Clinical Pastoral Education

The Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) Program is a training program initiated by The Boggs Center in collaboration with community agencies in New Jersey. Those agencies serve as the placement sites for the pastoral work done in the program. The CPE program provides intensive and extensive training for clergy, seminarians, and lay persons who will learn from their clinical work and assignments with community based agencies serving persons with developmental disabilities and their families.

The CPE program is accredited by the national Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, 1549 Clairmont Road, Suite 103, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4635.
www.acpe.edu

The CPE program runs from late September - May of each academic year in an Extended Unit. Level I and Level II CPE are available. Each week involves approximately five hours of training group activities at The Boggs Center (on Wednesdays) and ten hours of clinical pastoral work at the placement agencies. Requirements include clinical pastoral work at the placement sites, participation in learning group activities, readings, and written assignments. There is a student fee of $400 for one unit. Please note that The Boggs Center does not run a full time Summer CPE Unit.

To apply, use the standard CPE application form available at www.acpe.edu and mail to Rev. Bill Gaventa at The Boggs Center.

For more information, see the CPE Program Manual for the current CPE unit, and/or contact Rev. Bill Gaventa at bill.gaventa@umdnj.edu.