C-201 Introduction to Counseling, Course 28271, Tues and Thurs, 6-9 PM
Remote-Live, 6 hours, 2 sessions     Instructor: Ronald Faines, LCADC, ACS, CCS

Identify key concepts associated with the following counseling approaches: Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Rational Emotive Therapy, Motivational Enhancement, Therapy, Family Therapy, Client Centered Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy and Psychodynamic Therapy. Describe the philosophies, practices, policies, and outcomes of the most generally accepted and scientifically supported models of treatment, recovery, relapse prevention, and continuing care for addiction and other substance-related problems and establish a helping relationship with the client. 

C202 - Introduction to Techniques & Approaches, Course 28272, Tues and Thurs, 6-9 PM
Remote-Live, 6 hours, 2 sessions     Instructor: Ronald Faines, LCADC, ACS, CCS

Identify, demonstrate, and explain the purpose of the following counseling skills: Attending, Paraphrasing, Reflection of Feeling, Summarizing, Probing, Counselor, Self-Disclosure, Interpreting and providing information and feedback; integrate self-help group participation; identify six stages of counseling and employ the skills and tailor helping strategies and treatment modalities to the client's stage of Use Disorder, change, or recovery.

Introduction to Coding and Computer Programming, Course 28321, Wed, 6-9 p.m.

Remote-Live, 6 hours, 2 Sessions     Instructor: Michael Hodgetts

If you are new to programming or want to learn more about this in-demand field, you will benefit from this introductory course that provides an overview of programming methodology for those without prior coding experience. Topics covered will include computer science fundamentals (data types, data structures, input/output, functions, sorting/searching, program structure, etc.) and basic algorithms. This course is offered in a flexible format that includes online sessions live with the instructor and additional assignments for student completion. Students will need to save their work to their local computer or a flash drive.

Introduction to R Programming, Course 28871, Tues and Thurs, 6:30 - 8:30 PM
Remote-Live, 6 hours, 3 sessions     Instructor: Michael Hodgetts

PREREQUISITE: Proficient knowledge of MS Excel.
R’s widespread popularity in today’s data driven business world makes R a must-know data analysis tool in almost every field of business: finance, bioscience, supply chain, sports, retail, marketing, social media, manufacturing and even journalism. R is a software program used to analyze large data sets. Students will complete projects analyzing large data sets related to environmental and business issues. The course will cover exploratory data analysis techniques, visualization methods, modeling and ideas in reproducible research using packages from base R. Students will learn the basic syntax for R and how functions and packages work.