Glossary
The words Accrue uses on screen, and what each one means for your record.
Ledger
One set of requirements applied to your record. A board ledger follows a licensing board's rules; its weekly summary is the page your supervisor signs. A program ledger follows your school or its accreditor. One entry can count in several ledgers at once, and their totals are separate requirements, never added together.
Placeholder ledger
A ledger for a track without verified figures. It holds your hours without a target and does not mean the board's rules are loaded.
Category
A total inside a ledger, such as direct clinical hours or supervision, often with its own target or cap.
Recorded and credited time
Recorded time is what you logged. Credited time is what a ledger counts after applying its rules, such as caps and weekly supervision requirements. The two can differ, and differ between ledgers.
Supervision unit
The measure many boards use for supervision. In the ledgers Accrue represents, an hour of individual or triadic supervision is usually one unit and two hours of group supervision make one. Each ledger's requirements state its own rule.
Weekly supervision requirement
The minimum supervision a board expects in a week you see clients. Some boards check it site by site. When a week falls short, that ledger drops the week's hours and the week card says why.
Dropped and flagged
Dropped hours stay on record but do not count toward a ledger. A flagged week raises an advisory question, not a finding; your board's own text controls.
Hours so far
Hours a ledger already had before you started using Accrue, entered by category as of a date. Weekly rules do not apply to them.
Path and stage
Your path is the state, licenses, program, stage, and dates Accrue uses to choose your ledgers and date your tasks. Your stage is where you are on it: in a program, graduated and not yet registered, or registered with the board.
Checked and in effect since
Every ledger's requirements show when its rules took effect and when Accrue last checked them against the source. Read both before relying on a figure.
Rule catalog
The set of researched rules and checklists Accrue uses. Updates arrive automatically and never rewrite the rules that applied to earlier entries.
Counts as
What an activity is for counting purposes, such as client contact, individual supervision, or non-clinical work. Your ledgers read the activity's kind, not its name.
Reported hours
Decimal hours written to spreadsheet exports, rounded the way you choose. Saved minutes and ledger totals stay exact.
Weekly summary and comprehensive summary
A weekly summary covers one week, site, and supervisor, and your supervisor can sign it. A comprehensive summary covers every ledger and site for any span and is unsigned.
Checklist
A set of tasks from a board or program, such as the California BBS checklist. Shared tasks are merged, and items arrive as your stage changes.