Continuing Education Workshop Series

All workshops take place in the Manufacturing Technology Center at the Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C®) Metropolitan Campus in Cleveland. Each session is held twice: once on a Saturday and once on a Tuesday or Thursday.

Cost: $60 for a block of 12 CEUs

PURPOSE
This workshop series was created in response to the 2018 Ohio Community Health Worker Statewide Assessment, which indicated the need for a centralized place for community health professionals to gain training, certification and continuing education. The series brings together community health workers and the professionals with whom they work to address the barriers their clients face pertaining to the various social determinants of health.
Key Facts from the 2018 Ohio Community Health Worker Statewide Assessment

GOALS

• To enhance the knowledge base of community health workers, social service and health care professionals.
• To provide public opportunities to learn about evidence-based practices in community and behavioral health.
• To obtain the continuing education required for ongoing certification through the ADAMHS Board of Cuyahoga County, Cornerstone of Hope and the Ohio League for Nursing (pending).
• To learn, gather resources and network across disciplines.

AUDIENCE

• Community Health Workers
• Social Workers (LISWs)
• Counselors (LPCs and LPCCs)
• Chemical Dependency Counselors and CDCAs
• Clinicians
• Nurses
• Family Medicine Practices
• Care Coordinators
• Medical Assistants
• Patient Navigators
• Managed Care Organizations
• Public Health Professionals
• Hospitals
• Nursing Homes
• Hospice Organizations
• College Degree of Certificate program graduates
  • Human Services
  • Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Nursing
  • Patient Navigation
  • Community Health Worker

Sessions

Substance Use and Abuse
Presented by Regina Spicer, LSW, LICDC-CS, ADAMHS Board
2.0 CEUs/ADAMHS Board
March 9, 2019 | 10 a.m. - noon | MTC 140
March 14, 2019 | 2 - 4 p.m. | MTC 229
From the opiate epidemic to teenage vaping, all of these chemicals impact one’s health and fall into the category of mental/behavioral health. Health care professionals must be comfortable discussing potential substance abuse with their clients and connecting them with appropriate resources. This session defines substance misuse and abuse and explains the road to recovery.

Understanding Grief and Loss
Presented by Julia Ellifritt, LISW-S, Cornerstone of Hope
1.0 CEUs/Cornerstone of Hope
Approved for CEs through CSWMFT
March 9, 2019 | 1 - 2 p.m. | MTC 140
March 14, 2019 | 6:15 - 7:15 p.m. | MTC 229
This program provides an overview of the bereavement process and examines the reasons why we all grieve differently, though some responses are universal.

Suicide Prevention/QPR
Presented by Carmen Gandarilla, LSW, ADAMHS Board
2.0 CEUs/ADAMHS Board
Approved for CEs for Social Workers
March 9, 2019 | 2 - 4 p.m. | MTC 140
March 14, 2019 | 4 - 6 p.m. | MTC 229
Question, persuade and refer (QPR) teaches three simple steps that anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide. Just as people trained in CPR and the Heimlich maneuver help save thousands of lives each year, those trained in QPR learn how to recognize the warning signs of a suicide crisis and how to question, persuade and refer someone to help.

PTSD/Domestic Violence
Presented by Gina Moore, MA, MAR, LPCC
3.0 CEUs/Ohio League for Nursing
March 21, 2019 | 4 - 7:15 p.m. | MTC 229
March 23, 2019 | 9 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. | MTC 229
This workshop defines, describes and provides a history of PTSD and educates attendees on how to recognize the symptoms. Attendees will learn about domestic violence/intimate partner violence, what the warning signs are, as well as current treatment and approaches for treating victims of trauma.

Community Health Workers Impacting Primary Care
Presented by Wanda Ali-Matlock, RN, MBA, FAACM, PCHM CCE, WAM’s Healthcare Consultants
3.0 CEUs/Ohio League for Nursing
March 23, 2019 | 1 - 4:15 p.m. | MTC 229
March 28, 2019 | 4 - 7:15 p.m. | MTC 229
Health care professionals should be aware of the many health care centers available to serve their patients and understand how to access these services. This workshop defines patient centered medical home (PCMH) care and lists several of its most important attributes, describing how clinicians, nurses, care coordinators, medical assistants and community health workers can work together for improved patient outcomes.

Ethics and Professional Boundaries
Presented by Joseph Cummins, LPCC-S, LICDC-CS, Cuyahoga Community College
3.0 CEUs/Ohio League for Nursing
March 26, 2019 | 1 - 4 p.m. | MTC 229
March 30, 2019 | 9 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. | MTC 140
The nature of the services health care and human service professionals provide causes them to gather and be privy to volumes of personal information about the people they serve. The situations in which community health workers, social service and health care professionals find their clients can stir up compassion in any professional. This session will define professional boundaries, cover the importance of healthy boundaries and explain the legal ramifications of not
enforcing them.