CANNABIS CLIENT CARE CERTIFICATION
Created to ensure that those dedicated to plant medicine gain highly beneficial attributes and skills, to assist those choosing nutritional cannabis for their optimum health and well-being.
A NEW PARADIGM OF PLANT MEDICINE CARE
ENDOCANNABINOID SYSTEM SPECIALIST
PRACTITIONER CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
The Natural Lore Practitioner Certification focuses on integrated Cannabis Client Care. Graduates develop primary knowledge of the Endocannabinonid System, its relationship to the cannabis plant, and how this translates to appropriate treatment protocols.
Our Certified Cannabis Care Practitioners hold various healthcare qualifications, including Nurses, Pharmacists, Chiropractors, Psychotherapists, Doctors, Naturopaths, Herbalists, Nutritionists and other specialists. This unique approach to client care means we are continually sharing and integrating ideas from many traditions, fields and sources of knowledge to find unique solutions that can only be discovered through working collaboratively across a range of different professions.
NATURAL LORE
PRACTITIONER TRAINING
COURSE CURRICULUM
The Natural Lore Dynamic Learning Programme for Cannabis Client Care is based on combined observation and direct experiences of over 30 years supporting thousands of clients accessing cannabis as an extraordinarily powerful nutritional element for overall wellness.
The modules are designed as an educational platform for Practitioners working with those that choose to embark on a healing journey utilising cannabis as an integral component of an holistic and integrative approach. This is a platform and commitment to clients for quality of life and sustainable changes to health and well-being, providing information and support for both Client and Practitioner.
This course is not just about “training” information it is also an opportunity for you, the participant, to be involved in a Dynamic collaborative process with others embarking on a deepening internal journey of a new way of living for yourself, your family and the community as a whole.
DYNAMIC
LEARNING
This course is by invitation or expression of interest only, and considers natural and learnt attributes, skills, and qualities that ensure a high standard of client care is maintained and improved upon. If you are a Health Care Professsional with your own Practice and are interested in learning more about utilising Cannabis for your client care, we'd love to hear from you!
Our Cannabis Care Certification course was formulated over 10 years, recognised by the distinct need for well qualified, compassionate and dedicated practitioners to join in a professional collaborative field of plant medicine. In this field, the collective knowledge, support and inspiration is shared for the benefit of Clients, Practitioners and the community as a whole. This Certification recognises and acknowledges a high standard of practitioner-ship on many levels including personal attributes, client care philosophy, applied education, collaborative abilities and a dedication to a life of learning.
THE PILLARS OF CANNABIS CARE
An innate calling to participate in a new paradigm that aligns with preserving the natural world and all that it contains and represents.
Prior experience in holistic health and wellness or an authentic desire to integrate this knowledge with other relevant skills and experience.
High personal integrity, dependability, and adherence to a strong moral and ethical code to ensure client care is of the highest quality.
Demonstrated understanding of all course learning objectives through attainment of assessment benchmarks that measure competency.
Maintaining optimum client care and contributing information for the greater/shared learning with fellow practitioners.
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Willingness to be informed and inspired by continual learning through direct experience with clients’ process and shared information.
Modules
Each Module comprises of learning outcomes and an assessment element which once completed will allow access to the next Module. At the completion of the Programme you will be presented with a unique Natural Lore Practitioner Certification.
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Depending on your existing experience this Certification programme may take a minimum of 12 weeks and a maximum of 12 months to complete.
MODULE 1: Bliss
Natural Lore Philosophy
MODULE 4: Restore
Oil & Formula Making
MODULE 7: Clarity
Medical Terminology
MODULE 10: Purity
Protocol Criteria
MODULE 2: Release
Plant Medicine
MODULE 5: Balance
Nutrition
MODULE 8: Creativity
Client Data & Communication
MODULE 11: Vitality
Sustainability Platform
MODULE 3: Harmony
Endocannabinoid System
MODULE 6: Flow
In-House Products
MODULE 9: Rhythm
Consultation Process
MODULE 12: Unity
Self-Care
MODULE 1. Natural Lore Wellness Philosophy
The foundation of our philosophy is the essential understanding to remember you are Nature itself - not disconnected from it nor above it or even connected to it. You are it. Through this recognition lies a path for living transformation both for yourself and the clients in your care. This module covers:
• The Language of Natural Lore Wellness
• 12 Natural Lores Overview
• Integration Into Daily Life
• Teas associated with Natural Lore
• Innate Intelligence
MODULE 2. Plant Medicine
This module explores:
• Teacher Plants
• History of Cannabis
• Innate Wisdom
• Physical and Emotional Effects of Cannabis
• Products and Formulas
• Legalities
MODULE 3. The Endocannabinoid System
In this module you will gain:
• Knowledge of the Endocannabinoid System
• The Entourage Effect and Innate Healing
• Cannabinoids and Terpenes
• Homeostasis and relevance to other Body Systems
MODULE 4. Oil & Formula Making presented by BJ Futter
This module ensures that Practitioners are both knowledgeable and confident in the oil making process and creates the foundation for understanding Whole Plant and Full Spectrum formulas. Topics covered in the module include:
• Overview of Formula making
• Understanding the Cannabinoid Structure
• Whole Plant V’s Isolates
• Medical Cannabis explained
• Cannabis Strains
• Possible Effects on a person
• Common methods of Extraction
• Dosage and Caring for your Cannabis Oil
MODULE 5. Nutrition
This module reflects on the role of nutrition in our recommended protocols. It will include Product knowledge and basic guidelines to assist clients to understand the importance of this component for sustainable change for optimum health and wellness. This module explores:
• What is Nutrition really?
• What you are NOT taught at school
• Relevance and Importance of understanding good Nutrition
• Gut Health
• Cannanutrients
MODULE 6. In-House Products
This module is an overview of standard products and services that are available for clients and how to access the ordering and distribution system. This module covers:
• Cannabis Food Concentrates
• Introduction to Healing Herbs
• Hemp Seeds
• Body Products and Supplements
• Contraindications
• Product Distribution
MODULE 7. Medical Terminology presented by Dr Andrew Katelaris
This module is designed to support Practitioners understanding of standard medical terminology including clients’ diagnosis and medications. This module covers:
• Medical Terminology made easy
• Understanding cancer diagnosis
• The Right practitioner Attitude
• An Essential Holistic Approach
• Why is Whole Plant Cannabis superior to Isolates
• A message from Dr Katelaris
MODULE 8. Data Collection and Client Communication
This Module includes understanding rationale for research parameters, how to record information and what this information will be utilised for. Topics in this Module include:
• Formal Relationship with Client
• Methodology
• Standardised Information Processing and Note Taking
• Research Parameters
• Rationale of Recommendations
• Feedback – Follow-up and Testimony
MODULE 9. Consultation Process
This module relates to standard procedures when arranging the initial consultation and what elements are required by both Practitioner and the client throughout the entire process. Topics in this module include:
• Initial Contact and Duty of Care
• Preparation prior to Consultation
• The Consultation
• Post Consultation
• The Client
• Role Play
• Cannabis and Dying
MODULE 10. Protocol Criteria
This is a key module in relation to creating a protocol for your client. It will include exploring the rationale of every component of the suggested protocol prior to recommending to client. This module explores:
• Which Protocol and Why
• Standardisation
• Initial Protocol Assessment
• Resources available
MODULE 11. Sustainability Platform
This module covers the sustainable business structure which has been created to support Practitioners and looks at both Internal and External Structures. This module explores:
• What is Sustainability?
• Introducing the Principles of Permaculture
• Internal Sustainability Structure
• External Sustainability Structure
• Sovereignty
MODULE 12. Self-Care
Left until last this module is possibly the most essential information of all. Due to the nature of this work supported by the philosophy of NLW as living transformation, self-care for you as a Practitioner allows the opportunity for this transformation to consciously occur and be witnessed as it unfolds. In turn this translates and is transmitted to the client both unconsciously and consciously. You are supported by NLW HQ – for both yourself and your clients. This Module explores:
• Importance and Relevance
• Reflection
• Individual Practises – Inner work
• Why is this Important to Clients
• Signs of Burnout and Stress
• Transference and Transmutation
• The Traps