Event Categories: Training

Know Your Rights Training

Lowell Alliance is sponsoring a workshop with the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy (MIRA) Coalition to “train the trainers” and help community agencies understand:
What changes have already been made by the administration. What an individual’s rights are when they encounter law enforcement. What families should do now to prepare for the worst. Which local agencies are available to help. The workshop will be presented by Sarang Sekhavat, the Federal Policy Director at MIRA.

For more information or to RSVP, contact Director Nancy Coan at ncoan@ywacaoflowell.org.

Youth Mental Health First Aid Training

This training course provides participants with the skills and knowledge required to assess the mental health of adolescents, identify warning signs, and to successfully intervene when an adolescent is experiencing a mental crisis or addictive urges. Topics such as depression, anxiety, substance use, eating disorders and more will be discussed. Parents, teachers, caregivers, school staff and health and human service workers are encouraged to attend.

A light breakfast and bag lunch will be provided to each participant.

Car Seat Safety Class

Learn the most common types of car seat misuse and which seat type is right for your child.
This important class, for new and expectant parents as well as caregivers and grandparents, should not be missed. Participants will be given information on how they can better keep their infant or child safe in a moving motor vehicle. Additional topics that will be covered are: the Child Passenger Safety Laws in Massachusetts, the 5 types of child car seats, basic child safety in car seats, and how to properly install car seats in the family vehicle. This course is a must for new or expectant parents who want to keep their children as safe as possible while in the family car! Please note that car seat inspections will not take place on the night of the class. Information on where to have your seat inspected will be provided.

$15.00 per couple/family (financial assistance may be available by calling Kate Elkins, 978-788-7224)

REGISTER ONLINE

To register by phone, call 877-LGH-WELL (877-544-9355).

 

Suicide Prevention Training

Suicide Prevention Training

Question, Persuade, Refer 

QPR stands for Question, Persuade, and Refer — the 3 simple steps anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide and become a gatekeeper. According to the Surgeon General’s National Strategy for Suicide Prevention (2001), a gatekeeper is someone in a position to recognize a crisis and the warning signs that someone may be contemplating suicide. Gatekeepers can be anyone, but include parents, friends, neighbors, teachers, ministers, doctors, nurses, office supervisors, squad leaders, foremen, police officers, advisors, caseworkers, firefighters, and many others who are strategically positioned to recognize and refer someone at risk of suicide.

As a QPR-trained Gatekeeper you will learn to:

  • Recognize the warning signs of suicide
  • Know how to offer hope
  • Know how to get help and save a life

Please RSVP by emailing denubilam@worcesterma.gov or calling 508-799-8548

Collaborative Webinar: Creating a Health-Equitable Organization at Navicent Health

Date: Monday, December 5th, 2016
Time: 2-3 pm
Location: Webinar (wherever is convenient)
To Register

Learning objectives:
Understand the purpose of the AHA’s #123forEquity Pledge;
Describe Navicent Health’s journey to eliminate health care disparities and discuss how they have attained these accomplishments; and
Understand the process steps for building a culturally competent organization.

Presenters:
Ninfa Saunders, Ph.D., President and CEO of Navicent Health, and Chair of the Institute for Diversity in Health Management Board of Directors
Tomás León, President and CEO, Institute for Diversity in Health Management
This webinar is available free of charge, but advance registration is required.
To register, click here.

WEBINAR: Cultural Competencies for an Aging LGBTQ Population

WEBINAR: Cultural Competencies for an Aging LGBTQ Population
Date: Tuesday, December 13, 2016
Time: 1 pm EST

This 90 minute webinar will discuss the health and social care needs of older adults in the LGBTQ community. We will highlight the special obstacles faced by this population, opportunities to improve cultural competency and best practices to integrate LGBTQ friendly care into your organization.

The target audience includes HRSA grantees, healthcare providers, public health officials, community based organizations and advocates wanting to improve competency in regards to serving the needs of aging LGBTQ patients in their practices.

Free registration in advance is required and space is limited. Please feel free to share this announcement with your colleagues.

For more information, please contact Valerie Gallo at 415-437-8095 or vgallo@hrsa.gov

REGISTER

AGENDA

How HRSA Is Improving the Lives of the LGBTQ Community
Valerie Gallo, MPH – Public Health Analyst
Amanda Waldrup, MS, CHES – Public Health Analyst
HRSA Office of Regional Operations – San Francisco, CA and Chicago, IL

The State of Research into the Aging LGBTQ community
James R. Carter, PhD, MPH – Assistant Professor
Wright State University, College of Liberal Arts, Department of Social Work  – Dayton, OH

Meeting the Needs of the Aging LGBTQ Community
Julia Wallace – Case Manager
Tanya Times Witt – Lead Resident Services Coordinator, Triangle Square
Teresa Garcia, BA – Case Manager IV
Los Angeles LGBT Center – Los Angeles, CA

LGBT Older Adult Resources & Services Near You
Sherrill Wayland, MSW – Manager of National Projects
SAGE (Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders) – St. Louis, MO

Valerie Gallo, MPH Public Health Analyst HRSA, Office of Regional Operations 90 7th St., 8th Floor San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone: (415) 437-8095
Fax: (415) 437-7664

Improving Quality, Achieving Equity, and Pursuing Value: Delivering Care to Diverse Populations

Please RSVP by emailing:
RSVP@greaterlowellhealthalliance.org

Joseph R. Betancourt, MD, MPH
Director of The Disparities Solution Center of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Dr. Betancourt has spent many years working to improve quality of care, address racial and ethnic disparities, and achieve equity.

In response to findings presented in our recent
Cancer Disparities Needs Assessment for increased cultural awareness/sensitivity/ competency and improved health equity, Dr. Betancourt will be presenting on how MGH has remained successful in these areas.

Objectives of his presentation include:
• An overview of healthcare transformation and link to disparities and equity
• Highlighting root causes for disparities, drivers for addressing them, and their relationship to quality
Sharing lessons learned from MGH and a national network of hospitals across the country who are focused on improving quality and achieving equity.

New Hampshire Mental Health Symposium

Join the Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in hosting their 12th Annual New Hampshire Mental Health Symposium. This symposium will provide a 4 hour LEAP (Leadership, Empathizing, Agreeing, and Partnering) Training and Certification, presented by Dr. Xavier Amador, LEAP Founder.

This symposium is designed for health professionals,first responders, public health workers, educators, caregivers, and anyone interested in learning more about effective mental health.

Upon completion of this offering, participants will be able to:

  1. Recognize that severe problems with insight into their illness affect nearly 50% of all patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
  2. Identify anosognosia (brain dysfunction) as the leading cause of a person’s poor insight into their illness.
  3. Recognize the top two factors affecting good adherence to treatment.
  4. Recognize that some clients never gain awareness of their symptoms through the use of medications.
  5. Demonstrate how a communication method such as LEAP improves insight and adherence to treatment.
  6. Adapt LEAP tools in scenarios that fit your work.

Continuing Education Credits Available!

Register HERE!

Date: May 4, 2016
Time: 8:30am-4:15pm
Location: Southeastern Regional Education Service Center, 29 Commerce Drive, Bedford, NH

 

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