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Associates sometimes log hours under a category that sounds right but doesn't match the BBS definition for their pathway.",[137,138,139,148],"field-notes-feature-grid",{},[140,141,145],"field-notes-feature-item",{"color":142,"icon":143,"title":144},"error","ph:x-circle-duotone","What goes wrong",[115,146,147],{},"An LMFT associate logs \"psychoeducation\" under a category that only applies to LPCC candidates. The hours are real, but the classification is wrong.",[140,149,153],{"color":150,"icon":151,"title":152},"success","ph:check-circle-duotone","How to prevent it",[115,154,155],{},"Verify that every category in your log maps directly to a BBS-recognized category for your license type. Your tracking tool should enforce this.",[129,157,159],{"id":158},"_2-falling-behind-on-supervision-ratios","2. Falling behind on supervision ratios",[115,161,162],{},"The BBS requires a specific ratio of supervision hours to direct client contact. This ratio must be maintained throughout your supervised experience, not just in the aggregate.",[115,164,165],{},"If you see 40 clients a week but only attend supervision every other week, you may fall out of ratio even though your total supervision hours look fine at year-end.",[122,167,170],{"type":168,"title":169},"tip","Track rolling, not cumulative",[115,171,172],{},"A week-by-week view of your supervision ratio catches gaps early. Cumulative totals can mask periods where you were out of compliance.",[129,174,176],{"id":175},"_3-missing-supervisor-signatures-on-reporting-periods","3. Missing supervisor signatures on reporting periods",[115,178,179],{},"Supervisor attestation isn't a formality. The BBS requires signed documentation for each supervision period. If your supervisor leaves the practice or becomes unavailable before signing, you have a documentation gap that's difficult to close retroactively.",[122,181,183],{"type":182},"caution",[115,184,185],{},"Get signatures at the end of each supervision period, not in bulk at the end of your experience. Treat it like closing the books on a quarter.",[129,187,189],{"id":188},"_4-not-tracking-concurrent-supervision-relationships","4. Not tracking concurrent supervision relationships",[115,191,192],{},"Many associates work across multiple sites or with multiple supervisors. The BBS needs to see which supervisor was responsible for which hours, at which site, during which period.",[115,194,195],{},"A single flat log with no supervisor attribution creates ambiguity that the board will flag.",[122,197,198],{"type":168},[115,199,200],{},"Structure your logs with supervisor and site attribution on every entry. If you change sites or supervisors, start a new tracking segment.",[129,202,204],{"id":203},"_5-waiting-to-organize-until-application-time","5. Waiting to organize until application time",[115,206,207],{},"The most common version: an associate spends two or three years logging hours in a personal spreadsheet with informal formatting, then tries to reorganize everything into the BBS-required format at application time.",[115,209,210],{},"The reorganization reveals category gaps, missing signatures, and ratio issues that are no longer easy to fix.",[212,213,214],"field-notes-key-takeaway",{},[115,215,216],{},"Track in the format you'll submit. 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