THE ARICA SCHOOL^®
CONFIDENTIAL TRAINING APPLICATION
FOR NEWCOMERS

The Arica School Confidential Training Application (APP) is for new applicants for participation in Arica group trainings presented by your sponsorship. Please refer to The Arica School Training Guidelines for Sponsors, Profactors and Participants, pages 7, 15 and 16, which refer to this application.

The APP needs to be completed for any newcomer, including those recommended by Aricans, before the newcomer is accepted into the training. To complete the application form, an experienced member of your team should interview the applicant like a friendly conversation, either by phone or in person, keeping notes on any additional relevant information and then submit the application form.

The application and interview will not only familiarize you with the applicant, but will also give a basis upon which to evaluate the following risks:

1. Medical: Does the applicant have any medical condition that needs to be known by the staff, and is it advisable for them to speak with their physician before participating in some of the practices, especially those with exercises?

2. Psychological: Does the applicant have any psychiatric condition, even those controlled by medicine, which could be aggravated by a particular process, putting them or the other participants or the training in danger?

3. Intellectual Property Theft: The level of the risk of plagiarism and intellectual property theft must be assessed. Is the applicant genuinely interested in the Arica Work, although they may have some knowledge of Enneagram work; is the newcomer wholly dedicated to the “enneagram movement”? Is the applicant an enneagram author or teacher?

The information on the application, combined with the interview, will help you to assess these risks, and will also allow you to be welcoming to the newcomer and learn more about them. The length of the interview will vary. Once you submit the form, it will be forwarded to you and to TASCC (TASCC@arica.org.

In cases where it is not clear that the applicant should be admitted, the final decision as to their entrance into the training will be made by an independent team, the Application Review Committee (ARC). You may request that review in the comments section of the form.

TOHAM KUM RAH