Classes & certificates

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.

Consensus is an art and a science. Explore the best decision-making model for any situation. Leverage collaborative negotiation and listening skills to navigate challenges and find common ground. Practice your learning through the course’s skills lab.

Social workers face ethical-legal conflicts around confidentiality, safety, and reporting. This course uses case examples and tools from the NASW Code of Ethics, WI MPSW 20, and Reamer's model to support decisions across ages and settings.

How strong are the fundamental elements within your team? Learn to foster trust, secure commitment and drive accountability to transform team results. This interactive workshop includes self-assessments and a personalized action plan.

Learn foundational coaching skills and a coaching approach for facilitating personal and professional development through conversation. Participants will learn basic coaching skills, including maintaining presence, active listening, asking powerful questions and developing a coaching mindset.

This 38-hour blended certificate course with instructors Laura Saunders and Adrienne Allen is for participants wanting to learn or relearn the knowledge and skills necessary to reach Motivational Interviewing (MI) proficiency. This course is also offered in a new format with an in-person component.

This intensive, 20-hour blended course (8 weekly live webinars plus self-study) with instructor Mare Chapman is for clinicians who want to incorporate mindfulness into both their lives and practice. Learn to be more present in your work and develop confidence in applying mindfulness with clients.

Through hands-on exercises and case studies, educators will learn practical ways to implement AI in their daily teaching tasks.

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

Go beyond Greenleaf’s original theories and apply servant leadership principles in your organization with a modern lens. Learn the behaviors that create shared purpose and engagement. Hear real-world examples and insights from top organizations.

Project Management for Everyone is designed to offer a gradual and effective introduction to core project management principles. Establish an understanding of foundational knowledge, concepts and tools related to project management. This course is ideal for individuals with little to no prior experience in project management or those seeking additional reinforcement before progressing to "Fundamentals of Project Management."

The purpose of this final step in the Project Management (PM) Certificate is to give learners an opportunity to individually discuss their personal goals for applying best practices and skills of project management, to review important aspects of managing projects, to ask questions to further their learning and to demonstrate that they have achieved at least a basic level of understanding of project management.

Psychological health and safety at work is a risk management approach to helping humans be and do their best within your organization. Join us for this course preview webinar on "Psychological Health and Safety at Work."

Explore relationships between the arts and issues in society; both in history and in the present day. No previous experience in art or music is required. Students can choose to complete any combination of the activities offered in the course. Options include listening and art activities (no experience necessary!), and short written reflections. Topics include Industrialization and Labor, the Great Depression, Science, Technology, and the Environment, Gender and Civil Rights, Ukrainian Freedom, Black Lives Matter, the Cajon, Protest and Inequality. Start at any time! and work at your own pace! Take up to a year to complete the course! This course is totally asynchronous and requires no in-person meetings. Feedback and discussions with the instructor take place over email.

This three-part lunch and learn series (1 hour live webinar sessions), facilitated by Lauren Flunker and Kristin Radue will help Motivational Interviewing (MI) practitioners strengthen their skills and improve their practice. Attend any/all sessions.

Intentional, strategic, and constructive mentoring can be a powerful tool for building a greater sense of belonging and engagement at work. Learn the fundamentals of being a good mentor through the research and the storytelling and interactions with your learning community.

Implementing AI can optimize your organization's mission. Gain practical skills for using AI tools for tasks like grant writing, fundraising and reporting. Develop sustainable and ethical AI practices that serve your organization's values.

Change is inevitable, but disruption is not. Master the specific actions leaders must take to introduce and sustain change while successfully minimizing employee anxiety. Learn to identify and address resistance before it stalls your initiatives.

Participants will identify the unique challenges of Anticipatory Grief, Ambiguous Loss and Disenfranchised Grief over three 1-hour live webinars with Dr. Erica Srinivasan.