LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION FOR EARLY CAREER MEMBER
AMERICAN FAMILY THERAPY ACADEMY
Please return directly to: AFTA
Fourth Floor, 1608 20th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
FAX (202) 483-8002
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for membership in AFTA.
AFTA is an organization of senior teachers and researchers in marital and family therapy. It is dedicated to enhancing the
development of family therapy theory, technique, and research. You can be of most help in our evaluation of this candidate by
reviewing the membership requirements before answering the questions that follow. Any narrative responses must be typed on
separate paper.
PLEASE NOTE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR MEMBERSHIP ON THE REVERSE SIDE.
How long have you known the applicant?
In what capacity?
How would you assess the applicant's skill in each of the following areas?
Not Applicable
Excellent
Adequate
Inadequate
Clinical Competence
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Teaching Competence
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Family Scholar/Larger Systems
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Research Competence
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Considering AFTA's purposes and goals, this candidate is:
Excellent
Above Average
Average
Unacceptable
PLEASE ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS BY ATTACHING A SECOND SHEET.
ALL ANSWERS MUST BE TYPED.
1. Do you recommend the applicant for membership? If not, please tell us your reservations.
2. Please describe what personal knowledge, through live observation or otherwise, you have of the applicant's clinical skills, teaching
skills, scholarly/larger systems practice and/or research skills.
3. What do you consider to be the applicant's major accomplishments and contributions that relate to couples and family therapy?
4. What additional information about the candidate would be helpful to us in assessing this application?
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AMERICAN FAMILY THERAPY ACADEMY
EARLY CAREER MEMBERSHIP CRITERIA
1. Nomination by an AFTA member.
2. A terminal professional degree in mental health (M.D., Ph.D., M.S.W., Masters in Psychiatric
Nursing) or an equivalent mental health degree (e.g., Masters in Family Therapy) subject to
evaluation by the membership committee;
OR
A Masters equivalent that is in partial fulfillment of the Ph.D. in a mental health field (e.g.,
psychology). Typically this consists of completing the first two years of doctoral study.
3. For at least two years subsequent to the degree described in Criteria #2, the applicant has
engaged in one or more of the following sets of activities:
a. Family therapy and family therapy teaching;
b. Significant family research, e.g., journal article or book chapter based on the masters
thesis or doctoral dissertation, significant dissertation research (e.g., complex methods,
sophisticated instrument development); and/or
c. Significant work in the areas of program development, family policy analysis, family
advocacy, family history, family law, or other area(s) concerned with the well-being of
families.
4. To attest that a state/provincial license, certification, registry and/or membership in a mental
health and other professional organization has not been suspended or revoked.
5. Three recommendations are required. At least one must be from an AFTA Member. Two
must be from supervisors or people who have direct knowledge of the applicant's work in
relation to the qualifications for membership.