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Professional Certificate in Organizational Wellness for Law Enforcement

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STACKABLE FOR COURSE CREDIT

Earn academic credits that can be applied to a degree program.

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SELF-PACED

On-demand learning with interactive learning assessments.

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Care for Law Enforcement Officers With Organizational Wellness Training

A Peace Officer Standards Training-Approved Course

The honorable but challenging work of Law Enforcement can have a tremendous impact on officer wellness. National University offers a law enforcement wellness program that goes beyond physical fitness and wellness plans to focus on whole-person wellness to embody mind, body, and spirit.

Cultivating a culture of health and wellness in law enforcement helps law enforcement professionals better serve the community, improving community and law enforcement outcomes. The Caring for the Caretakers: Professional Certificate in Organizational Wellness for Law Enforcement helps managers and law enforcement professionals learn how to create an environment and culture in which employee wellness is central to all aspects of the organization. This program provides a framework to establish best practices and build organizational wellness, including:

  • Organizational culture of wellness
  • Trauma-informed care
  • Barriers and consequences when wellness is not prioritized
  • Impact of cumulative stress and trauma
  • Leadership and structural barriers to organizational wellness
  • Coping and resiliency from the academy to retirement
  • Establishing an organizational wellness program

The program is relevant for all individuals working in law enforcement, including sworn officers and civilian professionals. The self-paced Professional Certificate in Organizational Wellness for Law Enforcement course fee is $49 and the program can be completed in 6 hour.

National University Professional Certificates do not qualify for federal financial aid.

Certificate Learning Objectives

  • Learn the culture of wellness for law enforcement
  • Identify toxic, cumulative effects of stress and trauma for law enforcement
  • Learn the barriers to organizational wellness for law enforcement
  • Learn how to deal with changes and how to move forward
  • Learn the techniques of coping and resilience for law enforcement
  • Establish organizational wellness programs for law enforcement
  • Implement and sustain organizational wellness unit for law enforcement
  • Identify effective means of implementing organizational wellness groups

Degree Pathway

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The Professional Certificate in Organizational Wellness for Law Enforcement serves as a valuable credential that complements your educational path, offering the potential to earn one course of prior learning credit towards the Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice. For more information about prior learning credit, email [email protected].

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-Francisco R., Class of 2016

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We know your life may not happen on a 9-5 schedule, so we offer courses online.

Frequently Asked Questions

Students can register and start the course any time. Click here to register.

The course registration fee is $49. Students can register here.

The Professional Certificate in Organizational Wellness for Law Enforcement serves as a valuable credential that complements your educational path, offering the potential to earn one course of prior learning credit towards the Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice. For more information about prior learning credit, email [email protected].

There are no eligibility requirements to enroll. To earn CA POST credit you need a CA POST ID.

If you don’t have one, use this link to get a CA POST ID before registering for the course.

Once enrolled, create your student profile and enter your POST ID in your profile under License or Credential ID field. Instructions will be sent in the order confirmation.

The program is designed to be nine hours in total.

The course is six hours of self-paced, asynchronous instruction, which you can take on your time, on your schedule.