A. Certified Living In Place Professional (CLIPP)
To help professionals during the health crisis, all classes through 2020 are reduced.
Registration Fee includes all training materials, certification certificate and lapel pin. No additional fees to graduate.
(International shipping costs more, example - shipping to Canada is an additional $88 CAD charged during registration)
Full fee $1,299 USD / $1,740 CAD - now $699 USD / $939 CAD plus international shipping outside of the US
B. Living In Place Associate (LIPA) Full Registration Fee $499
C. Home & Accessibility Trade Specialist (HATS) Full Registration Fee $299
All fees are subject to change.
STUDENT must be a full-time student at an accredited school pursuing a bachelor’s or higher degree in construction management, home design or medicine.
After successful course completion, the attendee will be Student Certified and required to take a CLIPP-refresher class within two years of graduation and pay the current registration fee.
HASAC™ (Home Accessibility and Safety Assessment Checklist™) is not available for Student CLIPP graduates (except for academic research purposes and will need written approval from the Living In Place Institute) until the Student completes a CLIPP-Refresher class.
EDUCATOR is a full- or part-time educator employed or associated at an accredited school teaching construction management, design or medicine. Educator will have full access to HASAC and all member benefits. Educators will need to supply proof of current employment at an accredited school.
Living in Place Institute programs, Certified Living In Place Professional (CLIPP), Living In Place Professional (LIPA), and Home & Accessibility Trade Specialist (HATS) are all part of a fundamental shift to a simpler, complete approach to improving safety - comfort - accessibility, in all home and public spaces through designs and products
CLIPP is a total market approach to making all homes safe - healthy - comfortable, regardless of the current or future occupant's needs or age.
Our research into earlier programs led to some basic conclusions. First, they did not succeed in broad recognition or approval from either industry or consumer. Programs based on aging are inherently flawed because they focus on a segmented group and do not address the needs of all consumers or businesses. All businesses know that limited market focus results in limited business. Even more important may be that when providers isolate a consumer into a specific group, they often resist and mistrust the provider. This resistance too often leads to denial of needs, therefore services and products, and is almost impossible to overcome when selling only group (age) based services and products. Universal Design, while we support the original concept, holds it's own irony because it is a set of principles, not design ideas, nor practical solutions or business framework.
The Living In Place Institute has developed, through a concerted effort, programs that enjoin all industry professionals in both program development and continuing participation from the entire industry and focus on all homes, regardless of the current or future occupant's needs or age. Included are designers, modification contractors, builders, developers and architects, trades experts, medical and non-medical care providers, real estate and home inspectors, product manufacturers, trades professionals, and many others.
This new methodology recognizes the responsibility of all industry professionals to network and develop business strategies for understanding common and unique issues and creating conventional business approaches of providing design and product solutions in every home.
Living In Place Institute programs:- Living In Place is a total-market, business approach to safety - health - comfort in all homes.
- Encompasses and allows for needs for individuals of all ages and needs.
- Teaches how to proactively establish and continue business relationships with clients, and their families & friends.
- Consumer and industry seminars are available for CLIPP graduates.
- Training manual updated between every class with up-to-date information.
- All volunteer Advisory Panel, Medical Panel, and Ambassadors Program
- CLIPP is pre-approved for 16 hours of CEU by the National Kitchen & Bath Association, National Association of the Remodeling Industry, American Society of Interior Designers, International Interior Design Association, Interior Designers of Canada, American Occupational Therapy Association, American Society of Interior Designers and Certified Senior Advisors. Others are pending.
- Recognized by world manufacturers: Viega, TOTO, Miele, Monogram, Pella, Hafele, Ferguson, Sub Zero/Wolf, Quick Drain, others.
- Offers industry discounts: Several industry associations, Industry Partners, Students and Educators, Government employees.
- Living In Place speakers are invited and approved presenters at national, state conferences and industry events: National Kitchen & Bath Association, American Occupational Therapy Association, National Association of the Remodeling Industry, American Society of Interior Designers, American Society of Home Inspectors, Universal Design Summit 2017, Certified Senior Advisors-Voices In Aging 2017 and others.
- National webinar producers and presenters: National Kitchen & Bath Association and National Association of the Remodeling Industry.
- Invited at special feature events at trade show booths: KBIS - TOTO and Monogram (others pending)
- Specific continuing education for CLIPP graduates.
- Unique and comprehensive electronic home evaluation checklist available only to CLIPP graduates.
- CLIPP graduates comprise over 20% of the Kitchen & Bath Design News Magazine’s 50 Top Innovators 2019 in the kitchen and bath industry.
- The Living In Place Institute is published in Kitchen + Bath Business, Kitchen & Bath Design News, Remodeling, Qualified Remodeler, OT Practice, American Society of Home Inspectors Reporter Magazine and the NKBA magazines, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, New York Times and AARP Bulletin, and other industry journals.
- CLIPP is the “How To” Manual for professionals, the next logical step beyond Universal Design and Aging in Place.
- Certified Living In Place Professional co-creators have individually served as subject matter experts, legal expert witness, judge in the Hanley Wood Remodeling Design Awards and other competitions, and currently a member of Kitchen + Bath Business Magazine’s Editorial Advisory Board.
- Certified Living In Place Professional co-creators have served in numerous association leadership roles are recognized recipients of numerous local, state, and national awards and together hold numerous recognized credentials.
CEU Policies:
Certified Living In Place Professional (CLIPP)
CLIPP education has been pre-approved for 16 hours of Continuing Education for members of the following associations:
- National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA)
- Interior Design Continuing Education Council (IDCEC), including members of:
- American Society of Interior Design (ASID)
- International Interior Design Association (IIDA)
- Interior Designers of Canada (IDC)
- National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI)
- American Society for Home Inspectors (ASHI)**
- American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA)*
- Society of Certified Senior Advisors (SCSA)
*The Living In Place Institute will not submit documentation or application fees for OTs in states that do not honor AOTA’s CEU program, as well as for individual states for Physical Therapists.
**CLIPP Course is approved for 16 of ASHI® Continuing Education Credits.
The CLIPP Program May Meet CEU Qualification Requirements For Members Of The Following Associations:
- National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)
- American Institute of Architects (AIA)
- Many other organizations
The CLIPP Program May Meet CEU Requirements In States That Have Their Own CEU Programs For The Following Licensed Medical Professionals:- Occupational Therapists
- Physical Therapists
- Nurses
- Physicians
CEUs are not required to maintain your active CLIPP status.
Certified Living In Place Professionals (CLIPP) are required to take a refresher course every two years to maintain their active status.
The cost is $299 for this special one-day class and includes the latest CLIPP manual and are offered throughout the year. The classes are Live-Virtual, meaning you will use your computer and everyone is live video/audio on-screen throughout the class.
Please review the course schedule HERE and register using the date you choose.
Inactive Status- After your every-two-year recertification anniversary date, a 4-month grace period is granted to register and complete a CLIPP Refresher class.
- After 2 months, an additional fee of $50 for reinstatement. NOTE: This fee is subject to change.
- If Certification lapses, all use of protected terms by the Living In Place Institute is restricted.
- Requests submitted after 1 year of the current anniversary date will be considered only on a case by case basis.
Living In Place Associate (LIPA)
Is not approved for CEUs
Living In Place Associates (LIPA) are required to take a refresher course every two years to maintain their active status.
The cost is $299 for this special one-day class and includes the latest CLIPP manual and are offered throughout the year. The classes are Live-Virtual, meaning you will use your computer and everyone is live video/audio on-screen throughout the class.
Please review the course schedule HERE and register using the date you choose.
Home & Accessibility Trade Specialist (HATS)
Is not approved for CEUs
Home & Accessibility Trade Specialists are not required to take a refresher course.
Registration:
Registration closes midnight ET, about two calendar weeks prior to the class for US mailing addresses and 3 weeks for most international addresses.
Late registration is from first class date to 3 business days prior for US mailing addresses and 10 days prior for most international mailing addresses.
Late registration is an additional $250 fee, and class materials are not guaranteed to arrive prior to class start date.
Written permission is required from either Erik Listou or Louie Delaware before late-registering.
Changing course dates:
A. At least 20 calendar days prior to the scheduled class start date and re-registering for a different class -
- Registrant must receive prior written approval from erik@LivingInPlace.Institute.
- Registrant must register for the new class and pay the prevailing rate.
- After registering for the new class date, Registrant will receive a 65% refund of the original registration fee to their original payment method.
- Changes within 20 calendar days of scheduled class start date are not eligible for a refund.
Transferring registration to another person:
B. At least 20 calendar days prior to the scheduled course and transfer registration to a different person - - Registrant must receive prior written approval from erik@LivingInPlace.Institute.
- New Registrant must register for the new class and pay the prevailing rate.
- After registering for the new class date, the original Registrant will receive a 90% refund of the original registration fee to their original payment method.
- Changes within 20 calendar days of scheduled class start date are not eligible for a refund.
C. Medical - - Registrant must receive prior written approval from erik@LivingInPlace.Institute.
- New registrant must register for the new class and pay the prevailing rate.
- After registering for the new class date, original registrant will receive a 90% refund of the original registration fee to their original pahyment method.
If the Living in Place Institute cancels a class:
- Registrant may choose a new class at no additional fee.
- Registrant may choose a 100% refund (paid within seven business days) to their original payment method.
If the Registrant does not attend the class:
- Registrant must contact erik@LivingInPlace.Institute.
- Registrant is responsible for the full original registration fee.
- Registrant is required to return all course materials at their expense.
CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
The Living In Place Institute is rigorous in qualifying professional candidates for certification and maintaining certification.
For a comparison of the CLIPP Certification program versus other professional certification programs, click HERE.
All Living In Place professionals are required to meet specific requirements before taking courses and are required to adhere to specific requirements to maintain their credential.Candidate Profile
All working professionals who recommend, installs or provides any home design, products or services, or is involved with personal and/or medical care for humans.
Is licensed and/or certified as required in their respective state, county or municipality in their respective profession, for the duration of their certification, including but not limited to:
- General Liability Insurance - For individuals who install or oversee subcontractors who install goods.
- Workers Compensation Insurance - As required by their state, county or municipality, or can supply documentation that the principals of the company have chosen to waive this policy for themselves (but not for their workers).
Contractors Experience & Background- Contractors must have a minimum of 5 years verifiable work and/or academic experience.
To be awarded any Living In Place Institute program credential candidates must:
1. Fully attend all class sessions and meet the above Candidate Profile requirements.
2. Agree to the Code of Ethics and Conduct (see below)
3. Pass a written exam that tests competency in the broad field of Living In Place™ (LIPA do not have an exam).
Code of Ethics and Conduct
1. Hold paramount the welfare of persons I serve professionally.
2. Practice only in my area(s) of expertise and/or licensure and maintain high standards.
3. Maintain the confidentiality of privileged information.
4. Not engage in any conduct that constitutes a conflict of interest or adversely reflects on the Living In Place Institute.
5. Broadly expand my professional practice and knowledge.
6. Seek deserved and reasonable compensation for my services.
7. Inform and educate the industry and public on Living In Place Institute practices and systems.
8. Issue public statements in an objective and truthful manner.
9. Comply with the laws and policies that guide my professional practice.
10. Agree to hold the Living In Place Institute harmless for all causes.
To be in compliance with approving organizations, The Living In Place Institute as a Provider Organization requires the following Professional Conduct & Requirements from its Presenters:
- Presenter will inform the Living In Place Institute and disclose any proprietary interest in any product, instrument, device, service or material discussed during their presentation, and the source of any compensation prior to the start of their presentation.
- Presenter is compliant with copyright laws and has ownership or permission to use all materials used in conjunction with the presentation.
- Presenter will demonstrate high standards of professional conduct and not discriminate against learners on the basis of gender, age, sexual orientation, disability and/or socioeconomic or ethnic background.
