International Professional School of Bodywork

IPSB's Integrated Education

An Overview

IPSB attracts high-quality people whose goals in bodywork vary widely. Some people are pursuing professional careers, while others wish to work exclusively with family and friends or want the growth benefits of a body-centered training. In addition, massage practitioners and other health care professionals seek to enhance their professional skills with continuing and advanced education.

Curriculum

IPSB's holistic health and somatic training programs work together as an integrated educational curriculum.

• The Essentials of Massage & Bodywork course provides a foundational level of training for the new practitioner.
• The Contemporary Methods A & B courses offer intermediate level skill building for the massage and bodywork therapist, introducing Asian Healing Arts.
• The Massage Therapist Certificate prepares the student to meet the minimum regulations locally to become a practicing professional.
• The Holistic Health Practitioner Certificate prepares the student to meet the maximum regulations locally, as well as most regulations across the United States, to become a practicing professional.
• The Associate of Science Degree allows students to advance their skills and competence over a broad range of somatic modalities while earning an Associate's degree.
• The Bachelor's and Master's Degree programs provide the opportunity for academic and intellectual deepening of somatic knowledge.

These courses may be taken individually or woven together in a degree program by the student for a complete somatic education. This is based on the student's personal and professional goals, as well as prior training and experience in the field. In this comprehensive format, students acquire solid professional technical skill and competency in the certificate and Associate degree programs. They expand their holistic health and somatic learning with academic exposure in the Bachelor's and Master's programs.

We have designed a versatile curriculum in which the student can achieve sequential learning equivalent, in breadth of knowledge and understanding, to that acquired in any college. Students can proceed on a part-time or full-time basis.

• Clinical Methods - Sports Massage, Neuromuscular Therapy, Circulatory Therapeutic Applications, Spa Specialization Practices and Structural Integration
• Oriental Methods - Tui Na Massage, Seitai Shiatsu, Thailand Medical Massage and Jin Shin Acutouch
• Somatic Methods - Sensory Repatterning, Relational Somatics, Somato Emotional Integration, CranioSacral Therapy and Structural Integration

Approvals and Memberships

IPSB, International Professional School of Bodywork, was granted course approval in 1977 from the California Bureau for Private Post-Secondary and Vocational Education as a vocational training school under the provisions of Section 94311(d), California Education Code. The State approval means that the institution and its operation comply with the standards established under law for occupational instruction by private post-secondary institutions.

In May 1996, application was made to California Superintendent of Public Instruction for approval to operate as a degree-granting institution pursuant to Section 94310 of the California Education Code.

As of September 3, 1996, the institution was granted approval to operate as a degree granting college from the Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education (BPPVE), School Code #3702261.

Continuing Education Approvals

IPSB courses are approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing (Provider # 04232). The Bureau of Registered Nursing in the state of California allows us to issue CEU credits for nurses.

The National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork has also approved the IPSB massage and bodywork curriculum for CEU's (Provider #025246-00).

Memberships

• American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA Council of Schools) AMTA, founded in 1943, is a nationally recognized professional organization for massage therapists. Many states and some counties require 500 hours, or more, of massage therapy instruction from a state approved school. In some cases the education must be received at an AMTA curriculum-approved school in order to practice massage or body therapy. Each state or licensing entity must be contacted directly in order to verify the educational licensing requirements.
• Associated Bodywork and Massage Professionals (ABMP) - School Member #133245.
• American Organization for Bodywork Therapies of Asia (AOBTA) - Professional School, Member #COSP 9.

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