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As a professional with experience and the drive to educate others, you are The Subject Matter Expert. In general, the process of course publication at the APA follows the following steps:

1. Course is submitted, complete.
2. Preliminary review by APA marketing and continuing education staff to determine if course is marketable and usable. Plaigurism and other conflicts are investigated in this step.
3. Contract is written.
4. Course material and test is sent for peer review.
5. Edits on course and test made by Subject Matter Expert
6. Course sent for final peer approval.
7. Course formatted and published by APA.
8. Payment to subject matter expert, based upon terms in contract.

Below are downloads to documents which we have prepared that will help you develop a course for APA. Please check back often for the latest version, or sign up for our mailing list to be notified of changes to these manuals.

• Course Submission Guidelines
• Format and Quality Standards
  • Word Template
  • PowerPoint Template
  • Test Template

All course submissions should be sent to the director of online education: CAO@americanpsychotherapy.com - please put "course submission" as part of the subject line.

Current Submissions:

APA is currently paying $500 per module accepted by peer review for publishing as online continuing education.

Each module must contain:

• An outline/syllabus of course structure
• Objectives
• Test covering objectives
• Content elaborating on objectives so that test questions can be answered.
• Citation/Reference pages.
• Main Content must be at least:
  • 5,000 words, or approximately 20 pages.
  • If multimedia is included, each 10 minutes of usable video can count as a full page. Every 20 minutes of usable audio should count as a full page.
    • Text content can be completely eliminated if the subject matter expert provides at least 200 minutes of usable video or at least 400 minutes of usable audio, which meets the standards of covering objectives and test questions, and includes a course outline.

Please contact the Online Education Coordinator, CAO@americanpsychotherapy.com, if you have any questions. In special cases, APA can negotiate these terms.      

Online Education Vision:

We are committed to creating continuing education that captivates.

Our latest multimedia course, the Certified Forensic Consultant (CFC), is an example of APA and ACFEI's latest efforts to strive towards our goal of continuing education that captivates. We seek subject matter experts who are enthusiastic about contributing to our efforts towards raising the bar in multimedia online professional continuing education.

Dr. Rabinoff introducing the course, below which are instructions on how to take the course in three easy steps.


The course outline, linked to approprait study material:


Over 2 hours of video!


Dr. Rabinoff lecturing on video, in multi-platform compatible flash format.


The Certified Forensic Consultant Course (CFC) has over 10 hours of audio clips, downloadable or streaming as mp3s!