A Guide to Being a Companion Homemaker: Roles and Responsibilities
This program describes the roles and responsibilities of the companion homemaker and teaches important professional, communication and social skills for success on the job. Topics include the importance of people skills, ethics, integrity and professional behavior, ageism: what it is and how to avoid it, appearance and hygiene, cultural sensitiv
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A Guide to Being a Companion Homemaker: Safety and Housekeeping
This program teaches companion homemakers essential skills needed to provide safe care and good housekeeping services. Topics include safety in the home, companion safety, infection control, housecleaning routines and order of work, cleaning products, cleaning specific rooms, laundry--sorting, using the washing machine and dryer, reading clot
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Acute Respiratory Illness Pandemic Training for Healthcare Workers
For most healthy adults, seasonal viruses are not generally life-threatening. But as you've seen in the news, respiratory disease pandemics, such as those caused by coronaviruses or influenza, are something else. They often involve new strains of viruses to which people have developed no immunity. These kinds of viruses can spread quickly and widel
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Acute Respiratory Illness Pandemic Training for Healthcare Workers (Spanish)
For most healthy adults, seasonal viruses are not generally life-threatening. But as you've seen in the news, respiratory disease pandemics, such as those caused by coronaviruses or influenza, are something else. They often involve new strains of viruses to which people have developed no immunity. These kinds of viruses can spread quickly and widel
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Acute Respiratory Illness Pandemic Training: Prevention and Response
For most healthy adults, seasonal viruses are not generally life-threatening. But as you've seen in the news, acute respiratory illness pandemics, such as those caused by coronaviruses (including COVID-19) or influenza, can spread quickly and widely, and pose a major global health threat.
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Acute Respiratory Illness Pandemics: Prevention and Response (Spanish)
For most healthy adults, seasonal viruses are not generally life-threatening. But as you've seen in the news, acute respiratory illness pandemics, such as those caused by coronaviruses (including COVID-19) or influenza, can spread quickly and widely, and pose a major global health threat.
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ASD01 Autism Spectrum Disorder - Introduction to Human Services and Autism Spectrum Disorder
Understanding and appreciating the importance of one’s job is critical to a successful work experience. The Direct Support Professional is at the foundation of the service delivery system, carrying out the mission of the Agency or organization, supporting individuals, and serving as a role model in the community. Looking at the role of the Direct S
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ASD02 Autism Spectrum Disorder - Participant and Family Empowerment and Autism Spectrum Disorder
Promoting the rights and responsibilities of individuals and empowering them to make personal choices is at the heart of the work of a Direct Support Professional. This module will include strategies and resources for supporting individuals in their relationships with others and creating opportunities to express themselves in a safe and appropriate
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ASD03 Autism Spectrum Disorder - Communication
Communicating effectively is an essential element of the Direct Support Professional’s daily work. Specific strategies and tools will be reviewed in this module. You communicate regularly with people inside and outside the agency in order to successfully manage the needs of the individuals you support. In this module we will look at communication t
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ASD04 Autism Spectrum Disorder - Assessment
Assessments are critical in determining the services and supports an individual receives. Assessments also serve to identify changes and recognize newly acquired skills. The Direct Support Professional has an important role in monitoring the needs and wants of the individual and assuring that services provided support the individual’s goals.
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ASD05 Autism Spectrum Disorder - Community Supports and Service Networking
Positive relationships, social connections and an affiliation with community groups positively impact the quality of our lives and the lives of the individuals we support. The Direct Support Professional plays an important role in assisting an individual to develop and maintain meaningful relationships in the community, overcome attitudinal barrier
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ASD06 Autism Spectrum Disorder - Supporting Skills Development
Supporting skills development is an important part of your job. Gaining confidence in your ability to teach individuals new skills that will help them realize their full potential and lead to a more independent life can be challenging and satisfying. There are strategies and tools that you can use to assist you in this important task.
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ASD07 Autism Spectrum Disorder - Advocacy
Your role as a Direct Support Professional is to help individuals identify issues of concern and help them know when they are being treated unfairly. Your role also includes helping them solve these issues. This is called advocacy. In this module, you will explore ways to work with the individual to gather information related to a situation. You wi
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ASD08 Autism Spectrum Disorder - Vocational, Educational, and Career Support
When we are children, the adults in our life make choices for us. They choose what we wear, where we go, what we eat and what we learn. As we grow older, we make more of those choices on our own. Learning is life-long. As an adult, we may enroll in art and crafts classes, writing classes, language classes. We might join a gym, or go to the library.
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ASD09 Autism Spectrum Disorder - Crisis Intervention
This module is designed to help give you the knowledge and skills to ensure safety and well-being for the individuals with whom you work, your colleagues, and yourself. Crises occur in the work that we do. But you can learn to identify potential crisis situations and be prepared to help manage the situation.
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ASD10 Autism Spectrum Disorder - Documentation
Documentation is the act of writing and description of your work with supported individuals that helps communicate important information to others. It serves as a resource and record on the individual’s behalf and should fulfill all legal, financial and regulatory requirements. Documentation makes people and programs more efficient, decreases error
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ASD11 Autism Spectrum Disorder - Health and Safety
This module on health and safety will introduce the basic concepts of nutrition, healthy life styles, symptoms and signs of illness, medication issues, responding to environmental emergencies, and basic good health practices. Health is not just the absence of disease; it is being in the best possible health physically, mentally, emotionally and spi
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Balancing Work and Home
Many people struggle to juggle a full-time job while also caring for young children, aging parents, and other responsibilities on a daily basis. It can feel like there are not enough hours in a day—that there are too many responsibilities at work and at home—and that you can't complete tasks in either place—many people feel this way. This onl
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Caregiver Wellness
Providing care can be challenging and stressful at times. This program teaches caregivers practical solutions for reducing stress and cultivating wellness. Topics include: importance of maintaining wellness, acknowledging and defusing difficult emotions, goal setting and action plans for positive change, simple, effective exercises for relaxation a
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Caring for Someone with Early to Mid Stage Alzheimer's Disease
This program defines Alzheimer’s disease and its effects and teaches communication techniques that can bring a higher quality of life to the person who has Alzheimer’s and to the care provider. Topics include repetitive questions, doing chores, aggressive behavior, answering difficult questions and the use of language and other forms of communicati
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Caring for Someone with Mid to Late Stage Alzheimers Disease
This program focuses on the challenges and difficult topics that caregivers must address as the disease progresses. Topics include: changes that occur in mid to late stage, core principles in Alzheimer’s care, activities, tolerance levels, naps, repetitive calling out, sexuality and intimacy, pain management and incontinence and toileting.
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Communicating Effectively in Emergencies
Effective communication can minimize the impact of emergencies and help reduce the number of injuries and fatalities. A calm and decisive leader giving clear instructions during an emergency can help keep your people safe. When your employees act swiftly and properly in response to an emergency, they help protect property and minimize damage and de
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Communication Skills
Communication is a process of creating shared understanding. This program describes the importance of positive communication and teaches effective methods for creating clear, respectful communication. Topics include: verbal and non-verbal communication, positive body language, active listening, asking open-ended questions, clarification, pacing, ob
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Communication Skills For Employees
Good communication between you and your coworkers and your boss ensures that you have access to information you need to do your job well. It promotes consistency: It keeps everyone on the same page when it comes to procedures and work rules. It also ensures better quality: When everyone is communicating, mistakes and errors are avoided and standard
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CW101 Child Welfare I - Introduction to Human Services and Professionalism
In this module, we will explore a brief history of human services. This will be followed by an explanation of the role of the Direct Support Professional. Next, you will learn about child welfare and juvenile justice, respectful ways to work with children and their families, and the standards for professionalism.
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CW102 Child Welfare I - Family Empowerment
This module on family empowerment is the foundation for the other modules in this series. We’ll start by defining your role as a Direct Support Professional and then move into discussions that should help develop your approach to family empowerment. As you complete this module, you will begin to understand your job and the seriousness of your role
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CW103 Child Welfare I - Communication
The act of communicating takes two people: the sender of a message and the receiver of a message. People communicate through words, actions, facial expressions, pictures, and signs. It is important as a Direct Support Professional to know how to effectively communicate with the persons you support as well as with other people within our environment
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CW104 Child Welfare I - Child and Family Assessment
Assessment refers to the process of gathering information about the child’s situation to help determine how we can best work with the child and the family and ensure that the child’s needs are met. To begin, we will focus on the purpose of assessments in child welfare and juvenile justice settings, the types of assessments that are done, and the ba
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CW105 Child Welfare I - Community Supports and Teamwork
The purpose of this module is to demonstrate how community supports the child’s identity, growth, and development; how to locate and develop community resources; and how to work as a member of a professional team to best meet child and family needs.
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CW106 Child Welfare I - Supporting Positive Learning and Development
There is a growing body of knowledge in the area of child development that gives us more hope than ever that children, even those who have experienced significant trauma, can be helped to achieve their developmental goals. This body of knowledge emphasizes the important role of consistent and nurturing care.
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CW107 Child Welfare I - Advocacy
In this module you will explore ways to work with children and families to gather information related to their concerns; become aware of laws, services, and supports that are in place to assist them; and explore ways to help them stand up for themselves and present themselves in a positive way.
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CW108 Child Welfare I - Vocational, Educational, and Career Support
Children in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems may have significant challenges in the school setting. Abuse, neglect, and trauma all impact the child’s ability to concentrate and focus. In addition, if a child moves from one home or setting to another, the child may change schools -in fact, some children change schools several times. Gi
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CW109 Child Welfare I - Crisis Intervention
A crisis is anything that is a struggle for us to deal with through the use of our “everyday” coping skills. This module will focus on the meaning of crisis and how we can help a person manage a crisis.
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CW110 Child Welfare I - Documentation
All child welfare and juvenile justice agencies are required to provide certain types of communication or documentation.Communicating information from one person to another can be done in a variety of forms, whether it is spoken, signed, or written, communication is necessary in order to provide the best possible supports to the individuals partici
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CW111 Child Welfare I - Health and Safety
This module on health and safety will introduce you to the basic concepts of nutrition, healthy life styles, symptoms and signs of illness, medication issues, responding to environmental emergencies, and basic good health practices. All of these are important in your work with children.
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CW201 Child Welfare II - Child Welfare Services and Professionalism
This module is an introduction to child welfare and the juvenile justice system, and additional material on professionalism and professional boundaries. The module concludes with a detailed discussion of cultural responsiveness and diversity.
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CW202 Child Welfare II - Engaging and Empowering Clients and Families
This module focuses on family engagement and empowering clients and their families to make choices and decisions. You will begin to understand your job and the seriousness of your role in helping clients to empower themselves to participate fully and meaningfully in services and their communities through your teaching, support, and assistance. 
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CW203 Child Welfare II - Advanced Communication Strategies
This module focuses on effective communication skills, motivational interviewing from a strength-based approach, communication with different populations, and how confidentiality affects all communication. The act of communicating takes at least two people: the sender of a message and the receiver of a message. People communicate through words, act
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CW204 Child Welfare II - Family Assessment and Family Centered Practice
This module focuses on assessments that form the foundation of effective practice with children and families. Family-centered assessment focuses on the whole family, values family participation and experience, and respects the family's culture and ethnicity. Family-centered assessment helps families identify their strengths, needs, and available re
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CW205 Child Welfare II - Community Supports and Service Networking
The purpose of this module is to help familiarize you with the community supports and resources that are available to your clients and families, and to understand more about the successes and challenges clients involved with the child welfare and juvenile justice systems face in the community.
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CW206 Child Welfare II - Supporting Positive Learning and Development
This module focuses on how skills training and education can benefit your clients and how you can support client’s daily routines and relationships. As a teacher, you will engage with clients as they learn the skills necessary to pursue their potential and gain independence in their lives.
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CW207 Child Welfare II - Advocacy
This module focuses on advocacy and how to gather information to assist in advocacy. You will also become aware of the issues that affect all of us, including individuals and families involved with the child welfare and/or juvenile justice systems. We will also review some advocacy strategies available to you and to clients. For both you and the cl
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CW208 Child Wefare II - Vocational Training, Educational and Career Support Services
This module addresses work, school and career as important parts of all of our lives. Individuals with whom we work in child welfare and juvenile justice settings may need support in order to become effective members of the workforce. In this module we will present some of the challenges individuals may face, followed by descriptions of different a
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CW209 Child Welfare II - Crisis Intervention for Children and Families
In this module we will provide an overview of crisis, crisis intervention and emergency services when working with children and families involved in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. It is followed by a presentation of some of the resources available to these clients and you when assessing and responding to crises.
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CW210 Child Welfare II - Documentation
The purpose of this module is to give you an understanding of the importance of documentation. Documentation is the writing of and about our work that helps communicate important information to others. It serves as a resource and record on our client’s behalf and should fulfill all legal, financial and regulatory requirements. Documentation can be
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CW211 Child Welfare II - Health and Safety for Children and Adolescents
This module on health and safety will introduce you to child health and safety issues, adolescent health and safety issues, Standard Precautions and worker safety. Health is not just the absence of disease; it is being in the best possible condition-physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.
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DD01 Developmental Disability - Introduction to Human Services and Professionalism
The purpose of this module is to provide an introduction to intellectual and developmental disability, and additional material on professionalism and professional boundaries. The module concludes with a detailed discussion of cultural responsiveness and diversity.
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DD02 Developmental Disability - Participant Empowerment
The purpose of this module is in teaching you the importance of promoting the rights and responsibilities of individuals and empowering them to make personal choices. This module will include strategies and resources for supporting individuals in their relationships with others and creating opportunities to express themselves in a safe and appropri
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DD03 Developmental Disability - Communication
The purpose of this module is to learn about communication skills that promote communication as well as the importance of good communication in professionalism.
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DD04 Developmental Disability - Assessment
The purpose of this course is to provide the learner with information describing the role of assessments in helping an individual determine needs and wants and defining the role of the learner in the assessment process.
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DD05 Developmental Disability - Community Supports and Service Networking
The purpose of the module is to describe the importance of positive relationships, social connections and an affiliation with community groups positively on the quality of our lives and the lives of the individuals we support. The learner’s role is to assist the individual in developing and maintaining these meaningful relationships in the co
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DD06 Developmental Disability - Supporting Skills Development
The purpose of this module is to demonstrate the importance of skill development and demonstrate your role in teaching individuals new skills that will help them realize their full potential and lead to a more independent life that can be challenging and satisfying. The module describes strategies and tools that you can use to assist you in this im
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DD07 Developmental Disability - Advocacy
The purpose of this module is to become aware of laws, services and supports that are in place to assist individuals and ways to help the individual stand up for themselves and present themselves in a positive way.
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DD08 Developmental Disability - Vocational, Educational, and Career Support
The purpose of this module is to learn how to apply teaching techniques to community participation, career and vocational growth and other educational tasks that will enhance a person’s community participation, risk-taking and increased choice making.
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DD09 Developmental Disability - Crisis Intervention
The purpose of this module to introduce you to the skills and knowledge needed to ensure safety and well-being for the individuals you support, your colleagues and yourself. Potential crisis situations are identified. This training does not endorse any specific physical interventions.
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DD10 Developmental Disability - Documentation
The purpose of this module is to define the process of and reasons for recording information in a defined format about supported individuals that helps communicate important information to others. The module also covers confidentiality, HIPAA, CFR-42 and stigma in documentation.
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DD11 Developmental Disability - Health and Safety
This purpose of this module on health and safety is to introduce the basic concepts of nutrition, healthy life styles, symptoms and signs of illness, medication issues, responding to environmental emergencies, and safety issues and practices.
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Developing Cultural Competence
Culturally competent health care includes a variety of cultural beliefs and customs rather than imposing one standard of behavior or belief upon everyone. Topics include personal space, eye contact, touch, gestures, verbal communication style, time orientation and beliefs about medicine, illness and health. Interviews with experts in the field prov
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Disaster Planning - What Employees Need to Know
Why "Disaster Planning—What Employees Need to Know" Matters: - Workplace disasters can strike at any time and with very little warning.
- Emergency response planning can save lives, reduce the number of injuries, and prevent loss of property
- You need to know what to do during a workplace emergency as well as how
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EC01 Extended Care - Introduction to Direct Care and Professionalism
Understanding and appreciating the importance of one’s job is critical to a successful work experience. The Direct Support Professional is at the foundation of the service delivery system, carrying out the mission of the Agency or organization, supporting individuals, and their families. The purpose of this module is to provide an introduction to t
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EC02 Extended Care -Participant Empowerment
The purpose of this module is to teach you the importance of promoting the rights and responsibilities of individuals and to empower them to make personal choices. This module will include strategies and resources for supporting individuals in their relationships with others and while creating opportunities to express themselves in a safe and appro
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EC03 Extended Care - Communication
The purpose of this module is to learn about communication skills as well as the importance of good communication in professionalism.
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EC04 Extended Care - Assessment
Assessments are critical in determining the services and supports an individual receives. Assessments also serve to identify changes and recognize newly acquired skills. The Direct Support Professional has an important role in monitoring the needs and wants of the individual and assuring that services provided support the individual’s goals. The pu
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EC05 Extended Care - Supporting Skills Development
Supporting skills development is an important part of your job. Gaining confidence in your ability to provide ongoing support and training for individuals who have been admitted to an acute rehab setting, skilled nursing facility, assisted living facility or day care program in order to teach adaptive skills that will enable them to realize their f
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EC06 Extended Care - Advocacy
Your role as a Direct Support Professional is to help individuals identify issues of concern and help them know when they are being treated unfairly. Your role also includes helping them solve these issues. This is called advocacy. In this module you will explore ways to work with the individual to gather information related to a situation
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EC07 Extended Care - Crisis Intervention
The purpose of this module to introduce you to the skills and knowledge needed to ensure safety and well-being for the individuals you support, your colleagues and yourself. Potential crisis situations are identified. This training does not endorse any specific physical interventions.
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EC08 Extended Care - Documentation
The purpose of this module is to define the process of and reasons for recording information in a defined format about supported individuals that helps communicate important information to others. The module also covers confidentiality, HIPAA, CFR-42 and stigma in documentation.
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EC09 Extended Care - Health and Safety
This purpose of this module on health and safety is to introduce the basic concepts of nutrition, healthy life styles, symptoms and signs of illness, medication issues, responding to environmental emergencies, and safety issues and practices.
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Elder Abuse and Neglect
This program teaches about the complexities of elder abuse in the home and presents signs and symptoms for each form of abuse. After viewing this program, caregivers will understand how to identify, prevent or report the various forms of elder abuse, including physical, sexual, emotional/psychological, and financial abuse, as well as neglect and ab
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Essential Bedrest Skills
Caring for someone on bedrest requires physical and emotional strength as well as important technical skills. This program teaches essential skills needed when caring for someone on bedrest. Topics include principles of body mechanics, how to move and position someone in bed, how to make an occupied bed, how to recognize and prevent pressure ulcers
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Ethical and Legal Behavior
This program teaches care providers about the importance of ethics and integrity in home care and also provides instruction on liability issues.
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Fall Prevention
Falls are a serious concern for older adults. Each year more than 30% of people over 65 fall. This program teaches how to reduce the risk of falls inside and around the home while encouraging independence. Topics include physical and emotional effects of a fall, the goal of fall prevention, falls and the older adult, fall prevention for care provid
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Fire Safety
Fire safety and prevention are an important part of caring for older adults in the home setting. People 65 and older are twice as likely to die in a fire than the general population. This program teaches how to reduce the chance of a fire starting in the home, and how to exit successfully if there is a fire. Topics include: smoke alarms, how to ext
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Food Preparation Techniques
This course teaches food preparation and cooking techniques to assist in creating healthy, well-presented meals.
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HIPAA in Home Care
Respecting clients' rights to confidentiality is an important part of providing good home care. Privacy rights are legally enforced through a federal law titled HIPAA. This DVD describes HIPAA guidelines and teaches home care providers about the importance of maintaining confidentiality in a variety of settings. Topics include: respecting client's
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Home Safety
A home can be just as dangerous as a workplace, and an injury can have you laid up for days or weeks. Or you could even be permanently disabled and not be able to perform your current job. That's why it's important to think about home safety. After all, safety is a 24/7 concern for all of us.
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How to Assist With Medications
This program teaches unlicensed home care personnel how to assist with medications and remain within their scope of practice. Topics include: how aging changes responses to medications, types of adverse reactions and side effects, procedures for assisting with medications, role of the nurse and family caregiver, the 5 Rs, types of medications, medi
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How to Communicate Effectively with Someone Who Has Hearing Loss
About 30% of people over 65 have hearing loss, which can affect self-image, relationships and communication. This program teaches about the importance of communication, the causes and symptoms of hearing loss, a typical audiologist evaluation and effective communication techniques in and outside the home.
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How to Communicate With Someone Who Has Aphasia
Aphasia is a language disorder that impairs a person's ability to speak or to understand what others are saying. Effective communication is an important key to improving the quality of life for patients with aphasia. This program defines aphasia and its effects on family members and the person with aphasia. Communication techniques developed by spe
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How to Help Someone Who Uses a Wheelchair: Including Walkers, Crutches and Canes
This program provides instruction on important safety concerns and sensitivity issues, proper use of equipment, importance of good body mechanics, types and use of walkers, crutches and canes, gait belt use and prevention of pressure ulcers. Viewers learn by watching professional experts demonstrate a variety of transfers and other procedures. 
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How to Manage Medications
Safe medication use plays an important part in providing good home care. Older adults are at greater risk for medication problems and errors because of the number of drugs they take daily. In this program family caregivers learn safe practices for managing a variety of medications. Adverse reactions, side effects, drugs and the elderly, use of over
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How to Measure Vital Signs
Vital signs, which include temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure and pain, provide valuable information about an individual's health. This program teaches the skills and techniques necessary to take and record vital signs accurately. Topics include the use of a flow sheet, methods for taking body temperature, types of thermometers, method
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How to Use a Mechanical Lift
Provides step-by-step demonstration for moving a person from bed to wheelchair and from wheelchair to bed using a mechanical lift. Topics include parts of a mechanical lift, addressing patients’ fears, sling placement, two-person transfer, one-person transfer and safety measures at each stage of the procedure.
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Infection Control and Bloodborne Pathogens
This program meets current OSHA & CDC guidelines for infection control and bloodborne pathogens. Topics include how germs are spread, proper hand hygiene, personal protective barriers, waste disposal, storage of medical supplies, maintaining healthy home care conditions and signs and symptoms of infection. Includes a special bonus feature on nu
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Introduction to Home Care
This program teaches home care providers about the home care field and describes important skills for success on the job.
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Keeping Yourself and Your Family Healthy
This presentation will cover how important it is that families be concerned about health. Preventive care, nutrition, exercise, and other factors play important roles. And especially for children, good health is essential—for them, now is the time when growth happens, some diseases may begin, and health habits are set for life.
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LFS01 Frontline Leadership - Introduction to Leadership and Frontline Supervision
This module provides an overview of the supervisor’s role, specifically how the supervisor enhances staff relations using effective communication skills, encouraging growth and self-development, facilitating teamwork, employing conflict resolution skills, and providing adequate supports to staff. It will provide you with an opportunity to identify
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LFS02 Frontline Leadership - Communication
The act of communicating involves at least two people, the sender of a message and the receiver of a message. People communicate through words, behaviors, gestures, facial expressions, pictures, and signs. Communication is an essential tool in supervision. It is important for the frontline supervisor to know how to effectively communicate with thei
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LFS03 Frontline Leadership - Empowering Others
Empowering others is a crucial aspect of the role of frontline supervisor. As frontline supervisor, you can empower others by motivating, setting an example, and developing and maintaining effective teams. This module will look at these tools and how they can help you supervise productive and satisfied staff.
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LFS04 Frontline Leadership - Personnel Management
The frontline supervisor is responsible for understanding the importance and value of managing staff effectively. Developing performance goals, assessing the skills of staff to succeed, and building good management practices into your interactions with staff are important in your ongoing effort to manage personnel. This module will also discuss how
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LFS05 Frontline Leadership - Documentation and Rule Compliance
Documentation is an important aspect of the supervisory responsibility. Knowing what to document, how to document it clearly and without bias, and overseeing others’ documentation is critical to the success of the services delivered.
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LFS06 Frontline Leadership - Program Planning and Monitoring
The purpose of program planning and monitoring is to support functions and activities within your agency and ensure that programs are mission driven, outcome focused, effective, and efficient.Current programs and new initiatives should be the result of planning activities which provide a clear statement of program goals and objectives, expected pro
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LFS07 Frontline Leadership - Fiscal Responsibility
The frontline supervisor has a fiscal responsibility to the individual receiving services, to the staff and vendors delivering services through the program or activities, and to the Agency. To be fiscally responsible, you need to have knowledge about the budget process, the elements of a budget, how decisions are made and who is responsible. Unders
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LFS08 Frontline Leadership - Training and Staff Development Activities
Promoting and managing the training and professional development activities of staff is an important responsibility of the frontline supervisor. The frontline supervisor is responsible for understanding and meeting the orientation needs for new employees and understanding and meeting the on-going staff development needs for current employees.
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LFS09 Frontline Leadership - Advocacy
Advocacy is an important skill for frontline supervisors. The frontline supervisor has the responsibility and opportunity to advocate for staff, for services that support individuals and for themselves. Recognizing one’s own advocacy skills and experience, teaching others how to be effective advocates and managing change that effective advocacy can
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LFS10 Frontline Leadership - Crisis Intervention and Conflict Resolution
As the frontline supervisor you need to understand your role and responsibilities in responding to and supporting your staff through a crisis situation. It is also important to understand and value the debriefing process and to supervise others during times of conflict. Crisis as discussed in this module will focus on interactions between staff mem
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LFS11 Frontline Leadership - Personal Well-Being
The job of supervising has become more challenging and more complex over time. As a frontline supervisor you are faced with a more diverse workforce requiring a wider range of supervisory skills; an Agency that needs to be responsive to a wider range of needs from the individuals served; and responsibilities that are affected by outside influences
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Medical Emergencies and Emergency Preparedness
This program teaches caregivers effective ways to relate to medical emergencies and disasters.
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MH01 Mental Health - Introduction to Human Services and Professionalism
The purpose of this module is to provide an introduction to human services and mental health, and additional material on professionalism and professional boundaries. The module concludes with a discussion of cultural responsiveness and diversity.
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MH02 Mental Health - Participant Empowerment
The purpose of this module is in teaching you the importance of promoting the rights and responsibilities of individuals and empowering them to make personal choices. This module will include strategies and resources for supporting individuals in their relationships with others and creating opportunities to express themselves in a safe and appropri
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MH03 Mental Health - Communication
The purpose of this module is to learn about communication skills that promote communication as well as the importance of good communication in professionalism.
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MH04 Mental Health - Assessment
Assessments provide us with information that will help us determine the supports and services necessary to help individuals in their rehabilitation and recovery. This module introduces you to the different types of assessments that are done, and how they relate to the process of recovery.
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MH05 Mental Health - Community Supports and Service Networking
The purpose of this module is to help to familiarize you with the community supports and resources that are available to clients, and to understand more of the successes and challenges clients face in the community
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MH06 Mental Health - Supporting Rehabilitation and Recovery Skills Development
The purpose of this module is to demonstrate the importance of skill development and demonstrate your role in teaching individuals new skills that will help them realize their full potential and lead to a more independent life that can be challenging and satisfying. The module describes strategies and tools that you can use to assist you in this im
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MH07 Mental Health - Advocacy
The purpose of this module is to help you explore ways to work with the individual to gather information related to a situation that may require advocacy. You will also become aware of human rights, legal and other issues that affect all of us, including people using mental health programs. We will also review some advocacy strategies available to
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MH08 Mental Health - Vocational, Educational, and Career Support
The purpose of this module is to learn how to apply teaching techniques to community participation, career and vocational growth and other educational tasks that will enhance a person’s community participation, risk-taking and increased choice making.
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MH09 Mental Health - Crisis Intervention and Emergency Services
The purpose of this module to introduce you to the skills and knowledge needed to ensure safety and well-being for the individuals you support, your colleagues and yourself. Potential crisis situations are identified. This training does not endorse any specific physical interventions.
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MH10 Mental Health - Documentation
The purpose of this module is to define the process of and reasons for recording information in a defined format about supported individuals that helps communicate important information to others. The module also covers confidentiality, HIPAA, CFR-42 and stigma in documentation.
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MH11 Mental Health - Health and Safety
This purpose of this module on health and safety is to introduce the basic concepts of nutrition, healthy life styles, symptoms and signs of illness, medication issues, responding to environmental emergencies, and safety issues and practices.
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Nutrition and Meal Preparation for Older Adults
This program provides important training in nutrition, meal planning and preparation. Topics include recommended diet for older adults, common serving sizes, medically-prescribed diets, warning signs and prevention of malnutrition, importance of drinking enough water, value of high-fiber diet, meal planning and food shopping, reading labels and uni
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Observation, Reporting and Documentation
This program teaches home care personnel about observation, reporting and documentation, three important areas of client care. Topics include: importance of accurate observation, reporting and documentation, developing good observation skills, types of observations, what you must report, definition of documentation, difference between objective and
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Personal Care
This program teaches home care professionals and primary caregivers the principles behind personal care and how to perform procedures safely and respectfully. Topics include correct body mechanics, infection control, correct hand washing, oral hygiene, shaving, how to give a bed bath, dressing and more.
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Proper Body Mechanics and Back Safety
This program teaches home care personnel and family caregivers the principles of body mechanics and the importance of moving correctly in order to avoid injury. Topics include: understanding proper posture, understanding the principles of body mechanics, using proper posture and proper body mechanics when lifting, correct body mechanics during whee
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SU01 Substance Use and Addictive Disorders - Introduction to Addictions Services and Professionalism
This purpose of this module on health and safety is to introduce the basic concepts of nutrition, healthy life styles, symptoms and signs of illness, medication issues, responding to environmental emergencies, and safety issues and practices.
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SU02 Substance Use and Addictive Disorders - Participant Empowerment
The purpose of this module is to provide an introduction to human services and mental health, and additional material on professionalism and professional boundaries. The module concludes with a discussion of cultural responsiveness and diversity.
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SU03 Substance Use and Addictive Disorders - Communication
The purpose of this module is to learn about communication skills that promote communication as well as the importance of good communication in professionalism.
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SU04 Substance Use and Addictive Disorders - Assessment
Assessments provide us with information that will help us determine the supports and services necessary to help individuals in their rehabilitation and recovery. The purpose of this module is to introduce you to the different types of assessments that are done, and how they relate to the process of recovery.
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SU05 Substance Use and Addictive Disorders - Community Supports and Service Networking
The purpose of this module is to help to familiarize you with the community supports and resources that are available to clients, and to understand more of the successes and challenges clients face in the community
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SU06 Substance Use and Addictive Disorders - Supporting Skills Development
The purpose of this module is to demonstrate the importance of skill development and demonstrate your role in teaching individuals new skills that will help them realize their full potential and lead to a more independent life that can be challenging and satisfying. The module describes strategies and tools that you can use to assist you in this im
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SU07 Substance Use and Addictive Disorders -Advocacy
The purpose of this module is to help you explore ways to work with the individuals you support to gather information related to a situation that may require advocacy. You will also become aware of human rights, legal and other issues that affect all of us, including people using substance use disorder and addictive disorders programs. We will also
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SU08 Substance Use and Addictive Disorders - Vocational, Educational, and Career Support
The purpose of this module is to learn how to apply teaching techniques to community participation, career and vocational growth and other educational tasks that will enhance a person’s community participation, risk-taking and increased choice making.
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SU09 Substance Use and Addictive Disorders - Crisis Intervention and Emergency Services
The purpose of this module to introduce you to the skills and knowledge needed to ensure safety and well-being for the individuals you support, your colleagues and yourself. Potential crisis situations are identified. This training does not endorse any specific physical interventions.
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SU10 Substance Use and Addictive Disorders - Documentation
The purpose of this module is to define the process of and reasons for recording information in a defined format about supported individuals that helps communicate important information to others. The module also covers confidentiality, HIPAA, CFR-42 and stigma in documentation.
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SU11 Substance Use and Addictive Disorders - Health and Safety
This purpose of this module on health and safety is to introduce the basic concepts of nutrition, healthy life styles, symptoms and signs of illness, medication issues, responding to environmental emergencies, and safety issues and practices.
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Telecommuting and Other Alternative Work Arrangements for Employees
As the workforce becomes more diversified and employers struggle to cope with the demands of a rapidly changing marketplace, these arrangements are becoming more popular and more common.
Why "Telecommuting and Other Alternative Work Arrangements for Employees" Matters: - Properly set up, alternative work arrangements
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Telecommuting and Other Alternative Work Arrangements for Supervisors
As the workforce becomes more diversified and employers struggle to cope with the demands of a rapidly changing marketplace, these arrangements are becoming more popular and more common.
Key Points: - Not all jobs or all employees are suitable for alternative work arrangements.
- Successful supervision of an a
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