“Yep, called it.....”
I’ve been taking training in PART or PRO Act or their predecessors for the past 16 years and have never paid a
dime for it. In fact our agency requires two PRO Act
trainings PER YEAR. We have in-house trainers (at least
two with black belts in martial arts) that are certified
to train our mental health workers in PRO Act. Since we
train during regular work hours we are actually paid
for our time.
The 40 hours of training I mentioned is the mininum re-
quired by Community Care Licensing. Our agency requires
an additional 20 hours per year. Training is on-going.
Verga is spot-on with the point regarding the legal
aspects of the training I am discussing here. If a job
(line staff)applicant mentions to our HR that he/she
has had martial arts training then red flags go up.
These folks are eligible to be hired as long as they
understand that they utilize our practices and pro-
cedures, not what they have learned in their martial
arts training.
BTW our agency is a level 14 sub-acute care resi-
dential facility for SED (Severely Emotionally Dis-
turbed) children. The subject boy of the article is
one that I encountered dozens of times over the years.
If you’re compensated for your time and your training - I have no issue with it. I am bothered when someone comes out and says, “your prior training is useless”, and then charges you an arm and a leg. Seen it too often with scammers.