HSE Training
Required Documents
When you registered and paid for your module online you agreed to each of the HSE training required documents posted below. Checking/clicking each of the checkboxes is equivalent to an electronic signature. Below are copies of the required documents that you agreed to.
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STUDENT POLICIES
ONLINE
1. Respect our Zoom classroom and this space as a place for learning.
a. Please think of this Zoom room as reserved for Hanna Somatic Education only.
b. Please keep yourself muted when you are not actively speaking.
c. During class time we ask for your undivided, undistracted attention.
d. Be respectful of the whole group and yourself. Inappropriate and snide remarks, hurtful language, or putting someone down have no place in an environment conducive to creative and thought-provoking learning.
e. Please be aware and respectful that others in the group may not appreciate your sharing your political, religious, or spiritual views in the classroom.
f. Be mindful of your video background as everyone will see what is in your video cameras sights.
g. There are no dumb questions. If you don’t understand something, probably many others don’t understand it either. The training team wants you to get it! Ask!
h. HSE is science based and frequently uses the language of science, physiology, and neurophysiology.
2. Audio, Photo, Video Recording Policy:
a. The Training Sponsor reserves the exclusive right to audio, photo, and/or video record in-class activities / presentations during this HSE Training Program.
b. By enrolling in this HSE Training and by signing this “Student Policies” document, I give my consent / permission to be recorded.
3. Attendance Policy:
a. Be on time or early. This means arriving with enough time for setting up your Somatic movement space with everything you will need, set up your camera so that your whole body can be seen in your Zoom frame, going to the bathroom, saying hello to friends, and being ready to start promptly at 9 a.m. It also means returning from breaks and lunch on time.
b. Class ends at the scheduled time. Please arrange your life so you can be in class full-time.
c. We may celebrate together with a group lunch. If scheduled please plan to attend this event from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m.
d. Remember that the last day of each module ends at the usual time. Please make travel plans that enable you to attend the complete last day.
e. Your camera being on is the way we know that you are present and in class. Please keep your camera on at all times during class unless you make arrangements with a teacher or co-coordinator.
4. Cell phones and other devices that make noise are not to interrupt class time. Either turn them off or set them to signal you in a noiseless way. Please only return calls and pages during breaks.
5. During breaks, please use the bathroom, make phone calls, have snacks, etc. right away, when the break begins, and then be back to class on time. Please familiarize yourself with the location of public restrooms.
6. Participation, participation, participation. The only failure is the failure to participate. We structure your practice time to enable you to change partners frequently. Different body types and people with different levels of expertise create the variety of learning experiences that will help you pass the ultimate test, working confidently with clients and building a practice.
7. Dual Relationships: Some of you may have friendships, professional, or family relationships with the training team or others in the classroom. These constitute a “dual relationship” situation.
a. The training team wants to create an atmosphere free from favoritism or any expectation of entitlement.
b. In the context of our HSE Training Program, whether in or out of the classroom, you’ll be wearing your “student hat” and the members of the Training Team will be wearing their “teacher or helper hats.” Please respect these roles throughout the HSE Training Program.
c. Good friends may feel free to use language around each other that would be inappropriate in the classroom. For example, if another student is your friend, you may want to gossip or comment about something said in the class, that you wouldn’t think of doing if that person were not your friend. Please refrain from this in the classroom.
Thank you for your acknowledgment and agreement with the above HSE student policies
STUDENT POLICIES
IN-PERSON
1. Respect our classroom and this space as a place for learning.
a. Please think of this class room as reserved for Hanna Somatic Education only.
b. Let’s keep the space as clean and orderly as possible. Keep your belongings together and store them along designated wall space. Only bring what you need for note taking to the circle. Please help us clean up at the end of every day!
c. During class time we ask for your undivided, undistracted attention.
d. Be respectful of the whole group and yourself. Inappropriate and snide remarks, hurtful language, or putting someone down have no place in an environment conducive to creative and thought-provoking learning.
e. Please be aware and respectful that others in the group may not appreciate your sharing your political, religious, or spiritual views in the classroom.
f. Be mindful of your hygiene and respectful that some people may have environmental sensitivities, especially to strong scents.
g. There are no dumb questions. If you don’t understand something, probably many others don’t understand it either. The training team wants you to get it! Ask!
h. HSE is science based and frequently uses the language of science, physiology, and neurophysiology.
2. Audio, Photo, Video Recording Policy:
a. The Training Sponsor reserves the exclusive right to audio, photo, and/or video record in-class activities / presentations during this HSE Training Program.
b. By enrolling in this HSE Training and by signing this “Student Policies” document, I give my consent / permission to be recorded.
3. Attendance Policy:
a. Be on time or early. This means arriving with enough time for storing your belongings, going to the bathroom, saying hello to friends, and being ready to start promptly at 9 a.m. It also means returning from breaks and lunch on time.
b. Class ends at the scheduled time. Please arrange your life so you can be in class full-time.
c. We may celebrate together with a group lunch. If scheduled please plan to attend this event from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m.!
d. Remember that the last day of each module ends at the usual time. Please make travel plans that enable you to attend the complete last day.
4. Cell phones and other devices that make noise are not to interrupt class time. Either turn them off or set them to signal you in a noiseless way. Please only return calls and pages during breaks.
5. During breaks, please use the bathroom, make phone calls, have snacks, etc. right away, when the break begins, and then be back to class on time. Please familiarize yourself with the location of public restrooms.
6. Participation, participation, participation. The only failure is the failure to participate. We structure your practice time to enable you to change partners frequently. Different body types and people with different levels of expertise create the variety of learning experiences that will help you pass the ultimate test, working confidently with clients and building a practice.
7. Food and Beverage Policy:
Only beverages (non-alcoholic, of course) may be in the main part of the classroom during class time. It’s fine to eat at break time in the designated eating area. Please respect this boundary in order to keep the main part of the classroom as clean as possible.
8. Dual Relationships: Some of you may have friendships, professional, or family relationships with the training team or others in the classroom. These constitute a “dual relationship” situation.
a. The training team wants to create an atmosphere free from favoritism or any expectation of entitlement.
b. In the context of our HSE Training Program, whether in or out of the classroom, you’ll be wearing your “student hat” and the members of the Training Team will be wearing their “teacher or helper hats.” Please respect these roles throughout the HSE Training Program.
c. Good friends may feel free to use language around each other that would be inappropriate in the classroom. For example, if another student is your friend, you may want to gossip or comment about something said in the class, that you wouldn’t think of doing if that person were not your friend. Please refrain from this in the classroom.
Thank you for your acknowledgment and agreement with the above HSE student policies
Scope of Practice
for HSE Practitioners
As an Association for Hanna Somatic Education®, Inc. (AHSE) member, either active or inactive, I understand that the following represents the scope of the practice of Hanna Somatic Education® (HSE). This scope of practice is based upon the theoretical and applied principles of HSE as they are taught under the auspices of the Novato Institute for Somatic Research & Training.
Hanna Somatic Educators provide verbal or hands-on somatic education services for individual clients or groups in order to improve the central integration of the execution of their sensory-motor activities. This may include but not necessarily be limited to endeavoring to:
· Apply the HSE specific clinical processes of “means whereby”, “kinetic mirroring”, and “pandiculation” during their sessions and classes.
· Educate and train individuals or groups in self-performed motor skill improvement processes, i.e., Somatic Exercises and Explorations.
· Disseminate educational materials to the public, including, but not limited to HSE Somatic Exercises and related somatic arts, sciences, philosophy and principles through lectures, seminars, training programs if specifically licensed as a trainer by the Novato Institute, conventions, publications, audio or video tapes, or otherwise.
· Develop, encourage, and or provide public benefit classes, and instruction in somatic movement, relaxation, reeducation forms and in somatic principles.
· Generally, promote and develop somatic movement arts, science, philosophy and principles.
Thank you for your acknowledgment and agreement with the above HSE scope of practice
Code of Ethics
of the Association for Hanna Somatic Education®, Inc. (AHSE)
This code of ethics provides governance for three main domains of concern: First, it specifies professional standards which allow for the proper discharge of Hanna Somatic Educators’ responsibilities to the clients they are serving; Secondly, it protects the integrity of Hanna Somatic Education® (HSE), the Association for Hanna Somatic Education®, Inc. (AHSE), and the professional members of the AHSE; and Finally, it safeguards the interests and persons of the clients under the care of AHSE practitioners.
As a certified practitioner, or as a practitioner-in-training practicing under the limitations imposed upon pre-certified students of HSE, or as a Licensed Trainer of HSE, I agree that I will:
· Hold a sincere commitment to providing the highest quality of care to all persons who seek out my professional services.
· Represent my professional qualifications accurately, including education and professional affiliations, and provide only those services which I am qualified to perform by training and experience.
· Inform the general public, clients, and other health care practitioners accurately about the scope and limitations of HSE practices.
· Acknowledge the limitations of and contraindications to the application of HSE practices, and refer clients to appropriate health professionals as needed.
· Provide HSE care only when there is a reasonable expectation that the care will be advantageous to the client.
· Maintain and improve my professional certification, knowledge, and skills through ongoing assessment of my professional strengths and weaknesses, and through continued education and training.
· Observe honesty and integrity in conducting my business and professional activities, and refuse to unjustly discriminate against clients or other ethical health professionals.
· Safeguard the confidentiality of all client information unless disclosure is authorized by the client, required by law or court order, or absolutely necessary for the protection of the public at large.
· Respect the client’s right to receive care with informed and voluntary consent. The consent may be either written or verbal and will be obtained before providing any HSE care.
· Honor the client’s right to refuse, request modification of, or terminate care regardless of prior consent given.
· Ensure the safety, comfort, and privacy of all clients in my provision of care.
· Exercise my right to refuse to work with a person or part of the body for reasonable cause.
· Refrain, under any circumstances, from initiating or engaging in any sexual conduct, activities, or sexualizing behavior involving a client, even if the client attempts to sexualize the relationship.
· Avoid any influences, activities or interests which might conflict with my obligation to always act in the best interests of my clients or profession.
· Follow all policies, procedures, guidelines, regulations, codes, and requirements put forth by the AHSE and by any governmental regulatory agencies.
· Practice courteous professional relationships with HSE and allied professional colleagues.
Thank you for your acknowledgment and agreement with the above HSE code of ethics
Student Contract
I understand that acceptance into the HSE Training Program gives me access to knowledge and skills not available elsewhere. I understand, as well, that the knowledge and skills of this method must be protected from adulteration and distortion, inasmuch as the Novato Institute and the Association for Hanna Somatic Education®, Inc. have a legal and moral responsibility to protect the public welfare.
I hereby freely agree and consent to the following limitations:
Since only the beneficiaries of the HSE training certified practitioners may represent themselves as “Hanna Somatic Educators”, until my certification as a practitioner, I will represent myself as a “Student- in-Training of Hanna Somatic Education®” or as a “Somatic Educator in the Tradition of Thomas Hanna.”
The purpose of having a contract that students sign is to keep the Hanna Somatic Education work as clear and coherent as possible. Therefore, I agree that whether I complete my HSE certification or not I may not teach or share with others the fundamental protocols and the core professional handling methods presented in the Hanna Somatic Education Training Program for the purpose of training others as practitioners in the practice of Hanna Somatic Education.
I understand that only the beneficiaries of the HSE training may authorize in writing Certified Practitioners of Hanna Somatic Education to become Licensed Trainers of others as practitioners in the practice of Hanna Somatic Education.
I accept that violation of this Contract before I am certified will result in my expulsion from the HSE Training Program. Furthermore, I accept that violation of this Contract after I am certified will result in my loss of the legal right to use the registered service mark “Hanna Somatic Education®”, its logo(s), and other authorized symbols, and will result in my expulsion from the Association for Hanna Somatic Education, Inc.
Inasmuch as violation of this agreement will result in a court injunction against unauthorized use of a service mark, I agree that, were I to so violate this Contract, I would pay attorney’s fees for the legal work involved in obtaining such an injunction.
Thank you for your acknowledgment and agreement with the above HSE student contract
Release of Liability
1. Inherent Risks and the assumption of Risk: I understand that there are inherent risks associated with Hanna Somatic Education, and hereby expressly assume all risks associated with participating in such activities. I, the participant/undersigned, acknowledge that I am responsible for self-regulating my own Somatic movements so that they are not forced or painful, and that I will take breaks or stop as I feel the need to do so. if needed I will get the proper clearance from my physician for gentle self-regulated movement practices. I assume all risks in connection therewith and expressly waive any claims for any injury or loss arising therefrom.
2. In consideration for the right to participate in this training, and/or to work with others in this training, including participating in the Hanna Somatics Education Professional Training & Certification Program online with Ryan Moschell, I (the participant/undersigned) hereby release Get Out Of Shape LLC and Ryan Moschell, their agents, contractors, associates, volunteers, employees and representatives from all liability whatsoever with respect to any injury (of the participant/undersigned), or any loss or damage to property of the participant/undersigned in participating in the Hanna Somatic Education training.
3. In-Person Trainings - I hereby consent to the administration of first aid and other emergency services in case of injury, and to the contacting of any emergency contacts and physicians listed in my student profile (or in the event that the listed physician cannot be reached via the contact information provided, any licensed physician) and ambulance services at the the expense of the participant/undersigned, if in the opinion of any representative of Ryan Moschell the circumstances warrant.
* by checking the box and clicking the ‘Agree and Submit' button at the bottom of this page, I certify that I have read, understand and agree to be bound by the terms of the HSE Release of Liability and I understand that this is the legal equivalent to providing my electronic or written signature.
Electronic Signature Acknowledgement and Consent:
By checking the box marked “I Agree” and clicking the ‘Submit’ button below, each party acknowledges and agrees to the following:
1. Intent to Sign. You acknowledge that you are signing this agreement electronically and you agree that your electronic signature is the legal equivalent of your manual/handwritten signature on this agreement. By signing electronically, you agree to be legally bound by this agreement’s terms and conditions.
2. Electronic Delivery. You agree that any notices, disclosures, agreements or other communications that we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.
3. Equivalent to Handwritten. You agree that your electronic consent, whether digital or encrypted, of this Agreement, is intended to authenticate this agreement, and to have the same force and effect as a manual/handwritten signature.
4. Electronic Storage. You agree that electronic copies of completed documents are valid, and you will not contest the validity of the electronic copies absent proof of altered data or tampering. Thank you for taking the time to read these documents! Once you pay your tuition for any HSE Module, this agreement will become effective immediately.
* By checking the box and clicking the ‘Agree and Submit' button at the bottom of this page, I certify that I have read, understand and agree to be bound by the Electronic Signature Acknowledgement and Consent outlined above.