About the Behavioral Health Certificate Program
The Behavioral Health Certificate provides educators and school staff with the knowledge and strategies to support the social, emotional, and behavioral health needs of students in K-12 settings. This program is designed to equip participants with practical tools and evidence-based approaches to foster resilience, manage challenging behaviors, and promote overall well-being in the classroom and beyond.
Through a variety of engaging workshops, participants will explore topics such as implementing supportive systems, fostering social skills, managing stress and anxiety, and integrating mindfulness and resilience-building strategies. The certificate program incorporates social-emotional learning, trauma-responsive care, and other mental and behavioral health practices to create safe and supportive learning environments.
Whether you are a classroom teacher, paraeducator, counselor, or administrator, this certificate will help you develop skills to positively impact students' behavioral health while enhancing your own professional growth.
The Behavioral Health Certificate with UNH Professional Development & Training offers educators, counselors, and social workers a short-term, noncredit program that offers the latest in theory, strategies, and outcomes around the everchanging world of education.
The Behavioral Health Certificate is designed for:
- Educators of all kinds, formal and informal, looking to stay current in the latest Social and Emotional Learning findings, theories, and best practices.
- K-12 classroom teachers looking to maintain their state licensures through continue education units (CEUs)
- School counselors, therapists, and social workers looking to maintain their state licensures through continue education units (CEUs)
*This program was previously titled the Social and Emotional Learning Certificate.
Certificate Requirements
- Completion of six (6) "elective" workshops
- Enrollment in Certificate Program
- Certificate requires completion of six "elective" workshops within a two year period.
To enroll in the Behavioral Health Certificate program, add the "Behavioral Health Certificate Enrollment fee" to your cart at checkout when signing up for any of the elective workshops (an additional one-time $50 fee.)
Previously completed workshops are eligible for the certificate!
If you completed Behavioral Health or SEL Certificate eligible workshops with UNH PD&T within the last two years, they will automatically be recognized in your certificate transcript when you officially enroll in the Behavioral Health Certificate program. For questions about the program requirements or qualifying workshops, please contact professional.development@unh.edu.
Behavioral Health Certificate Digital Badge
Participants who successfully complete the Behavioral Health Certificate program will automatically receive a digital badge microcredential that verifies their accomplishment and skill that can be shared on social media, blogs and online portfolios.
Upon completion of the Behavioral Health Certificate, participants will receive an email with further information on claiming their badge. More information on digital badges with UNH PD&T.
Frequently Asked Questions
Each individual workshop varies in cost. You may view the tuition price of each workshop by following the links above. Payment when registering can be completed on a class-to-class basis, or all together. There is also a one time $50 certificate administration fee.
Select your workshop(s) above and continue to "Enroll Now." Follow the steps provided to register for the workshop and reserve your seat. To enroll in the certificate program, add the "Certificate Enrollment fee" to your cart at checkout when signing up for any of the elective workshops.
We highly recommend registering for these workshops early as they tend to fill up. Some workshops may have limited seats/spots available. Enrollment may close up to five days prior to the workshop start date.
You may view the location of each workshop above and/or when registering for a workshop. Specific directions to the workshop location will be provided upon registration or can be found here.
If the workshop you are registering for is listed as "Live Online," the workshop will take place in a live virtual format via Zoom. More information will be provided upon registration.
For specific information and necessary materials, please view the individual workshop page for the workshop you would like to register for. You may be required to have certain materials and/or applications downloaded to participate in the workshop. Reminders about this will be provided via email upon registration. You may also contact us with any questions.
This may be due to the workshop being at maximum capacity, canceled, or not currently scheduled. We recommend checking back routinely for updates. You may also contact us for further information.
All Behavioral Health Certificate Workshops
- Trauma-Informed Practices in Schools
- Classroom Strategies to Support Executive Functioning
- Building Resiliency Skills
- Cognitive Frameworks in SEL
- Behavior Plan Basics
- Understanding SEL Disorders in the Classroom
- Multi-Tiered Systems of Support
- The Angry, Anxious Child in School
- Adventures in Mindfulness: Teaching and Reaching Stillness Through Activity
- A Full Value Response to Trauma
- Yoga and Mindfulness in the Classroom
- Social and Emotional Learning in Action: Experiential Activities to Positively Impact School Climates
- Beyond the Lunch Bunch: Building Effective Social Skills Groups in Your School Community
- The Ins and Outs of Social Emotional Initiatives in a School Environment
- Social Awareness and Relationship Building in Middle Schools: An SEL Approach
- Empathy and SEL: How to Build More Connectivity and Empathy in the Classroom
