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OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP
WILDERNESSTHERAPYCERTIFICATE - C553301
This curriculum is designed to prepare individuals to be successful professionals in the wilderness therapy eld.
Course work includes technical training in the areas of backcountry travel, backpack- ing, and primitive living skills. These skills are taught through facilitation and experiential learning methodologies. This course of study includes interpersonal skills and leadership skills such as group process, con ict resolution, therapeutic interventions, and manage- ment issues.
Graduates from this program will have a sound background in outdoor eld skills blended with a solid foundation of theoretical skills and knowledge of wilderness thera- peutic models. Graduates are prepared for employment as eld instructors in wilderness therapy programs, in residential therapeutic schools and programs, and the adventure therapy industry.
Pre x Number
ODL 125
ODL 140
ODL 245
ODL 248
Choose one of the following:
Lab Clinical Credit 3 0 4 2 0 3 2 0 3 6 0 3
2 0 3 6 0 3 6 0 3 4 0 3
15-19 0 16
Title Class
ODL 115 ODL 130 ODL 135 ODL 267
Methods of Experiential Education Water-Based Activities I Land-Based Activities I
Primitive Living Skills
Wilderness First Responder Intro to Wilderness Therapy Wilderness Therapeutic Models Field Techniques in WT
3 2 2 1
2 1 1 1
Totals 9-10 Total Semester Hour Credits: 16
FACULTY
Paul Wolf, Program Coordinator pjwolf@southwesterncc.edu
SCC Swain Center • 828.366.2003
2019-20 Catalog