Baseline Assessment of current status (for clinicians certified more than 3 months prior). Please send a recent tape (i.e. within the last month) of a family session conducted by the therapist. Therapists certified within three months need not complete this step. Clinicians who are not adherent will receive a written report with specific domains and skills needing remediation.

Monthly Adherence Monitoring (for first three years following certification). Agencies and/or clinicians send the Institute tapes/DVDs for review.  FTTIM adherence monitors will look for mastery in the four BSFT domains, reporting to the agency any deficiencies noted. The domains include BSFT behavioral (treatment) skills and BSFT conceptual skills (case formulation and change formulation skills). Adherence to the BSFT model is defined as maintaining a score of at least 3.8 on each of the four BSFT domains and demonstrating mastery of the skills within each domain (i.e. no item ratings of fair, unsatisfactory, or poor).

BSFT Adherence Supervision is available upon request. It is more comprehensive than Adherence Monitoring.  The monthly or bi-monthly tapes/DVDs submitted for adherence will also be supervised. Agencies and/or clinicians will receive periodic reports and specific recommendations for achieving mastery of BSFT skills.