This course has been designed for anyone who works with an individual who takes medications. The purpose of the course is to help staff understand the effects of medications and how they work in the body. It gives an overview of what people need to be aware of when assisting with the administration of medications and what to look out for. This course is a must for anybody who works with an individual who takes medications.

Whether you are a parent a brother, aunt, uncle or grandparent, understanding autism and what it means for the person and their family assists with achieving the best outcome for all. "Autism for Families" is a short course designed to assist parents and other family members with understanding what autism is and how it affects their family member. While parents can become quite expert with regard to how autism affects their son or daughter, other members of the family can often be left out and sidelined. Everyone involved in the life of a person with autism has a role to play in supporting both the individual and the parents who are often isolated in their understanding and support of their child. By educating the whole family, individuals are more able to support each other and maximize the outcomes for all concerned. Training hours is approximately 5 hours.

This course has been designed to give you and your colleagues an understanding of the emergencies that you need to be prepared for, including specific industry information for schools, hospitals, and other workplaces. Workplace safety during an emergency is very important, and well planned procedures and plans can mean the difference between life and death. The course covers Earthquakes, Floods, Hurricanes, and Tornadoes.

It is important that harassment is not a problem in all workplaces. This course has been designed to inform you about what constitutes harassment, the different types of harassment, and the legislation that means harassment is illegal. This course is aimed at employees as well as employers.

This course has been designed to give new employees an introduction to Bloodborne Pathogens, Infection Control, Universal Precautions, and Handling Vomit, Urine, and Feces. These topics are very important for all workers in the health care industry, and demonstrates the importance of good practice in order to stop the spread of infectious diseases.

This course will provide direct support staff, teachers and other professionals with a model that will increase options when dealing with challenging behavior. By understanding how we can work to change environments, support people to learn alternative ways of getting their needs met, increasing skill base and independence as well as directly influencing behavior with the use of behavioral technology, we can increase the likelihood of avoiding that crisis in the first place. That said; behavioral crises still happen however successful we are, so we also need to understand what to do in these situations. By the end of this course you will better understand how such approaches will assist you.

Person Centered Planning (PCP) is a course designed to provide a firm understanding of the philosophy and process of thinking and planning in a person centered way. EVERYBODY should do this course. Whether you are a newly employed support person or a seasoned professional or manager, this course will allow you to truly understand what it means to provide support to someone in a "Person Centered" manner.

Philosophy, Values and Advocacy is a "quick course" of study concerning the importance of these core underlying principles with relation to providing support services to people who have disabilities.

Whether you work in the mental health, developmental disability, educational or general medical sectors, this course will be of value to direct support staff and professional staff alike.

This course is designed to help interventionists support individuals with challenging behaviors. The course includes an overview of what is Positive Behavioral Support ranging from (1) a description of its philosophical underpinnings and critical features, (2) the hallmark assessment and intervention planning practices, and (3) specific proactive, teaching, and reactive strategies used to develop positive behavioral support plans. This course is essential for interventionists who must resolve challenging behaviors, teach meaningful replacement behaviors or alternative skills, and create interactions that promote success when working with individuals with autism.

Professionalism is not just something for doctors, lawyers and other formally qualified people. Professionalism is something that EVERY person in ANY job should understand. This is especially the case for people working in Human Services. This "quick course" of study is for anyone working in the Human services sector at any level.

This course is designed to instruct you on how to recognize abuse that may be taking place, and how to report what you see. It covers mandated reporters, types of abuse and neglect, and what you should do if you witness or experience some form of abuse.

Building on the notion of "normalization" for people who are aging or have a disability, Social Role Valorization (SRV) can be seen as a tool for analyzing the process and effects of the societal devaluation of these groups and individuals. ALL members of the organization at ALL levels they support.

This course is designed for those in a clinical role. The content covers rates and trends, key indicators, risk and protective factors including the myths and facts about suicide. Competencies include clinical response and intervention strategies.

People, including those with IDs, are living longer than ever before and with increased life expectancy comes increased challenges in addressing age-related issues. In large part, this increase in life span can be directly attributed to a general improvement in overall healthcare throughout society. This course will give an introductory overview of what intellectual and developmental disabilities are, and covers services and support, as well as planning and considerations for supporting aging people with intellectual disabilities.

This course has been designed to give you an increased awareness and understanding of challenging behaviors, and help you to understand some strategies to help prevent challenging behaviors from occurring while supporting people when they do.