Mental health B certificate registration

Currently implemented in various parts of the country Class B Qualification Certificate for Mental Health Education Teachers in Primary and Secondary Schools , registration is only open to teachers, moral education administrators, school doctors, and full-time/part-time psychological teachers in primary and secondary schools (including secondary vocational schools and kindergartens) within the jurisdiction. Registration is not open to individuals. It is organized by the Teacher Development Center/Teacher Management Section of the local education bureau. Before registration, you must complete the officially designated special training of no less than 40 hours and pass the assessment. After obtaining the certificate, it is only valid within the local education system and can be used for teacher title review, psychological position appointment, and moral education work assessment bonus points.

Some people may be wondering, I have seen a lot of advertisements on the Internet about "Individual direct reporting of mental health B certificate, and the certificate can be obtained nationwide in 7 days". Is this true? Don't believe it, they are all cutting leeks. I met a young class teacher in our school a while ago. He was anxious to get extra points before he was evaluated for the intermediate professional title last year. He spent 1,300 online to apply for the so-called "National Unified Examination Mental Health B Certificate". After getting the certificate, he went to the Personnel Office for review and was immediately rejected. People said that our provincial education system did not recognize this kind of certificate issued by social institutions. He spent money in vain and delayed the application for professional titles that year, which was not worth the gain. After all, this certificate is basically a job competency certification within the local education system. There is no unified national examination or unified certification. The certification standards in different provinces are not even universal. If you are transferred across provinces, this certificate will have to be retaken. Oh, by the way, it is not the same thing as the Psychological Counselor Professional Skills Level Certificate that is open to the whole society. It is completely useless for non-teachers to take this certificate. It is more practical to directly take the Psychological Counselor Level Certificate.

When it comes to the recognition standards in different places, there are quite a lot of differences. My classmate who is a teacher in Guangdong said that to apply for the B certificate there, you must first hold the C certificate for 2 years, and you must submit no less than 10 hours of case counseling records before you can pass the preliminary review. ； But here in Zhejiang, there is no age requirement for the C certificate. As long as you are an on-the-job teacher and have completed the designated training and passed the assessment, you can sign up. If you are not sure about your local requirements, don’t waste time searching online. Ask the school’s director in charge of moral education directly, or look through the registration notice issued by the local education bureau last year. You will be more accurate than anything else. Most schools collect registration materials and submit them in a unified manner. You don’t need to go through the process personally. You only need to prepare the required materials in advance. When I sorted out the registration materials this year, 5 of the 7 returned either did not have a training certificate attached or the application form did not have the school’s official seal. These are very small problems that can be avoided by paying attention in advance.

After contacting it, I found that different people have quite different opinions on the value of this certificate. Many front-line teachers complained that many current training contents are too theoretical. In class, they talked about a lot of personality analysis and the origin of schools. If they encounter a situation where a student suddenly breaks down in class or is tired of studying and skips school, they still don’t know how to start. They feel that this certificate is just a "stepping stone for evaluating professional titles" and is not very practical. ； However, teachers in charge of teacher training at the Education Bureau also have their own considerations, saying that basic theory is the bottom line. If one does not understand basic psychological counseling ethics and the boundaries of crisis intervention, and rashly provides counseling to students, it may cause secondary harm. This certificate can at least ensure that the holder has the most basic professional knowledge and will not make principled errors. In fact, both sides are reasonable. When I went to participate in the B certificate training last year, I did feel sleepy in the first theoretical class, but the subsequent crisis intervention and parent-child communication simulation sessions were really useful when I came back to work. Last time, a sophomore in high school was so anxious that she couldn't eat because she failed in the mock test. I talked for half an hour using the non-violent communication skills I learned in class, and she was willing to go for professional psychological intervention with her parents. It was not a waste of time.

Finally, let me give you a small reminder. If you are preparing to register for professional title evaluation, it is best to pay attention to local teacher training notices six months in advance. Special training in many places is only held 1-2 times a year. Don’t wait for the registration channel to close before rushing to catch up on training. If you can’t catch up, you will have to wait another year. If you have graduated from a psychology-related major, don’t think the training is useless. Many of the contents are designed for primary and secondary schools, and are quite different from the general psychology content learned in universities. There is no harm in listening to two more practical classes. If you are really not sure whether you can apply, call the Teachers Section of the local education bureau directly and ask. The official answer is the most reliable. Don’t let the agency fool you.