Featured Courses CPR Health Care Provider 12/13/22 - 12/13/22 01/17/23 - 01/17/23 02/07/23 - 02/07/23 03/02/23 - 03/02/23 Learn to recognize several life-threatening emergencies, give high-quality chest compressions, deliver appropriate ventilations, and provide early use of an AED. This course provides the information, training, demonstration and practice necessary to pass the CPR Health Care Provider. Identifying and Responding to Stalking This course contains no sessions This conference explores the dynamics of stalking, focusing on the highly contextual nature of the crime. Common tactics used by perpetrators, stalking's co-occurrence with domestic and sexual violence, risk assessments in stalking cases, technology to stalk, and investigation strategies will be discussed. Additional topics include tools to plan for victim safety and increase offender accountability. Human Trafficking: Beyond Awareness 01/20/23 - 01/20/23 Human Trafficking uses force, fraud, or coercion to exploit someone for sex or labor. Combatting this crime requires both awareness and knowledge of the tools to best support victims. It is happening within our communities, and survivors need a place for help and support. Take part in this one day-long conference and learn to identify survivors and recognize the language they use, understand human trafficking laws and legal rights, gain knowledge of criminal record relief for survivors, learn about strategies offenders use to groom children, and remedies and ways to protect children online. Cannabis Pharmacology: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly 02/23/23 - 02/23/23 This three-hour, live webinar will review concepts related to the pharmacology of cannabis, including effects on the body and brain chemistry; review the diagnostic criteria for cannabis use disorder; treatment considerations; and information about medical marijuana. Sexual Harassment Prevention - LIVE WEBINAR 02/22/23 - 02/22/23 This training meets the standards and guidelines for sexual harassment training that is required for all employers in the state of Illinois. Learn what sexual harassment is and what behaviors constitute sexual harassment. Become equipped with information regarding employee rights in the workplace regarding sexual assault and the information needed to file a report. Implicit Bias Awareness 03/15/23 - 03/15/23 Effective January 28, 2022, all licensed mental health and healthcare professionals, (including social workers, counselors, dietitians, nurses, nursing home administrators, physical therapists, occupational therapists, and respiratory therapists) must attend a one hour training on Implicit Bias Awareness. Implicit Bias is an unconscious belief system based on stereotypes (e.g. racial, gender) that inadvertently influences one's attitudes and behaviors towards members of certain groups in ways in which one may not be aware. Opioid Pharmacology and the Opioid Epidemic 03/30/23 - 03/30/23 This three-hour, live webinar will review concepts related to the pharmacology of opioids, including opioid chemistry and neuroanatomy, detoxification and withdrawal, diagnostic criteria for opioid use disorder, medication assisted treatment, and naloxone. Brain Health and Aging This course contains no sessions What happens to the aging brain and can we do anything to slow it down? Join Barb Bancroft for a 3-hour seminar on the do's and don'ts, the myths, the scams, the foods, vitamins, and micronutrients for brain health, as well as other activities that have been proven to keep us sharp as a tack. Well, maybe not quite as sharp as a tack, but "mentally able" for many years to come.

Upcoming Courses CPR Health Care Provider Tuesday, December 13, 2022 CPR Health Care Provider Tuesday, January 17, 2023 Human Trafficking: Beyond Awareness Friday, January 20, 2023 CPR Health Care Provider Tuesday, February 7, 2023 Sexual Harassment Prevention - LIVE WEBINAR Wednesday, February 22, 2023 Cannabis Pharmacology: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly Thursday, February 23, 2023 CPR Health Care Provider Thursday, March 2, 2023

Featured Courses

CPR Health Care Provider 12/13/22 - 12/13/22 01/17/23 - 01/17/23 02/07/23 - 02/07/23 03/02/23 - 03/02/23 Learn to recognize several life-threatening emergencies, give high-quality chest compressions, deliver appropriate ventilations, and provide early use of an AED. This course provides the information, training, demonstration and practice necessary to pass the CPR Health Care Provider.

Identifying and Responding to Stalking This course contains no sessions This conference explores the dynamics of stalking, focusing on the highly contextual nature of the crime. Common tactics used by perpetrators, stalking's co-occurrence with domestic and sexual violence, risk assessments in stalking cases, technology to stalk, and investigation strategies will be discussed. Additional topics include tools to plan for victim safety and increase offender accountability.

Human Trafficking: Beyond Awareness 01/20/23 - 01/20/23 Human Trafficking uses force, fraud, or coercion to exploit someone for sex or labor. Combatting this crime requires both awareness and knowledge of the tools to best support victims. It is happening within our communities, and survivors need a place for help and support. Take part in this one day-long conference and learn to identify survivors and recognize the language they use, understand human trafficking laws and legal rights, gain knowledge of criminal record relief for survivors, learn about strategies offenders use to groom children, and remedies and ways to protect children online.

Cannabis Pharmacology: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly 02/23/23 - 02/23/23 This three-hour, live webinar will review concepts related to the pharmacology of cannabis, including effects on the body and brain chemistry; review the diagnostic criteria for cannabis use disorder; treatment considerations; and information about medical marijuana.

Sexual Harassment Prevention - LIVE WEBINAR 02/22/23 - 02/22/23 This training meets the standards and guidelines for sexual harassment training that is required for all employers in the state of Illinois. Learn what sexual harassment is and what behaviors constitute sexual harassment. Become equipped with information regarding employee rights in the workplace regarding sexual assault and the information needed to file a report.

Implicit Bias Awareness 03/15/23 - 03/15/23 Effective January 28, 2022, all licensed mental health and healthcare professionals, (including social workers, counselors, dietitians, nurses, nursing home administrators, physical therapists, occupational therapists, and respiratory therapists) must attend a one hour training on Implicit Bias Awareness. Implicit Bias is an unconscious belief system based on stereotypes (e.g. racial, gender) that inadvertently influences one's attitudes and behaviors towards members of certain groups in ways in which one may not be aware.

Opioid Pharmacology and the Opioid Epidemic 03/30/23 - 03/30/23 This three-hour, live webinar will review concepts related to the pharmacology of opioids, including opioid chemistry and neuroanatomy, detoxification and withdrawal, diagnostic criteria for opioid use disorder, medication assisted treatment, and naloxone.

Brain Health and Aging This course contains no sessions What happens to the aging brain and can we do anything to slow it down? Join Barb Bancroft for a 3-hour seminar on the do's and don'ts, the myths, the scams, the foods, vitamins, and micronutrients for brain health, as well as other activities that have been proven to keep us sharp as a tack. Well, maybe not quite as sharp as a tack, but "mentally able" for many years to come.