Overview
The University of Florida Life Care Planning Pre-certification program is designed to prepare those who are seeking to become Certified Life Care Planners (CLCP) or Canadian Certified Life Care Planners (CCLCP) with the knowledge necessary to successfully pass the certification exam offered by the International Commission on Health Care Certification (ICHCC). For specific information on the CLCP or the CCLCP credential please visit the ICHCC website.
Topics addressed in the pre-certification curriculum include:
- Professional Orientation to Life Care Planning
- Spinal Cord Injury: Adult and Pediatric
- Brain Injury: Adult and Pediatric
- Amputations: Adult and Pediatric
- Multiple Physical and Psychological Disabilities
- Standards, Case Management, Ethics, and Expert
- Testimony in Life Care Planning
In order to complete the pre-certification program participants are required to complete five online courses and attend one short residual institute. The online courses have an open enrollment period so participants may enroll at any time and are allowed up to three months to complete each course.
Online courses utilize audio and video lectures, electronic slideshows, chat room interaction with faculty, online guest lectures, website field trips, exercises, and other techniques designed to support mastery of the material.
The on-site residential institute will provide participants with a chance to experience the consultation and testimony process as well as an opportunity to work through several exercises in ethical decision making. In this practical setting, students perform a series of applied exercises that allow them to bring together and utilize all of the theoretical knowledge and skills learned during the online experience. Participants receive training in testimony and participate in a mock testimony experience to affirm the student's eventual role as an expert. The on-site program also grants students the opportunity to socially network and interact directly with some of the most experienced and well known life care planners in the field.
Certified Life Care Planner (CLCP)
The International Commission on Health Care Certification (ICHCC) provides the certification for Life Care Planners. In the University of Florida Life Care Planning Pre-Certification Program, you will receive the required and approved training for this certification, Certified Life Care Planner (CLCP).
In addition to completing the program, candidates for certification must:
- Meet the minimum academic requirements for their designated health care related profession and be certified, licensed, or meet the mandates of the candidate's respective state that allow him or her to practice service delivery within the definition of his or her designated healthcare related profession; and
- Complete a passing score on the Certified Life Care Planner Certification Examination
Complete details may be obtained from the ICHCC website.
LCP 1: Professional Orientation to Life Care Planning
Tuition: $550
This online course provides an overview of the life care planning process from initial patient referral to completion of the full report and life care plan with all the appropriate foundation and support. The course takes students through the steps of data development, analysis of medical and health-related professional records, research and review of clinical practice guidelines and relevant research literature and linking this information to recommendations in the plan.
LCP 2: Medical and Psychological Aspects of Life Care Planning with Spinal Cord Injury
Tuition: $550
This online course identifies the most up to date resources for remaining current on the medical and psychological consequences of spinal cord injuries. The primary focus is on the long-term consequences of paraplegia and tetraplegia as well as the combined effects of age and disability requiring phase changes in the life care planning process. Information on the care of ventilator-dependent spinal cord patients is included and the differences between providing care plans for the adult versus pediatric patient is outlined.
LCP 3: Medical and Psychological Aspects of Life Care Planning with Brain Injury
Tuition: $550
This online course has a focus on the medical and psychological consequences of brain injuries and cerebral vascular accidents (CVA/stroke), including family, community, and vocational variables, with considerations for both Adult and the Pediatric cases. The course will be split between traumatic onset brain injury adult and pediatric and birth onset brain injury such a cerebral palsy. Because the nature of the etiology significantly impacts the nature of the outcome with respect to cognitive, psychological, social, behavioral and motoric deficits, the life care planning needs and recommendations are adjusted in each instance.
LCP 4: Medical and Psychological Aspects of Life Care Planning with Amputations
Tuition: $550
This online course identifies the most up to date resources for remaining current on the medical and psychological consequences of amputation. The primary focus is on the long-term consequences of the various types of amputation and the combined effects of age and disability requiring phase changes in the life care planning process. The impact of multiple amputation and the unique approaches made necessary by infant onset of amputation are also covered. Pediatric versus adult amputation and the differences in prosthetic considerations are also covered.
LCP 5: Medical and Psychological Aspects of Life Care Planning with Multiple Disabilities
Tuition: $550
This online course identifies the basic medical and psychological consequences of multiple disabilities. This information will lay the groundwork necessary to allow the trained professional to develop the foundations necessary for effective life care planning to use either in case management or consultation. The fundamental resources necessary to conduct effective research into data, clinical practice guidelines and relevant literature for each of these disabilities is provided.
LCP 6: Developing an Actual Life Care Plan (Day 1) / Forensic Aspects of Life Care Planning (Day 2)
Tuition: $550
This course comprised of two components.
The first component is an online assignment (approximately 4 hours of pre-work) which is to be completed prior to attending the on-site training.
The second component is the on-site training and the second component is an on-site training which will cover developing an actual Life Care Plan and the Forensic Aspects of Life Care Planning including depositions and testimony. On the first day of training participants will receive presentations from experts in the field and the training will cover fatal errors made when creating the life care plan. During the on-site training participants will learn how to review and critique Life Care Plans generated from the opposing side in a litigated, personal injury case.
Canadian Certified Life Care Planner (CCLCP)
The International Commission on Health Care Certification (ICHCC) provides the certification for Life Care Planners. In the University of Florida Life Care Planning Pre-Certification Program, you will receive the required and approved training for this certification, Canadian Certified Life Care Planner (CCLCP).
In addition to completing the program, candidates for certification must:
- Meet the minimum academic requirements for their designated health care related profession and be certified, licensed, or meet the mandates of the candidate's respective state that allow him or her to practice service delivery within the definition of his or her designated healthcare related profession; and
- Complete a passing score on the Certified Life Care Planner Certification Examination
Complete details may be obtained from the ICHCC website.
CLCP 1: Professional Orientation to Life Care Planning
Tuition: $550
This course provides an overview of the life care planning process from initial patient referral to completion of the full report and life care plan with all the appropriate foundation and support. The course takes students through the steps of data development, analysis of medical and health-related professional records, research and review of clinical practice guidelines and relevant research literature and linking this information to recommendations in the plan.
CLCP 2: Medical and Psychological Aspects of Life Care Planning with Spinal Cord Injury
Tuition: $550
This course identifies the most up to date resources for remaining current on the medical and psychological consequences of spinal cord injuries. The primary focus is on the long-term consequences of paraplegia and tetraplegia as well as the combined effects of age and disability requiring phase changes in the life care planning process. Information on the care of ventilator-dependent spinal cord patients is included and the differences between providing care plans for the adult versus pediatric patient is outlined.
CLCP 3: Medical and Psychological Aspects of Life Care Planning with Brain Injury
Tuition: $550
This course has a focus on the medical and psychological consequences of brain injuries and cerebral vascular accidents (CVA/stroke), including family, community, and vocational variables, with considerations for both Adult and the Pediatric cases. The course will be split between traumatic onset brain injury adult and pediatric and birth onset brain injury such a cerebral palsy. Because the nature of the etiology significantly impacts the nature of the outcome with respect to cognitive, psychological, social, behavioral and motoric deficits, the life care planning needs and recommendations are adjusted in each instance.
CLCP 4: Medical and Psychological Aspects of Life Care Planning with Amputations
Tuition: $550
This course identifies the most up to date resources for remaining current on the medical and psychological consequences of amputation. The primary focus is on the long-term consequences of the various types of amputation and the combined effects of age and disability requiring phase changes in the life care planning process. The impact of multiple amputation and the unique approaches made necessary by infant onset of amputation are also covered. Pediatric versus adult amputation and the differences in prosthetic considerations are also covered.
CLCP 5: Medical and Psychological Aspects of Life Care Planning with Multiple Disabilities
Tuition: $550
This course identifies the basic medical and psychological consequences of multiple disabilities. This information will lay the groundwork necessary to allow the trained professional to develop the foundations necessary for effective life care planning to use either in case management or consultation. The fundamental resources necessary to conduct effective research into data, clinical practice guidelines and relevant literature for each of these disabilities is provided.
CLCP 6: Developing an Actual Life Care Plan (Day 1) / Forensic Aspects of Life Care Planning (Day 2)
Tuition: $550
This course comprised of two components.
The first component is an online assignment (approximately 4 hours of pre-work) which is to be completed prior to attending the on-site.
The second component is the on-site training and the second component is an on-site training which will cover developing an actual Life Care Plan and the Forensic Aspects of Life Care Planning including depositions and testimony. On the first day of training participants will receive presentations from experts in the field and the training will cover fatal errors made when creating the life care plan. During the on-site training participants will learn how to review and critique Life Care Plans generated from the opposing side in a litigated, personal injury case.
Faculty
Developed and taught by some of the most respected names in Life Care Planning, the University of Florida Life Care Planning Pre-Certification Program's academic team brings a wealth of real-life experience an knowledge to the course.
Instructors
- Horace W. Sawyer, Ed.D., CRC, CLCP, UF Life Care Planning Director
- Paul M. Deutsch, Ph.D., CLCP, Training Development Coordinator
Training Curriculum Development Team
- Paul M. Deutsch, Ph.D., CRC, CLCP
- Roger Weed, Ph.D., CRC, CLCP
- Susan Riddick Grisham, R.N., M.S., CCM, CLCP
- William R. Goodrich, CRC, CCM, CLCP, ABVE-D, NCC, AAPM-F
- Patti McCollum, R.N., M.S., CCM, CLCP
- Terry Winkler, M.D., CLCP
- Richard Bonfiglio, M.D.
- Julie Kitchen, CLCP
- Debra Berens, M.S., CRC, CLCP
- Horace W. Sawyer, Ed.D., CRC, CLCP
Textbooks
Required Textbooks
Policies
Attendance at Required On-Site Training
Once a participant enrolls in course 6 they are automatically enrolled in the next regularly scheduled on-site training. They will be notified about the scheduled dates and logistics at the time of enrollment in course 6. If for some reason the participant is unable to attend the online training the participant will be allowed to attend an alternative future course. Please note that an administrative fee of $250 will be charged for attending the alternative date.
Withdrawal Policy
A tuition refund will be granted after written request for withdrawal from a course within 30 days of enrollment. This request must be in writing, and may be sent by fax, email, or U.S. mail. All requests will receive written responses. Refunds will be the amount of tuition, less a $100.00 processing charge. Allow four to six weeks for refund checks. No refunds are granted after 30 days.