,
LMT, NCTMB, Stratford, CT - 2006
Tree Bright,
NCTMB, Winston-Salem, NC - 2004
Pam Laubscher,
DO, Public Member, Oro Valley, AZ - 2005
Robert Lehnberg,
NCTMB, Bayside, CA - 2006
Elizabeth
McIntyre, NCTMB, Lancaster, MD - 2005
William Stoehs,
Public Member, Miramar, FL - 2006
Whitney Lowe,
NCTMB, Immediate Past Chair, Bend, OR
*Terms
end on April 30 of year indicated.
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