Academy of Certified Brain Injury Specialists
Certified Brain Injury Specialist - Advanced Practice
Apply TodayThe Certified Brain Injury Specialist/Trainer – Advanced Practice (CBIS/T-AP) is an advanced certification concept that encompasses neurorehabilitation as a broader group of topics, including cognitive rehabilitation, principles of motor learning, academic success, community reentry, return to work, community mobility, etc.
Acquiring the CBIS/T-AP is the next step in distinguishing your experience and training for any professional discipline that is actively involved in planning, designing, and providing neurorehabilitation interventions. This new advanced certification is designed for those who may already have their CBIS or CBIST, as well as for other advanced clinicians who are eligible and who want to distinguish their career by achieving the CBIS/T-AP.
CBIS-AP candidates can be:
- Current CBIS certificants in good standing
- New applicants
CBIST-AP candidates must be:
- Current CBIST certificants
- CBIS/CBIS-AP certificants who earn the CBIST credential and then transition
All applicants must have a degree in the medical rehabilitation, education, or human services field and the following post-degree experience*.
| Degree Level | Years of Post-Degree Experience** |
| Bachelor’s | 7 |
| Master’s | 5 |
| Doctoral | 3 |
*According to the National Organization for Human Services, the field of Human Services is broadly defined, uniquely approaching the objective of meeting human needs through an interdisciplinary knowledge base, focusing on prevention as well as remediation of problems, and maintaining a commitment to improving the overall quality of life of service populations. “Human services professional” is a generic term for people who hold professional and paraprofessional jobs in such diverse settings as group homes and halfway houses; correctional, intellectual disability, and community mental health centers; family, child, and youth service agencies, and programs concerned with alcoholism, drug abuse, family violence, and aging. Depending on the employment setting and the kinds of clients served there, job titles and duties vary a great deal.
**Working with individuals who have acquired brain injury in clinical or educational settings.