Power Pose bago Mag-BLEPP Exam

Take a few minutes break from your review and empower yourself with this image and video. Complement your cognitive skills with some practical mind conditioning exercise that you can do to build your confidence and faith in yourself - that you will be a RPm. 

Do your prayers/praise/invocation of the divine,the energy, the universe, the blessings to pass the exam.

Do a power pose before entering the exam room. Inhale/exhale, create that image, visualize, imagine that pin, the oath taking and the celebration of your success. 

Remember your passing the BLEPP is a gift for your loved ones. You will do your best to obtain that gift.

Body language affects how others see us, but it may also change how we see ourselves. Social psychologist Amy Cuddy shows how “power posing” — standing in a posture of confidence, even when we don’t feel confident — can affect testosterone and cortisol levels in the brain, and might even have an impact on our chances for success.

Tiny tweaks can lead to big changes. So, this is two minutes. Before you go into the next stressful evaluative situation, for two minutes, try doing this (in the elevator, in a bathroom stall, at your desk behind closed doors). Configure your brain to cope the best in that situation. Get your testosterone up. Get your cortisol down. Leave that situation feeling like, I really feel like I got to say who I am and show who I am.

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Salamat din sa lahat ng masugid na bloggers at admins natin. Gayundin ang mga contributors na nagbabahagi ng kanilang kwento. 

Lalong lalo na rin sa ating mga readers na patuloy na sumusubaybay sa ating blog at mga shared link sa ating FB page.

Sa inyong lahat salamat po.

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Amendments to the Revised Guidelines on the CPD Program for all Registered and Licensed Professionals

Amendments to the Revised Guidelines on the CPD Program for all Registered and Licensed Professionals
Resolution No. 2016-990, Series of 2016

Manila, August 2, 2016 – Pursuant to Section 5 of Republic Act No. 8981, otherwise known as the “PRC Modernization Act of 2000”, Section 7(a) of Republic Act No. 8981 and Resolution No. 2013-774, Series of 2013 entitled “Revised Guidelines on the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program for all Registered and Licensed Professional, the Professional Regulation Commission, after a series of consultations and meetings, amended some of the provisions of the said guidelines in order to strengthen and enhance its implementation of effective August 5, 2016.

Amendment to the Revised Guidelines on the CPD Program includes the following:

Section 5 of Section 2: Creation and Composition of CPD Council - Every CPDC shall be composed of a Chairperson and two (2) members. The Chairperson of the CPDC shall be the Chairperson or a member of the PRC so chosen by the PRC concerned to sit in The CPDC. The first member shall be the president or any representative duly authorized by the Accredited Integrated Professional Organization (AIPO). The second member shall be the president or any representative duly authorized by the organization of deans or department heads of schools, colleges or universities offering the course requiring licensure examination.

1.) Section 12 of Section 3: Operational Protocol

1. Specific date/s of regular monthly meeting/s.
2. Provide a list of additional requirements for accreditation as CPD provider and CPD program which are necessary for the development of their profession but not stated in the CPD guidelines.
3. Provide guidelines for crediting various types of self – directed and/or lifelong learning activities.

2.) Section 14 of Section 4: Qualifications for Accreditation of CPD Providers


A. Local CPD Provider

1. Individual/Sole Proprietor

1.1 A registered and licensed professional of good standing.
1.2 Non – conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude.
1.3 Registered entity with the Department of Trade and Industry and the Bureau of Internal Revenue.
1.4 As may be required by the CPD Council.

2. Firms/Partnership/Corporation

2.1 A duly registered partnership, corporation, institution or organization.
2.2 The Articles of Incorporation/ Partnership includes as one of its purposes the training and development of professional.
2.3 Duly registered with the Bureau of Internal Revenue and the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or other pertinent government bodies.
2.4 As may be required by the CPD Council.

3. Government Institutions/ Agencies

3.1 Any government institution/ agency with mandate or program on CPD for professionals.
3.2 As may be required by the CPD Council.


B. Foreign CPD Providers

1. Foreign Entity/ Firm/ Association

1.1 A duly registered entity, firm or association in the country/ state of the applicant which intends to provide CPD program.
1.2 Articles of Incorporation/Partnership/Creation or its equivalent, which includes as one of its purposes, the training and development of professionals.
1.3 Accredited CPD Provider of the country of origin.
1.4 Duly authenticated by the Philippine Embassy/Consulate/Legation in the country/state of the applicant and accompanied by an official English translation.
1.5 As may be required by the CPD Council.

3.) Section 19 of Section 5: CPD Credited Units – Registered and licensed professionals shall complete the required units every three (3) years as specified in Annex “A” (Credited Units Required per Professional) or as specified in their Professional Regulatory Law or as provided by the PRB and the Commission that may be issued.

Any excess CUs earned shall not be carried over the next three-year period except credited units earned for doctorate and master’s degrees or specialty trainings which shall only be credited once during the compliance period.

Credit units may be earned by professionals who participate in programs that emanate from the PRB for the development of the profession.

4.) Section 20 of Section 6: Maximum Creditable Units for Self – Directed And/or Lifelong Learning – The maximum creditable units for self – directed and/or lifelong learning shall be determined by the CPD Council as approved by the Board and the Commission through their Operational Protocol.

5.) Section 7: Quality Assurance Review – Section 21 and 22, Article III of the CPD Guidelines are hereby consolidated under Quality Assurance Review.

Every CPD provider shall be monitored and its performance shall be evaluated periodically during the validity of its accreditation.

For this purpose, the following shall act as CPD program monitors in the order of preference indicated hereunder:

1. CPDC member
2. Any other member of the PRB
3. Duly – designated APO Officers, Board Members, pertinent Committee Chairs and members from national and local chapters where the APO is not the provider of the program to be monitored.
4. Member of the academe who is not a participant in the CPD program.
5. Duly designated professionals among the staff or relevant government or non – government organization.

The CPDCs shall set the qualifications for CPD monitors and draw up a list of such CPD monitors. It shall also approve a monitoring tool for CPD programs.

A CPD Monitor shall be credited with twice the number of CUs approved for a CPD program for which he/she acted.

Source - http://www.prc.gov.ph/news/?id=5236

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Nabuhayan ako ng loob lumaban

(Mula sa private message sa ating Philippine Psychometrician Reviewer FB Page. Author's name was withheld per author request.)

Hi Philippine Psychometrician reviewer. I read one of your posts about a heartbreaking story and I think medyo nakarelate ako so I want to share mine as well and maybe it can help people hopeless na sa board exams or may pinagdadaanan na magkapag-asa pa. 

I will be taking the board exam this August 2016. And God, when life hits you it hits you hard.

November last year palang naghahanda na ako for the exam. I was starting to take down notes. Maayos naman, inspired naman magaaral until recently I just felt so tired. 

I just graduated last year in UP. Akala ng lahat pagkagraduate, yung gusto mong trabaho ang makukuha mo. Well for my case, it is not. I can say I performed very well in college. I aced exams, I studied very very hard. I am a consistent dean’s lister. But I have a responsibility as an Ate as well. My family is not rich. My brother is currently studying, my mom is a farmer so walang constant income. College was a real struggle. I had to sell chips in school and drinks just to have allowance for the day. Wala akong hiya kasi kailangan kong kumite. Hahaha.

So graduating was the biggest thing in my life. I looked for HR positions and sobrang bagal. I cannot wait for too long since I need to help my family na. So nagisip akong ng trabahong kaya kong gawin na pwedeng matutunan over time and I entered an industry very new to me: THE BANK.

So I am in the office from 8-6pm. And recently walang gaanong funds dahil nga walang ulan sa probinsya at hindi makapagtanim ng palay. Nagsisimatayan na ang mga baboy na alaga niya dahil walang bumibili kasi nga walang pera ang mga tao. So bottom line, I had to look for one more job. Meaning dagdag na trabaho. A parent found me and asked me to teach her child three times a week on a weekday. So bale from 7-9pm nagtuturo pa ako para lang may pandagdag pambayad sa mga bagay bagay. Buti nga di pa kami pinapalayas ng land lady namin sa dami ng delayed rent. Hehe. 2 jobs for a 21-year old lady.

Pagkatapos magturo, ako pa maglalaba at maglilinis sa bahay. Odiba. Pak. Tapos recently sa probinsya medyo nagkagulo, yung lolo kong nagpalaki sa akin was very sick. I was praying na Lord, wag mo muna kunin. I cannot think of too many things na. Maliban don, sobrang pagod pa nanay ko dahil magisa lang syang gumagawa ng lahat and I am not there to help. 

With 2 months away from the board exams naglearned helplessness ako. I didn’t study. Sobrang confused nako sa buhay. Diko na alam gagawin ko. But Lord sees us. Sometimes ibang tao ang lalaban para sayo para Manalo ka pa rin sa paligsahan. Just last week, love outpoured over me. 

Usually kasi hindi ako kumakain ng breakfast para makatipid. Lunch ko araw araw ay tinapay. One friend of mine sa office, treated me twice for breakfast and he just said “Basta pumasa ka lang sa board exam mo, yun nalang pambawi mo.” Another friend just last week also, called me before I went home and gave an envelope with money enough for my meals until the next salary cut off. But I didn’t accept. And just last week also, one of my friends offered to help me pay one month rent. And just last week also, a managing editor of a school newspaper here wants to publish poems that I wrote in FB. My original intention in writing the poems was just to help people depressed in life, hopeless like me to be inspired. Grabe. 

So ngayon, nabuhayan ako ng loob lumaban. KASI KUNG PAGOD KANA, MAY IBANG TAONG IPAPADALA PARA LUMABAN PARA SAYO HANGGANG KAYA MO NANG MAGLAKAD MAGISA.

I hope I can still make up for lost time ng pagaaral and sana makapasa pa rin sa August 30-31! 

Kaya natin to!

30K and counting SALAMAT PO, KITA-KITS SA OATH TAKING

ni Admin Riyan

Taos pusong pasasalamat! 

<3

Alam ninyo, bilang sa isa sa mga admin, gusto naming pasalamatan kayo sa pagpapalaganap ng mga kwento ng karanasan ng mga kapwa nating psych.

Sa totoo lang, kinakabahan rin kami sa darating na BLEPP dahil damang-dama rin namin yung paghihirap ninyo.

Itinayo ito ni Tino Repaso para makatulong sa mga self-reviewees ng BLEPP.

Isa ako sa maswerteng napili niyang maging admin noon (self-reviewee rin). Marami kasi akong natutunan at wala akong ibang makapitan kundi yung available resources ko at pati ang page na ito.

Hindi inakala ng page na ito *kaming mga admin* na marami na rin pala itong nagawa... mula sa pagbibigay noon ng scholarships *free review* sa ilan sa review centers hanggang sa pagpapalaganap ng mabubuting balita ng tagumpay ng ilang mga pumasa, mga masasalimuot rin na kwento, kwentong hindi malilimutan, funny memes, practice tests, links, video links, kung anu-anong psych resources at iba pa. Sobrang salamat! <3

Sana mas marami pang magawa ito, at marami pang mga admin ang madagdag mula sa Mindanao, Visayas at Luzon.

Salamat mga bes! ☺😚💖

Ipapanalangin namin na marami ang makapasa sa inyo sa darating na board exam at maraming pumasa sa larangan natin!

Sana sa page na ito, magsimulang magbuklod-buklod tayo sa pamamagitan ng pagbibigay ng tips, masasayang kwento, at kung anu-ano pa na patungkol sa larangan natin. Kaya kung nasaan ka man, mamahagi ka! :) Welcome ka!

Para sa mga mageexam, sabihin niyo ito sa sarili ninyo at isigaw mo:

"Kita-kits sa oath-taking!"
Ito na ang moment mo, ibigay mo na ang best mo...bes!
‪#‎pagbabalik‬ ‪#‎pasasalamat‬ ‪#‎30klikes‬

 

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Fear is a good thing

ni  Alvin Joseph Mapoy 

Bulacan State University 

Top 8,  2015 Psychometrician Licensure Board Examination, PRC, July 2015

Hello po, gusto ko lang ishare yung experience ko last year. sa #RoadtoRPm at 1 year na ng release ng boards (sabi sa net pero tanda ko july 31 ko nalaman yung results).

Anyway, lahat siguro nang nangyari sa akin sa boards unexpected. tandang-tanda ko nung March 2015 bago ang graduation, sabi ko sa sarili ko 2016 na ako kukuha ng boards. Natatakot kasi talaga ako. During that time, alam ko nang gagraduate ako bilang Magna cum laude and I am proud of that, kaso yung pressure na syempre Cum laude ka latin honor ka, syempre dapat pumasa ka sa board exam. 

At natatakot akong mapahiya ang mga faculty ng school na pinangalingan ko. Nahihiya rin ako na mapahiya ako sa sarili ko. Ilang beses na rin kasing hindi ko natupad yung ineexpect ko sa sarili ko. Mahirap kasing magexpect, alam ko, pero yun nga, nakakapressure yung expectations, pero ayun nagtake ako ng board exam, bakit? because sabi ng prof ko, "Fear is a good thing" mas magiging maingat daw ako pag natakot ako at mas malaki ang chance na pumasa kaysa sa pag kampante ka.

Fast forward, during the review, after ng graduation, nagstart na ako, kaso ayun, walang kwenta ang pagrereview sa first few months. Distance learning lang kasi ako nakaenroll that time, hawak ko yung oras ko, dahil nga dun, 3 hours lang (minsan 1 hour) lang ako makapagreview araw-araw. Ano inaatupag ko? Ayun, computer games (need for speed, gta, etc.), ewan ko ba sa akin. Nagaasikaso pa ng requirements kaya ayun, wala, halos walang nadagdag sa karunungan ko. lol.

Tapos, one month na lang, dun na talaga dumating yung pressure sa akin. Napaiyak na lang ako sa sobrang takot kasi maraming nageexpect sa akin na papasa ako. Maski yung pamilya ko tanda ko sabi nila ang ineexpect nila is top 10 ako. Dun talaga ako nagulantang, yung after ng grad, gusto ko pang gawin lahat para mag-top 10 pero dumating yung 1 month na lang, tapos halos wala pa sa kalingkingan yung modules na nareview ko. 

Naalala ko talaga na umiyak ako mga 1 month, kasi feeling ko di talaga ako papasa. To the point, na sinasabi ko sa sarili ko na wala akong kwenta, na ang bobo ko, na ang tamad-tamad ko, bakit ko pa ineexpect na pumasa ako, eh ang bobo at tamad ko? Kinabukasan after ng aking "existenial crisis" sumugod ako sa Recto at naghanap ng reference books, naka almost 3k ako nun. Simula noong araw na yun, yung dating 3 hours kong pagreview, 8 hours na. Ang pahinga lang talaga is lunch tapos matutulog ako agad after dinner. Ayoko talagang pagurin yung sarili ko, sabi ko sa sarili ko. Hindi rin ako gumamit ng manila paper na isasabit sa dingding. Binasa ko yung mga libro na parang novels ni JK Rowling. 

1 week to go before the board exams, di ko nagawa yung goal ko na matapos yung modules at libro ko, nakakakalahati lang ako ng mga libro. Ayun, sabi ko, wala na to. Hindi na ko papasa, lalo na't narinig ko sa prof sa review center na usually daw ang pumapasa nagbabasa ng isang buong libro per subject eh ako? Puro hanggang chapter 5 lang dun sa 4 na libro. Tapos umattend ako ng parang final coaching, sa harap talaga kami pumuwesto ng mga kakilala ko. Ayun, confident kasi ako sa harap ng ibang tao pero that time, di ko mapigilang kabahan ng sobra, everytime na may sasabihin yung prof na di ko alam kinakabahan ako, sabi ko napaka-limited naman ng alam ko, pero di ko pinahalata sa mga kaibigan kong nageexpect sa akin. Medyo maayos naman grades ko sa mga mock exams, pero never tumataas sa line of 8, pero sabi ng mga kaibigan ko baka daw magtop ako. That time, di na ako umaasa. Naalala ko pa meron isang prof doon, na nagfinal push sa akin na baka nga kaya kong pumasa.

Dumating yung board exam, ayun, first subject TOP (yes, tuwang-tuwa ako, feeling magta-top notcher, mga 15 lang di ako sure na sagot), kaso after ng second subject (psych assessment) ayun diretso kay St. Jude (sa La Consolacion kasi ako nagexam), todo dasal na pumasa na lang ako, kahit di na magtop basta pumasa. Dumating yung last subject nung second day (I/O Psych), ayun halos maluha-luha na ako, di ko kasi nasagutan yung apat na tanong eh akala ko that time pag may blangko, (hal. number 45 yung di ko nasagutan, yung sagot sa number 46 mapupunta sa 45). Tinext ko pa yung mentor ko sabi ko "sir, baka di ako pumasa, may nablangkuhan akong number" sabi naman niya di naman ganun yun. Pero di ako convinced.

When waiting for the exam results, ayun, 10 days agonizing grabe, halos mamatay ako.  Pero naalala ko na around 7:00 am, naliligo ako may nagtext sa akin, sabi topnotcher daw ako. Feeling ko niloloko lang ako kaya diretso PRC at ayun nga nasa TOP 10 ako. Halos maiyak ako sa sobrang tuwa lahat ng sacrifices, worth it. lahat ng pagdududa ko sa sarili ko, nawala. Grabe, ang bait ni Lord. Siguro yun yung pinakaunexpected na nangyari sa buhay ko. 

Napakaunexpected nang lahat. Yung tao na pinagdududahan yung kanyang kakayahan siya pa yung nag-TOP 10. Hirap paniwalaan. Siguro ganun naman talaga ang buhay, minsan kung kailan ka kamuntikan nang sumuko, dun pa papatunayan ni Lord na dapat di ka sumuko. Na matuto rin tayong magtake ng risk. Sabi nga ng mentor namin, "Always remember that you are greater than the 450 questions" kahit magtop ka, pumasa, o bumagsak, hindi yun yung sukatan. The most important thing is the journey itself. At least for me.

#BLEPP2015

#RoadtoRPm

CAV PROCESSING FOR BLEPP 2016

May dalawang mabubuting tao ang naghayag ng kanilang karanasan sa pagpoproseso ng kanilang CAV (Certification, Authentication and Verification). Basahin! 

To our friends and mga kapatid sa Sikolohiya na kukuha ng their CAV para sa board exam...

1.    Go to CHED in Diliman, Quezon City.

2.    Proceed to the second floor and find the window "CAV Application" *madali lang to makita promise*

3.    Prepare the CAV that your Registrar gave you, certified true copies of your diploma at Board Exam TOR and 80php for the fee.

4.    CAV will be released within the day so just be patient. Magti-take talaga ng time kung medyo tangahali na kayo nakarating at may kasabay pa kayong iba (because they're catering whole IV-A and di lang psych ang inaasikaso syempre). Dumating kami sa CHED almost 10am na rin ay nakuha yung CAV namin ng mga 1:30 halos (naglunch pa kasi kami). It would really depend kung what day ka pupunta or kung marami kang kasabay. Dala na lang kayo ng friends, kwento para di kayo mabore along the way.

Contributor:

Ms. Sabrina Summer Samonte Medina

Another case:

Ganito po yung ginawa namin. Pumunta kami sa registrar at nag request ng tor. Tapos nagtanong about sa CAV. Sabi nung sa registrar, kailangang magbayad ng 150 sa acctg tapos mga 1 wk pwede na raw makuha. Sila na mag aasikaso. Pero inabot po ng almost a month. Yun lang po tapos okay na, nakuha na namin.

Contributor:

Ms. Maricar Pinangay

Salamat po sa mga nagshare! Sana mayroon din sa mga Visayas at Mindanao para mas matulungan din yung iba na naliito doon kung may iba pang proseso. J

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