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Continuing Education

Current Drug Trends 47550406

  • 0.05 credits
  • Substance Use Disorder Counseling
  • $15.00
  • In this course students will learn more about the latest in the growing youth drug trends, products and devices; and what works (and perhaps more importantly what doesn’t) in prevention.  Students will learn the basics of addiction, factors that hinder recovery, and the paradigm shift from abuse to misuse as well as how substance use has changed over time, including the latest trends in use, products, drug culture and devices.

    4 Course Sections
    4 Course Sections
    Section Status Start/End Date Register By Instruction Mode Campus Meeting Information Cost
    #PD012 Summer
    Open
    06/01/2025 –
    06/30/2025
    06/30/2025 Online Online
    Jun 1 – Jun 30
    -
    Online
    WTPD Contracts
    $15.00
    #PD013 Summer
    Open
    06/01/2025 –
    06/30/2025
    06/30/2025 Online Online
    Jun 1 – Jun 30
    -
    Online
    WTPD Contracts
    $15.00
    #PD014 Summer
    Open
    06/01/2025 –
    06/30/2025
    06/30/2025 Online Online
    Jun 1 – Jun 30
    -
    Online
    WTPD Contracts
    $15.00
    #PD015 Summer
    Open
    06/01/2025 –
    06/30/2025
    06/30/2025 Online Online
    Jun 1 – Jun 30
    -
    Online
    WTPD Contracts
    $15.00
    Post Secondary

    Counseling Theory 10550205

  • 3.00 credits
  • Substance Use Disorder Counseling
  • Summarize the history of, and explore the primary concepts within, the major approaches to counseling. Explore the empirical foundations of each theory. Examine application of theories to counseling. Review specific techniques of each theoretical approach. Examine the role of the counselor within each theoretical approach. Explore the role of the counselor, the scope of practice, and the ethical implications in counseling.

    1 Course Section
    1 Course Section
    Section Status Start/End Date Register By Instruction Mode Campus Meeting Information Cost
    #01 Fall
    Open
    08/25/2025 –
    12/17/2025
    08/30/2025 Online Required Due Dates Online
    Aug 25 – Dec 17
    -
    Online
    Christina Lucas
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    Post Secondary

    Psychopharmacology 10550207

  • 3.00 credits
  • Substance Use Disorder Counseling
  • Overview of psychopharmacology including drug categorization history, drug categorization, and drug classification. Includes analysis of neurophysiology of the brain and endocrine system, effects of substances on the body, analysis of delivery systems, and analysis of medical aspects of SUDs. Also includes etiology of addiction, psychopharmacological aspects of withdrawal management, analysis of medications used to treat SUDs and mental health disorders, and SUD medical impacts on the body.

    1 Course Section
    1 Course Section
    Section Status Start/End Date Register By Instruction Mode Campus Meeting Information Cost
    #01 Fall
    Open
    08/25/2025 –
    12/17/2025
    08/30/2025 Online Required Due Dates Online
    Aug 25 – Dec 17
    -
    Online
    April McHugh
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    Post Secondary

    Family Systems 10550209

  • 3.00 credits
  • Substance Use Disorder Counseling
  • Provides a broad understanding of family systems theory and practice relevant to the human services field. Focus is on evaluating the communication and interaction patterns and applying interventions and strategies.

    1 Course Section
    1 Course Section
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    #01 Fall
    Open
    08/25/2025 –
    12/17/2025
    08/30/2025 Online Required Due Dates Online
    Aug 25 – Dec 17
    -
    Online
    Christina Lucas
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    Post Secondary

    Foundations Of Case Management 10550202

  • 3.00 credits
  • Substance Use Disorder Counseling
  • Introduction to case management techniques and processes. Incorporates intake assessment techniques, service planning techniques, referral processes, coordination of care, and discharge processes determined by a multidisciplinary team approach. Includes client self-determination and autonomy. Incorporates clinical documentation requirements and processes.

    2 Course Sections
    2 Course Sections
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    #01 Fall
    Open
    08/25/2025 –
    12/15/2025
    08/30/2025 In-Person Zoom Available Wausau Main Campus
    Aug 25 – Dec 15
    Monday
    08:00 AM - 11:30 AM
    A241 - Helping Skills Lab - A Building
    Tracy Vaughan
    Aug 25 – Dec 15
    Monday
    08:00 AM - 11:30 AM
    A227 - Classroom - A Building
    Tracy Vaughan
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    #02 Fall
    Open
    08/25/2025 –
    12/17/2025
    08/30/2025 Online Required Due Dates Online
    Aug 25 – Dec 17
    -
    Online
    Danny Knoblock
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    Post Secondary

    Introduction To The SUDC Profession 10550200

  • 3.00 credits
  • Substance Use Disorder Counseling
  • Explore characteristics that are incorporated into substance use counseling and practice. Determine personal values, beliefs, strengths and weaknesses. Analyze the eight practice dimensions used to effectively treat substance use disorders: Clinical Evaluation; Treatment Planning; Referral; Service Coordination; Counseling; Patient, Family and Community Education; Documentation; and Professional and Ethical Responsibilities. Evaluate legal and ethical issues surrounding substance use counseling. Evaluate Information about Wisconsin licensing for substance use counseling.

    1 Course Section
    1 Course Section
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    #01 Fall
    Open
    08/25/2025 –
    12/17/2025
    08/30/2025 Online Required Due Dates Online
    Aug 25 – Dec 17
    -
    Online
    April McHugh
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    Post Secondary

    SUDC Assessment, Diagnosis And Treatment 10550208

  • 3.00 credits
  • Substance Use Disorder Counseling
  • Explore the core components of substance use disorder treatment. Apply the core practice dimensions of Substance Use Disorder Counseling. Evaluate process for SUD clients for the purpose of developing treatment plans and documenting the treatment process.

    1 Course Section
    1 Course Section
    Section Status Start/End Date Register By Instruction Mode Campus Meeting Information Cost
    #01 Fall
    Open
    08/25/2025 –
    12/17/2025
    08/30/2025 Online Required Due Dates Online
    Aug 25 – Dec 17
    -
    Online
    April McHugh
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    Post Secondary

    Agriculture Service Management 10093106

  • 2.00 credits
  • Crop And Soil
  • Explores the importance of customer service, understanding and satisfying the customer needs and ways to interact with the customer. A variety of assignments will help the learner examine the impact of customer service and its importance in building customer loyalty.

    1 Course Section
    1 Course Section
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    #01 Fall
    Open
    08/25/2025 –
    12/17/2025
    08/30/2025 Online Required Due Dates Online
    Aug 25 – Dec 17
    -
    Online
    Charl Van Der Nest
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    Post Secondary

    Group Facilitation 10550204

  • 3.00 credits
  • Substance Use Disorder Counseling
  • An introduction to theory and practice of group dynamics and processes. Includes ethical considerations, effective group leadership, and stages of group development. Also includes demonstration of group facilitation skills, clinical documentation, co-facilitation strategies, reflective practitioner techniques, and group formation.

    2 Course Sections
    2 Course Sections
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    #02 Fall
    Open
    08/25/2025 –
    12/17/2025
    08/30/2025 Online Required Due Dates Online
    Aug 25 – Dec 17
    -
    Online
    Danny Knoblock
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    #03 Fall
    Open
    10/22/2025 –
    12/17/2025
    10/25/2025 In-Person Wausau Main Campus
    Oct 22 – Dec 17
    Wednesday
    08:30 AM - 12:30 PM
    A241 - Helping Skills Lab - A Building
    Christina Lucas
    Oct 22 – Dec 17
    Wednesday
    08:30 AM - 12:30 PM
    A228 - Classroom - A Building
    Christina Lucas
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    Post Secondary

    Boundaries & Ethics - Helping Professions 10550210

  • 3.00 credits
  • Substance Use Disorder Counseling
  • Evaluate the ethical codes of the helping professions. Examine professional boundaries related to the helping professions. Incorporate ethical standards into decision making processes. Examine ethical considerations related to professional standards for the helping professions. Examine ethical considerations related to state and federal regulations for the helping professions. Examine the ethical considerations related to professional self-care.

    3 Course Sections
    3 Course Sections
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    #02 Fall
    Waitlist
    08/25/2025 –
    12/17/2025
    08/30/2025 Online Required Due Dates Online
    Aug 25 – Dec 17
    -
    Online
    Dakota Kaiser
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    #01 Fall
    Open
    08/28/2025 –
    12/11/2025
    08/30/2025 In-Person Zoom Available Wausau Main Campus
    Aug 28 – Dec 11
    Thursday
    08:00 AM - 11:30 AM
    A228 - Classroom - A Building
    Angela Greenfield
    Aug 28 – Dec 11
    Thursday
    08:00 AM - 11:30 AM
    A241 - Helping Skills Lab - A Building
    Angela Greenfield
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    #03 Fall
    Open
    09/22/2025 –
    12/17/2025
    08/30/2025 Online Required Due Dates Online
    Sep 22 – Dec 17
    -
    Online
    Kelly Perdue
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    Post Secondary

    Understanding Substance Use 10550201

  • 3.00 credits
  • Substance Use Disorder Counseling
  • Explore the bio-psych social dynamics of substance use. Examine treatment approaches, models, and screening criteria. Examine substances of abuse, history of SUDs, and their impact on the individual and society.

    2 Course Sections
    2 Course Sections
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    #02 Fall
    Open
    08/25/2025 –
    12/17/2025
    08/30/2025 Online Required Due Dates Online
    Aug 25 – Dec 17
    -
    Online
    Christina Lucas
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    #01 Fall
    Open
    08/26/2025 –
    10/14/2025
    08/30/2025 In-Person Zoom Available Wausau Main Campus
    Aug 26 – Oct 14
    Tuesday
    08:30 AM - 12:30 PM
    A229 - Classroom - A Building
    Christina Lucas
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    Post Secondary

    Overview Of Mental Health Disorders 10550203

  • 3.00 credits
  • Substance Use Disorder Counseling
  • Provides an overview to the history, diagnosis, treatment strategies, legal and ethical considerations, and documentation of mental health conditions. Focus is on understanding the mental health conditions that co-occur with substance use disorders.

    2 Course Sections
    2 Course Sections
    Section Status Start/End Date Register By Instruction Mode Campus Meeting Information Cost
    #02 Fall
    Open
    08/25/2025 –
    12/17/2025
    08/30/2025 Online Required Due Dates Online
    Aug 25 – Dec 17
    -
    Online
    April McHugh
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    #01 Fall
    Open
    08/27/2025 –
    10/15/2025
    08/30/2025 In-Person Zoom Available Wausau Main Campus
    Aug 27 – Oct 15
    Wednesday
    08:30 AM - 12:30 PM
    A228 - Classroom - A Building
    April McHugh
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    Post Secondary

    Intro To Interviewing & Counseling Skills 10550206

  • 3.00 credits
  • Substance Use Disorder Counseling
  • Analyze foundational skills in the counseling relationship. Analyze the stages of the helping processes and the roles professionals play in the processes. Analyze the importance of establishing therapeutic relationships. Apply basic counseling techniques. Apply interviewing and counseling skills through mock counseling sessions and personal experience reflections. Examine issues of boundaries and ethics.

    3 Course Sections
    3 Course Sections
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    #02 Fall
    Waitlist
    08/25/2025 –
    12/17/2025
    08/30/2025 Online Required Due Dates Online
    Aug 25 – Dec 17
    -
    Online
    Danny Knoblock
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    #01 Fall
    Open
    09/22/2025 –
    12/16/2025
    08/30/2025 In-Person Zoom Available Wausau Main Campus
    Sep 22 – Dec 16
    Tuesday
    08:00 AM - 12:30 PM
    A227 - Classroom - A Building
    Tracy Vaughan
    Sep 22 – Dec 16
    Tuesday
    08:00 AM - 12:30 PM
    A224 - Classroom - A Building
    Tracy Vaughan
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    #03 Fall
    Open
    09/22/2025 –
    12/17/2025
    08/30/2025 Online Required Due Dates Online
    Sep 22 – Dec 17
    -
    Online
    Danny Knoblock
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    Post Secondary

    Agriculture Equipment Safety 10093103

  • 2.00 credits
  • Crop And Soil
  • Explore the work environment of an agriculture equipment technician. Learners will practice safe use of basic hand and power tools. Additionally, learners will cover various types of equipment safe operation in both a shop and farm environment. Learners will complete an agriculture equipment driving examination. 

    2 Course Sections
    2 Course Sections
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    #01 Fall
    Open
    08/26/2025 –
    12/16/2025
    08/30/2025 In-Person Agriculture Center of Excellence
    Aug 26 – Dec 16
    Tuesday
    08:30 AM - 11:50 AM
    AG207 - Ag Classroom - Agriculture Center of Excellence
    Alex Crockford
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    #02 Fall
    Open
    08/26/2025 –
    12/16/2025
    08/30/2025 In-Person Agriculture Center of Excellence
    Aug 26 – Dec 16
    Tuesday
    01:00 PM - 04:20 PM
    AG213 - Ag Classroom - Agriculture Center of Excellence
    Alex Crockford
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    Post Secondary

    Introduction To Agronomy 10093101

  • 1.00 credits
  • Crop And Soil
  • Familiarizes learners with the Agriculture Center of Excellence and standard operating procedures. Learners will begin to develop a strategic college plan. Learners will be exposed to the various opportunities available throughout their program of study. This course will acquaint students with basic agronomy practices and learners will begin the process of managing acres of cropland that will continue throughout the program.

    1 Course Section
    1 Course Section
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    #01 Fall
    Open
    08/27/2025 –
    12/17/2025
    08/30/2025 In-Person Agriculture Center of Excellence
    Aug 27 – Dec 17
    Wednesday
    11:30 AM - 12:20 PM
    AG212 - Ag Classroom - Agriculture Center of Excellence
    Trevor Frank
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    Post Secondary

    Introduction To Precision Agriculture 10093108

  • 3.00 credits
  • Crop And Soil
  • Explores agricultural applications of GPS, yield monitoring systems and mapping. Learners will gain experience in operating equipment and software designed to support the production crop industry. The basics of variable rate technology, remote sensing, drones, and site-specific crop management techniques will be explored.

    1 Course Section
    1 Course Section
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    #01 Fall
    Open
    08/27/2025 –
    12/17/2025
    08/30/2025 In-Person Agriculture Center of Excellence
    Aug 27 – Dec 17
    Wednesday
    01:30 PM - 04:50 PM
    AG212 - Ag Classroom - Agriculture Center of Excellence
    Alex Crockford
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    Post Secondary

    Introduction To Soils 10093102

  • 2.00 credits
  • Crop And Soil
  • Examines basic soil and plant relationships. Soil fertility is important in considering the role that the soil plays with regard to the availability of nutrients to plants. Learners will study nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, as well as other macro and micro nutrients. Learners will practice appropriate sampling, analyzing and interpretation of soil sample results. Various soil management practices will be discussed, along with soil physical, chemical and biological properties. The soil profile will be examined.

    1 Course Section
    1 Course Section
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    #01 Fall
    Open
    08/27/2025 –
    12/17/2025
    08/30/2025 In-Person Agriculture Center of Excellence
    Aug 27 – Dec 17
    Wednesday
    08:00 AM - 11:20 AM
    AG212 - Ag Classroom - Agriculture Center of Excellence
    Trevor Frank
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    Post Secondary

    GIS Applications & Resource Management 10093111

  • 3.00 credits
  • Crop And Soil
  • Examines natural resource management, using remote sensing and GIS for mapping resources. Learners will gather and analyze data with the help of remote sensing technology. Data can be collected using ground or aerial photographs or satellite photographs of the land area being studied. With this data, learners will be able to create various land cover maps, vegetation maps, soil maps and geology maps.

    1 Course Section
    1 Course Section
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    #01 Fall
    Open
    08/28/2025 –
    12/11/2025
    08/30/2025 In-Person Agriculture Center of Excellence
    Aug 28 – Dec 11
    Thursday
    08:30 AM - 11:50 AM
    AG212 - Ag Classroom - Agriculture Center of Excellence
    Alex Crockford
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    Post Secondary

    Agriculture Water Management 10093110

  • 3.00 credits
  • Crop And Soil
  • Examines the use of water capacities, drought and water limiting conditions. Additionally specialty crops rely on irrigation for production, and learners will have the opportunity to explore irrigation on these crops in Wisconsin. Learners will examine various methods of irrigation and equipment during the course, and evaluate water use efficiency and design of different irrigation systems. Environmental impacts from agricultural water usage are explored.

    1 Course Section
    1 Course Section
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    #01 Fall
    Open
    08/28/2025 –
    12/11/2025
    08/30/2025 In-Person Agriculture Center of Excellence
    Aug 28 – Dec 11
    Thursday
    01:00 PM - 04:30 PM
    AG212 - Ag Classroom - Agriculture Center of Excellence
    Alex Crockford
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    Post Secondary

    Precision Drone Applications 10093116

  • 3.00 credits
  • Crop And Soil
  • Explores agricultural applications of using drones for crop remote sensing, photography, overseeding cover crops and forages, fertilization, fungicide and herbicide treatments.  Learners will gain basic flight training and  experience in operating drone equipment to prepare for FAA certification exams.

    1 Course Section
    1 Course Section
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    #01 Fall
    Open
    08/29/2025 –
    12/12/2025
    08/30/2025 In-Person Agriculture Center of Excellence
    Aug 29 – Dec 12
    Friday
    08:30 AM - 11:50 AM
    AG212 - Ag Classroom - Agriculture Center of Excellence
    Alex Crockford
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