CESP
Updates in 2021: Expanding the Certification
The Certified Employment Support Professional™ (CESP) examination will be offered with testing partner Kryterion. More changes are coming, read what’s ahead for 2021!
CESP Committees: 2021 Call for Volunteers
Volunteer – Opportunities to join 2021 Committees, see below for more details! Committees bring together CESPs from across the nation to consider updates to the CESP Certification and improve the credential. The application…
Pre-Approval for CESP Continuing Education (CE) is now available!
Organizations and training entities providing continuing education may submit their trainings to be pre-approved for CESP Continuing Education (CE) credit. The Pre-Approval page and application provide full details about the…
Recertification by CE Credits Updates
Reviews of Applications: Beginning April 15, 2020, the recertification review process will allow each applicant two (2) reviews of your application. If after two reviews the application does not meet the…
CESP Certification Allows Employment Staff to Showcase Professionalism
Are you looking for ways to assist employment staff with professional development? Or are you already working as an Employment Support Professional, and you would like to strengthen your skillset?…
APSE/ACRE State Guidelines for Employment Services Personnel Training Certificates or Certification
Offered by a collaboration of the Association of Community Rehabilitation Educators (ACRE) Board of Directors and the APSE Certification Council (ESPCC). A NEW resource (released 2020) that the collective boards…
Recertification Committee Seeks Input through 1/9
Your voice is important! If you are a CESP: manager, trainer, or professional, please complete this brief questionnaire to help value this potential advancement to the ease of recertification.
CESP Seeking Volunteers
The Employment Support Professional Certification Council (ESPCC) is looking for individuals who are interested in participating with the ESPCC through either committees or helping with examination development. The ESPCC seeks…
Reaccreditation Awarded to CESP™ Certification
The Employment Support Professional Certification Council (ESPCC) announces that the Certified Employment Support Professional™ Certification was awarded it’s 5-year accreditation in August 2019 by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA)….
Updates to Continuing Education Credit Hours and Recertification Process
The ESPCC approved updates to the requirements for continuing education (CE) credits for CESP recertification. Credit hour changes have been made to several categories for available activities, as well as…
CESP™ Exam Development Updates: New Exam Form
The Certified Employment Support Professional™ (CESP) certification is working on regular exam development to create a new exam form. This is part of regular exam maintenance as part of a…
CESP™ Exam Development Updates: Specifications, Item Writing, and Review
The Certified Employment Support Professional™ (CESP) certification is working on regular exam development to create a new exam form. This is part of regular exam maintenance as part of a…
APSE 2019 Universal Employment Competencies
The APSE National Professional Development Committee members are pleased to release APSE’s 2019 updated competencies, in response to the changing landscape in the field of supported employment. The original competencies…
The CESP™ is going digital!
The Certified Employment Support Professional certification exam has transitioned to computer based testing, making the examination available in all 50 US states! All examinations will be scheduled and taken in…