Past Event Category: Adult Family Home Provider
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Jan 31Managing Threatening Confrontations – In Person TrainingUW 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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Jan 10IEP 101 – In Person TrainingUW South Madison Partnership, 2238 South Park Street, Madison, WI 53713
Overview: Disability Rights Wisconsin along with Community TIES (Training, Intervention, and Evaluation Services) provides an IEP (Individualized Education Plan) Training for guardians and providers who attend IEP meetings. This will allow training participants to better understand the IEP process, what is discussed at an IEP meeting, and how to read the IEP document. Understanding this …
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Dec 5Safe Medication Administration – In Person TrainingUW South Madison Partnership, 2238 South Park Street, Madison, WI 53713
Overview: Learn the essentials regarding safe medication administration. How can you reduce risk for the people that you support (and yourself) when handling or taking medications? What questions should you ask about medications? Where can you get answers and information? This class will provide answers to these and other questions, and help you gain information …
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Nov 6Sexting, Porn, and Online Dating, Oh My! Empowering Neurodivergent Teens and Adults in Safe Online Experiences – In Person TrainingUW South Madison Partnership, 2238 South Park Street, Madison, WI 53713
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 kids, teens, and adults in making safe …
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Oct 12Wait, You Want Me to Talk About SEX? Getting Comfortable Having Uncomfortable Conversations About Sexuality with Neurodivergent Kids, Teens, and Adults – In Person TrainingUW 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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Sep 27Respect Starts at Home: Teaching Neurodivergent Kids, Teens and Adults About Consent – In Person TrainingUW South Madison Partnership, 2238 South Park Street, Madison, WI 53713
Overview: The first place we learn about relationships is in the home, but too often kids, teens and adults with disabilities are not given opportunities to say “no”, set boundaries, or practice healthy relationship skills. By modeling consent and respecting boundaries at home, kids and teens will come to expect this in their other relationships …
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Sep 12Looking Beneath the Surface of “Challenging Behavior” – In Person TrainingUW South Madison Partnership, 2238 South Park Street, Madison, WI 53713
Overview: Discover alternative models for understanding what challenging behaviors represent and how to best support people who experience them. Focusing on supporting mental health, physiological needs, and social-emotional development can offer a different roadmap to support individuals with complex needs and developmental differences. By using a person-centered and brain science approach, behaviors are not difficulties to …
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Aug 8Trauma’s Influence on the Brain, Body, and Behavior: Promoting Healing & Well-Being – In Person TrainingUW South Madison Partnership, 2238 South Park Street, Madison, WI 53713
Overview: Life experiences shape who we are. This session will highlight the impact of trauma and stress on the lives of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. It will provide information on how to recognize the influence of trauma and stress on behavioral, mental, and physical health. From a brain and healing perspective, the session …
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Aug 2Foundations of Healthy Relationships – In Person TrainingUW 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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Jul 11Humanizing Mental Health – In Person TrainingUW South Madison Partnership UW South Madison Partnership
Register Here $30 Cancellations made within 24 hours prior to the start of the training will be charged the full registration fee. Overview “But we don’t ‘do’ mental health.” Wrong! If you are a human and interact with other humans, you are “doing” mental health. It is not only something “done” in offices by mental health professionals. …