Training & Services

One CE for every hour of seminar attended is awarded to professionals seeking CE Hours for licensure requirements. Registrants may request CE Hours on the registration form or by calling 540-432-4651. The EMU MA in Counseling Program will issue the CE Hours certificates through the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC), provider #4488.

Programs

• Level I STAR: Five-day training conducted in Harrisonburg. Learn more >>

• Youth STAR: Five-day training conducted in Harrisonburg. Learn more >>

• Level II STAR: Five-day training conducted in Harrisonburg STAR alumni. Learn more >>

• Off-site options

  Organizations may request off-site workshops of STAR topics in two-hour to full-day or 1 week lengths. Examples of workshops offered include:

  • Trauma Healing 101: Strategies for Individual & Community Healing after Violence or Trauma
  • Restorative Justice 101: Strategies that Restore Relationships after Crime, Violence, or Trauma
  • Caring for Ourselves and our Communities after Trauma: A STAR Overview
  • Healing the Wounds of War: Training congregations to support returning veterans and their families
  • See also our Friday Seminars in Organizational Leadership and Other Training and Seminars
    
    

• International Projects and Training

  Since 2004, the Practice Institute has provided training and consulting throughout the world. Additionally, religious and community leaders from over 50 countries have attended U.S.-based STAR seminars at EMU. See examples of international work of STAR and related programs...

Contact Elaine Zook Barge, STAR program director, at , to arrange a STAR off-site workshop or project for your organization or group.