Training

In the following statement, “the Exception Period Due To the Covid-19 Pandemic” means the period from February 1st 2020 to July 31st 2022.  (Note: The ISST Board will continue to monitor the impact of pandemic on our Member Societies. This period may be shortened at the discretion of the ISST Board if the impact of the pandemic ceases or becomes significantly less serious earlier than July 31^st, 2022.)

Please see the ISST website for the full information.

In recognition of restrictions imposed on in-person meetings and gatherings as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, the ISST Board has voted to allow the following exceptions regarding the limits of online training and group supervision hours for the Exception Period Due To the Covid-19 Pandemic.

1. Online Theoretical Learning

In addition to a limit of 20 hours of online theoretical training, which is permitted according to the ISST statutes, all hours of theoretical training carried out online during the Exception Period Due To the Covid-19 Pandemic (i.e. between February 1^st, 2020 until July 31^st, 2022) will be accepted.

The limit according to our existing statues is that up to 20 of the 100 hours of theoretical training may be acquired online, so applicants need to be sure to designate the dates of any online lectures, course, webinars, etc. on the Appendix D form of their application to be clear that it occurred during the Exception Period Due To the Covid-19 Pandemic (i.e. between February 1^st, 2020 until July 31^st, 2022).

2. Online Group Supervision

According to existing ISST statutes, up to 50 hours of case supervision can be in groups. From that 50 hours, 24 of these hours may be online (providing they meet the other requirements for online group supervision.)

However, during the ISST approved Covid-19 pandemic exceptions period (the Exception Period Due To the Covid-19 Pandemic, i.e. between February 1^st, 2020 until July 31^st, 2022), up to 50 hours of group supervision online is acceptable – as long as they meet the existing approved criteria for online group supervision [Statement revised on 26th September 2020].

[Note1] (Approved criteria):

1. No more than 4 group members who meet regularly with the same supervisor
2. Each group member presents case material
3. One presentation per session is allowed with a minimum of two hours for each session

[Note2] In 2018 the ISST Board approved the following agreement: ISST strongly encourages the establishment of a face-to-face relationship with group members prior to beginning online group supervision. In cases where this is not realistic due to distance or cost, the supervisor may establish a relationship by meeting with each individual group member individually online prior to beginning online group supervision. This could be accomplished by conducting one or more sessions of individual online supervision, obtaining the CV with information about professional background, experience, sandplay training, etc. for the person being supervised.

[Malta BM, 2018].

On Appendix D application form, applicants will need to be sure to designate the hours and dates of any online group supervision during the Exception Period Due To the Covid-19 Pandemic, i.e. between February 1^st, 2020 until July 31^st, 2022.

The ISST Board recognizes that the global Covid-19 pandemic is an evolving and unpredictable situation and will therefore continue to monitor the situation into 2021 and later and to consider further exceptions as necessary.