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Taking these personal management courses can be a valuable investment.

These courses cover anger management, attention management, managing workplace anxiety, and stress management, it can be extremely beneficial for your professional development.

Developing personal management skills can make you more valuable to your organization and increase your chances of career advancement.

Micro-credentials are short, concentrated groups of courses that are really flexible. You can take as many as you like, in any order, and because they are asynchronous you can take them at any time it suits you. You will be awarded a badge for each individual course, once you have completed all four courses you will gain your micro-credential.

The cost for each individual course listed below is $60. For more Information email: training@portagecollege.ca or call 780-623-5631 or toll-free at 1-888-745-0719.

Course Listing

Course ID:

Name: Anger Management

Course Outcomes:

Describe anger dynamics in terms of the anger cycle and the fight or flight theory.
Explain common anger myths and their factual refutations.
Describe the helpful and unhelpful ways of dealing with anger.
Outline techniques for controlling anger.
Identify particular anger warning signs, use coping thoughts, exercise relaxation techniques, and blow off steam.
Explain the difference between objective and subjective language.
List tips for identifying the problem.
Express a feeling or position using I-messages.
Describe skills and techniques for constructive disagreement, including effective negotiation and solution-building.
Reflect on one’s hot buttons and personal anger dynamics.
Alter, avoid, and accept ways of responding to an anger-provoking situation.
Describe the energy curve and how it can help respond to someone else’s anger.
Practice de-escalation techniques.
Gain an integrated view of anger management and how it can be best practiced.

Hours: 6

Credits: N/A

Delivery: Asynchronous Online Micro-credential

Cost: $60

Micro-credential Badge: Upon completion of this course you will be awarded a Portage College Micro-credential badge.

Timelines: End of the academic year, June 30th

Register for this course: training@portagecollege.ca or call 780-623-5631 or toll-free at 1-888-745-0719.

Course ID:

Name: Attention Management

Course Outcomes:

Define attention management.
Identify different types of attention.
Create strategies for goals and SMART goals.
Describe methods that focus attention.
Put an end to procrastination.
Prioritize time.

Hours: 6

Credits: N/A

Delivery: Asynchronous Online Micro-credential

Cost: $60

Micro-credential Badge: Upon completion of this course you will be awarded a Portage College Micro-credential badge.

Timelines: End of the academic year, June 30th

Register for this course: training@portagecollege.ca or call 780-623-5631 or toll-free at 1-888-745-0719.

Course ID:

Name: Managing Workplace Anxiety

Course Outcomes:

Outline types of workplace anxieties.
Recognize symptoms and warning signs.
Determine ways of coping and managing.
Recognize common triggers and accelerants.
Recognize the difference between anxiety and common nervousness.

Hours: 6

Credits: N/A

Delivery: Asynchronous Online Micro-credential

Cost: $60

Micro-credential Badge: Upon completion of this course you will be awarded a Portage College Micro-credential badge.

Timelines: End of the academic year, June 30th

Register for this course: training@portagecollege.ca or call 780-623-5631 or toll-free at 1-888-745-0719.

Course ID:

Name: Stress Management

Course Outcomes:

Identify the best approach to a stressful situation (Alter, Avoid, or Accept).
Identify what lifestyle elements you can change to reduce stress.
Use routines to reduce stress.
Use environmental and physical relaxation techniques.
Better cope with major events.
Use a stress log to identify stressors and create a plan to reduce or eliminate them.

Hours: 6

Credits: N/A

Delivery: Asynchronous Online Micro-credential

Cost: $60

Micro-credential Badge: Upon completion of this course you will be awarded a Portage College Micro-credential badge.

Timelines: End of the academic year, June 30th

Register for this course: training@portagecollege.ca or call 780-623-5631 or toll-free at 1-888-745-0719.