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  • Sep 12
    Looking Beneath the Surface of “Challenging Behavior” – In Person Training

    September 12, 2023 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm UW 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 …

  • Aug 21
    Managing Threatening Confrontations – In Person Training

    August 21, 2023 @ 9:00 am - 3:00 pm 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 …

  • Trauma’s Influence on the Brain, Body, and Behavior
    Aug 8
    Trauma’s Influence on the Brain, Body, and Behavior: Promoting Healing & Well-Being – In Person Training

    August 8, 2023 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm UW 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 …

    Trauma’s Influence on the Brain, Body, and Behavior
  • Aug 2
    Foundations of Healthy Relationships – In Person Training

    August 2, 2023 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am 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 …

  • Jul 31
    Managing Threatening Confrontations – Free Virtual Training

    July 31, 2023 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

    Overview: Managing Threatening Confrontations is designed to assist you in learning how to effectively support children who could experience the full range of behavioral escalation. This seminar is designed to put order to the chaos. Stages of escalation are described and each stage is paired with a positive action plan for caregivers as well as …

  • Humanizing Mental Health
    Jul 11
    Humanizing Mental Health – In Person Training

    July 11, 2023 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm UW 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. …

    Humanizing Mental Health
  • Managing Threatening Confrontations
    Jun 20
    Managing Threatening Confrontations – Free Virtual Training

    June 20, 2023 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Zoom

    A free live interactive virtual training Funding made possible by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) through the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS). Each session is limited to 150 participants. June 20, 2023 • 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM • Adult Focused More sessions will be schedule for this fall too. Click here to …

    Managing Threatening Confrontations
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