LOOKING FOR A LANA CERTIFIED REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE FROM CANADA

Due to a recent vacancy, LANA is looking for a LANA certified individual to represent CANADA and become a LANA representative. For full details on what this involves, please contact Heidi Shaffer, LANA Board Member. Heidi serves on the LANA Board and is a regional representative herself and oversees the LANA regional reps. Feel free to email Heidi at northwest@clt-lana.org with questions and interest.

CHANGE IN LANA MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM

LANA is happy to announce, that effectively immediately, there is no longer a fee that is PAID to become a MEMBER of LANA. All therapists who successfully pass the CLT-LANA exam are now automatically members of LANA. For those of you who were already members of LANA, your user ID and password have been reset. For everyone, your individual USER ID is your last name immediately followed by your first name (no commas,no spaces) i.e, smithsally. Your password is your certification number with 2 or 3 leading zeros depending on your number. The field is 6 digits which means if your certificate number is 3 digits, you have three leading zeros and then your certificate number; if your certificate number is 4 digits, you have two leading zeros. Please feel free to contact LANA if you have any questions of this recently implemented change.

2012 LANA CERTIFICATION EXAM DATES

The LANA exam dates for 2012 are as follows: Spring Session - Monday, April 16th through Saturday, May 5th. Applications must be postmarked no later than Saturday, March 24, 2012 to be considered for Spring, 2012. Fall session - Monday, September 24th through Saturday, October 13. Applications must be postmarked no later than Saturday, September 1, 2012 to be considered for Fall, 2012. For those planning ahead to the next NLN conference in Dallas, Texas, LANA will be once again offering a "paper/pencil" exam on September 5, 2012 at 8:00a.m. More information on this will be coming later. It is a one-time exam session and is in addition to the regularly scheduled Fall dates above. Please do not send your applications via UPS or FedEx as they cannot be delivered to the post office box. Please send by regular postal mail or, if you prefer, USPS Priority Mail. Candidates interested in taking the examination should download the Candidate Information Brochure (CIB) and Application from the LANA website at www.clt-lana.org Please be sure to examine the CIB to review the criteria for testing and necessary paperwork to include. There is a tab on the left side of the home page for the "CIB" which contains full details regarding the exam process. To find a testing center in your area, please visit this website www.isoqualitytesting.com, select the tab for Testing Centers and then click "locate a testing center" and then follow the instructions.

LANA PAPER/PENCIL EXAM TO BE OFFERED AT 2012 NLN CONFERENCE

LANA is pleased to announce that we will once again be offering a "paper and pencil" LANA certification exam at the 2012 NLN Conference in Dallas, Texas. The exam will be offered on Wednesday, September 5, 2012, from 8:00 a.m to 10:00 a.m. (exact location to be determined). Applications must be postmarked by Monday, August 15, 2012 in order to qualify to take the exam at the NLN conference. We are sorry but there will be no exceptions to this deadline. Payment of $315.00 will be required at the exam site and must be paid by check in US dollars. This exam is a one-time exam and is in addition to the normally scheduled Fall, 2012 exam cycle and is not a replacement of those dates. If you have already registered for a Fall, 2012 date, you cannot attend the paper-pencil session without prior authorization.

DO YOU KNOW WHO YOUR LANA REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE IS?

Are you aware that LANA has regional representatives that service the United States and Canada? Regional representatives are your window to LANA and are available to help you if you have questions or are looking for a LANA therapist in your area. Here is a breakdown of the regional reps and the states that they cover. Northeast is Wilma Morgan-Hazelwood, OTR/L, email northeast@clt-lana.org (DC, DE, CT, MA, MD, ME, NH, NY, NJ, PA, RI, VA, VT, WV. Southeast is Margaret Secrest,PT, email southeast@clt-lana.org (GA, NC, TN, FL, AL, SC, KY, Puerto Rico). Midwest is Elizabeth Russell, PT, email midwest@clt-lana.org (WI, OH, NE, KS, MN, MI, IN, IL, IA, MO). Southwest is Ruth Moseley, PT, email southwest@clt-lana.org (TX, LA, MS, NM, AR, OK). Northwest is Heidi Shaffer, OTR/L, northwest@clt-lana.org (WA, OR, MT, ID, ND, SD, WY, AK). West is Phyllis Harr, PT, west@clt-lana.org (NV, CA, CO, UT, AZ, HI). Currently LANA is recrutining for a representative from Canada so in the intermin please address questions/concerns northwest@clt-lana.org.