Non-Discriminatory Practices
The TAP program does not discriminate based upon race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Harassment-Free Environment
TAP is committed to providing a training environment that is free from all forms of discrimination and conduct that can be considered harassing, coercive, or disruptive, including sexual harassment. Actions, words, jokes, or comments based on an individual's sex, race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, or any other legally protected characteristic will not be tolerated. Any participant in violation will be asked to leave.
Drug and Alcohol Policy
TAP requires all participants to attend trainings in a clear state of mind, drug- and alcohol-free. We hold our participants to a level of professionalism that will reflect positively upon the alcohol and drug counseling field. Any participant whom TAP staff suspects to be under the influence and/or is being disruptive in any form will be asked to leave the training immediately. This decision will be left to the discretion of TAP personnel and/or the training instructor.
No refunds or transfers will be granted to any participant asked to leave due to a violation of program policy.
Repeated violations of the policies stated above will be dealt with on an individual basis. It can include but is not limited to restrictions on future registrations for TAP courses.
**We reserve the right to refuse future services to anyone who has previously been warned or asked to leave TAP's program training for violating policies.
Core Education
In order to maintain quality education and consistency among all core courses, the following attendance and assignments policies will be enforced to receive certificates:
Attendance:
- All participants are required to attend the entire workshop, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm each day.
- Participants who fail to show during the first 15 minutes of the class or do not return within 15 minutes after the 1-hour lunch break will be asked to retake the course at a later date. No partial credit will be given. No refunds will be issued.
- A sign-in sheet will monitor registration for this course. The sheet will include each of the participants' names with a box for each day of the workshop. The box is to be initialed before class in the morning and at the beginning of the afternoon session for each day of training.
- The participant must be present each day for the entire time scheduled for the course in order to receive credit for the workshop.
Assignments:
- In order to receive a certificate and credit for all core courses, mandatory assignment(s) must be satisfactorily completed and turned in to the instructor.
- The course instructor will evaluate each participant's homework. Homework will be deemed satisfactory or unsatisfactory at the discretion of the instructor. If homework is unsatisfactory, the participant will be asked to resubmit the assignment in order to receive credit for the course.
- Homework will not be returned to the participant, but will remain on file at the TAP office.
Participants taking core education courses for continuing education must also adhere to the core education policies.
Certificates will be issued at the end of the workshop to those that met the criteria for the workshop hours and assignments.
Continuing Education
Continuing education workshops include all trainings that aren't core education courses, including criminal justice and ASI/CASI trainings.
Attendance:
- All participants are required to attend the entire workshop to receive full credit for the training.
- TAP will adjust the number of continuing education units a participant will receive if s/he doesn't attend the entire workshop. This includes late arrivals and late returns from the 1-hour lunch break.
- A sign-in sheet will monitor registration for this course. The sheet will include each of the participants' names with a box for each day of the workshop. The box is to be initialed before class in the morning and at the beginning of the afternoon session for each day of the training.
Registration Policies
- TAP will accept registrations on a first-come, first-served basis.
- Once the class is full, no more registrations will be accepted.
- No telephone registrations will be accepted.
- Registration deadline is one week prior to the course. Late registrations may be accepted until the class is full.
- A written registration must be completed for each participant.
- Payment must accompany the registration.
- Registrations received without payment are not valid and will not be accepted.
- Upon receipt of your registration and payment, TAP will send you a confirmation card/email. If you do not receive this confirmation, please call to verify that we have received your registration/payment and that you are signed up to attend.
- If you register online, you will automatically receive an email confirmation. This serves as your RSVP.
Cancellation/Administrative Fees
- The entire registration fee will be charged for no-shows. This applies to all classes.
- A minimum of $25 will be charged for all cancellations/transfers of core education trainings.
- One-half of the registration fee will be charged if cancellation notice is received one week or less to the core course.
- One-half of the registration fee will be charged on all cancellations/transfers of continuing education trainings.
- No Refunds/Transfers will be issued for any ASI/CASI training cancellations.
- A fee of $30 will be charged for all rescheduled/retake Day 3 registrations of the ASI/CASI trainings.
- A fee of $10 will be charged for all duplicate certificates.
- A fee of $10 will be charged for all requests to provide a participant with a list of classes attended. Only classes attended in the last four (4) years will be processed.
- All returned checks will be charged $25.
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