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 Center for Aging Research and Educational Services | Continuing Professional
Education Fall 2011 and Spring 2012 |
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| Under contract with the NC Division of Aging and Adult Services, the Center for Aging Research and Educational Services offers continuing professional education for human services providers who work with North Carolina's older adults and their families. |
Ongoing Professional Training for Human Services Workers in Aging
Ongoing Professional Training for Senior Center Managers
Training for County Social Workers and Other Human Services PersonnelDeveloping Effective Helping Relationships. This workshop is an opportunity for those working with older adults to learn and enhance helping skills in a highly participatory two-day curriculum. This training is intended to teach participants the skills of relationship building, empathic listening, redirection, and various counseling approaches, which can be used immediately with adults and their families. Training methods include lecturettes, discussion, and demonstrations, as well as extensive skills practice for participants, with individualized feedback from instructors. 25 participants; registration fee, $40. Register
Effective Social Work Practice in Adult Services: A Core Curriculum. This six-day event is designed to help DSS adult services social workers integrate the concepts of A Model for Excellence in Adult Services Administration and Social Work Practice into their practice—family–centered social work, empowerment of adults and their families, and the importance of cultural differences. Participants practice basic skills in counseling, functional assessment, helping adults and families set goals, emergency and crisis intervention, and service planning and monitoring. Participants also practice using a set of tools for case record-keeping to document their practice. 25 participants; registration fee, $65. Register
Effective Supervision and
Management in Adult Services.
This curriculum is designed to help adult services supervisors in county departments of social services refine their skills in developing and managing a diverse workforce within the agency and in identifying outcomes for clients and families, planning how to attain them, and developing collaboration within the community to improve the well-being of younger and older adults with disabilities.
The curriculum was originally designed as 6 modules offered over two years. Supervisors who completed all the modules received a special certificate. In 2010, the complete curriculum was redesigned to be offered in two 3-day events. Participants who have already taken one or more modules of the older curriculum may attend part of an event, with the fee prorated, to complete their work toward the certificate. (Contact Libby Phillips to make arrangements.) 20 participants; registration fee, $60 per event. Register
Person-centered Thinking. The key to successful work with people who need services and supports is listening to understand what makes their lives meaningful to them and helping them balance those needs with the types of support that keep them healthy and safe. Person-centered Thinking is an introduction to person-centered practice with adults. During this course you will see how person-centered thinking can help you work more effectively, and you will learn to use a number of tools to help you capture what is important to the people and families you work with as you help them develop plans for better lives. 25 participants; registration fee, $85. Register
Serious Mental
Illness. This two-day workshop enhances social
workers' knowledge and skills in providing services to adults with serious
mental illness. It covers symptoms and functional problems associated with
severe and persistent mental illness; medications and side effects;
emotional effects of these illnesses on adults and their families; access
to mental health services; and management of difficult behaviors. 25 participants; registration fee, $40. Register
Working with Older Adults.
This two-day foundation course in aging for health and human services
professionals from diverse settings is designed to provide basic
information and skills needed to work effectively with older adults and
their families. Its eight modules cover normal aging, diversity and
aging, cognitive loss and older adults, mental health issues among
older adults, change and loss, family and caregiver issues,
transitions, and the network of resources available to older adults.
(This course replaces "An Introduction to Aging"). 25 participants;
registration fee, $40. Register Beginning with the End in Mind: Refining Your Skills in
Termination. Termination is an integral part of family-centered social
work practice. This workshop helps social workers and supervisors refine
their skills in ending work with clients and families in a way that
acknowledges successes, supports clients and families' change, and "says a
good good-bye." Because not all endings are planned or positive, this
event also covers strategies social workers can use to work with less than
ideal outcomes. 25 participants; registration fee, $20. Register
Cognitive Impairments: It's Not Just Alzheimer's.
North Carolina's citizens are living longer—into the ages when they are at greater risk for conditions that cause cognitive impairments. How can professionals who work with older adults support clients and their families in living as well and as freely as possible? This two-day advanced workshop will review cognitive impairments and their causes, teach strategies for assessments, and provide opportunities to practice communication skills with clients. It also addresses the needs of family caregivers, and suggests ways to support and assist these individuals in their caregiving relationships. (This event now contains some of the material formerly taught in "Applications in Family-centered Practice.") 25 participants; registration fee, $40. Register
Ethics in Everyday Practice in Adult Services. North Carolina's adult services workers are faced with ethical challenges and dilemmas involving confidentiality, privacy, self-determination, boundaries, telecommunications, and dual roles, to name just a few. Effective ethical decision making requires self-reflection, knowledge of social work standards, use of resources, and supervisory support.
New this year, CARES will be offering this workshop in a blended format. First, you will complete 4 to 5 hours of self-directed study on line, with a guided tour of the NASW Code of Ethics and work with many short scenarios that illustrate the challenges of practice with adults. This self-directed portion is offered in several modules that you complete at your own pace: you can stop and return as you need to. (Watch the trailer for a brief sample.) After you have completed the self-directed study and a knowledge assessment, you will take part in an interactive 2-hour online live session to review additional case examples (including some of your own) and discuss what you have learned with the presenter and other participants. Note that you must complete the self-directed study and knowledge assessment before participating in the live online session.
Computer requirements: To participate you must have access to a computer that has
We look forward to meeting with you on line!
12 participants at each event; registration fee, $20. Choose 1 of 2 events:
Register for Ethics online.
The
NC Division of Aging and Adult Services registers participants for these events. Visit their
website for details.
The Ann Johnson Institute for Senior
Center Management This series of workshops is a certificate program
for senior center managers and administrative staff. Each module is two
and a half days.
Scoping Out the SCOPE: The Senior Center
Certification Process This one-day event for managers of senior
centers who plan to apply for certification through the NC Division of
Aging acquaints them with the application process and site visit
procedure.
Please contact Libby Phillips at CARES at
(919) 962-0650 or ephilli@email.unc.edu for information about or assistance with registering for these events.
If you need the aids or services
provided under the Americans with Disabilities Act to enable you to
attend these events, please contact us at least one month before the
event.
Daily Schedule. Training events begin at 8:30 the
first day for registration, with instruction beginning at 9:00 and ending
at 4:00. Subsequent days begin at 9:00 and end at 4:00.
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