Professional Development Courses
The CARO board is pleased to announce that its first course to support the Australian Reiki community in standards development and training for self-regulation is completed. This course will be available from 2008.
CARO is also thrilled to announce the first of its recommendations for endorsed courses that it believes will also support standards development in the Australian Reiki community.
Professional Reiki Treatment Delivery and Business Skills Course
Due to feedback from within the member organisations of CARO that a Reiki-focussed treatment delivery/basic small business skills course of some kind was desired and needed by members, CARO has developed an 18-20 hour intensive to provide such training.
Whether you are a complete beginner, or have been working professionally for some time, this module will help you develop/re-inforce good client treatment and service skills. The course is not a complete qualification in and of itself. Rather it should be regarded as a module of study that is stand-alone in terms of its Reiki focus. Other professional development activities that incorporate a number of units from the Health Training Package are recommended by CARO to complete a professional's skills set.
Some of the areas covered by the course include:
- How to start your practice, ensuring you comply with legal requirements at state and federal levels
- Pointers on administrative and book-keeping requirements
- Setting up and furnishing your practice premises
- Taking a thorough case history
- Maintaining client records and ensuring privacy and confidentiality
- Obtaining informed consent
- Communicating with your clients (being compassionate, objective, and realistic without getting personally involved)
- Treatment hygiene, for yourself and the client
- Occupational health and safety
- Explaining Reiki and giving a first treatment session
- Adapting treatment strategies to deal with client needs
- Scheduling subsequent sessions
- What to do if asked to liaise with other health professionals
- Post-treatment support - what is appropriate, and how much is too much
- How to deal with difficult clients
- When to refer a client
The focus is on the practical aspects with written resources provided for much of the business information.
The module is open to any person who has completed both levels I & II of Reiki, and will be delivered in many cases from within CARO member organisations. Open courses will be made available for non-CARO practitioners. For those who belong to a member organisation, your successful completion of the module entitles you to one year of CARO registration as a professional practitioner, in addition to a certificate of successful completion. Non-CARO members receive a certificate of successful completion.
Attendees will be assessed during the conduct of the module, so that consumers can be reassured that the certificate actually means a level of competence has been demonstrated, not simply that someone "paid the course fee and just turned up".
The course has been designed by a professional educator and Reiki practitioner, in consultation with representatives from a number of CARO member organisations. It is educationally sound and appropriate.
Distance education options are possible, and the intensives will be run in state capitals and possibly some regional centres where there is enough interest.
Contact CARO now for further information or to reserve your place.
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