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title: 2019, Educational standards for school members
description: "#  A.G.M. R.i.E.N. Athens 2019 ## Educational standards for Reflexology school members ###  EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS FOR REFLEXOLOGY SCHOOL MEMBERS - Name of the Reflexology school member: - Country: - Do you have any agreement/affiliation from a federation/association of Reflexologist, association…"
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updated: "2026-06-17"
category: Education Working Group (EWG)
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# 2019, Educational standards for school members

#  A.G.M. R.i.E.N. Athens 2019

## Educational standards for Reflexology school members

###  EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS FOR REFLEXOLOGY SCHOOL MEMBERS

- Name of the Reflexology school member:
- Country:
- Do you have any agreement/affiliation from a federation/association of Reflexologist, association member of R.i.E.N.?
- On what basis/criteria is this agreement/affiliation founded? or what educational standards do you fulfill to get this agreement/affiliation?
- Do you have the responsibility to assess the new reflexologists you educate & teach?
  - If yes, what sort of exams do your students have to pass?
  - If not, does the association, you are affiliated with, assess your students by a federal exam?
- Is there any control from your association/federation about your ways of assessment of the new professional reflexologists?
- Do you fulfill the minimum educational standards voted at the R.i.E.N. A.G.M. of Bled in 2004, namely:
  - 300 hours (pauses included excepted lunch one) for foot reflexology education; or 225 hours if you do not count the pauses
    - included 150 hours for teaching foot reflexology only, theory & practice
    - included 100 hours for scientific disciplines, namely anatomy, physiology & pathology
    - included 50 hours or treatments under supervision, the treatments in the final thesis/report may be included in this supervision
  - Is the first aid included in the total of these minimum standards
- If you do not fulfill these 300 hours not, which standard do you not fulfill yet?the minimum of 300 hours for foot reflexology?
  - the minimum of 150 hours for teaching foot reflexology, theory & practice?
  - the minimum of 100 hours for scientific disciplines?
  - the absence of pathology in these disciplines, which does not enable the student to treat properly specific conditions?
  - the minimum of 50 treatments under supervision?
  - the first aid education?
- What arrangements are you planning for fulfilling these missing standards, knowing that these ones are a basic requirement to become & stay a school member of R.i.E.N.? and when?
- How could R.i.E.N. help you to reach this minimum objective?
- Are you mainly dedicated to teach another form of reflexology (face, ear, hand, etc.)?
  - If yes, is your level of education similar to the level previously defined for foot reflexology? and how?
  - Could you program continue professional development for your students already graduated to improve their basic education if this one does not reach the minimum standards explained above?
  - Are you programming to increase your level of education over the minimum standards explained above? and how?