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Conditions for the receipt of Professional Standing Certificate from the Ministry of Health.
- The applicant must hold at least a Bachelors degree from an institution recognised by the Higher Education Commission in Israel, which was obtained before commencing the studies in the Creative Arts Therapies.
- The degree has to be in one of the following fields: Psychology; Special Education; Social work; Criminology; Physiotherapy; Occupational Therapy; Speech and communication Therapy.
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- The Bachelor’s Degree can be in any other field as long as the following courses have been successfully completed:
- Introductory Psychology (for Psychology Majors) - a full year course.
- Developmental Psychology - a full year course
- Personality Theory - at least one semester
- Psycho-pathology - at least one semester
As a rule, these courses have to be completed as a prerequisite to the acceptance into the training programs in Creative and Expressive Therapies. It is possible to obtain a “conditional acceptance” and complete a bachelor’s degree or some missing courses by the completion of the first year of the training program.
2. Completion of at least 600 hours of art studies in a field relevant to the program (Music, Visual Art, Movement and Dance, Drama, Theatre, etc.)
3. Completion of 1200 supervised work experience Practicum hours by graduating the training program.
The Professional Recognition Certificate issued at the first stage will be temporary, for a one-year duration. The conditions for receiving a permanent certificate will be posted at a future time, after the Professional Advisory Committee has formulated them.
No recognised full time training program in Creative and Expressive Arts Therapies existed in Israel prior to 1981. To date, graduates of the following programs are recognised by the Health Ministry for the purpose of issuing the Professional Recognition Certificate:
The ‘David Yelin’ College of Education, Jerusalem - Music Therapy; Art Therapy; Dance Therapy.
Haifa University - Art Therapy; Dance Therapy; Biblio Therapy.
‘Levinskey’ College, Tel Aviv - Music Therapy; Dance Therapy.
Bar Ilan University - Music Therapy.
‘Tel Hai’ College - Drama Therapy.
The Kibbutz Seminary College, Tel Aviv - Art Therapy; Dance Therapy; Psychodrama.
‘Beit Berl’ College, The School of Art, Kfar Saba - Art Therapy.
‘Lesley’ University (branch of Lesley University, Boston, USA), Netania.
Most of the training programs in Israel which require student to have a Bachelors Degree are Diploma programs only, and do not offer Masters degrees. The aim is to have all programs eligible to offer Master degrees. In the 2003 Health Ministry Bulletin it states that all new programs will have to be recognised by the Higher Education Commission in Israel as able to bestow Masters degrees. Five years from the date of publication of the 2003 bulletin all programs that are recognised today will have to apply to the Higher Education Commission in Israel and be accepted as Masters granting institutions. The Health Ministry will rescind its acceptance of institutions, which will not meet the Higher Education Commission in Israel’s requirements.
For further details on Health Ministry approved programs, please check with the I.C.E.T. (YAHAT) office.
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