Past Event Category: Adult Family Home Provider
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Oct 22Sexting, Porn, and Online Dating, Oh My! Empowering Neurodivergent Teens and Adults in Safe Online Experiences – In Person Training
Ellen Merker, M.S. LPC
Overview: The internet can feel scary, and a caregiver’s response can often be to limit access to technology in an attempt to keep someone safe. However, to move away from a protective model and toward an empowered model, we need to talk about these topics and support neurodivergent teens and adults in making safe decisions …
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Oct 14Managing Threatening Confrontations – In Person Training
Presenter: Josh Lapin, MSSW
Overview: Managing Threatening Confrontations is designed to assist you in learning how to effectively support individuals who could experience the full range of behavioral escalation. These moments often appear chaotic – when to step back, who to call for back up, and “when to duck.” This seminar is designed to put order to the chaos. Stages …
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Sep 21Love, Rights, and Respect: Navigating Relationships and Safety – In Person Training
Presenters: Joe Aguilar and Pam Malin
Overview: Love, Rights, and Respect focuses on helping those who support individuals with IDD understand relationships, dating, and personal rights. This presentations encourages open conversation about respect, consent, boundaries, and safety. Participants will learn how support individuals with IDD in learning how to have healthy relationships, communicate their needs, and recognize situations that may be …
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Aug 12Person-Centered Thinking and Planning: Moving Beyond Program Jargon and Bureaucratic Requirements to Build Better Lives – In Person Training
Presenter: Monica Bear, MSSW
Overview: Documents like Member-Centered Plans and Individual Support and Service Plans serve as the cornerstone of programs such as Family Care, Partnership, IRIS and CLTS. These documents list and authorize the menu of services people utilize while simultaneously demonstrating Medicaid compliance. The original intent, of helping people design an individualized roadmap for living their best lives, …
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Aug 5Wait, You Want Me to Talk About SEX? Getting Comfortable Having Uncomfortable Conversations About Sexuality with Neurodivergent Kids, Teens, and Adults – In Person Training
UW South Madison Partnership, 2238 South Park Street, Madison, WI 53713
Overview: Very few neurodivergent kids, teens, and adults get comprehensive, evidence-based sex education that is responsive to their own learning style and needs. This puts many at risk of sexual exploitation, unwanted pregnancies, and STD’s. In this training, we will discuss ways to have conversations about sexual health; supporting someone’s sexual orientation and/or gender identity; …
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Jul 9Foundations of Healthy Relationships – In Person Training
UW South Madison Partnership, 2238 South Park Street, Madison, WI 53713 UW South Madison Partnership
Overview: Dating is hard, but it can be easier when we have the education and resources we need to navigate these sometimes tricky relationships. In this training, caregivers will learn about the importance of providing opportunities to learn about and experience dating relationships; move away from a protective model and toward an empowered model of …
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Jun 19Managing Threatening Confrontations – In Person Training
UW South Madison Partnership, 2238 South Park Street, Madison, WI 53713
Overview: Managing Threatening Confrontations is designed to assist you in learning how to effectively support individuals who could experience the full range of behavioral escalation. These moments often appear chaotic-when to talk, when to step back, who to call for back up, and “when to duck.” This seminar is designed to put order to the …
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Jun 2Experiencing Trauma as a Caregiver: Coping with Empathy Fatigue and “Secondary” Trauma – In Person Training
UW South Madison Partnership, 2238 South Park Street, Madison, WI 53713
Overview: Many caregivers exhibit symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder from working with people who have experienced trauma themselves or witnessing that trauma as a caregiver. In addition, it can be very difficult to manage these symptoms while also providing care for others and helping them to cope with their trauma symptoms. We will take a …
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May 13Love, Rights, and Respect: Navigating Relationships and Safety – In Person Training
UW South Madison Partnership, 2238 South Park Street, Madison, WI 53713
Overview: Love, Rights, and Respect focuses on helping those who support individuals with IDD understand relationships, dating, and personal rights. This presentations encourages open conversation about respect, consent, boundaries, and safety. Objectives: Participants will learn how support individuals with IDD in learning how to Have healthy relationships, communicate their needs, and recognize situations that may …
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May 13The Self-Compassionate Caregiver – In Person Training
UW South Madison Partnership, 2238 South Park Street, Madison, WI 53713
Overview: Caregivers, whether paid or unpaid, have incredibly important roles in the lives of people with disabilities. But it can be hard for many caregivers to show the same compassion to themselves as they do to the people they care for, and this is leading to more and more burnout. This class will help caregivers …