The National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) is an approved provider of Continuing Education (CE) through its 2019 annual conference.

• NBCC CE Verification: NCFR is an approved provider of continuing education for NBCC, the National Board for Certified Counselors. The 2019 conference is approved for up to 18.5 NBCC credits through in-person conference attendance. Add NBCC CE Verification to your conference registration at $25 for NCFR members and $50 for nonmembers.
  
  Most U.S. states accept NBCC credit for licensure requirements for marriage and family therapists. For information on specific state requirements, please consult your state’s licensing board.

• Verification of Conference Attendance (for any attendee, including CFLEs): Add Verification of Conference Attendance to your conference registration if you would like to have your conference attendance verified. $25 for NCFR members, $50 for nonmembers. This option is available to Certified Family Life Educators (CFLEs) if desired for their own records; NCFR does not require CFLEs to submit CE verification. CFLEs can earn up to 20.5 CFLE credits through in-person conference attendance.

Certificates for NBCC and for Verification of Conference Attendance will be sent after your conference verification submission is reviewed by NCFR.

The list of all sessions approved for CE hours are posted at the bottom of this page.

Continuing Education Procedures

New this year: If you register for CE or verification of conference attendance, you will submit verification of your session attendance or viewing via online webform (rather than hard-copy paper forms as was done in the past).

If you register for in-person CE or verification of conference attendance, check your conference attendee packet materials when you arrive on site for a flier with instructions about accessing the verification webform.

If you register for conference streaming CE or verification of streaming attendance, you will receive an email shortly before the conference with the link to the verification webform.

• On-Site Conference Attendance: Verification of in-person attendance for each session is required in order to earn CE hours on-site at the conference. Participants are responsible for selecting sessions appropriate to topical emphases for the agencies listed above. Only sessions identified as approved qualify for CE hours. Organizational approval and CE hours for each session are indicated on the CE verification form.
  • For in-person attendees, CE validation is done after the conference. If you registered for CE or verification of conference attendance, check your conference attendee packet materials for a flier with instructions to access the online webform for submitting verification of attendance.
     
• Conference Streaming: If you do not attend the conference in person but instead purchase NCFR's conference streaming, you can earn up to 15.5 hours of continuing education credit for NBCC and 17.5 hours for CFLE by watching sessions online.
  • For streaming/recording purchasers, you will receive an email shortly before the conference with the link to the verification online webform to complete.
     
• To apply for CE hours for conference attendance, add CE hours to either your in-person registration or conference streaming purchase when you complete your order online.

Compliance Statements

Sessions that qualify for CE credit are indicated on the CE verification form and on the list of sessions approved for CE hours. NCFR is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.

National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC)  

NCFR has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP #5984. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. NCFR is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.