About Professional School

About the Professional School

Welcome to the IKC Professional School. The IKC Professional School was founded in 1992, working, with International Professionals in the field, to develop common international standards for the kinesiology profession. The IKC Professional School promotion of services and training has been active since 2003.

Its main functions are:

• To set International Professional Kinesiology standards to serve as a common international ground for all the IKC affiliated professional organizations in worldwide
• To represent the kinesiology profession internationally.
• To establish basic minimum standards for the education of professional kinesiologists.
• To establish basic standards for recognition of professional kinesiology courses created exclusively for professional kinesiology trainings.
• To establish basic standards for recognition of other specific professional programs related to kinesiology.
• To support the basic standards for professional kinesiology trainings or other IKC professional programs recognized for each country.
• To cooperate with the professional kinesiology organizations of each country affiliated to the IKC Professional School.
• To promote and develop the qualifications of the kinesiology profession.
• To cooperate with other institutions and organizations to promote the kinesiology profession worldwide.
• To cooperate with countries and international governments for the legal acceptance and recognition of the kinesiology profession.
• To support the professional interests of the kinesiology profession and the IKC Professional School members in all international matters.
• To maintain and update an international register of IKC professional kinesiologists.
• To provide information and clarification regarding kinesiology workshops, professional kinesiology trainings, specific kinesiologies, outcome performance and different kinesiology specialisations.
• To provide to its members information about international legal requirements related to the kinesiology profession.
• To organize and/or promote meetings and seminars for the continuing education of IKC professional kinesiologists worldwide.

We support high professional standards and creating a kinesiology worldwide network that will allow each one of us to receive the benefits of what has been achieved by every area or country.

As an example, by issuing one identical international certificate to all the kinesiologists in the world who have graduated from a recognized IKC professional kinesiology training program, IKC Professional School is creating a united network that helps each country and kinesiologists to benefit from the advantages obtained by any part of the organisation.

Applications for Certification of Professional Kinesiologists

Application no 1: Professional Kinesiologist Certificate Application for Kinesiology Practitioners who have attended various kinesiology and allied disciplines seminars.

Visit the Useful Downloads section to download the Application

Application no 2: Professional Kinesiologist Certificate Application for graduates from an IKC recognized Professional Kinesiology Training Program.

This application can be obtained from the school which delivered your PKTP.

Application no 3: Professional Kinesiologist Certificate Application for students who have attended and completed a professional kinesiology training program recognized by the IKC.

This application can be obtained from the school which delivered your PKTP.

Every year during the IKC conference we organize assessments for issuing the IKC Professional Kinesiologist certificate. If you have a professional practice in kinesiology already and you want to receive our certification you may want
to contact your closest Examining Board Representative and ask him/her when they a have scheduled their next assessment; once your application has been received and accepted you can go and take your assessment. If you want to be
trained in kinesiology, contact one of our recognized Schools. They will certainly be glad to give you all the information about their high level professional training.

We also have applications for the recognition of Professional Kinesiology Training Programs. This application will be available to download soon.

We also have an Affiliation category for National Professional Kinesiology Associations that do abide by our basic standards and whose names are listed on the website; applications are considered on a criteria basis. This applicatin
will be available to download soon

Please contact us to receive further clarifications regarding the IKC Professional School.

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