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This video takes you on a tour of the older ARCS Home Site and Student Portal, but the coursework curriculum is the same.
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Here's a sample of ARCS online coursework for the CARC Coaching Certification Program:
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Join your Professor and other students in a free online class, in which you learn how to heal your own wounds --- then, help others. Our live online classes are paired with our video-workbook lessons, to achieve CARC Coaching Certification.
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FAQ

What are arcs classes like?
ARCS live, online classes often feel more like a counseling group because students are working on their own personal healing as they learn to coach others. Just some of the topics we cover in class are:
         - Emotional Skills
         - Communication Skills
         - Relationship Skills
         ​- Healthy Boundaries
         ​- Changing Unwanted Behavior Patterns
         ​- Helping Clients Effectively
         ​- Moving from Surviving to Thriving
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What certification will i receive?
As an ARCS graduate, you will actually hold two (2) highly-specialized life coaching certificates:

         CARC-I (Certified Addiction-Recovery Coach): for specialized work with substance and behavioral addicts

         CARC-II (Certified Abuse-Recovery Coach): for specialized work with survivors of domestic and childhood abuse

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What will my professional title be, as a coach?
Your Name, CARC
What types of clients will I be able to see?
You can choose your own specialization, including working with substance addicts, behavioral addicts (relationships, families of addicts, domestic abuse survivors, childhood abuse survivors and other abuse sufferers.  Other popular specializations include weight loss, change of career, midlife coaching, retirement coaching and business coaching, since ARCS tools and techniques can help anyone to change debilitating and unwanted behavior patterns.
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HOW MUCH CAN I MAKE?
As a CARC, you will be able to charge your private clients anywhere from 25.00 - 135.00 per session.
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will i be able to see my clients online?
Yes!  Most CARCs choose to see their clients online.
You can also opt to meet with your clients in person or over the phone.
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what types of coaching sessions will i be able to offer?
You will be certified to conduct individual, couple, family and unrelated-group sessions. You will also be sanctioned to facilitate workshops and interventions.
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How soon can i become a coach?
Your progression through the ARCS Student Coursework can be taken at your own pace, so it's up to you!
The fastest that you can graduate is 9 months, and this time limit is mandated by the Certification Board to ensure thorough comprehension of Curriculum concepts and resultant preparedness for practice. You will be working on your own personal growth and healing as you're also learning how to coach clients through this process, so we highly recommend that you enjoy your journey through the curriculum and classes.
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what are the requirements, to earn certification?
1. Meet with your Professor and fellow students in live, online class for a minimum of 30 minutes each week.
              • ARCS Professors offer Open Classroom Hours of at least 2 hours per week, so you can "drop in" anytime.
              • Many students opt to stay in online class longer because they enjoy the discussions and support.
              • Meet your Professor

2. Complete the coursework on the ARCS Student Portal at your own pace.

​3. Pass your Ethics Exam.
              • ​You will be tested only on the information found in Course 26 on the ARCS Student Portal

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How can i meet my professor?
ARCS offers you a Free Online Class so you can check out the program for yourself:
              • Meet your Professor
              • Get to know your fellow students
              • Take your first video-workbook course
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What Are the Requirements for Grant funding?
ARCS is dedicated to teaching any survivor who wants to work on their own personal healing and, then, help others.

Beyond feeling that you have a gift and a calling to help, Grant Funding for the CARC Coaching Certification Program has the following requirements:
              • You must be 18, or older.
              • You must live in the United States (also opening in Canada in 2021)
              • You must be legally authorized to work in the United States  (also opening in Canada in 2021)
              • You must NOT have been convicted of any felony considered to be a "Crime of Violence" (COV), as defined
                 in the Federal Comprehensive Crime Control Act (CCCA).
A Crime of Violence (COV) is defined in the Federal Comprehensive Crime Control Act (CCCA) as (a) an offense that has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person or property of another, or (b) any other offense that is a felony and that, by its nature, involves a substantial risk that physical force against the person or property of another may be used in the course of committing any offense. Including but not limited to voluntary manslaughter, murder, rape, mayhem, kidnaping, robbery, burglary or housebreaking of an occupied building, extortion accompanied by threats of violence, assault with a dangerous weapon and/or with intent to commit any offense punishable by imprisonment for more than one year, arson punishable as a felony, or an attempt or conspiracy to commit any of the foregoing offenses. If you have ever been convicted of a felony, email details to support@arcstofreedom.com so they can make a determination on Grant Funding.
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How much does the certification program cost?
Thanks to private Grant Funding, you can become certified for as little as 15.00 per week (Grant Discount Program) or 25.00 per week (Grant Fast-Track Program), based upon how quickly you wish to progress through your lessons. There are no loans or ongoing payments, after you graduate.
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ARE THERE ANY CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS?
Actively practicing coaches must take an Ethics Review Course, each year.
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when i graduate, can arcs help me find clients?
In addition to being sanctioned to work in private life coaching practice throughout the United States, graduates may apply to coach and teach for ARCS. In such case, ARCS can refer clients to you who inquire for help through our website. ​Your professor can also work with you after to graduation, to help you find clients within your chosen area(s) of specialization.
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are you accredited?
ARCS CARC-I and CARC-II specialized life coaching certificates are accredited by the National Board of Abuse-Recovery Professionals. This is a private board, which also provides ARCS students with Grant Funding.
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when i graduate, will i be an employee of arcs?
No, you will be an independently practicing CARC with your own private life coaching practice. Additionally, you may opt to apply to coach and teach for ARCS. In such case, ARCS can send you client referrals.
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where is my certification valid?
The CARC is valid anywhere within the United States, for private life coaching practice --- without having to file or qualify for reciprocity, from state to state.
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An ARCS Student may not attend classes from outside of the United States, and an ARCS graduate may not practice under their CARC credentials outside of the United States. Graduates will also not be eligible to coach or teach for ARCS from outside of the United States.
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Do i need to re-qualify my certification, if i move to another state?
Many certifications and licenses (such as teaching or nursing) require re-testing and filing for "reciprocity" from state to state, but CARC Certification does not require this. You will be certified to practice anywhere within the United States, with no requirement to re-test or file for reciprocity of you move from one state to another.
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will i accept insurance?
No.  What many counseling clients do not know is that, whenever you see a professional who takes insurance, the rule of confidentiality does NOT extend to the insurance companies.  In fact, counselors who receive insurance reimbursements must often report much of what you say, to these large corporations --- along with, a formal diagnosis that remains on your public health record.

The counseling field is currently divided between practitioners who accept insurance payments, and those who opt to decline them on philosophical and ethical grounds.  At ARCS, while we feel grateful that counselors are available to clients in insurance-backed practices, we have sided on the philosophical principle that accepting insurance payments poses a conflict of interest to our clients.
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If you wish to work in a practice or facility that is government (i.e. state, federal) or insurance-sponsored, it is best that you take the more conventional route of acquiring state and/or university-based credentials (such as a Masters degree, coupled with state-licensure).

​Many of our students pursue CARC certification while they are also in the process of attending university, so that they can graduate sooner and gain invaluable client-based experience and coaching income, while continuing their university studies.
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can i get a job in a facility?
Some of our students have acquired positions such as "treatment tech" or "assessment-intake counselor", even prior to graduating, just by telling organizations about all of the information and skills that they are learning through the ARCS program.  However, most of our students utilize these positions as a self-designed "internship", while they complete their studies, because they prefer both the scheduling and financial freedom available to them through private coaching, after they attain their certification.

Many state-based programs are designed specifically to train for entry-level and other positions in government (i.e. state, federal) or insurance-sponsored facilities; whereas, CARC Certification is designed specifically for private, independent and specialized life coaching practice.
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is this program right for me?
It likely depends upon what your aspirations are. 

If you can envision yourself in your own private coaching practice, seeing clients online, over the phone and/or in person --- then, the ARCS Coaching Certification Program is a "good fit", for you.  However, if you wish to work as a counselor or other position in a facility that is government (i.e. state, federal) or insurance-sponsored or if you wish to accept insurance payments, it is likely that you may opt to take the more conventional route of acquiring state and/or university-based credentials (such as a Masters degree, coupled with state-licensure).

Many of our students pursue CARC certification while they are also in the process of attending university, so that they can graduate sooner and gain invaluable client-based experience and coaching income, while continuing their university studies.

We offer you a Free Online Class to check out every aspect of our program and determine if it's a "fit" for you:
​              • Meet your Professor
              • Get to know your fellow students
              • Take your first video-workbook course

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why can't i start coaching, immediately?
It is only professionally responsible and ethical that we provide comprehensive training to those who wish to coach private clients. In fact, ARCS used to only certify Masters and PhD-level practitioners seeking additional specialization in treating addiction and correlated trauma. When the clients of our Masters and PhD-level counselors began requesting that we develop a program for them to also become certified, we listened!
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i have more questions.
The best way to understand more about our program is to attend your Free Online Class: 
              • Meet your Professor
              • Meet your fellow students
              • Hear their experience in the program
              • Ask all of the lingering questions that you may have
              • After attending your free online class, you can check out your first course on the ARCS Student Portal

​We want you to be able to experience every facet of this unique and transformative program, so that you can decide if it's right for you:
​​              • Meet your Professor
              • Get to know your fellow students
              • Take your first video-workbook course

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