The Registered Polarity Practitioner program is well integrated with a diverse and competent faculty. The core faculty: Mary Jo Ruggieri, PhD, RPP teaches theory and specialty protocols while coordinating the curriculum and students’ progress; Dr. Diane Manos, MD, APP teaches and coordinates our anatomy besides giving us expert opinions on how to interface polarity with allopathic medicine; Shila Wilson, RPP, with years of experience, will be teaching our advanced cranial sacral module as well as advanced energetic food awareness and communication and advanced energetic assessment; Charoula Dontopoulos, BA, RPP, Certified Herbal Practitioner, integrates herbal information with polarity. All of our core faculty participate and focus on working with students individually as well as helping them with any special needs.

The Ohio Institute brings in specialty faculty with top teaching credentials.  Damon Fazio, NMD, RPP teaches our unit on polarity process bodywork; Anjali Brannon, RPP, a certified ayurvedic practitioner, will be teaching our ayurvedic classes; and Cynthia Vaughn, MBA, MSW, LSW, APP, will be teaching our business and marketing modules.

All of our modules meet the hours for registration as set up by the American Polarity Therapy Association (APTA) and follow the current APTA standards for practice. Ohio Institute’s RPP is also registered by the State of Ohio State Board of Career Colleges and Schools (Registration #01-01-1528T) as a diploma program which means we follow all state regulations for a registered school.

This is important to you as a potential student because graduating from a state registered school means your RPP is a diploma and carries all valid criteria and standards as set up by the State of Ohio State Board of Career Colleges and Schools.

CURRICULUM

Our modules are well developed and are four days in length in Columbus. There are two-day modules in Cleveland.  Each module has a specific focus and then includes progressive units in support areas such as assessment, business, anatomy, polarity exercises, communication and related elective areas.

The program includes special topics and units within each module that will give the student competencies in related healthcare areas. Experts in their field teach these specialty classes.

Specialty classes include: aromatherapy, cranial sacral therapy, Bach Flowers, integrating polarity into

modern medicine, chakra balancing, sound and healing,and herbal studies.

REGISTRATION

·       APP is the prerequisite for RPP. You may be in final progress with your APP.

·       Please fill out enclosed application with a $100 processing fee.

·       All RPP applicants will have an interview with the director of Ohio Institute.

·       Enclosed please find an RPP Scholarship Application.

·       Interviews with previous RPP graduates of Ohio Institute can be arranged.

RPP REQUIREMENTS

·       In-class hours modules I–IX or Cleveland modules (transfer hours accepted)

·       One theory class per month — 1st Thursday RPP Columbus, monthly Cleveland.

·       Individual project — a project chosen by the student (completed before graduation).

·       Practicum — in-class final evaluation session

·       Written evaluation module X

·       All clinical work

·       Personal treatments (10)

·       Guided treatments observed by RPP (45)

·       Sessions done by student out of class (70)

·       First Aid and CPR certificates (completed before graduation)

BENEFITS OF HAVING AN RPP

·       Hours and competencies meet standards of comparable certifications
and professions including massage therapy.

·       Growth of complementary therapies has grown at record pace in past five years.

·       Energy medicine and energetic therapies are being integrated into medicine.

·       Job market is moving for polarity practitioners who have their advanced training.

DISTANCE LEARNING

·       Home study for some of the curriculum

·       Arranged by interview (Call Ohio Institute for packet)

·       On campus visits required for some classes – arranged with students.

RPP REFERENCES IN SCHOOL CATALOG

·       Course description in-class hours Pg. 4-5.

·       Schedule of fees Pg. 8

·       RPP Curriculum Hours detailed Pg.20

·       RPP Training Implementation Pg. 3

We hope you will join us for a very progressive RPP program. If you have any questions, please call the Ohio Institute of Energetic Studies & Bodywork at 614 299-9438 or visit our website www.ohioinstitute.com.  Our school catalog is available on the web.  All theory classes are taught in Columbus and Cleveland. Guided clinicals can be taken at these locations also.  Please send in your application and medical form and your deposit.  The director will then set up an interview.  An orientation session will be set up prior to start of RPP classes.

Sincerely,

Mary Jo Ruggieri, PhD, RPP

Director, Ohio Institute of Energetic Studies & Bodywork

General Program Information