Certification for Instructor Training

Advantages

Support. ICP guides and helps you become a competent, confident instructor of communication skills and processes.

Visibility. Active certified instructors, who wish to be, are included on the National Referral List for COUPLE COMMUNICATION on this website. Referrals are also made to people who request them by phone from the ICP office.

Credibility. Potential participants who do not know an instructor can be certain they would be taking the course from someone trained and experienced. The certification helps assure participants that they will be taught the same structured course wherever it is taught across the country.

Credential. The certification provides you with an asset for your career and professional marketability.

Discounts. Certified instructors receive quantity discounts on COUPLE COMMUNICATION materials. Also, with certification, you may attend additional workshops for updating purposes or other ICP-sponsored training at a discounted rate.

Requirements

Certification in COUPLE COMMUNICATION involves several steps:

1. Attend an instructor training workshop. The instructor workshop described on this website fulfills this step and is one very important part of ICP's certification for the COUPLE COMMUNICATION program. By itself, however, the workshop is not sufficient for certification.

2. Study the workbook, Collaborative Marriage Skills, and the COUPLE COMMUNICATION Instructor Manual. (We suggest you do some study before the instructor workshop, so you are familiar with the concepts, skills, and coaching process.)

3. Teach 20 couples (using Couple Packets) and be evaluated by self and by the couples you teach. You may teach groups of couples or one couple at a time. (Along the way, you send your evaluations to ICP for review, to receive our comments and support.)

4. Pass a written exam. The exam is an open-book test based on the information in the workbook, Collaborative Marriage Skills and in the COUPLE COMMUNICATION Instructor Manual. The exam is designed to help you reflect on and integrate the following:

• The objectives of the COUPLE COMMUNICATION program
• Content of the workbook
• Information in the instructor manual, especially from the sections on competencies and contracting, plus generalizations from the section on theory and research