For ResHab Providers

ResHab providers are required by Certified Family Homes to have a minimum of eight (8) hours of training each year. TESH is glad to partner with the ResHab Providers who are affiliated with TESH to provide the following information regarding training opportunities in required areas. The CPR/First Aid classes are offered at TESH at no charge to you as an affiliated provider.

If you have any questions about any of the trainings, contact Jennifer Cuff at (208) 765-5105.

Logo: Alzheimer's Association (the compassion to care, the leadership to conquer)

Understanding Dementia

Speaker: Joel Loiacono, MPA
Alzheimer’s Association, Inland Northwest Chapter - Executive Director

TUESDAY, January 13th, 2009
5:30 – 8:00 pm
Dinner is included
RSVP: (208) 666-2996

Life Care of Post Falls

430 N. Garden Plaza Court
Post Falls
(208) 777-0318

This educational piece is FREE & open to the public.

RSVP
Please phone the Alzheimer’s Association
(208) 666-2996

2 FREE C.E.U.s available for Professionals

 NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness (Family-to-Family

EDUCATION PROGRAM

FREE Education & Support for Families Who Have Relatives with Brain Disorders (Mental Illness)

Classes Start SUNDAY, March 1, 2009
2:00-4:30PM
Classes fill up quickly so call:
Agnes (208) 664-8485
Pat (208) 676-8807

Attend with other family members just like you in a confidential setting; learn how families unite together against this disability; find the keys to successful communication with your relative; take a fascinating look inside some of today’s current research on brain disorders; learn all about the biology of the brain disorders known as mental illness.

NAMI: Key to Understanding

The Keys to Understanding: The NAMI Family-to-Family Education Program is a 12-week course for families of individuals with severe brain disorders (mental illnesses). The course is taught by trained family members. All course materials are furnished at no cost to you. The curriculum focuses on schizophrenia, bipolar disorder (manic depression), major depression, borderline personality disorder, panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and co-occurring brain disorders and addictive disorders. The course discusses the clinical treatment of these illnesses and teaches the knowledge and skills that family members need to cope more effectively.

The Family-to-Family Course Topics Include:

  1. Learning about feelings, learning about facts
  2. Schizophrenia, major depression and mania: diagnosis and dealing with critical periods
  3. Subtypes of depression and bipolar disorder, panic disorder and OCD; diagnosis and causes; sharing our stories
  4. The biology of the brain/new research
  5. Problem solving workshop
  6. Medical review
  7. Empathy workshop - what it is like to have a brain disorder
  8. Communication skills workshop
  9. Self-care and relative groups
  10. Rehabilitation, services available
  11. Advocacy; fighting stigma
  12. Review and certification ceremony

Training Resources

  • Nightline, Living with Adult Autism
  • The Autistic ABA Therapist
  • Autism is a World
  • Primetime Autistic Children
  • The Challenge of Osteoporosis for People with Disabilities
  • A Guide to Disabilities, Overcoming Mental Impairment
  • Universal Precautions
  • Dementia
  • On a Roll
  • Disability is Natural
  • Ease into Fitness - Beginner workout for people with developmental disabilities
  • An Introduction to Independent Living
  • Reporting Child Abuse
  • Assessing your Risk for Breast Cancer

2009 CPR/First Aid Schedule

  • January 22 - 4:30 pm
  • February 26 - 8:30 am
  • March 26 4:30 pm
  • April 23 - 8:30 am
  • May 28 - 4:30 pm
  • June 25 - 8:30 am
  • July 23 - 4:30 pm
  • August 27 - 8:30 am
  • September 24 - 4:30 pm
  • October 22 - 8:30 am
  • November 12 - 4:30 pm
  • December 10 - 8:30 am