See CLIPP calendar page for certification cost and discounts available.
STUDENT is a full-time student of an accredited school pursuing a bachelor’s or higher degree in construction management, interior design or medicine. HASAC is not available for Student CLIPP graduates (except for academic research purposes and will need written approval from the Living In Place Institute). Student CLIPP graduates are required to retake the CLIPP class within one year of graduation and pay applicable registration fees less their original $499 Student fee. Student CLIPP candidates must supply a current class schedule after registration.
EDUCATOR is a full- or part-time educator employed or associated at an accredited school teaching construction management, interior design or medicine. Educators CLIPP have full access to HASAC and all member benefits. Educators will need to supply proof of current teaching at an accredited school.
Certified Living In Place Professional (CLIPP) is a fundamental shift to a simpler, complete approach to improving accessibility, comfort and safety in all home and public spaces with designs and products
CLIPP is the only program officially Endorsed by the National Kitchen & Bath Association. CLIPP is a total market approach to making all homes accessible, comfortable and safe, regardless of the current or future occupants needs or age.
Our research into earlier programs led to some basic conclusions. First, and most significant, 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. Universal Design, while we support the concept, holds it's own irony because it is a set of principles, not design ideas, nor practical solutions or business framework. All businesses know that a limited market focus results in a 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.
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 focuses on all consumers, regardless of their current or future 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, 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.
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.
CLIPP and the Living In Place Institute is:- A total-market, business approach to accessibility, comfort, and safety in all homes.
- Encompasses and anticipates needs for all ages and individuals.
- Teaches how to proactively establish and continue business relationships with clients, and their families & friends.
- Consumer and industry seminars available for CLIPP graduates.
- Training manual updated between every class with up-to-date information.
- Private on-line discussion forum.
- All volunteer Advisory Panel, Medical Panel and Ambassadors Program
- Approved for CEU for: 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: TOTO, Miele, Monogram, Pella, Hafele, Ferguson, Sub Zero/Wolf, Quick Drain, others.
- Offers industry discounts: Help-A-Friend, Education 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 13% of the Kitchen & Bath Design News Magazine’s 50 Top Innovators 2017 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.
CLIPP CEUs:
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
Click Here for a chart showing requirements
CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
The Living In Place Institute is rigorous in qualifying professional candidates for certification and maintaining certification. Click HERE for a flow chart of the requirements to be certified and use the home assessment app tool.
For a comparison of the CLIPP Certification program versus other professional certification programs, click HERE.
All CLIPP certified professionals are required to meet specific requirements before taking the course and are required to adhere to specific requirements to maintain their certification.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, with copies submitted to the Living In Place Institute every time these are renewed.
Holds necessary insurance for their profession for the duration of their CLIPP Certification, including:
- 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).
- All insurance policies are to have the Living In Place Institute named as an additional insured entity. If there is any cost associated with this, it is the responsibility of the Candidate.
Contractors Experience & Background
- Contractors must have a minimum of 5 years verifiable work and/or academic experience.
- Reference letters from at least 5 clients they have worked for within the last 2 years and at least 3 trade reference from the last year.
- Pass a background check.
To be awarded the CLIPP program certification all candidates must:
1. Fully attend all class sessions and meet the above Candidate Profile requirements.
2. Agree to the Code of Ethics (see below)
2. Pass a written exam that tests competency in the broad field of Living In Place™.
Code of Ethics
1. Hold paramount the welfare of persons you serve professionally.
2. Practice only in your area(s) of competence and maintain high standards.
3. Maintain the confidentiality of privileged information.
4. Do not engage in any conduct that constitutes a conflict of interest or that adversely reflects on the Living In Place Institute.
5. Broadly expand one’s professional practice.
6. Seek deserved and reasonable compensation for their services.
7. Inform and educate the public on Living In Place practices and systems.
8. Issue public statements in an objective and truthful manner.
9. Comply with the laws and policies that guide professional practice.
Certified Living In Place Professional (CLIPP) goes beyond all other programs, providing training, assessment tools, marketing, B2B and B2C marketing. Click HERE to see a comparison chart.
- Up-to-date information – Course information updated monthly
- Extensive medical information
- Over eight hours of design, product and installation information, including key product names and costs
- Targeted to all homes and homeowners of all ages, not just aging and individuals with disabilities
- Presentations available for consumers
- Presentations available for professionals
- Logos and press releases available
- Emphasis on creating collaborative teams
- Includes professionals in the classroom from all facets of home care
- Designers
- Contractors
- Occupational and Physical Therapists
- Home Inspectors
- Senior Move Specialists
- Caregivers
- Product manufacturers
- Only graduates are qualified and have access to the Home Accessibility and Safety Assessment Checklist (HASAC)
- Graduates who use the home assessment checklist are required to maintain specific insurance requirements
- Contractors who are CLIPP certified have passed a background check
- Continuing involvement and participation in all CLIPP activities
- Partnership and promotion from major associations and product manufacturers
Each approved CLIPP professional is required to renew annually.
A total of 10 CEU hours every two years is required.
CEU REQUIREMENTS
One-hour engagement = one CEU credit
A total of 10 CEU credits are required every 2-year period based on your Certified Living In Place Professional™ anniversary date.
CEU Reporting:
CEU are self-reporting on your profile page.
There is an annual fee for recertification.Plese see, "What are the CEU requirements" in the FAQ section.CEU Qualification
All 10 CEUs can be received through any program CEU-approved by the following organizations, including on-demand, webinar or in-person:
- NKBA
- NAHB
- ASID
- ASHI
- SCSA
- AIA
- NARI
- IIDA
- IDC
- NAR
- AOTA
- APTA
- Others pre-approved by the Living In Place Institute
Other CEU Approved Opportunities Directed to Professionals
- Present a one-hour Business to Business seminar about Living In Place related topics
- 2 CEUs for preparation and presentation – first presentation only
- 1 CEU for each successive seminar
- Seminar must be pre-approved by the Living In Place Institute, LLC or use presentations provided by the Living In Place Institute.
- Publish an article in a trade publication specifically about Living In Place and/or Certified Living In Place Professional program
- 1 CEU credit
- Article must be pre-approved the Living In Place Institute, LLC prior to publication
- Submitting Press Releases after becoming CLIPP certified
- 1 CEU
- Can use Living In Place Institute templates
- Suggested places – Newspapers, Business Journals, Trade Publications, Magazines, etc.
- If published, submit to the Living In Place Institute
- Contest Award Submission in a Living In Place category (or similar term)
- 2 CEUs for each entry submitted
- 1 additional CEU for each award granted
- Volunteering at Certified Living In Place Professional Training Events
- 1 CEU per day
- Conducting the Medical, Pharmaceutical and Cognitive Issues on Aging section during a CLIPP course
- 5 CEUs
- Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists or Physicians Only
- Must be pre-approved by the Living In Place Institute, LLC.
Other CEU Approved Opportunities Directed to Consumers
- Presenting a Living In Place Institute 1-hour seminar
- 2 CEUs for preparation and presentation – first presentation only
- 1 CEU for each successive seminar
- Seminar must be pre-approved by the Living In Place Institute, LLC or use presentations provided by the Living In Place Institute.
- Publishing an article in consumer-directed publications with Living In Place mentioned
- 1 CEU per article
- If published, submit to the Living In Place Institute
Visit the class schedule HERE and register.
Notify erik@LivingInPlace.Institute immediately and request one of the following options:
If the registrant is canceling:
A. At least 20 business days prior to scheduled class and re-registering for a different class - 33% change fee will be applied and the remaining 67% credit will be applied to a future course. Registrant is required to email erik@LivingInPlace.Institute and pay the balance prior to registering for a new class date. No additional discount or rebate will be issued.
B. At least 20 business days prior to the scheduled course and transfer registration to a different person - 100% of the registration fee is transferable. New Registrant is required to email erik@LivingInPlace.Institute to register for the new class date. No additional discount or rebate will be issued.
C. 1 to 19 business days prior to the scheduled course and re-register for a different class. 50% change fee will apply and the remaining 50% credit will be applied to a future class. No additional discount or rebate will be issued.
D. 1 to 19 business days prior to the scheduled course and transfer registration to a different person. 50% change fee will apply and the remaining 50% credit will be applied to the new registrant. The new Registrant is required to email erik@LivingInPlace.Institute to register for the new class date. No additional discount or rebate will be issued.
E. Medical - 100% of the Course fee will be applied to a future class if a licensed physician's letter is sent to erik@LivingInPlace.Institute stating that the Registrant could not or will not attend due to a medical condition of themselves or an immediate family member. If the Registrant transfers their Course registration to another Registrant, 100% of the fees are transferable.
F. Virtual In-Person Class - Re-registration will be required for a future class scheduled within 60 days, starting with the session missed then continuing through remaining sessions. In all cases, prior written permission is required, contact erik@LivingInPlace.Institute to discuss.
G. If Registrant does not notify or attend the class, Registrant is responsible for full payment.
If the Living in Place Institute is canceling:
A. If LIPI cancels a class, the Registrant may choose to either register for a different class or be issued a full refund of final fee.
ALL refunds will be issued within 45 days of acceptance by LIPI of one of the above requests by the Registrant.
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.
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