Here's some suggested email content for students who do not yet understand the Board-required Course Opening Schedule.

I usually only sent "select snippets" of this, rather than the whole thing. I also sometimes copy-paste info directly from the ARCS Student Handbook.

If you choose to adopt any of this content, you will need to review this information and customize it to your needs --- as well as to the receiving Student's needs and Grant Program:

Both the Grant and Certification Boards place the following stipulations on progression through the ARCS Curriculum:

This was a letter from the board to a person who inquired about certification limitations and expressed a desire to become trained in the capacity of a therapist:

The National Board of Abuse-Recovery Professionals is the certifying body for ARCS Coaching Certification Program; furthermore, we sanction CARC practice and issue CARC certificates:

CARC-I 
Certified Addiction-Recovery Coach, for specialized, independent Addiction-Recovery Coaching and intervention with both substance and behavioral addicts and their respective family members.

CARC-II
Certified Abuse-Recovery Coach, for specialized, independent Abuse-Recovery Coaching with trauma survivors, including but not limited to childhood abuse survivors, domestic abuse survivors, soldiers and other PTSD sufferers.
 
Your inquiries have been passed to me because both ARCS Support feels that they have attempted to answer your questions, faithfully.

The ARCS Coaching Certification Program is accredited by the National Board of Abuse-Recovery Professionals. We are a private board (not a State board); thus, CARC Certification will likely not receive the same recognition as a State-board certification, if seeking employment in large social-service facilities.

Most life coaching and addendum certification programs (such as hypnotherapy, somatic experiencing and other methodology based certificates that many therapists acquire) are private certificates, supported by private accreditation bodies.

​If your aspirations are to be employed as a counselor in a facility, then we recommend that you follow a more conventional path to get a Masters degree and subsequent State licensure.

Here are a couple of industry definitions, for "Coaching":

coaching is the future-focused practice of partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential. Professional coaching focuses on setting goals, creating outcomes, and managing personal change.

a transformative process for personal and professional awareness, discovery and growth.

A coach is responsible for discovering, clarifying, and aligning with what the client wants to achieve; encouraging client self-discovery; eliciting client-generated solutions and strategies; and holding the clients responsible and accountable for meeting goals and creating outcomes.

In imparting helpful information, sharing anecdotal experiences, suggesting resources (including but not limited to support groups, books and specialized service providers), and offering supportiveness to our clients and students --- all of this is designed to give them more options through which to make viable decisions on their own behalf, including empowering them to cultivate an extensive resource base of which we are only a small part. 

In short, we should all encourage clients and students to seek resources in addition to our coaching services. This models autonomous and empowered self-care, rather than a culture of over-dependence (upon us, or anyone). In many ways, a coach becomes a safe, informative and encouraging accountability partner for someone --- as they walk along their respective healing journey.