Person-Centered and Strengths-Based Approaches to Support Whole-Person Wellness
Whole-person & Systems Approaches Domain
Course Description
Acquire strategies for designing tailored and targeted methods to influence positive holistic change in others by participating in this interactive eLearning course. We explore evidence-based and culturally competent processes to implement person-centered approaches for communication, education, behavior change, and program development.
The Wellness Alliance offers nine e-learning courses intentionally designed to cover foundational topics within the five domains of the Wellness Promotion Competency Model. The researched-based model serves as the standard for the Certified Wellness Practitioner (CWP) certification. This is the second of two courses supporting the Whole-Person and Systems Approaches competency domain.
Learning Objectives
- Determine factors (e.g., personal, cultural biases, or values) that can influence an individual’s worldview.
- Recognize major factors of person-centered communication practices.
- Develop communication approaches to tailor messages for individuals from diverse backgrounds.
- Determine methods to select information for individuals based on content and appropriateness.
- Develop methods to employ culturally relevant wellness education to individuals and the public.
- Define elements outlined in participatory techniques.
- Demonstrate how a strengths-based technique can be used to achieve established objectives and outcomes.
- Describe how applying a humanistic approach can be used to achieve established objectives and outcomes.
- List techniques that support an individual’s autonomy in their personal wellness behaviors.
- Describe how employing a strengths-based, humanistic, or cognitive-behavioral technique can encourage individuals to be active participants in their personal wellness journey.
Who Should Attend?
This course is applicable to individual practitioners as well as anyone who promotes wellness within organizations or communities. Discounts are available for educational institutions, associations, and organizations wishing to train a team or integrate courses into their curriculum. Contact [email protected] for details and rates.
Course Delivery
Within this self-paced interactive e-learning course, you’ll find knowledge checks or activities to enhance your learning as well as a variety of tools and resources you can apply in your work. Time to complete the course varies by learner, but we suggest planning for a total of three to five hours for each course to complete all the learning elements, including any application activities and self-reflections.
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4-Week Access
Member: $195
Nonmember: $225
Two-Course Domain Package
6-Week access
Member: $350
Nonmember: $405
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For information, email [email protected].
Continuing Education
This course is preapproved for 3.0 CE credits for: CWP (Category 1), NCHEC (Category 1 Advanced-Level CHES), and NBC-HWC (Activity ID: CEA-000253-2). View our CE Credit page for more details.
About the Wellness Promotion Competency Model
The research-based Wellness Promotion Competency Model
encompasses a total of 27 competencies grouped into five domains. This
ground-breaking resource aids in curriculum development, recruitment and
hiring, continuing professional development, and certification in the
wellness field.
The model serves as the standard for the gold-standard
Certified Wellness Practitioner (CWP) certification.
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