CEU policy change July 7^th, 2010

Some history behind the change in the CEU policy for Certified Practitioners. 

In mid 2004, the Association as a result of a review by a long established board of directors transitioned from a business operated by teachers for the purpose of promoting Resonance Repatterning and its classes, to a trade association operated by elected members promoting sessions with certified practitioners. 

The Repatterning Practitioners Association is incorporated in the USA as a not-for-profit trade association serving members who serve the public with the Resonance Repatterning® process and specialized applications.   Our status as a trade association is set by the IRS and gives the association a tax exempt status as it provides a regulatory role in the setting of standards for members aimed at protecting the public.

As a trade association our unique role in the Resonance Repatterning Community then is to:

-set standards for certification of our members
- maintain a registry of certified practitioners in good standing
- adopt and maintain a code of ethics
- provide  members with continuing education opportunities as opposed to required training provided through approved training programs.  
- evaluate and accredit training programs that can be recommended for the certification requirements of its members (for example-all classes listed at the institute). 
-actively promote the value of  Resonance Repatterning sessions with certified practitioners as a means of creating higher coherence, health and well being for individuals and groups.
- Create a positive business environment for our trade

Requirements and restrictions of the association governed by the tax requirements of a trade association to remain Not For Profit and tax free include :

- that every certified member is equal in terms of dues, benefits and opportunities; student practitioner and student memberships are aimed at supporting their path towards becoming a certified member.
- all members are empowered to participate in the setting of standards and programs as per the adopted by-laws
- governance by an elected board of directors, that meets monthly
- providing an annual Meeting and financial report ensuring all RPA business is transparent to membership.
- not promoting the work of one person for their personal financial gain;
- not supporting any one individual through the direct sale of their licensed classes or products. (We can recommend programs as part of training etc but not sell them or provide financial benefit by organizing them)

It is by these last two italicized statements that the Board must make the policy change in the CEU requirements. Legally, we cannot promote anyone’s work as you see in the statement. For instance, we can  recommend practitioners to take classes from the Institute or other organizations.  If you think about it, for any of you who may have a License or Certification from other professions this most likely occurs for you as well. For instance, a Doctor or a Social Worker is trained by their college but never are they required to go back to that training program to obtain their certification requirements.

The Board has struggled for years on how to satisfy practitioners who are not able to attend Institute courses to satisfy their CEU requirements. This policy change will hopefully maintain practitioners who have travelled extensively in the past for coursework. Please contact Karen Kent if you have any questions. I look forward to hearing your responses on the blog.

Questions? Let us know at the RPAMembers Blog