Past Event Category: COW - Community Outreach Wisconsin
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Nov 6Re-Thinking Challenging Behavior – In Person TrainingFeaturing: Peter Leidy
2238 South Park Street, Madison, WI 53713 UW South Madison Partnership
Overview: Many children and adults considered to have “challenging behavior” get the label through actions and events that could have been avoided.Unwanted behavior is often caused – unintentionally – by the system, the team or the behavior plan. When people feel lonely and disconnected, when we fail to imagine the person’s point of view, when …
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Oct 31Recognizing Power Dynamics – In Person TrainingFeaturing: Amanda Pandl
2238 South Park Street, Madison, WI 53713 UW South Madison Partnership
As caregivers, we are in a close and complicated relationship with the individuals we support. We are asked to ensure certain levels of health and safety, while also giving the client the dignity of personhood and autonomy.
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Oct 10Making Connections: Building Bridges to Community Life – In Person TrainingFeaturing: Peter Leidy
2238 South Park Street, Madison, WI 53713 UW South Madison Partnership
Overview: Paying attention to a person’s community life is a fundamental part of our work. Many people served in our system are lonely or disconnected. Through real stories this session explores strategies for making connections and building relationships, the barriers to community connecting, and how we can make and keep a commitment to the important …
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Oct 10Getting Comfortable Having Uncomfortable Conversations About Sexuality with Neurodivergent Kids, Teens, and Adults – In Person TrainingFeaturing: Ellen Merker, M.S. LPC
2238 South Park Street, Madison, WI 53713 UW South Madison Partnership
Wait, You Want Me to Talk About SEX? Getting Comfortable Having Uncomfortable Conversations About Sexuality with Neurodivergent Kids, Teens, and Adults – In Person Training Overview: Very few neurodivergent kids, teens, and adults get comprehensive, evidence-based sex education that is responsive to their own learning style and needs. This puts many at risk of sexual …
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Sep 25Choking Prevention and Response – In Person Training2238 South Park Street, Madison, WI 53713 UW South Madison Partnership
Overview: 5000 choking events occur yearly in the United States resulting in over 1400 deaths. Individuals with Intellectual Developmental Disabilities (IDD) have a higher risk of death during choking events than individuals without disabilities. This course will help explain the physical and cognitive factors that increases the risk of choking for individuals with IDD. It …
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Sep 16Managing Threatening Confrontations – In Person Training
Featuring: Hedy Burke
2238 South Park Street, Madison, WI 53713 UW South Madison Partnership
Overview: Managing Threatening Confrontations is designed to assist you in learning how to effectively support individuals who could experience the full range of behavioral escalation. These moments often appear chaotic-when to talk, when to step back, who to call for back up, and “when to duck.” This seminar is designed to put order to the …
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Sep 12Teaching Neurodivergent Kids, Teens and Adults About Consent
Featuring: Ellen Merker, MS, LPC
2238 South Park Street, Madison, WI 53713 UW South Madison Partnership
Respect Starts at Home: Teaching Neurodivergent Kids, Teens and Adults About Consent – In Person Training Overview: The first place we learn about relationships is in the home, but too often kids, teens and adults with disabilities are not given opportunities to say “no”, set boundaries, or practice healthy relationship skills. By modeling consent and …
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Jul 9The Self-Compassionate Caregiver – In Person TrainingFeaturing: Ellen Merker, M.S. LPC
UW South Madison Partnership 2238 South Park Street, Madison, WI 53713
Overview: Caregivers, whether paid or unpaid, have incredibly important roles in the lives of people with disabilities. But it can be hard for many caregivers to show the same compassion to themselves as they do to the people they care for, and this is leading to more and more burnout. This class will help caregivers …
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Jun 12Managing Threatening Confrontations – Free Virtual Training
Featuring: Josh Lapin MSSW
Free Virtual - Register for Zoom Code
Overview: Managing Threatening Confrontations is designed to assist you in learning how to effectively support individuals who could experience the full range of behavioral escalation. This seminar is designed to put order to the chaos. Stages of escalation are described and each stage is paired with a positive action plan for caregivers as well as …
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May 22Managing Threatening Confrontations – Free Virtual TrainingFeaturing: Josh Lapin MSSW
Free Virtual - Register for Zoom Code
Overview: Managing Threatening Confrontations is designed to assist you in learning how to effectively support individuals who could experience the full range of behavioral escalation. This seminar is designed to put order to the chaos. Stages of escalation are described and each stage is paired with a positive action plan for caregivers as well as …