Upcoming Virtual Trainings.

ACCME & NAB CREDITS ARE AVAILABLE. 

QPR training offers strategies to support your work in providing suicide prevention and mental wellness to your residents. This 1.5-hour evidence-based instructor-led training is held virtually and will provide a comprehensive review of a three-step approach anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide. This session will provide a one-year certification to attendees.

Key components covered in the training:

1. How to Question, Persuade and Refer someone who may be suicidal
2. How to get help for yourself or learn more about preventing suicide
3. The common causes of suicidal behavior
4. The warning signs of suicide
5. How to get help for someone in crisis

Registration is limited.

Speaker: Holly Pounders – https://www.linkedin.com/in/holly-pounders-73632044/

ACCME AND NAB CREDITS ARE AVAILABLE. 

Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training provides skills to contact and provide initial help and support to someone who may be developing a mental health or substance use challenge or experiencing a crisis.

This session provides a MHFA certification for three years.

The training covers:

• Common signs and symptoms of mental health challenges and substance use challenges.
• How to interact with a person in crisis.
• How to connect a person with help.
• Expanded content on trauma, substance use and self-care

The training is divided into three (3) parts:

Part 1 starts AFTER initial registration has been APPROVED by the instructor. Approved registrants will be emailed instructions on how to create an on-line profile using MHFA Connect and completing a pre-survey/quiz followed by a 2-hour self-paced online course. Registrants MUST complete Part 1 no less than 48 hours (two business days) prior to the scheduled Part 2 session.

Part 2 is a 5.5-hour live instructor led virtual training. Participants are required to be on camera the entire time.

Part 3 participants will return to MHFA Connect to complete the post test and evaluation, required to receive a certificate of participation.

7.75 NAB credits and 5.5 ACCME credits will be offered after completing this live training.

Registration is limited.

Speaker: Holly Pounders – https://www.linkedin.com/in/holly-pounders-73632044/

ACCME & NAB CREDITS ARE AVAILABLE.

QPR training offers strategies to support your work in providing suicide prevention and mental wellness to your residents. This 1.5-hour evidence-based instructor-led training is held virtually and will provide a comprehensive review of a three-step approach anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide. This session will provide a one-year certification to attendees.

Key components covered in the training:

1. How to Question, Persuade and Refer someone who may be suicidal
2. How to get help for yourself or learn more about preventing suicide
3. The common causes of suicidal behavior
4. The warning signs of suicide
5. How to get help for someone in crisis

Registration is limited.

Speaker: Holly Pounders

ACCME & NAB CREDITS ARE AVAILABLE.

Dr. Abhilash Desai and Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health in Nursing Facilities program manager,  Jennifer Goodpaster, will describe psychosis and initial steps to address psychotic disorders.

Learning Objectives:

1. Identify two key psychotic symptoms commonly observed in schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders.
2. Explore how to use the SBAR communication tool to effectively report assessment findings to physicians and advanced practice providers.

Speakers:

Dr. Abhilash Desai

Jennifer Goodpaster, BS, RN, RAC-CT, DNS-CT, QCP, CPHQ

ACCME & NAB CREDITS ARE AVAILABLE.

Dr. Abhilash Desai and Dr. Jenn Azen will discuss common substances that may cause psychotic symptoms, how to differentiate substance-induced psychotic disorder from Schizophrenia, workup for diagnosis and treatment of identified substance-induced psychotic disorder.

Learning Objectives:

1. Identify at least three substances that commonly cause psychotic symptoms in nursing facility residents.
2. Gain an understanding of the workup and treatment options for substance-induced psychotic disorders.

Speakers:

Dr. Abhilash Desai, MD

Dr. Jenn Azen

ACCME & NAB CREDITS ARE AVAILABLE.

Dr. Abhilash Desai will explore how to distinguish schizophrenia from psychotic disorders caused by medications, medical conditions, and neurological disorders, including approaches to diagnostic workup and treatment.

Learning Objectives:

1. Identify at least one medication and one neurological condition that commonly causes schizophrenia-like psychotic symptoms.
2. Gain an understanding of the workup and treatment options for psychotic disorders due to medical and neurological conditions.

Speaker: Dr. Abhilash Desai, MD

ACCME AND NAB CREDITS ARE AVAILABLE.

Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training provides skills to contact and provide initial help and support to someone who may be developing a mental health or substance use challenge or experiencing a crisis.

This session provides a MHFA certification for three years.

The training covers:

• Common signs and symptoms of mental health challenges and substance use challenges.
• How to interact with a person in crisis.
• How to connect a person with help.
• Expanded content on trauma, substance use and self-care

The training is divided into three (3) parts:

Part 1 starts AFTER initial registration has been APPROVED by the instructor. Approved registrants will be emailed instructions on how to create an on-line profile using MHFA Connect and completing a pre-survey/quiz followed by a 2-hour self-paced online course. Registrants MUST complete Part 1 no less than 48 hours (two business days) prior to the scheduled Part 2 session.

Part 2 is a 5.5-hour live instructor led virtual training. Participants are required to be on camera the entire time.

Part 3 participants will return to MHFA Connect to complete the post test and evaluation, required to receive a certificate of participation.

7.75 NAB credits and 5.5 ACCME credits will be offered after completing this live training.

Registration is limited.

Speaker: Marti Vogt

ACCME & NAB CREDITS ARE AVAILABLE.

Dr. Abhilash Desai and Mr. David Brog, LNHA MHA, will present strengths-based and trauma-informed, non-pharmacological psychosocial interventions aimed at enhancing safety and reducing distress in residents with Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders. The session will also highlight ineffective or counterproductive approaches that may escalate agitation and hinder de-escalation efforts.

Learning Objectives:

1. Identify at least two evidence-based non-pharmacological interventions to treat schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders.
2. Learn techniques to de-escalate agitation and promote safety in residents experiencing psychotic symptoms.

Speakers:

Dr. Abhilash Desai

David Brog, LNHA MHA

ACCME & NAB CREDITS ARE AVAILABLE.

QPR training offers strategies to support your work in providing suicide prevention and mental wellness to your residents. This 1.5-hour evidence-based instructor-led training is held virtually and will provide a comprehensive review of a three-step approach anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide. This session will provide a one-year certification to attendees.

Key components covered in the training:

1. How to Question, Persuade and Refer someone who may be suicidal
2. How to get help for yourself or learn more about preventing suicide
3. The common causes of suicidal behavior
4. The warning signs of suicide
5. How to get help for someone in crisis

Registration is limited.

Speaker: Marti Vogt