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Find your way forward. Whether you’re upskilling to advance your career, improve client/patient outcomes, pursuing a new passion or something in between, our flexible online, in-person and hybrid classes are designed to work with your schedule, here on the UW–Madison campus or wherever you are in the world. Use the search filters to find the class, badge or certificate that works best for you.

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Managing Your Inner Voice Strategies for Positive Communication

Subject Area: Leadership, Management & Workplace Skills→Leadership & Management
Customizable
The messages we process internally often impact how we communicate with the world around us. This course helps individuals understand their inner voice, the types and forms of intrapersonal communication and the tools for successfully using this skill in personal and professional environments.
Upcoming Dates

Oct. 15–22, 2026

Live online

$470 Standard
$370 Gov't/ Nonprofit

Managing Ethics and Boundaries with a Clinical Lens

Subject Area: Behavioral Health→Ethics and Boundaries
This 4-hour course meets Wisconsin requirements for ethics and boundaries continuing education. The fully online, anytime, participatory course addresses unique issues encountered during the provision of clinical services and best practices to address challenges.
Upcoming Dates

Nov. 2–16, 2026

Group-paced

$149

Jan. 18, 2027–Feb. 1, 2027

Group-paced

$149

Essentials of Trauma Informed Care

Subject Area: Behavioral Health
This course explores how trauma impacts the brain, behavior, and worldview — and how that knowledge can improve the way you support others. Whether you're a licensed professional or a non-clinical provider, you'll gain insights and tools you can apply in any service setting.
Upcoming Dates

Nov. 5–12, 2026

Group-paced

$250

Professional Writing: Effective Workplace Communication

Subject Area: Leadership, Management & Workplace Skills→Leadership & Management
Customizable
Master the skills necessary to communicate effectively with internal and external audiences in today's professional environment. Learn techniques of document structure, grammar and style proven to enhance credibility and influence. Learn credibility-damaging errors and tips for avoiding them.
Upcoming Dates

Nov. 11–18, 2026

Live online

$400; $300 gov't/nonprofit

Community Resiliency Model: Back to Balance

Subject Area: Behavioral Health→Mental Health
Learn the impacts of stress on the body and mind and apply the wellness skills of the Community Resiliency Model (CRM)® to help your clients reset their nervous systems and build resilience. CRM is an evidence-based practice for helping professionals and communities.
Upcoming Dates

Nov. 16, 2026

Live online

$95 Standard

Communication Skills for Challenging Conversations

Subject Area: Leadership, Management & Workplace Skills→Leadership & Management
Learn to handle difficult conversations at work and to listen and be assertive without weakening relationships. Better understand the complex nature of interpersonal communication and explore why misunderstanding is so normal. Apply the skills learned to conflict resolution and give performance feedback.
Upcoming Dates

Dec. 2–10, 2026

Live online

$590; gov't/nonprofit $490

Leadership

Subject Area: Leadership, Management & Workplace Skills→Leadership & Management
Customizable
Explore leadership characteristics and ways to strengthen your organization and support others' work. Learn about different leadership styles, public perceptions of leadership by sector and servant-leadership basics. Develop a personal leadership philosophy that contributes to your mission.
Upcoming Dates

Dec. 15–17, 2026

Live online

$490; gov't/nonprofit $390

Etiology of Suicide and Provider Self Care

Subject Area: Behavioral Health→Mental Health
This 6-hour live webinar (offered over two days) with instructor Meghan Henderson targets social workers, therapists and other helping professionals. It discusses common etiology of suicidal behavior, as well as risk assessment, intervention, safety planning and prevention. We also review self-care.
Upcoming Dates

Jan. 6–7, 2027

Live online

$189

Workplace Neurodiversity: Creating Spaces Where All Minds Can Thrive

Subject Area: Leadership, Management & Workplace Skills→Workplace Culture & Belonging
Neurodiversity reflects the natural variation in human minds and how people interact with the world differently as a result. In the workplace, building awareness for how neurodivergence appears within it is the first step towards realizing the innovation and creativity a supported team can generate.
Upcoming Dates
  • Not scheduled at this time. See page for program description.

Spanish Book Club: Low Intermediate

Subject Area: Languages→Spanish
Boost your confidence in Spanish with this short low intermediate (A2.1) course that provides the perfect transition from Spanish 3 to Spanish 4. Review essential grammar, learn new expressions and expand your vocabulary as you discuss a short novel with your instructor and other participants.
Upcoming Dates
  • Not scheduled at this time. See page for program description.

Spanish Book Club Intermediate

Subject Area: Languages→Spanish
Boost your confidence in Spanish with this short intermediate (A2/B1) book club that will deepen your understanding of the Spanish language and Spanish-speaking cultures. 
Upcoming Dates
  • Not scheduled at this time. See page for program description.

Spanish Book Club: High Intermediate

Subject Area: Languages
In this high intermediate-level book club (B1/B2), participants will read, analyze, and discuss Frida Kahlo: una biografia by Maria Hesse, a contemporary Spanish illustrator and author, who seamlessly combines text and image to depict Frida's creative and turbulent life.
Upcoming Dates
  • Not scheduled at this time. See page for program description.

Spanish Book Club: Advanced

Subject Area: Languages→Spanish
In this advnced Spanish Book club, participants will read eight short stroies by Latin American writers.  These diverse narratives explore the unseen and often unspoken stuggles that shape the characters' lives, offering a profound reflection on human experience and society. 
Upcoming Dates
  • Not scheduled at this time. See page for program description.

Spanish Advanced Conversation

Explore the dynamic facets of five Spanish-speaking countries through the lens of pop culture. Learn about and discuss salsa, mystical rituals, carnivals, telenovelas, masks, and crafts in Nicaragua, Ecuador, Cuba, Peru and Colombia
Upcoming Dates
  • Not scheduled at this time. See page for program description.

Servant Leadership Certificate

Subject Area: Leadership, Management & Workplace Skills
Customizable
Develop a deep understanding of what it means to "serve first" as a leader and explore your relationship to this ideal. Go beyond the philosophy and learn the practices and behaviors that embody this leadership style — and how you can integrate it to your own.
Upcoming Dates
  • Not scheduled at this time. See page for program description.
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