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INTERNATIONAL KINESIOLOGY COLLEGE

About the IKC and IKC faculty

The International Kinesiology College is the governing body for each and every Touch for Health Association around the world.  It's purpose is to maintain the ethics and consistency in the process of teaching Touch for Health.

In addition, the IKC faculty representatives are persons certified by the IKC to present the ITW (Instructor Training Workshop) and educate potential instructors how to teach Touch for Health, as well as record keeping, marketing techniques, listening skills, and much more. The IKC faculty is also responsible for keeping Professional Instructor's education updated, by way of the ITW update.

IKC Policy for continuing education for Professional Instructors

Persons who have taken the Instructor Training Workshop from one of the IKC faculty must follow these requirements to maintain their instructor's certification

·        Take the traditional 2-day (15 hour) update within three years of their original certification

Note: Any instructor who has not taught 15 students within the 3 year period of the ITW must also take an update course. 

Additionally, any instructor who has waited more than 5 years to update their education must take the complete ITW over again.

• After completing at least one update and having taught at least 15 students within the e-year period (with roster and evaluation forms on file in the office) the instructor may take the following courses to apply toward their update:

• Top Ten Pain Releasers by Arlene Green- 7.5 credit hours

• Biokinetic Exercises by Wayne Topping, PhD.- 7.5 credit hours

• Stress Release 1 by Wayne Topping, PhD. - 7.5 credit hours

• Stress Release Made Easy- Bruce and Joan Dewe- 3 credit hours along with Emotional Repatterning by Arlene Green- 12 credit hours- total of 15 credit hours

• Instructor Mini Update- offered at annual conference- 3 credit hours

• Emotional Kiensiology Part 1 & 2; Warren Jacobs, MD - 15 credit hours

• 5 Elements & the Goal Wheel; Sharon Plaskett - 22.5 credit hours

• TFH & Chinese 5 Element Metaphors; Mat Thie - 15 credit hours

Note: In addition to the courses counting toward the update requirements, the highlighted courses can b e taught as new mini-workshops.

• Starting in 2002, having met the minimum requirements, instructors are eligible to count the Touch for Health Annual Conference as half (7.5 credit hours) of their continuing education. Two TFH Annual conferences count as a full update.

• If the instructor, having met the minimum update requirements, does a presentation at the Touch for Health annual conference, the instructor can count 3 times the amount of time of their presentation toward their continuing education, ie, 1-hour presentation time equals 3 hours continuing education.

Touch for Health Professional Instructor requirements

To maintain certification as a Touch for Health Professional Instructor and CEU provider in the U.S. the following requirements MUST BE ADHERED TO:

1. Maintain a Professional Instructor membership with Touch for Health.

2. Update education every three years as outlined by the IKC (see above).

3. Have a current Teacher's Agreement, and a NCBTMB Biographical form on file in the TFHKA office.

4. Keep all class rosters and student evaluations on file in the office.

5. Teach all four levels of TFH according to the syllabus.

6. Use Books 1 & 2 for teaching and/or Dr. Thie’s TFH Complete Ed., may also be used.

7. You may advertise that the TFHKA offers CE's to all MT's via the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodyworkers (NCBTMB). RN's, LPN's may also receive CE’s where accepted and are provided by the California Board of Registered Nursing.The following states DO NOT accept our nursing CE's: FL, OK, IA OR, KS, SD, KY, WY, NV.

8. Turn in completed class rosters and evaluation forms within 10 working days of class completion date. Include requests for CE's and the student's certification number for MT's or the license number for RN's and LPN's and $5.00 for each CE certificate needed. This is required for each level. TFHKA will issue the CE certificates to Instructors to be distributed to their students.

9. Make no claims for curing, healing or diagnosing disease. DO NOT imply the Touch for Health techniques will do so.

CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS- for Nationally Certified Massage Therapists, RN's, & LPN's

TFHKA is an approved provider for Nationally Certified Massage Therapists and RN's and LPN's (See #7). Should Instructor's wish to apply to their home state or other state entities for providing Continuing Education Credits in an area not covered by TFHKA, the office will provide support to those persons in any way possible.

Massage Therapists-

TFHKA is approved form the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodyworkers (NCBTMB) as a continuing education provider # 050467-00.  This allows all qualifying instructors t o give continuing education credits to nationally certified Massage Therapists for their certification renewal. Continuing education certificates for students are kept on file in the office for a period of 7 years.  

RN's-

TFHKA is approved by the Board of Registered Nursing in California, Continuing Education Provider # CEP 13015, for RN's and LPN's in all states except Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota and Wyoming.  Instructors in those states can apply directly with the appropriate state-licensing agency to provide continuing education credit to nurses. Certificates are kept on file in this office for a period of no less than 5 years.

• Compliance for Touch for Health instructors is the same as for massage therapist CEU's, except instructor need to provide the student's license number.

• Advertising for RN's and LPN's for the California Board of Registered Nursing must read as follows:

"Provider approved by the California Board of registered Nursing, Provider number CEP 13015, for _______________ contact hours."

·        Advertising must also have a refund/cancellation policy (including time lines), a clear, concise description of the course content and/ or objectives and the provider name stated as it is officially on file with the Board of Registered Nursing (Touch for Health Kinesiology Association).

Classroom hours must be more than one hour, no maximum or classroom hours per level and nurses receive 1.2 hours of CEU credit per one hour of class room time, ie 16 hours of class time equals 19.2 credits.