TCC Announces “Certified Chiropractic Wellness Specialist” Program

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PASADENA, Texas – Texas Chiropractic College and its Office of Postgraduate Studies are excited to announce they will offer the new “Certified Chiropractic Wellness Specialist” program this fall, with the first of the four courses held on June 2. This is the first time this program will be available in Texas.

This 40-hour program was developed in a partnership between the American Chiropractic Association (ACA) and the National Wellness Institute (NWI). The objective is to enable attendees to integrate principles of health behavior, wellness coaching, health promotion and disease prevention into their current practice. The program is designed for licensed DC’s as well as current chiropractic students who are enrolled in Trimester 5 or higher.

The first session will prepare the doctor for implementing evidence-based wellness and primary prevention in practice and will create a knowledge-base in epidemiology, health behavioral theory, health communications, and community health advocacy. Wellness coaching skills, worksite wellness evaluation and consulting will be taught in subsequent modules and those completing the capstone project and all modules will join the National Wellness Institute, a leader in wellness since 1977. The complete curriculum is available online at http://www.txchiro.edu/documents/en-US/postgrad/CCWS_2012curriculum.pdf.

This program is sponsored by the ACA and all classes will be held on the TCC campus. The complete schedule is:

·         June 4, 2012: Principles of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (10 Hours)

·         June 23, 2012:  Principles and Applications of Wellness Coaching (10 Hours)

·         July 28, 2012:  Worksite Wellness (10 Hours)

·         Aug. 11, 2012: Applications of Wellness Coaching, Testing for Certification (10 Hours)

To receive certification as a chiropractic wellness specialist, participants must complete all four modules of the program.  Further training can also lead to Certified Wellness Practitioner status from NWI.

To enroll in this program, please visit the ACA website and download the registration form at http://www.acatoday.org/UserFiles/Registration_Form_TCC.pdf . For additional information, please contact the ACA Education Department at 703-276-8800 or education@acatoday.org or TCC’s Office of Postgraduate Studies at 1-800-533-9822 or 281-487-5656 or postgrad@txchiro.edu.

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