An exploration of the four task of successful management: planning, organizing, leading and controlling. It includes an introduction to utilizing a comprehensive planning process as a workable system for the developing and monitoring the success of a nonprofit organization's program.
Course Materials (Costs listed are in addition to the tuition and digital media fee for this course.)
Managing the Nonprofit Organization, Peter Drucker Harper
The Making of a Leader - by Dr. J. Clinton, NavPress, Colorado Springs, CO, 1991
Three Dimensions of Leadership, Olan Hendrix To purchase course materials, visit our online bookstore. To Register for this course click on the "Add to Cart" button.
A study of effective strategies for working with addicts in a live-in setting which includes topics such as ethics and policies, multicultural sensitivity, and a general knowledge of addiction and the twelve core functions of counseling of addiction counseling. Course Materials (Costs listed are in addition to the tuition and digital media fee for this course.)
God is for the Alcoholic - Jerry Dunn, Moody Press Guide to Effective Rescue Mission Recovery Programs - Michael Liimatta, AGRM, 1990 To purchase course materials, visit our online bookstore.
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($450 course fee, $50 digital media fee) The focus of this course is financial planning, including such topics as: basic planning and leadership principles, underlying organizational issues involved with planning and budgeting, financial planning principles and practices, including in-depth analysis of one organization’s planning process, knowledge of how organizational ethics, norms, strategic planning and direction influence both its income and expenses.
Course Materials (Costs listed are in addition to the tuition and digital media fee for this course.)
The Budget-Building Book for Nonprofits - by Murray Dropkin and Bill LaTouche
The Cash Flow Management Book for Nonprofits - by Murray Dropkin and Allyson Hayden
This course serves as an overview of the professional practices that counselors utilize in their treatment of clients with substance use and abuse issues.While many students want to jump right to the “counseling” stage, several steps must be performed, including screening, assessment, and treatment planning, before “counseling” can even begin.Students will learn to implement various ways to begin and maintain the therapeutic alliance between them and their clients. They will also learn to select and implement various screening and comprehensive assessment instruments that will be sensitive to the client’s needs and will best determine client pathology and severity of addictions. Students will also be able to summarize findings from the implementation of the screening and assessment instruments into a narrative format. Lastly, students will understand how to plan the proper course of treatment for individual clients which includes identifying and defining the client’s problems and devising goals, objectives, and interventions to help return the client to normal functioning.
Estimated Cost of Course Materials (Costs listed are in addition to the tuition and digital media fee for this course.)Textbooks:
Perkinson, R. R. (2002). Chemical dependency counseling: A practical guide (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications. Estimated Book Cost: new $80.95 and old $44.99
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