Can I obtain hours for reading a book or watching a video?
No, the Registry does not grant training hours for reading a stand alone book and/or for viewing a video (“stand alone” meaning a material that is not part of a training, in not being offered by an organization as a correspondence course, etc.. Most commonly, stand alone books and videos are found at local libraries). The approval of such materials was discontinued when the Registry took on the training approval system in October 2004. Since that time, hundreds of non-traditional (self-paced, independent study) options have been posted to the online calendar of training; all of which have gone through the approval process and are tied to the issuance of a certificate for completion of a set of predetermined requirements.
