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ACCREDITED TRAINING PROGRAMS About Accredited Trainings The international Feldenkrais® community has established a policy that governs the accreditation method of professional teachers training programs. These guidelines establish consistent policies about class size, trainee-to teacher ratios, and so on for programs the world over. Since they define minimal requirements, the accreditation guidelines leave room for creativity, experimentation and development of the ways trainings are conducted, while aiming to protect the quality of the training and enhance the experience of the trainees. Accreditation guarantees that the graduate of a training in one part of the world will be recognized by, and eligible for, membership in any national professional association worldwide. Feldenkraistrainings in Malmö is fully accredited and meets or exceeds all training guidelines. The benefits of accreditation ACCREDITED TRAINING PROGRAMS Why Accreditation Matters There are three Training Accreditation Boards in the world, the North American Training Accreditation Board (NATAB), established by the FELDENKRAIS GUILD® of North America, the Europian Training Accreditation Board (EuroTAB) and the Australian Traning & Accreditation Board (AusTAB) for the Pacific. Together, these boards administer the International Feldenkrais® Training Accreditation Policy. These guidelines have evolved from the participation of practitioners around the world over the past 20 years. They are community-based means of setting the standards for training in the Feldenkrais Method®. Many aspects of the training process are set by these policies, including: Minimum duration of training and numbers of days of training (800 hours) Certification standards for the faculty in trainings, including Educational Directors, Certified Trainers, and Certified Assistant trainers. Trainee-to-teacher ration fixed to ensure individual attention and personal education. Minimum numbers of individual sessions in Functional Integration® each trainee must receive as part of published tuition cost of the training, as well as the level of experience of the teachers who give these lessons. These standards provide important protection against the creation of trainings that would not adequately meet the needs of their trainees. By establishing the accreditation process, the Feldenkrais community has created important consumer protection for participants in professional training programs. Feldenkraistrainings 2008 and 2012 in Malmö has received accreditation from European Accreditation Board (EuroTAB). We are proud to uphold these standards. As a matter of policy, the training meets or exceeds all accreditation criteria. Since this is the only accreditation for Feldenkrais teachers accepted the world over, it also creates a means whereby graduates of accredited programs have access to membership and participation in the worldwide community of Feldenkrais professional organizations and Guilds. Along with membership a Feldenkrais Guild comes the right to use the terms Feldenkrais Method®, Functional Integration® and Awareness Through Movement® |
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