Mid-April 2020 News from Continuing Education
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- Additional Free Online Webinars
- Remote learning opportunities - study from home.
- Summer online courses
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Free Webinars, Open to the Public
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Due to popular demand, we've added more free webinars! Throughout April Antioch University Continuing Education is offering a series of free online webinars, designed to connect our campuses, alumni and communities in this uncertain time.
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LIVE Webinar -
FREE
with Alex Shevrin Venet
Tues., April 14, 2020 - time 2:00-3:15 ET / 11:00-12:15 PT
What is trauma? How does it impact young children? And what can we do as caregivers and educators to promote resilience and healing? In this webinar, you'll learn how to begin answering these questions within your role. Special focus will be given to proactive strategies for supporting children's healthy relationship development and sense of safety, including how to take care of yourself so you can take care of others.
Register
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2 Hour LIVE WEBINAR -
FREE
Friday, April 17,
2020 - 2:00 - 4:00 pm ET / 11:00 - 1:00 PT
Adjust, transform, revise or disrupt. Whatever we call it, the underlying principle is change! Resistance is natural and normal yet at the end of the day we still have a job to do - at work, at school and at home. Whether we react to it or we plan for it, we must work through it. This presentation explores the fundamentals of change management as we set out to answer the question: "How do I take control and accountability for my success in times of change?"
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LIVE WEBINAR -
FREE
Sat., April 18, 1:00 - 2:30 ET / 10:00 - 11:30 PT
Weaving together receptive administration, commitment to space and time, and a dedication to routines, Vermont teachers have created a strong culture of weekly Forest Day teaching and learning. Over forty-five public schools now have classrooms spending frequent, immersive time in wild spaces, beyond classroom walls. As teachers and students rediscover joy in their school days, the stories they have to share are inspirational. Eliza Minnucci teaches in the
Certificate in Nature-based Early Childhood Education
at
Antioch University New England.
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A Diversity and the Environment Webinar
Tuesday, April 21, 2020, LIVE WEBINAR
FREE
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ET/ 9:00 am - 10:00 am PT
Increased attention on the pervasiveness of harassment and assault in the daily professional lives of women and men calls for open dialogue and institutional culture change, particularly around issues of gender-based discrimination and the role of power dynamics. Although the topic of harassment in the workplace is not new, what constitutes the 'workplace' for environmental professionals can present a unique set of challenges in terms of the spaces in which the work takes place and the various actors involved. The aim of this webinar is to acknowledge and better understand the presence of these issues in the fields of Environmental Studies and Sciences while discussing the role of professional societies and institutions of higher education in cultivating a safe working and learning environment. This webinar will be interactive and discuss resources available through the AdvanceGeo project.
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by the Leadership in Edible Education Program at Antioch University Seattle & EduCulture,
April 23,
7:00 pm to 8:00 pm ET / 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm PT
LIVE WEBINAR
FREE
Join us for a virtual dialogue, facilitated by edible educator Jonathan Garfunkel, along with local Seattle educators and food practitioners. This virtual event will also be an opportunity to learn about our upcoming Leadership in Edible Education 2020-21 program cycle aiming to begin this summer quarter.
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A Weathering Change Series Webinar
LIVE WEBINAR -
FREE
Mon., April 27, 2020
- 12:00-1:15 PM ET / 3:00 - 4:15 PT
This webinar will review the potential impacts of a changing climate on wetland ecosystems, with a focus on the glaciated northeast. The presentation will review three types of wetlands: vernal pools, peatlands and tidal marshes with an eye to the vulnerability and potential resilience of such systems to the current and projected changes is temperature, precipitation and atmospheric carbon dioxide content. Response of these ecosystems to such disturbances will be considered through different spatial scales. The instructor is
Michael Simpson
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core faculty in
Environmental Studies
at
Antioch University New England.
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May 2, 3, 23 and 24 - 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Pacific Time
This 2 academic credit course (up to 19 CE credits available through PESI) is designed for students to review and complete the Level 2 Gottman Method Couples Therapy Training. Through training manuals, video, online class discussion and participation, participants will learn about integrating Gottman Method Couples Therapy into their clinical work. Clinical Training will give students insights into treatment for couples who struggle, using research-based assessments and effective interventions based on the Sound Relationship House Theory. Completion of the course will allow students to register and designate themselves as Trained Clinicians in Gottman Method Level 2. Includes 500-page, Level 2 clinical training manual and follow up sessions with a Certified Gottman Therapist.
Prerequisite:
Completion of Gottman Training Level 1
Workshop cost - $199
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This course will introduce the student to the evolution of dance/movement therapy theory from its historical roots through current and progressive perspectives. Major founders, their contributions, and the impact of historical, cultural, and societal trends on the emergence of the profession will be an ongoing emphasis through both experiential and didactic methods. The course will also build a beginning understanding of the contemporary intersection of dance/movement therapy with body/mind disciplines, psychology, and neuroscience. The relationship of the student as an individual, group member, and future dance/movement therapist to the material of the course will be an ongoing, underlying theme.
3-credits, Saturday - Wednesday., August 1- 5, Antioch University New England, Keene, NH
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What is a picture book, and what is its purpose? What does a contemporary picture book look like? How is a successful picture book crafted? How do text and illustration work together? These questions and more will be answered through intensive study of a number of picture books. Students will also submit a picture book manuscript for detailed feedback and create a storyboard and dummy for their book. 4 Week Online Class / $199, May 11 - June 7, 2020
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The impacts from a changing climate are visible and increasing. Build your skills, knowledge, and networks to take effective action. The Climate Resilience Certificate prepares professionals to incorporate resilience strategies into planning, implementation, and evaluation within any domain of resource management, community engagement, and environmental protection.
Upcoming course:
Climate Response: Costs and Financing
(ES 5850, Section A) Delivery: Online
May 3 – 30,
2020, 4 weekly asynchronous online lessons
This module focuses on the associated costs analyses that should accompany any on-the-ground response to projected climate impacts. Marginal cost analysis will be covered, as well as dollar-based valuation approaches, including avoided damage costs, replacement costs and substitution costs. The issue of financially discounting the future in light of inaction will be addressed. Finally, funding sources and financing strategies will be introduced.
Instructor: Michael Simpson, msimpson@antioch.edu
Credits: 1 or audit for no credit
Registration deadline: April 28, 2020
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Selected Summer Online Courses
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Education
Just, Good, Food, ED-6504, 3 credits, Section A, Online
Just Good Food explores how contemporary food systems and individual food choices relate to human, animal, and environmental social justice issues. Just Good Food focuses on the connections between food systems and issues of hunger, poverty, animal protection, climate change, healthcare, sustainability, legislative policies, and corporate interests. The course surveys a broad range of food-related issues, with the opportunity for further study in a personal area of interest. The course also highlights solutions-focused organizations, practices, and policies. Students learn to think critically about how food choices affect all living beings and the planet and gain insight into food-related politics and policy.
Restrictions:
Free course vouchers are not applicable to this course.
Section A:
Online
May 18- Aug.21,
Instructor:
Cynthia Trapanese,
Methodology:
Online - asynchronous
Race, Intersectionality, and Veganism, ED-6500, 3 credits, Section A, Online
In this course, students explore issues of intersectionality, racism, and racial justice within the specific context of veganism. Through structured conversation as well as research, reflection, and practical application, students learn how to educate effectively and seek solutions that address overlapping systems of racial injustice and animal exploitation.
Restrictions:
Free course vouchers are not applicable to this course.
Section A:
Online May 18- Aug. 21,
Methodology:
Online
- asynchronous
Creative Activism, ED-6502, 3 credits, Section A, Online
Creative Activism offers a study of literary, performance, and visual artists who focus their work on one or more facets of comprehensive humane education—human rights, animal protection, and environmental stewardship. In addition to studying solutions-focused art and artists, students will examine their own experience with the creative process, design original and collaborative work, and practice integrating art for social change into their own lives, teaching, and/or community outreach. Educators, activists, artists, writers, visionaries, and anyone curious about creative activism will discover ways to cross the bridge from despair to action with the support of a dynamic learning community.
Restrictions:
Free course vouchers are not applicable to this course.
Section A:
May 18 - Aug. 21
Methodology:
Online
- asynchronous
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Writing for Social Change, ED-6506, 3 credits, Section A,
Online
In this course participants live like writers, thinkers, and creators of wisdom, cultivating and contemplating questions that matter. Through the medium of transformative language arts, students discover what it means to be earth-inspired, animal-inspired, and human-inspired, positioning and empowering words for personal and social change. Through an online retreat design, writers are immersed in readings, music, short films, mindfulness meditation, and experiential writing activities as a source of inspiration and a springboard for independent and/or collaborative writing projects. All genres are open for exploration. Writing circles meet online to share progress, inspirational tips, and resources.
Restrictions:
Free course vouchers are not applicable to this course.
Section A
: May 18- Aug. 21,
Methodology:
Online
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Applied Psychology
Trans Experiences: An Introduction, PY-6210, 3-cr. Online
This course will give students the opportunity to develop awareness of identities related to sex, gender, gender identity, and gender expression. Utilizing research and theory, there will be a focus on the bio-social-cultural-psychological factors that shape gender.
Methodology: Asynchronous
online 5/26-7/26. May have additional synchronous Zoom online meetings, times TBD
Integrative Approaches to Addiction, PYC-6260, 3-cr. Online
This course is designed to prepare students to work with clients who present with addictive disorders. Students will examine the process of change that occurs in recovery from these disorders and focus on skill development in the Transtheoretical Model of change, Motivational Interviewing, cognitive/behavioral, attachment theory, group techniques, solution-focused techniques, management of co-occurring disorders, and techniques in a harm reduction framework. The efficacy of these approaches with a variety of populations and ethnic groups will be examined. The course will be geared to students who have prior knowledge, experience and/or training in addictions counseling.
Methodology: Asynchronous
online 5/18-8/9. May have additional synchronous Zoom online meetings, times TBD.
Counseling Approaches to Grief and Loss, PY-5321, 3-cr, Online
This 3-credit course will address grieving as a natural process for both adults and children, explore grief related to trauma, describe chronic grief accompanying on-going loss, and introduce a variety of methods for supporting adaptive and healing processes. The impact of loss on families and communities will also be included.Restrictions: by dept. approval. Submit non-matriculated enrollment form to continuing education to obtain permission.
Methodology: Asynchronous
online 5/18 – 8/9. May have additional synchronous Zoom online meetings, times TBD.
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