School Policy and General Information

Business Hours

The Capstone Institute will be open Monday through Friday from 1:00pm to 6:00pm

Other times and days can be accomodated.  Please call to find a class schedule to fit your needs.

The school will be closed in observation of the following Holidays:  New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Nevada Admissions Day, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving Week, and Christmas Break.

Entrance Requirements

Students must be at least 18 years of age and be able to both speak and write English clearly.

Registration

All students must register at least one week in advance of the course starting date.

Attendance

Students are required to attend all classroom lectures and labs to qualify for a Diploma.

Course Study

A course will be taught the first full week of each month for a total of seventy-five hours Fundamental, and seventy-eight hours Advanced.  Periodically, special evening or weekend courses may be offered covering the same curriculum offered in the regularly scheduled classes.  All special schedules will be announced in advance, if applicable.

Credit for Prior Hypnosis Training

No Credit will be given for prior Hypnosis training.

Faculty

Layne Keck - Owner and Instructor of The Capstone Institute of Hypnotherapy.  Various guest lecturers and speakers.

Licensure

The Capstone Institute of Hypnotherapy is liscenced by the Nevada Commission of Post Secondary Education.

Student Conduct

The following is a list of conduct that will be considered undesireable or unsatisfactory:

• Absenteeism/Tardiness
• Disruption of classroom activities, both Lab and Lecture
• Unwillingness or refusal to participate in classroom activities, both Lab and Lecture
• Lack of respect for fellow students
• Lack of confidentiality

The conduct referenced above may result in the following:

• Private conference with Instructor
• Written Warning
• Dismissal from course of study 

Standards of Progress and Grading Scale

Students will be required to demonstrate an ability to work with fellow classmates in both the classroom setting as well as the practical application of relaxation, suggestions, guided visualizations, and pinpointing.  Students having difficulties in any of these areas may be given additional homework or assistance.  Failure to comply with these requirements may result in early dismissal.

Each course is of varying importance.  Therefore grading requirements differ from section to section and the student will be well prepared to meet the testing requirements.  If performance is not satifactory, the student can retest by reviewing material, listening to discussion after every test, and retest outside the normal class hours.  Oral exams will be graded on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis only.

Grading System

• Classroom Participation
• Homework
• Exams (both Written and Oral)
• 80% of all Written Exams is required to pass 
• Oral Exam is Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory Only
• Satisfactory Classroom Participation
• Homework including completion of Self-Hypnosis Tape requiring 75% competency

Refund Policy

A registration fee of $50.00 will be assessed if enrollment is canceled after registration.

If you cancel your enrollment or are dismissed for non-complience of student policy before completion of more than 45% of the program, you will be charged the registration fee referenced in the preceding paragraph, a termination fee of $100.00, and a pro-rated fee based upon the percentage of completion times and the total tuition amount.

If you cancel your enrollment or are dismissed for non-compliance of student policy after completion of more than 45% of the program, you will be charged the Full Amount of the Tuition.

Refund Example-A

If a student has paid in full for the Fundamental or Advanced Courses (paid seperately) and has recieved 22 hours of instruction and cancels his/her enrollment or is dismissed, he/she would have attended 29% of the program (22 hour divide by 75 hours equals 29%) and his refund would be as follows:

• Registration Fee                            $50.00
• $1,350.00 times 29%                     $391.50
• Termination Fee                            $100.00
• Total Charges                               $541.50
• Refund Amount $1,350 - $541.50 =  $808.50 

Refund Example-B

If a student has paid in full for the Fundamental or Advanced Courses and has recieved less than 67.5 hours of instruction (45% of total curriculum paid for) and cancels his/her enrollment or is dismissed, the refund would be calculated using the same formula referenced above.  The following is an example of how his refund would be calculated:

• Registratio Fee                                  $50.00
• $2,550.00 times 43%                          $1,096.50
• Termination Fee                                 $100.00
• Total Charges                                    $1,246.50
• Refund Amount $2,550.00 - $1,246.50 = $1,303.50

(If 67.5 Hours or more are completed, the whole tuition is charged.)

If you cancel your enrollment or are dismissed for non-compliance of student policy and a refund is due; the amount will be calculated on the last day you attend class and will be made within sixty days of cancellation, dismissal, or attendance.

Late Enrollment Fee

If enrollment is not received seven days prior to class commencement, a late enrollment fee of $50.00 will be charged, in addition to the registration feee and class tuition.

Attendance Requirements / Tardiness

A maximum of three absences and/or tardy arrivals will be allowed per course study.  All classes missed must be made up, including tests (written and oral), homework or any other curriculum.  An absence is a failure to attend scheduled classes.  There will be no distinction made between excused and unexcused absences.  Tardiness is defined as arriving to class five or more minutes after scheduled commencement time.  If a student is absent or tardy more than the three allowed instances, disciplinary action will be taken.  Such action could range from conference with instructor to dismissal, based upon circumstances.

Job Placement

No Gaurantee, written or implied, is given to students upon completion of the required courses.

Class Size and Location

Class size will be limited to no more than six students per course of study.  Classes will be held at Layne Keck's offices at Capstone Wellness Center located at 612 S. Jones Blvd., Las Vegas, NV  89107