Payment Policy

Play Therapy Certificate Program

Program Description: The Play Therapy Certificate Program provides 150 hours of play therapy training. The program is facilitated through ten 15-hour workshops. The program meets over a 24-month time frame. The workshop takes place in person over two days, Friday from 1230 pm to 830 pm and Saturday from 8:30 am to 6:00 pm and web-based Friday and Saturday 830am-630pm.

Professional Program Fee: $3,500.00

Deposit: A $350 deposit reserves your seat in the program and must be received prior to the first workshop.  The deposit is applied towards the student’s first month payment.  Each payment thereafter is due on the first day of each month.

Payment Options:

1. Full Payment: Tuition is paid in full at the start of the program. Students who pay in full at the beginning of the program are provided a 5% discount on the total tuition fee.  Payment may be made by cash, check, credit card or PayPal.
2. Monthly Payment Option 1: Tuition is paid in 10 equal monthly payments of $350.  Payment is due the first day of each month that you have a workshop scheduled. The program deposit will be applied as the first month payment.  Payment may be made by cash, check, credit card or PayPal. 
3. Monthly Payment Option 2: Tuition is paid in 24 equal monthly payments of $145.83.  Payment is due the first day of each month . The program deposit will be applied as the first month payment.  Payment may be made by cash, check, credit card or PayPal. 

Graduate Student Program Fee:    $2,750.00 (proof of enrollment required)

Deposit: A $275 deposit reserves your seat in the program and must be received prior to the first workshop.  The deposit is applied towards the student’s first month payment.  Each payment thereafter is due on the first day of each month.

Payment Options:

1. Full Payment: Tuition is paid in full at the start of the program. Students who pay in full at the beginning of the program are provided a 5% discount on the total tuition fee.  Payment may be made by cash, check, credit card or PayPal.
2. Monthly Payment Option 1: Tuition is paid in 10 equal monthly payments of $275.  Payment is due the first day of each month that you have a workshop scheduled. The program deposit will be applied as the first month payment.  Payment may be made by cash, check, credit card or PayPal. 
3. Monthly Payment Option 2: Tuition is paid in 24 equal monthly payments of $114.58.  Payment is due the first day of each month . The program deposit will be applied as the first month payment.  Payment may be made by cash, check, credit card or PayPal. 

Workshop Reschedule:

• If a student is not able to attend a workshop due to a schedule conflict, a written reschedule request should be submitted by email to [email protected] no later than 7 calendar days prior to the date of the workshop the student will not be able to attend.  When the request is submitted 7 days prior to the date of the workshop, the student will be eligible to attend the same workshop when offered by Heartland Play on another date.  The student will have 18 months to make-up the workshop or request a refund.  If the student has not completed the workshop within 18 months of the missed workshop no refund will be provided.
• Withdrawal requests that are submitted after 7 calendar days prior to the scheduled workshop date will result in $75 administrative fee.  Once the administrative fee is paid, the student will be eligible to attend the same workshop when offered by Heartland Play on another date.  The student will have 18 months to make-up the workshop or request a refund.  If the student has not completed the workshop within 18 months of the missed workshop no refund will be provided.
• If a student does not attend a workshop and does not submit a reschedule request as outlined in the previous sections by the start of the workshop, a refund of the paid workshop fee  will be provided – with the exception of a $150 administrative fee.

Program Cancellation:  Cancellation requests should be submitted by email to [email protected] no later than 10 calendar days prior to the first scheduled workshop date in order to receive a full refund of paid program fees.  Cancellation requests that are submitted after 10 calendar days prior to the first scheduled workshop date will result in a refund of paid program fees – with the exception of a $75 administrative fee.

Program Withdrawal:  Withdrawal requests should be submitted by email to [email protected] no later than 10 calendar days prior to the next scheduled workshop date in order to receive a full refund of paid program fees for workshops the student has not yet attended.  Withdrawal requests submitted after 10 calendar days prior to the next scheduled workshop date will result in a refund of paid program fees for workshops the student has not yet attended – with the exception of a $75 administrative fee.

Workshop Cancellation:  Heartland Play reserves the right to cancel a workshop due to inclement weather, instructor illness or instructor family emergency.  If a workshop is canceled, students will be notified via e-mail prior to the workshop start time.  Heartland Play will notify the students of a reschedule date for the workshop within 10 calendar days of the cancelled workshop.