WORKSHOPS AND COURSES
Professional Development Opportunities with the Odyssey Institute
Every year the Odyssey Institute offers accredited professional development opportunities in the fields of environmental/outdoor education and youth leadership development. This year’s offerings are imaginatively titled e1, e3 and e5…
e1: Wilderness First Aid and First Responder – 08-13/10/2011 :: $180/500 USD
e3: Experiential Environmental Education – 2-5/01/2012; 25-28/06/2012 :: $599
e5: Holistic Education and Empowerment of Adolescents – details coming soon!
e1: Wilderness First Aid and Wilderness First Responder
Our Wilderness First Aid (WFA), and Wilderness First Responder (WFR) courses are delivered by a US-based team of accredited instructors. Both courses include CPR certification.
Why Wilderness First Aid? Wilderness means remote. A Wilderness setting is anywhere more than one hour away from definitive medical care, which is almost everywhere in the developing world. WFA/WFR courses are designed to provide you with the tools to make critical medical and evacuation decisions in remote locations. Half of your time will be spent completing practical skills, case studies and scenarios designed to challenge your decision making abilities. The WMI Adult & Child CPR is included in this course.
The WFR curriculum includes standards for urban and extended care situations. Special topics include but are not limited to: wound management and infection, realigning fractures and dislocations, improvised splinting techniques, patient monitoring and long term management problems, up-to-date information on all environmental emergencies, evacuation procedures plus advice on drug therapies. Emphasis is placed on prevention and decision-making, not the memorization of lists.
WFA and WFR courses provide participants with essential skills for mitigating emergency medical situations.
Program Details
WFA = October 8th-9th, 2011 $180 (maximum 20 participants)
WFR = October 8th-13th, 2011 $500 (maximum 20 participants)
Age limits: 16+ for WFA, 18+ for WFR
WFA = 2 year US-certification, WFR = 3 year US-certification. Includes CPR
e3: Experiential Environmental Education
Learn basic Ecology, Environmental Education techniques, outdoor teambuilding and leadership initiatives and Best Practices for Service Learning that you can use in your classroom for interdisciplinary lessons!
Using the National Science Teacher’s Association (NSTA Recommends!) recommended book ‘As if the Earth Matters’ as a guide and introduction for this course we will focus on reef ecology, forest ecology, outdoor education methodology and service learning to give educators the tools they need to guide their students towards environmental stewardship and action for the environment!
Program Details
e3 = Jan 2-5 / June 25-28, 2012
$599 (maximum 20 participants)
SUNY credit available upon request
e5: Experiential Education
Details coming soon…
