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Behavioral Health Professional Training

with Jeff Carpenter

$25 More Info

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Our community is looking for individuals who want to make a difference in a child’s life.

Children’s Behavioral Health Services are vital to Maine’s children with Intellectual Disabilities, Autism and Mental Health Disorders and their families. And the need in our area is great!

As an integral part of the child’s treatment team, a Certified Behavioral Health Professional (BHP) has the opportunity to make an immediate impact while helping a child grow and develop to their full potential.

We are excited to connect our community to this wonderful ONLINE training program. The online training will equip you to help children who are receiving Behavior Health services. The training will prepare you for employment through local social services agencies. The program can be started at any time and finished at your own pace.

You will complete 12 online modules then 3 4-hour live sessions, including the new ethics and boundaries training. Once the modules are completed, you will receive free online blood borne pathogen training and virtual First Aid & CPR training if you do not already possess those certifications. The entire training requirements will take about 45 hours. Registration is ongoing till June 30, 2021.

Any individual who will be 18 years of age or older upon completion of the course may register.

The administration fee of $25 is waived for existing SAD1 Adult & Community Education students.

See Blended Learning Curriculum at Woodfords Family Service for more information.

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Money Skills on Essential Ed

with Christa Galipeau

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Looking to make a budget for yourself or family? Interested in improving your credit, saving money or getting a loan? This online course will walk you through the basics of saving money, making a budget, and how to keep and use good credit. These tutorials and lessons give you real world examples and can help give you the basic knowledge you need to plan for a more financially stable future.

Students join this class at anytime during the academic year!

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Work Skills on Essential Ed

with Christa Galipeau

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The most asked for training that employers request their employees to have is “soft skills”. Soft skills include how to work with customers, how to be professional, reliability and problem solving. This online course will give you a basic understanding of what soft skills are and why they are so important and sought after in the workplace. Over the series of lessons and tutorials you will learn how to effectively communicate in the workplace, how to become a valued employee and the traits that employers are looking for. Jump start your next job search or improve your current work environment with this course.

Students join this class at anytime during the academic year!

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Instant Pot – Soup Series

with Lisa Fishman

$20 More Info

Did you receive an electric pressure cooker or an Instant Pot® for the holidays? Have one already but have been afraid to use it? Want to get one but are unsure if it's a good idea? Then this class is for you!

Tune in to join Lisa Fishman, with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, during the month of January as she demonstrates how to make a variety of soups in the electric pressure cooker. Classes will be held each Tuesday from 6:30-7:30 pm. Lisa will introduce you to the many features of electric pressure cookers. She will show you how to use the various functions, how to cook safely and confidently, and how to clean and store your electric pressure cooker to keep it in tip-top shape.

This four-part series is $20 and includes links to the recipes as well as to other resources from the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. The class will be presented via ZOOM. This is a demonstration style class where participants will listen and watch with the ability to ask questions and discuss with the instructor. You do not need to have an Instant Pot/electric pressure cooker to participate!

A link to the live classes will be provided via email. Recordings of the class will be shared out after each class in the event you need to miss a class or want to watch it again later.

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SAGE – U.S. Fleet Submarine in WWII

with David Hobbins

Jan

Next session: January 26th, 2021

$5 More Info

The U.S. Navy used 288 diesel submarines in WWII. Most were stationed in the Pacific theater to fight back the advances of the Japanese. Approximately 16 thousand American men served on these ships and suffered the highest fatality rate of any U.S. naval unit. Despite numerous problems with engines and weapons, Fleet Submarines accounted for 55 percent of Japanese merchant and naval ship losses. This is a brief history of the U.S. Navy’s diesel submarine with a focus on the Pacific theater in WWII. Instructor: Dave Hobbins, a retired professor from the University of Maine at Fort Kent.

Contact Tracer Training

with Lern Partnership

Feb

Next session: February 1st to 28th, 2021

$299 More Info

According to the Medscape Coronavirus Resource Center, at least 44 states and the District of Columbia have begun expanding their contact tracing workforce. To help meet the need for training for contact tracers, we are offering this course, based on CDC and public health guidelines.This contact tracer training will provide you with a skill which is in demand in the job market. While taking this training does not guarantee that you will become employed as a contact tracer, the information and skills you learn in the course will provide you with skills necessary to be considered for employment.

Preliminary information indicates that more than 100,000 contact tracers are needed immediately. Contact tracers can earn up to $28 per hour!

Course Length (in hours): 16

This Contact Tracing Training course is a one-month online course to train people to get a job as a contact tracer. Registrations are accepted until the end of the first week of class.

Course Objectives:

To introduce students to the field of Contact Tracing, provide background information on virus transmission, teach the ethical issues surrounding Contact Tracing, teach communication skills necessary for effective contact tracing, and provide avenues for seeking employment as contact tracers.

Agenda:

Unit 1 - Introduction to Contact Tracing
Unit 2 - Basics of Covid-19
Unit 3 - Ethics & Effective Communication Skills for Contact Tracers
Unit 4 - Investigating and Tracing Contacts

How the Online Course Works:

After you register, you will be given a web address to access your online classroom. You will have a password; use your email address and password to gain access. Once inside the online classroom, you will:

Access the online readings, listen to audio presentations and take self-quizzes to see how much you have learned
Engage in written online discussion with your instructor and other participants
Participate when you want; the online classroom is open 24/7. No live or real time requirements/engagements.

Requirements:

Make at least one comment every week in the discussion.
Take every Unit self-quiz
Finish all requirements by the last day of the course.

Instructor:

Jeff Kritzer has a degree in Health Education from the University of Oregon. He has successfully developed other courses including "Advanced Data Analysis", "Infographics", "Introduction to Coding" and "Advanced Google Analytics". He has a PhD in Education and is currently a Professor in Teacher Education at a leading Midwestern university.

Some FAQs:

Q. What will individuals be able to do after completing the training?

A. Successful completion will make the individual eligible for employment in a high-demand area. Preliminary reports suggest that 30 contact tracers per 100,000 residents are needed to help prevent further spread of COVID-19.

Q. Will this training be useful after the pandemic is under control?

A. Yes. Contract tracers are always in demand. There is a need for this work whenever there are outbreaks of illness such as measles, smallpox, flu and other illnesses spread by person-to-person contact. The need is particularly high now due to COVID.

Q. How was the curriculum and training developed?

A. The curriculum is aligned to specific training guidelines per the Center for Disease Control (CDC). The CDC guidelines are carefully monitored and adjustments are made to training as necessary when there are changes or updates in the CDC guidelines.

This course is offered monthly beginning on the first Monday of the month. If this class doesn't meet your scheduling needs, contact us to be put on the list for a month that does work for you.