Located in North Hollywood, IPPT Career School is a private, for-profit school offering courses relating to physical therapy, massage and chiropractic medicine. The college offers a chiropractic assistant program requiring 300 hours of training and grants a certificate of completion. Students study CPR, cranial-sacral therapy, deep tissue massage, medical terminology, patient care and therapeutic stretching. A second, 720-hour training program combines the chiropractic assistant course with instruction in manual therapy, which qualifies graduates for certification as a massage therapist in California. The school does not participate in government financial aid programs, but does accept credit cards for tuition payments. Job placement assistance is available.
IPPT Career School
5644 Vineland Ave.
North Hollywood, CA 91601
818-980-8990
ippt.com
Founded in 1968, Sacramento County Regional Occupational Group is a unit of the Sacramento County Office of Education that provides job training from its Career Center in Mather. The school's chiropractic assistant program covers both clinical and administrative topics for technicians. Requiring one year of study, the program includes lessons in medical terminology, insurance billing, vital sign monitoring, physical therapy, X-ray development, CPR, first aid and patient testing. Prior to graduation, students complete an internship in a chiropractor's office. The program is free, although students must pay for books and materials. High school students aged 16 and over and adults may enroll. Job placement assistance is available.
Sacramento County Regional Occupational Group
10541 Norden Ave.
Mather, CA 95655
800-467-4767
sacrop.org
Situated in San Jose, the Northern California Vocational College is a private, for-profit training school. It offers a 600-hour training program in chiropractic assisting. The program focuses primarily upon massage therapy techniques, but does not qualify graduates for California massage therapy licensure. The program culminates in a clinical externship in which students work with actual patients. Both day and evening classes are available to accommodate the schedules of working adults. The college does not offer any type of financial aid. It accepts credit cards for tuition payments. Job placement assistance is available.
Northern California Vocational College
143 East Virginia St.
San Jose, CA 95112
408-971-6282
ncvcollege.com