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The Community Integrated Paramedicine Program begins 2 April 2024 and will end 21 November 2024. This program is a non-credit certificate of completion program through Continuing Education and Workforce Development at NMU.
This program is approved as a special study under the Community Paramedicine framework through the MDHHS Bureau of Emergency Preparedness, EMS & Systems of Care.
Participants could be, but are not limited to Michigan currently licensed: EMTs, Advanced EMTs, and Paramedics.
The course involves detailed lectures/instruction, illustrative case studies, facilitated discussions and activities.
This program is online with asynchronous and synchronous lab and clinical components.
Throughout the program, participants will have the opportunity to interact on forums.
The goal of this course is to prepare currently licensed EMS providers for career opportunities in the areas of Community Paramedicine, health prevention, health behavior, and prevention of disease. Students learn a variety of skills and strategies that will provide them with the necessary proficiencies to improve population health in diverse settings. The program focuses on the social and behavioral determinants of health, with particular emphasis on health disparities and prevention.- Teacher: Megan Nowicki
- Teacher: Katrina Rushford
- Teacher: Christopher Saynor
The Grief Support Specialist Program is an 8 week, non-credit certificate program through Continuing Education and Workforce Development at NMU. This program evolved from the Grief Specialist Program at UW-Madison.
Participants will learn the principles and many practical tools and techniques to enhance their professional and personal life related to grief. Topics include: grief counseling theories and strategies, assessments, recovery tools and intervention, attachment styles and grief, children and youth coping with grief, different age coping skills, grief groups for children, vicarious grief, disenfranchised grief, complicated grief coping with dying, legal issues & end of life decisions, spiritual, ethical, and culture issues, group therapy, self-care and career enhancement. Brief meditation and relaxation exercises are included during the synchronous instructions.
Participants could be, but are not limited to: Social Workers, Counselors, Psychologists, Clergy Workers, Funeral Directors, Teachers/Educators, Hospice, Health Care Workers and Nursing Home Employees. Art Therapists, Music Therapists. The course is open to anyone and everyone.
The course involves detailed lectures/instruction, illustrative case studies and client stories, facilitated discussions and activities as well a project phase where participants can design a project of importance to their employer or for their own personal development.
This program is 8 weeks and online with asynchronous and synchronous components.
Throughout the program, participants will have the opportunity to interact on forums and work on a project under instructor guidance.
- Teacher: Caroline Cheng
- Teacher: Yan Ciupak
- Teacher: Megan Nowicki
- Teacher: Molly Tomony
- Teacher: Mark VandeBraak
The Grief Support Specialist Program is an 8 week, non-credit certificate program through Continuing Education and Workforce Development at NMU. This program evolved from the Grief Specialist Program at UW-Madison.
Participants will learn the principles and many practical tools and techniques to enhance their professional and personal life related to grief. Topics include: grief counseling theories and strategies, assessments, COVID and grief, recovery tools and intervention, attachment styles and grief, children and youth coping with grief, different age coping skills, grief groups for children, Vicarious Grief, Disenfranchised Grief, Complicated Grief coping with dying, legal issues & end of life decisions, spiritual, ethical, and culture issues, group therapy, self-care and career enhancement. Brief meditation and relaxation exercises are included during the synchronous instructions.
Participants could be, but are not limited to: Social Workers, Counselors, Psychologists, Clergy Workers, Funeral Directors, Teachers/Educators, Hospice, Health Care Workers and Nursing Home Employees.
The course involves detailed lectures/instruction, illustrative case studies and client stories, facilitated discussions and activities as well a project phase where participants can design a project of importance to their employer or for their own personal development.
This program is 8 weeks and online with asynchronous and synchronous components.
Throughout the program, participants will have the opportunity to interact on forums and work on a project under instructor guidance.
Continuing Education and Workforce Development at NMU has evolved this program from the former Grief Specialist Program at University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The Grief Support Specialist Program is an 8 week, non-credit certificate program through Continuing Education and Workforce Development at NMU. This program evolved from the Grief Specialist Program at UW-Madison.
Participants will learn the principles and many practical tools and techniques to enhance their professional and personal life related to grief. Topics include: grief counseling theories and strategies, assessments, COVID and grief, recovery tools and intervention, attachment styles and grief, children and youth coping with grief, different age coping skills, grief groups for children, Vicarious Grief, Disenfranchised Grief, Complicated Grief coping with dying, legal issues & end of life decisions, spiritual, ethical, and culture issues, group therapy, self-care and career enhancement. Brief meditation and relaxation exercises are included during the synchronous instructions.
Participants could be, but are not limited to: Social Workers, Counselors, Psychologists, Clergy Workers, Funeral Directors, Teachers/Educators, Hospice, Health Care Workers and Nursing Home Employees.
The course involves detailed lectures/instruction, illustrative case studies and client stories, facilitated discussions and activities as well a project phase where participants can design a project of importance to their employer or for their own personal development.
This program is 8 weeks and online with asynchronous and synchronous components.
Throughout the program, participants will have the opportunity to interact on forums and work on a project under instructor guidance.
Continuing Education and Workforce Development at NMU has evolved this program from the former Grief Specialist Program at University of Wisconsin-Madison.
- Teacher: Douglas Smith
- Teacher: Molly Tomony
The Grief Support Specialist Program is an 8 week, non-credit certificate program through Continuing Education and Workforce Development at NMU. This program evolved from the Grief Specialist Program at UW-Madison.
Participants will learn the principles and many practical tools and techniques to enhance their professional and personal life related to grief. Topics include: grief counseling theories and strategies, assessments, COVID and grief, recovery tools and intervention, attachment styles and grief, children and youth coping with grief, different age coping skills, grief groups for children, Vicarious Grief, Disenfranchised Grief, Complicated Grief coping with dying, legal issues & end of life decisions, spiritual, ethical, and culture issues, group therapy, self-care and career enhancement. Brief meditation and relaxation exercises are included during the synchronous instructions.
Participants could be, but are not limited to: Social Workers, Counselors, Psychologists, Clergy Workers, Funeral Directors, Teachers/Educators, Hospice, Health Care Workers and Nursing Home Employees.
The course involves detailed lectures/instruction, illustrative case studies and client stories, facilitated discussions and activities as well a project phase where participants can design a project of importance to their employer or for their own personal development.
This program is 8 weeks and online with asynchronous and synchronous components.
Throughout the program, participants will have the opportunity to interact on forums and work on a project under instructor guidance.
Continuing Education and Workforce Development at NMU has evolved this program from the former Grief Specialist Program at University of Wisconsin-Madison.
- Teacher: Caroline Cheng
- Teacher: Yan Ciupak
- Teacher: Megan Nowicki
- Teacher: Douglas Smith
- Teacher: Molly Tomony
- Teacher: Mitchell Cox
- Teacher: Jacob Daar
- Teacher: Victoria Mattson
- Teacher: Cheyenne Nutlouis
- Teacher: Ada Popovic
- Teacher: Ashley Shayter
The Michigan Learning Channel is a statewide program from Michigan's PBS stations that offers high-quality distance learning resources to students, teachers, and families. This course will introduce you to the the programming and content available on the platform, demonstrate how to access the resources both via broadcast and the website, and share best practices for engaging with the resources in and out of the classroom. At the end of the course, you will review an episode and evaluate its potential application in your classroom.
Upon completion of this course, you will be eligible for 1.5 SCHECHs. Please follow the directions for applying and paying for your SCECHs at the end of this course.
- Teacher: Ellen Doan
The Grief Support Specialist Program is an 8 week, non-credit certificate program through Continuing Education and Workforce Development at NMU. This program evolved from the Grief Specialist Program at UW-Madison.
Participants will learn the principles and many practical tools and techniques to enhance their professional and personal life related to grief. Topics include: grief counseling theories and strategies, assessments, COVID and grief, recovery tools and intervention, attachment styles and grief, children and youth coping with grief, different age coping skills, grief groups for children, Vicarious Grief, Disenfranchised Grief, Complicated Grief coping with dying, legal issues & end of life decisions, spiritual, ethical, and culture issues, group therapy, self-care and career enhancement. Brief meditation and relaxation exercises are included during the synchronous instructions.
Participants could be, but are not limited to: Social Workers, Counselors, Psychologists, Clergy Workers, Funeral Directors, Teachers/Educators, Hospice, Health Care Workers and Nursing Home Employees.
The course involves detailed lectures/instruction, illustrative case studies and client stories, facilitated discussions and activities as well a project phase where participants can design a project of importance to their employer or for their own personal development.
This program is 8 weeks and online with asynchronous and synchronous components. Two weekend ZOOM sessions are included. Synchronous Full-Day Sessions on Zoom on Saturday March 5th, Sunday, March 6th, Saturday, March 12th & Sunday, March 13th - 9:00 to 4:00 EST with an hour for lunch.
All four weekend sessions are required.
Throughout the program, participants will have the opportunity to interact on forums and work on a project under instructor guidance.
Continuing Education and Workforce Development at NMU has evolved this program from the former Grief Specialist Program at University of Wisconsin-Madison.
- Teacher: Caroline Cheng
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