Skills System Certificate of Specialized Knowledge: Skills Coach
The Certificate of Specialized Knowledge: Skills Coach testing process is designed to evaluate an individual’s ability to recall and coach the Skills System concepts in ways that are adherent to the model. It is recommended that anyone who is teaching or training the Skills System earn a certificate to increase the likelihood that they are working in fidelity to the model.
Earning the Skills Coach Certificate
There are four elements of this process: Passing two online tests, completing an application, submitting a supervisor’s recommendation, and passing a 1-hour oral exam conducted via video-conferencing. Once the two online tests, application, and recommendation are completed, they need to be emailed (see button below). Dr. Brown and Dr. Gifford will review the information and email you about scheduling a 1-hour consultation session for the oral exam. The standard fee for a 1-hour exam is $300. Upon passing the exam and receiving payment, Dr. Brown will send a Skills System Certificate of Specialized Knowledge: Skills Coach to the individual. A certificate is active for five years. An up-date oral exam is required to extend the certificate for each five-year period.
Note: Materials to be emailed to Dr. Brown should be in Word (.doc), PDF, JPG, PNG, or GIF formats.
Online tests:
Earning this certificate involves passing two online tests at 90% accuracy or better. These tests are accessible on the E-Learning dashboard in the yellow toolbox.
- Course 1 Skills Test
- Course 2 Skills Coaching Strategies Test
Once the individual passes a test, the Letter of Completion for the test will be available to download/print on the E-Learning My Account tab top of the page. All Letters of Completion are listed under the Earned Certificates heading on the My Account page.
Application:
Complete the certificate application, print/scan it. Click on the Certificate Application button to complete the application.
Recommendation:
The applicant submits a supervisor’s recommendation. The recommendation should include the following information:
- Supervisor’s role at the agency
- Applicant’s role at the agency
- Populations being served
- Applicant’s Skills System training experiences
- Strengths that the applicant demonstrates with consumers
- Applicant’s anticipated role as a Skills System Skills Coach
- Description of the supervision the applicant receives at the agency
Note: Individuals who do not have a supervisor may submit their CV.
Oral Exam
Once the two passing test scores (Letters of Completion- available on the My Account tab of the E-Learning under the Earned Certificates heading), Certificate Application, and recommendation are uploaded successfully, you will be contacted by Dr. Brown at [email protected] to schedule your oral exam with Dr. Corey Gifford. If you don’t receive an email to schedule the exam with a day or two, please email Julie and attach the required materials. Once all the materials are submitted, Dr. Corey Gifford will reach out to schedule the exam and send a Zoom link.
Preparing for the Oral Exam:
It will be necessary for you to demonstrate free recall (without relying on visual aids) and provide examples of how to apply the following topics:
- Validation Strategies
- Quick Step Assessment
- A+B=C Skills Coaching Framework
- System Tools
- 9 Core skills and elements within each