Training

Date: March 27 & 28th 9AM -6PM Members $375 / Non Members $400 Participants will learn safe & effective approaches to working with individuals who exhibit aggressive behaviors. Participants will also learn appropriate calming techniques, preventive strategies to de-escalate adverse situations & proper techniques for physical intervention when all else fails.  This training covers CORE… Read More »IN PERSON SCIP-R Training March 2025

Class Dates: April 2, 3, 8, 9, 16, 17, 22 from 4:30-7:30pm Test April 23rd 8:30am-4:30pm ONLINE VIA ZOOM Members $450/Non Members $550 Are you a nonprofit professional ready to learn and take on investigations at your organization? This training will be an immersive virtual training series that provides specialized investigative skills to new investigators.… Read More »Online Incident Investigation Training April 2025

Dates: April 7, 8, 9th 9:30am-4pm Members $175/ Non Members $200 This course certifies trainees to administer medications in OPWDD-funded residential and day programs. This course follows the OPWDD approved AMAP curriculum and includes: responsibilities of AMAP certification, common medications, side effects, rights and responsibilities of administering medication measurement of vital signs, and common abbreviations used in the medical… Read More »IN PERSON AMAP Training April 2025

Date: April 8th 10AM -4PM Members $150 / Non Members $200 Retention begins on day #1 of a person's employment.  If the onboarding process is effective and engaging, staff will build a strong commitment to the organization and its mission.  If the onboarding process feels stale and/or overwhelming, staff will become disengaged almost immediately.  This… Read More »The Onboarding Experience:  How to Promote Retention for the Very First Day

Date: April 16th 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Members $70 / Non Members $95 This session will explore the concept of implicit bias, its impact on workplace interactions, and strategies to mitigate bias in decision-making and communication.  Objectives: 1. Define implicit bias and understand its influence on workplace culture. 2. Recognize how biases can affect… Read More »ONLINE Implicit Bias

Date: April 22nd 10 AM - 12 PM Members $70 / Non Members $9 Staff who work in an administrative capacity at I/DD organizations may not work directly with individuals, but they do encounter them on a regular basis. If that contact is combined with an unexpected challenging behavior, the staff can be left feeling… Read More »ONLINE Crisis Prevention for Administrators April 2025

Date: May 9th 10AM - 4PM Members $150 / Non Members $200 Community inclusion is not simply a process of going out into the community and walking around the mall.  The ideas go far beyond that.  The idea is tied to intersectionality and ableism, terms in the disability field that are very important and very… Read More »IN PERSON Community Inclusion, Intersectionality, and Rights