Event Categories: Training

Suicide Assessment and Intervention Training for Mental Health Professionals.

In this session, you will learn to:

  • Manage personal reactions to suicidal clients.
  • Recognize suicide warning signs and risk and protective factors.
  • Demonstrate techniques to elicit suicidal ideation and history of behaviors.
  • Identify strategies and tools to assess risk.
  • Describe how a client’s ambivalence about suicide is an opportunity to intervene and how the client may view suicide as a coping strategy.
  • Explain the value of appropriate postvention and grief support services for individuals and communities affected by suicide.

Time: 9:00AM-4:30PM (registration from 8:30AM-9:00AM)
Location: Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Alumni Hall, 130 Essex Street, South Hamilton, MA.

Lowell Medical Assistant Day Institute 2019

Registration for this event is closed.  Please contact Kerrie D’Entremont at the GLHA, to be added to the wait list.  Thank you!

Rational: Medical Assistants are multi-skilled healthcare practitioners that perform a wide range of clinical and administrative functions. Medical Assistants are employed by hospitals, clinics, medical offices and others. Their professional contributions are of essence in the delivery of care. In addition, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment of medical assistants is projected to grow 29% during the next 10 years, much faster than the average for all occupations.

Event Plan: The 2019 Lowell Medical Assistant Day Institute aims to validate, support, empower and celebrate the contributions of Medical Assistants while opening new pathways to continuing their education within the workplace. This event is made possible from contributions of different groups and members of the community.

Partnerships & Sponsors: Special thank you to the following agencies for their dedication to this important initiative:

 

Learning to Live with COPD

Join Dr. Irwin Buchwald, board-certified pulmonologist, and Lowell General’s Respiratory Department for an informative seminar that will discus COPD and the disease process.
Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Time: 5:00 to 8:00

Topics will include:
What is COPD?
What causes COPD?
How to control the Symptoms
Nutrition
Importance of Exercise
Coping with COPD
Oxygen Usage with Advanced COPD
Medications for COPD

There will be free screenings for oxygen saturation and vital capacity as well as instruction on proper medication usage and technique.

REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. 
Please visit www.lowellgeneral.org/health or call 877-LGH-WELL to register.

Mental Health First Aid for Adults

Mental Health First Aid is a national program that teaches you how to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illnesses and substance use disorders in your community.

Adult Mental Health First Aid Designed for adults who regularly interact with other adults:

  • Friday, April 5
  • Friday, June 14
  • Friday, October 18

Youth Mental Health First Aid

Designed for adults who regularly interact with young people:

  • Friday, August 16

Time: 7:45am-4:30pm (*Begins promptly at 8:00am)

Cost: $25 per person**

*Minimum of 15 participants required in order to run the training.

** There is a $25 deposit to reserve your spot for this training.

Upon completion of the course, you will receive a full refund.

Registration Required! Call 1-877-LGH-WELL (1-877-544-9355) or visit www.lowellgeneral.org/health to see locations and to sign up.

Merrimack Valley AHEC/GLFHC Offers Recovery Coach Academy Training

A 60-hour training opportunity for those interested in serving as recovery coaches. Training will be lead by Steven M. Chisholm who holds a Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology from Lesley University and has over 25 years of experience working as a recovery advocate. Participants will learn the various roles, purposes, and tasks of a recovery coach while receiving the necessary tools for effective recovery support services.

Registration Deadline is Monday, February 18, 2019.
First Class begins Wednesday, February 20, 2019.

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