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Weekend: 10AM - 5PM
Level
IA
Chaplain as Person
Self-Awareness in Relationship
Concentration: Introduction to Spiritual Care
Level IA introduces students to Clinical Pastoral Education, foundational spiritual care, and the discipline of self-awareness. Students begin to learn how they show up as persons in care, relationships, and clinical practice.
Focus Areas :
➧ Introduction to chaplaincy and spiritual care
➧ Learning the CPE process
➧ Beginning self-awareness
➧ Identifying key dynamics in care
Key Verbs
Identify · Notice · Describe · Begin to understand
Level
IB
Chaplain as Meaning-Maker
Meaning through values, beliefs, lived experience
Concentration: Foundations of Spiritual Care
Level IB develops the student’s ability to articulate spiritual care practice, reflect theologically, and recognize the dynamics at work within clinical encounters and relationships.
Focus Areas :
➧ Deepening spiritual care skills
➧ Articulation and reflection
➧ Foundations of spiritual care practice
➧ Recognizing relational and clinical dynamics
Key Verbs
Explain · Recognize · Demonstrate awareness · Make connections
Level
IIA
Chaplain as Spiritual Care Provider
Practicing spiritual care with intention and skill
Concentration: Intermediate Spiritual Care
Level IIA focuses on the active use and demonstration of spiritual care skills. Students strengthen their written and verbal clinical work, develop theories of spiritual care, and show greater intentionality in practice.
Focus Areas :
➧ Writing and demonstrating spiritual care skills
➧ Developing theories of spiritual care
➧ Strengthening clinical practice
➧ Using knowledge with greater intention
Key Verbs
Use · Demonstrate · Apply · Reflect on functioning
Level
IIB
Chaplain as Leader and Professional
Integrating practice, leadership and professional identity
Concentration: Certificate in the Clinical Practice of Spiritual Care
Level IIB brings together learning from the previous levels through integration, evaluation, leadership, and professional identity. Students demonstrate increasing capacity for teaching, self-assessment, and accountable spiritual care practice.
Focus Areas :
➧ Evaluation and integration
➧ Leadership and professional identity
➧ Teaching and guiding others
➧ Demonstrating mature spiritual care practice
Key Verbs
Assess · Integrate · Evaluate · Teach
Across All Levels
Curriculum Categories:
➧ Spiritual Formation & Integration
➧ Awareness of Self & Others
➧ Relational Dynamics
➧ Spiritual Care Interventions
➧ Professional Development
Focus Areas :
➧ 100 hours structured education
➧ 300 hours clinical spiritual
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