Designed with specific focus on the current or aspiring professional, Professional Development Institutes (PDIs) are intensive graduate and undergraduate courses offered when you need them most: Evenings, Weekends, and Summers. With time efficient scheduling and a cost effective delivery model PDIs are the effective way to advance your career by working towards your next degree or providing you with valuable PDPs & CEUs.

Many professionals choose to use these institutes for Professional Development Points (PDP) or Continuing Education Units (CEU) as issued by the state or the participant's governing professional organization. Higher PDPs are awarded when a course is taken for credit than for non-credit. For each one (1) academic graduate credit assigned to a course, participants are eligible to receive 22.5 PDPs when the course it taken for academic credit or 10 PDPs when the course is taken for non-credit professional development only. One (1) graduate level academic credit is equal to 10 contact hours.

How to Register:

1. Immediate registration is available online for Summer Professional Development Institutes. Click Here to register.

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2. Download the Graduate/PDI Non-Matriculated Student Registration Form. Fax the completed form to 617-879-2099 or mail it to the Office of Graduate Admissions, Wheelock College, 200 The Riverway, Boston, MA 02215. Payment must be included at the time of registration.

See our full list of 2012 Summer PDIs below!

Beyond Words: Healing Hurts, Building Peace (3 credits/36 contact hours)

Bullying and Cyberbullying: Incidences, Causes and Preventions (1 credit/12 contact hours)

Child and Adolescent Mental Health (3 credits/36 contact hours)

Creating Welcoming Environments for LGBT Families and Children in Education and Human Services (Graduate: 3 credits/36 contact hours. Undergraduate: 4 credits/40 contact hours)

Energy Management: A Radical New System of Effectiveness and Productivity (1 credit/12 contact hours)

Field Guide to a School Yard: Teaching Plant & Animal I.D. to Children ( 1 credit/12 contact hours)

Humor and Child Development (3 credits/36 contact hours)

Impact of Special Needs (3 credits/36 contact hours)

Introduction to Inclusive Early Childhood Education Settings (3 credits/36 hours)

Language, Literacy, and Culture (3 credits/36 contact hours)

Media Madness: The Impact of Sex, Violence & Commerical Culture on Adults, Children and Society (3 credits/36 contact hours)

Multisensory Approaches to Teaching Reading (3 credits/36 contact hours)

Organizational Leadership, Mission & Strategy (3 credits/36 contact hours)

Organizational Governance (3 credits/36 contact hours)

Second Language Acquisition (3 credits/36 contact hours)

SpTp: Helping Children and Families cope with Loss and Transition (3 credits/credits)

Supporting Children's Emotional Development in Schools and Communities (2 credits/24 contact hours)

Teaching Literacy to English Language Learners (Prerequisites: RDG 537 Teaching Reading or permission of instructor)

Teaching Reading and Writing to English Language Learners (Prerequisite: EDU 327/337, RDG 537 or one course in Language and Literacy)

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How to Register:

1. Immediate registration is available online for Summer Professional Development Institutes. Click Here to register.

or

2. Download the Graduate/PDI Non-Matriculated Student Registration Form. Fax the completed form to 617-879-2099 or mail it to the Office of Graduate Admissions, Wheelock College, 200 The Riverway, Boston, MA 02215. Payment must be included at the time of registration.