Online - Self Paced

This is part four of a 4-part series. In this session, Member Rights/Abuse and Neglect, we will discuss what a member’s rights are, as well as the possible causes of adult/elder abuse, warning signs, characteristics of abusers, and self-neglect. We’ll also cover the process and requirements of reporting.

Did you know that a large percentage of workers in the health and human services industry suffer from back pain?  Lifting, transferring, and bending over can lead to injuries of the back, shoulder, and neck.  In this course, you will learn safe and effective principles of body mechanics, client handling, positioning and transfers. 

El propósito de esta capacitación es educar a los cuidadores sobre las medidas de seguridad en el agua y brindar orientación sobre cómo prevenir incidentes en el agua y sus alrededores, así como qué hacer en caso de una emergencia de agua.

This training resource is designed to provide you with an overview of all things seizure and epilepsy. You’ll learn how to recognize and respond to seizures safely, as well as how to recognize and respond to a seizure emergency. Armed with this information you can make a real difference for someone and potentially save a life.

Caregiving requires you to be emotionally and mentally available in order to care for others. This is only possible if you first ensure your own well-being. In this course, you will learn ways to care for your physical, psychological, and emotional well-being… making your own wellness a top priority. You’ll discover tools to proactively stay ahead of what is called burnout and compassion fatigue. With a self-care prescription well integrated into your life, you can build resiliency to carry on providing consistent quality care for those you help, as well as effectively manage the business of caring for oneself.  

Participants will learn the philosophy of teaching/skill building as it applies to the individuals we support, the assessment process, and the parts of a skill plan.  Participants will learn how to create a task analysis to use on the job site as well as various teaching techniques and strategies.

Description: As a care-provider, it is important to understand the importance of maintaining your member’s skin health to prevent complications such as pressure ulcers, infections, and other skin injuries. In this course, we will cover the basics of skin anatomy, the risk factors that make a person at increased risk for skin injuries, as well as prevention strategies to maintain skin integrity.

The primary goal of this course is to teach you how to eliminate common work-related risks that lead to dangerous slips, trips and falls. You will learn how to set preventative measures that reduce the likelihood of fall accidents that may result in strains, sprains or death.

Quitting smoking is a difficult and discouraging road for many people. As health and human services professionals, we’re on the front lines of people’s choices and habits, and the effects they have on people’s health. The information we’re able to share, and the attitude with which we convey it, can make the difference to a patient or client struggling with a health issue. No matter what area of health and human services realm we work in, we’ll almost certainly have patients or clients who smoke and many who may be trying to quit smoking. What an impact we can have, and what an encouragement we can be. This also applies if you’re the one struggling with a smoking addiction. You may be trying not to think about the harm that cigarettes are causing you because you don’t feel like you’ll ever succeed at quitting. For your own healthier life, or for the lives of those you serve, let’s learn about some real, practical steps that people can take to quit smoking for good! 

En este curso, aprenderá a identificar el maltrato, que incluye abuso, negligencia y explotación. Aprenderá definiciones de abuso, negligencia y explotación. También aprenderá sobre los efectos del abuso. Además, aprenderá qué hacer cuando sospeche de maltrato.

Clase combinada, la clase de Primeros Auxilios y RCP/DEA es una clase combinada en linea. (por internet).   Combinada, significa que una parte de la clase es en línea y la segunda parte de la clase es en persona (la parte de entrenamiento de sus habilidades).   Esta clase requiere entrenamiento de habilidades en persona despues que la parte de linea haiga sido completada (para RCP y primeros auxilios). Ofreceremos el entrenamiento de habilidades dos veces por semana en nuestras oficinas de capacitación. Usted tiene 90 días para completar el entrenamiento de habilidades en persona después de completar la clase en línea.  Para hacer el entrenamiento de habilidades, se registrará en nuestro sitio web: ( www.ap.training ). Despues de que se registre, proporcionaremos una prueba individual con un instructor para su entrenamiento de habilidades en persona. Recibirá un enlace dentro de las 24 horas posteriores a la inscripción al curso en línea. Este correo electrónico vendrá de ASHI (Instituto Estadounidense de Seguridad y Salud), no de APT. Si no recibe un correo electrónico, verifique su correo no deseado (el folder que dice” basura” o “spam”).   Deberá traer la documentación de finalización del componente en línea antes de la prueba de habilidades (esto puede imprimirse o puede acceder a él en su teléfono y mostrárselo al instructor).

Este curso le brindará una descripción general de PBS para que esté mejor equipado para analizar el comportamiento de un miembro, comprender la función de su comportamiento y desarrollar e implementar un plan de PBS.