Teacher and Practitioner Requirements

REQUIREMENTS FOR REGISTERED JIN SHIN DO^® ACUPRESSURISTS

Module I;
Module II (Part 3 may be taken after registration);
Module III, or 125 logged experience hours acquired during and after JSD study; include all hours of JSD practice;
Ten private sessions (5 with an Authorized Jin Shin Do^® Teacher), & 5 may be with a Registered Jin Shin Do^® Acupressurist);
Practical exam: give Jin Shin Do^® Bodymind Acupressure^® session to an Authorized JSD teacher; emphasis is on point location & communication skills;
Agree to maintain the quality of Jin Shin Do^® including by following the JSDF Code of Ethics. Compliance with applicable local licensing requirements, if any.

To apply for certificate of registration, listing in JSDF directory (on website & printed), and permission to use the names "Jin Shin Do^®" and "Bodymind Acupressure^®" & the JSD Encircled Tree logo (^®): send completed JSDF transcript with application fee (US $50). If application is accepted, annual fee is due the next July 1st (US $75 for on-time renewal). Because of its implicit permission to use "Jin Shin Do" and related trademarks, registration with the Jin Shin Do^®Foundation is at the discretion of the director.

US-Canada: Requirements to also become an AOBTA^®-CP (Certified Practitioner member of the American Organization for Bodywork Therapies of Asia): 500 hr. JSDF transcript including: Modules I, II, III, and IV (or 70 hr. JSD or other recognized Asian modality); 100 hr. anatomy-physiology; 8 hr. of CPR. See www.aobta.org Contact AOBTA at: tel. 484-841-6023 or office@aobta.org

REQUIREMENTS FOR AUTHORIZED JIN SHIN DO^®TEACHERS

Authorized Jin Shin Do^® Teachers display gold-embossed certificates of Trademark Licensure, and are entitled to use the registered service marks "Jin Shin Do^®" and "Bodymind Acupressure^®" and the JSD Encircled Tree Logo (^®). A Jin Shin Do^® Trademark License must be renewed annually.

To become a Jin Shin Do^® Trademark Licensee, authorized to teach the Basic Jin Shin Do^® class & the JSD Facial:

Module I, Module II, pt. 1-2 (AND take pt. 2, the Master Class, TWICE) & Module IV, pt. 1-3 with Iona Marsaa Teeguarden.
Registered Jin Shin Do^® Acupressurist;
Jin Shin Do^® Intensive Teacher Training Program and practical exam at ITTP
Module IV (Bodymind Trancework, Bodymind Trancework & Trauma, and The "Emotional Kaleidoscope" & Abuse Issues) with Iona;
Total of 300 logged experience hours;
Assist 2 Basic JSD classes with an authorized JSD teacher (or 1 + Basic DVDs: see JSD Product Catalog);
Practical exam with ITTP teacher and 7-page paper verifying understanding of Segments, Strange Flows, Organ Meridians & 5 Elements, and including 3 case stories.

To be authorized to teach the Intermediate Jin Shin Do^® class:

Total of 600 experience hours and at least 2 years of JSD practice;
Two Basic JSD classes taught;
Two Intermediate JSD classes assisted (or 1 plus Intermediate DVDs).
Practical exam by an Intermediate Authorized Jin Shin Do^® teacher.

To teach Advanced Jin Shin Do^® & the Module II classes:

2 Intermediate JSD classes taught.
Assist 2 advanced JSD classes (or 1+ Advanced DVDs).
Special project of benefit to "Jin Shin Do" and JSDF
Practical test/tutorial (1 per class) with Iona Marsaa, Pierluigi Duina, Deborah Valentine Smith, Cheri Haines or Ron Pankratz.
Take the Master Class (Module. II, pt. 2) twice.
Take parts 1-3 of Module IV with Iona Marsaa Teeguarden.

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