LC 410
Life Coaching II
Life Coaching II: This is a two part course the first part of which introduces the student to various inventories, test and other resources used in a life coaching practice. Topics include: personal identity, developing spiritual purpose, communication skills, living life with integrity, living up to one’s potential and others. Concepts and templates that a life coach can use in serving clients and in self-care are presented along as well. The second part covers life coaching from a cognitive-behavioral approach showing how each compliments and enhances the other and how together they can be applied to emotional issues, problem solving, persistence and assertiveness, resilience, risk-taking, decision-making and the personal change processes. Upon successful completion of this course, students are awarded 30 contact hours of continuing education credits. Course Code: LC 410
Prerequisite to enroll: applications must meet at least one of these position criteria to enter the Health Care Life Coach Program and enroll into this course: for Certification must meet one of these criteria: 1.) a registered nurse currently licensed to practice nursing, 2). a licensed social worker, 3). a health care licensed professional, 4). a health care provider with a minimum of an associate degree, 5). a licensed counselor or psychologist, 6). holds a bachelor's degree or higher in psychology, human services, or other health related field, 7). a licensed dietician, 8). a certified professional in holistic / integrative health care, 9). a health care educator, 10). a health care case manager, 11). a certified life coach.
BOARD APPROVALS: The American Institute of Health Care Professionals (The Provider) is approved by the California Board of Registered Nurses, Provider number # CEP 15595 for 30 Contact Hours. Access information
This course, which is approved by the Florida State Board Of Nursing (CE Provider # 50-11975) also has the following Board of Nursing Approvals, for 30 contact hours of CE:
The American Institute of Health Care Professionals Inc: is a Rule Approved Provider of Continuing Education by the Arkansas Board of Nursing. CE Provider # 50-11975.
The American Institute of Health Care Professionals Inc: is a Rule Approved Provider of Continuing Education by the Georgia Board of Nursing. CE Provider # 50-11975.
The American Institute of Health Care Professionals Inc: is a Rule Approved Provider of Continuing Education by the South Carolina Board of Nursing. CE Provider # 50-11975.
The American Institute of Health Care Professionals Inc: is a Rule Approved Provider of Continuing Education by the West Virginia Board of Examiners for Professional Registered Nurses. CE Provider # 50-11975.
The American Institute of Health Care Professionals Inc: is a Rule Approved Provider of Continuing Education by the New Mexico Board of Nursing. CE Provider # 50-11975.
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Instructor/Course Author: Thomas Schear, Ph.D
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E-mail: tschear@ccmsinc.net
TIME FRAME: You are allotted two years from the date of enrollment, to complete this course. There are no set time-frames, other than the two year allotted time. If you do not complete the course within the two-year time-frame, you will be removed from the course and an "incomplete" will be recorded for you in our records. Also, if you would like to complete the course after this two-year expiration time, you would need to register and pay the course tuition fee again.
TEXTBOOKS: There are two (2) textbooks for the course:
Total Life Coach: A Compendium of Resources by Patrick William & Lloyd J. Thomas ISBN-10: 0393704343
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Life Coaching: A Cognitive Behavioral Approach by Michael Neena & Windy Dryden ISBN-10: 978-0415661836
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GRADING: You must achieve a passing score of at least 70% to complete this course and receive the 30 hours of awarded continuing education credit. There are no letter grades assigned. You will receive notice of your total % score. Those who score below the minimum of 70% will be contacted by the instructor at American Institute of Health Care Professionals, Inc. and options for completing additional course work to achieve a passing score will be presented.
Online Classroom Resources and Tools
* Examination Access: there is link to take you right to the online examination program where you can print out your examination and work with it. All examinations are formatted as "open book" tests. When you are ready, you can access the exam program at anytime and click in your responses to the questions. Full information is provided in the online classrooms.
* Student Resource Center: there is a link for access to a web page "Student Resource Center." The Resource Center provides for easy access to all of our policies/procedures and additional information regarding applying for certification. We also have many links to many outside reference sites, such as online libraries that you may freely access.
* Online Evaluation: there is a link in the classroom where you may access the course evaluation. All students completing a course, must, without exception, complete the course evaluation.
* Faculty Access Information: you will have access to your instructor's online resume/biography, as well as your instructor's specific contact information.
* Additional Learning Materials: some faculty have prepared additional "readings" and /or brief lecture notes to enhance your experience. All of these are available in the online classrooms.
COURSE OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of the course, you will be able to:
- Introduction to various inventories, tests, resources to assist with searching for/creating personal identity.
- Introduction to various inventories, tests, resources to assist with developing spiritual and life purpose.
- Introduction to various inventories, tests, resources to assist with enhancing communication skills.
- Introduction to various inventories, tests, resources to assist with living life with integrity.
- Introduction to various inventories, tests, resources to assist in living up to ones potential.
- Introduction to various inventories, tests, resources to assist with learning cognitive skills.
- Introduction to various inventories, tests, resources to assist with the development of high-quality relationships.
- Introduction to various inventories, tests, resources to assist with understanding one’s past while creating a positive future.
- Understand the coaching approach to emotional issues and problem solving.
- Understand the coaching approach to persistence and assertiveness.
- Understand the concept of and the development of resilience.
- Understand the coaching approach to risk-taking, making decisions and the personal change process.