Past Event Category: COW - Community Outreach Wisconsin
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Dec 6Trauma, Brains, and BIG Emotions: Providing Trauma-Informed Support to Neurodivergent Kids, Teens, and Adults – In Person Training2238 South Park Street, Madison, WI 53713 UW South Madison Partnership
Overview: Many approaches to “behavioral challenges” focus heavily on “eliminating a behavior” rather than understanding the purpose of an action. Trauma can impact our brains and nervous system’s ability to differentiate between safe and unsafe situations, which can result in some emotions and actions that may seem baffling, but are often the body trying to …
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Nov 14Managing Threatening Confrontations – Free Virtual TrainingOnline - Register for Zoom Code
Register Here Limited to 150 participants. When you register, if a training date no longer appears, it means that session has reached capacity. Overview: Managing Threatening Confrontations is designed to assist you in learning how to effectively support children who could experience the full range of behavioral escalation. This seminar is designed to put order …
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Nov 9Save My Skin! – In Person Training2238 South Park Street, Madison, WI 53713 UW South Madison Partnership
Overview: Keeping skin whole and healthy helps a person feel comfortable and prevents infection. When skin problems occur, severe infections can develop which are painful, life-threatening, or lead to amputation. Learn what you can do to prevent clients from having skin problems such as open sores and rashes. Develop your knowledge of what to watch …
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Nov 6Empowering Neurodivergent Teens and Adults in Safe Online Experiences – In Person Training
UW South Madison Partnership, 2238 South Park Street, Madison, WI 53713 UW South Madison Partnership
Sexting, Porn, and Online Dating, Oh My! Empowering Neurodivergent Teens and Adults in Safe Online Experiences – In Person Training Register Here $30 Cancellations made within 24 hours prior to the start of the training will be charged the full registration fee. Overview: The internet can feel scary, and a caregiver’s response can often be …
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Oct 17Managing Threatening Confrontations – Free Virtual Training
Register Here FREE Click here to register! *This training session will be offered with live Spanish translation. Limited to 150 participants. When you register, if a training date no longer appears, it means that session has reached capacity. Overview: Managing Threatening Confrontations is designed to assist you in learning how to effectively support children who …
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Oct 12Getting Comfortable Having Uncomfortable Conversations About Sexuality with Neurodivergent Kids, Teens, and Adults – In Person Training
UW South Madison Partnership, 2238 South Park Street, Madison, WI 53713 UW South Madison Partnership
Register Here $30 Cancellations made within 24 hours prior to the start of the training will be charged the full registration fee. 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 exploitation, unwanted pregnancies, …
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Oct 5Is It Pain? – In Person Training2238 South Park Street, Madison, WI 53713 UW South Madison Partnership
Overview: Many individuals have difficulty in understanding their pain or telling others about it. A person’s life can be greatly improved when pain and the cause of pain is discovered. WIN nurses are experienced in looking for and finding individual’s hidden pain. This class will help raise your awareness of pain possibilities that may negatively …
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Sep 27Respect Starts at Home: Teaching Neurodivergent Kids, Teens and Adults About Consent – In Person TrainingUW South Madison Partnership, 2238 South Park Street, Madison, WI 53713 UW South Madison Partnership
Register Here $30 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 respecting boundaries at home, kids and teens will come to expect this in …
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Sep 21Managing Threatening Confrontations – Free Virtual Training
Register Here FREE Overview: Managing Threatening Confrontations is designed to assist you in learning how to effectively support children 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 …
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Sep 12Looking Beneath the Surface of “Challenging Behavior” – In Person TrainingUW South Madison Partnership, 2238 South Park Street, Madison, WI 53713 UW South Madison Partnership
Overview: Discover alternative models for understanding what challenging behaviors represent and how to best support people who experience them. Focusing on supporting mental health, physiological needs, and social-emotional development can offer a different roadmap to support individuals with complex needs and developmental differences. By using a person-centered and brain science approach, behaviors are not difficulties to …