Trainings


Click the links below to find trainings and resources for:

Doctors and Health Care Professionals
Social Service Professionals
Public Education

 

Doctors and Health Care Professionals

New-2009 Medicaid Provider Training

Click here for dates, times and registration information.

Bright Futures

Click here for Health Care Professionals tools and resources.

 

PediaLink Course Finder

Click here to find Pediatric courses in your area.

 

Need CMEs/CEUs?

Check out this convenient opportunity at http://www.onlinece.net
 

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Information and Tool Kit

Click here to learn more about FASD. Click here to download the FASD toolkit for women's health care providers.
 

Social Service Professionals

 

New-August 12 - 14, 2009 FADAA Annual Conference

The Florida Drug and Alcohol Abuse Association is holding it 2009 Annual Conference at the Hilton in Walt Disney World Orlando.

An Estimated 15.5 CEUs/Contact Hours Available For:

Addiction Treatment/Prevention Professionals
Mental Health Counselors
Marriage and Family Therapists
Licensed Clinical Social Workers
Nurses
DUI Professionals (Anticipated)

TOLL-FREE RESERVATIONS (800) 782-4414. For additional information about the conference, please contact:

Florida Alcohol & Drug Abuse Association
2868 Mahan Drive, Suite 1
Tallahassee , FL 32308

(850) 878-2196 – phone (850) 878-6584 – fax
or visit our Web site: www.fadaa.org

 

Bright Futures

Click here for Public Health Professionals tools and resources.

Bright Futures in Practice: Mental Health Volumes I and II

Click here to download this publication.

 

211 Web Site

MyFlorida 211 Web is a great way to locate resources for child care, housing, addictions, etc. The Web site has recently been updated with a "Strengthening Families" section that includes parenting information.
Please share this link with your collaborative partners, staff and families.

 

Other Training Resources

Bed Sharing and SIDS- The Florida Department of Health has released a position paper on the incidence of SIDS and it's correlation to bed sharing. Click here to view.

Early Childhood and Early Internvention training resource materials from Natural Resources

National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center - Oral Health Resource Bulletin, June, 2008. This booklet is the latest in a series designed to stimulate thinking and creativity within the MCH community by providing information about current materials of interest.

Duke University Center for Children and Family Policy - Supporting healthy relationships between young children and their parents, lessons from attachment theory and research.321

CYFERnet www.cyfernet.org

CYFERnet's web site brings together the best, children, youth, and family resources of all the public land-grant un iversities in the country. The site is designed to be used by anyone who needs comprehensive children, youth, or family information including: educators, researchers, parents, youth agency staff, community members, human services and health care providers, students, policy makers, youth, media.

EARLY CHILDHOOD & BETTER KID CARE

Better Kid Care ( Penn State): http://betterkidcare.psu.edu/index.html

BKC New Staff Orientation ( Penn State): http://betterkidcare.psu.edu/page11a.html

Family Storyteller ( Nevada): http://www.unce.unr.edu/programs/childyouthfam/index.asp?ID=43

FATHERHOOD INITIATIVE

Developed by Texas Cooperative Extension, an educational agency affiliated with the Texas A&M University System, Fathers Reading Every Day (FRED) is a program designed to encourage fathers, grandfathers, and other positive male role models to read to their children on a daily basis. The program aims to increase father involvement in children's literacy development and to improve the quality of father-child relationships. http://fcs.tamu.edu/families/parenting/fathering/fred/index.php
http://fcs.tamu.edu/families/parenting/fathering/index.php

Zero to Three

Zero to Three is a national nonprofit multidisciplinary organization. It's mission is to support the healthy development and well-being of infants, toddlers and their families by informing, educating and supporting adults who influence the lives of infants and toddlers.

 

 

Public Education

Child Watch

Participants visit on-site programs that serve children and families, and receive briefings by local experts. Participants learn the challenges of achieving and maintaining an healthy community and learn way is which they can personally make a difference. Click here to learn more.