MONTHLY LISTSERV DISCLAIMER BELOW:


This is a Professional Listserv and we appreciate your professional behavior.  This Listserv is available to active members of the IITAP community only to share information, ask questions, seek to refer clients and support each other in working with clients primarily as it relates to sex/porn addiction and addiction interaction and the associated trauma. It is a valuable tool, and we want to make it a safe place to ask questions and obtain feedback. Those in the community who are unable to post in a professional manner will be removed from the Listserv. The IITAP listserv is a responsibility rather than a right.
 

LISTSERV DO’s and DON’Ts BY TOPIC 


MESSAGE FORMAT & USE


 1. We expect all posts to have a meaningful subject line and be professional.

2. For responses that are directed to the individual who posted, send via "reply".   For responses to the entire group send via "reply all".

3. You may change your status - in and out of vacation mode or a single e-mail per day via the digest mode (one e-mail per day) by using the links at the bottom of any of the messages. 


4. There are ARCHIVES of all of the messages posted so please review them for great information that has been shared on many topics.


POLITICS


5. Messages of a political nature or endorsing a candidate for federal, state, or local political office is prohibited. 


RELIGION


6. Postings about faith based clinical educational opportunities are permitted.  

7. Postings with opinions about religion, or statements about religion that may be divisive are not permitted.


COPYRIGHT


7. Referencing an article or news item with reference citations, providing a brief quote, or offering a link to legitimate online published content is permissible; ListServ members should not post full-text version of published material to the ListServ without permission from the author or publisher to prevent potential copyright violations.   

8. The information in this listserv is intended for this listserv recipients only. There is information that can be valuable to other professionals and may be shared (suggest copy and paste to preserve the listserv) with permission from the originator. Forwarding content without specific consent from the originator is grounds for removal from this listserv.


DEFAMATION AND LIBEL


9. When referring to other members and the general public on the ListServ, avoid personal attacks and characterizations that questions a person’s motives or qualifications. 
 

10. When posting information that could potentially be inflammatory or offensive to members of the listserv, we recommend adding a disclaimer to your post such as, "The below does not represent my views, but I felt the community should be informed about this new information on the topic..."


FEES/COSTS & CLIENTS


11. Disclosure of fees/cost on the ListServ related to service offerings to clients, to include hourly, group session/workshop, webinars, intensives fees, etc. is not permitted. 

12. When posting information about a client, make sure you avoid information that could potentially identify your client.


IITAP SUPERVISION


13.  Our community has a dedicated webpage for supervision advertising.  All candidates searching for supervision are instructed to go to the supervision webpage.  https://iitap.com/search/custom.asp?id=6660

We request that supervisors do not post supervision openings on the listserv.


REFERRAL REQUEST


14. When requesting a referral on the ListServ, please ensure you check the "Therapist Directory"  on https://iitap.com first for general searches.  If your request is specific and the directory cannot satisfy your request, include what you are looking for in the Subject Line, i.e. "Seeking Child Therapist, Atlanta GA", and include the phrase "backchannel me with referral".

15. Members and their organization can post clinical job opportunities on the IITAP ListServ.  The posting cannot include financial compensation. 

16. When asking for a referral for a treatment facility, feel free to share and discuss the client’s needs for a specific type of facility.  Avoid personal commentary and hear say (naming facilities) about the cost or quality of care and why you did not choose a facility in your post.   


MARKETING


17. Members can post/market an event (workshop, training, intensive, webinar, conference) in which they are the presenter or therapist. Members can post the unique event one time on the ListServ.  

18. Members and non-members cannot request other IITAP members or the IITAP staff to post messages for them.  

The reason for this is that the listserv is meant to be primarily a clinical resource for members.  We understand that receiving some educational opportunities from other members within our community can be a benefit.  However, receiving repeated advertisements from individuals and organizations outside of our community can turn our listserv into a platform that is primarily used for marketing.  By placing some limitations on the number of marketing messages we hope to reduce complaints about this and increase retention of members on the listserv.  If a member is involved in a workshop or training that is offered repeatedly (e.g., a certification), the member should be mindful of the frequency of posting.  They may post it as a resource if it is relevant as a response to a thread, but not more than twice per year as a promotion.

19.  IITAP reserves the right to REJECT Commercial advertisements for products, services, office rental, donations, etc. that is outside of the realm of the IITAP ListServ Purpose. 


As always, if you have any questions, you can reach me at jo@iitap.com or
staff at info@iitap.com.

We appreciate your assistance and hope with everyone's help we can continue to have an active and helpful tool to share information.

 

Thank you!


See Update ListServ Mail Settings article