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Workshops

For more than 15 years Bethesda has offered high quality staff training to community service providers. Throughout the year, Bethesda offers its most popular sessions in locations across the United States. Bethesda staff will also bring its sessions to a site of your choosing. Read trainer bios

Bring Workshops to Your Location

Bethesda staff can bring any of the following workshops to your organization's location.

Building Supports for People with Challenging Behaviors

What you will learn:

  • how to properly assess a person with behavioral challenges
  • how to translate the assessment into intervention
  • how to implement proactive strategies

For more information about this workshop, contact Tom Heuer at theuer@blhs.org or at 1.800.369.4636, ext. 4449.

Medication and Medication Administration Update

What you will learn:

Through both lecture and interactive participation, this six-hour workshop includes:

  • discussion on disease processes of atherosclerosis (stroke, heart disease/heart attack, peripheral vascular disease) and Alzheimer’s disease
  • update on current and new medications for psychotropic (antipsychotics, antidepressants, Alzheimer’s disease), antiplatelet therapy (Aspirin, Aggrenox, Plavix) and pain management
  • medical and nursing aspects of supporting a person with heart disease, stroke or pain
  • review and update of regulations and what surveyors look for in regards to medications such as psychotropics and medication passes
  • interactive review of current knowledge of medications through case studies and hands-on stations

For more information about this workshop, contact Tom Heuer at theuer@blhs.org or at 1.800.369.4636, ext. 4449.

Person-Centered Workshop

What you will learn:

  • a person-centered and functional approach to supervising staff
  • key elements in the hiring and training process
  • the supervisor's role as trainer and coach
  • how to help develop and lead dynamic, person-centered teams

For more information about this workshop, contact Tom Heuer at theuer@blhs.org or at 1.800.369.4636, ext. 4449.

Person-Centered Planning Workshop

What you will learn:

  • the main principles of person-centered planning
  • the components of traditional planning, and their drawbacks
  • the challenges agencies are facing as they move toward person-centered planning
  • strategies for overcoming these challenges, especially in meeting ICF regulations
  • how to balance self-determination and risk

For more information about this workshop, contact Tom Heuer at theuer@blhs.org or at 1.800.369.4636, ext. 4449.

Training Staff in the Field of Developmental Disabilities Workshop

What you will learn:

  • how to develop a supportive environment with your staff training programs and how to promote it within your organization
  • ways to develop training materials for both new employees and current staff
  • factors to consider when designing effective and cost-efficient staff training materials
  • how to coach your staff - roadblocks to watch for and effective methods

For more information about this workshop, contact Tom Heuer at theuer@blhs.org or at 1.800.369.4636, ext. 4449.

Wisconsin CBRF Staff Training

Your organization can have an approved Wisconsin CBRF staff training program provided by Bethesda at a site, date and time of your choice. Bethesda's program is approved in all three blocks, including group-specific training in the area of developmental disabilities.

For more information about this training program, contact Sheri Berg, Director of Staff Development, at sberg@blhs.org or at 1.800.369.4636, ext. 4442.

Illinois Direct Support Person (DSP) Training

Bethesda can provide your organization with an approved Illinois Direct Support Person Training Program that all aides working in ICFs-MR are required to have. Bethesda can work with you to custom design training schedules and locations that best meet your needs.

For more information about this training program, contact Sheri Berg, Director of Staff Development, at sberg@blhs.org or at 1.800.369.4636, ext. 4442.

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