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Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
† 6.5 OASAS credits (not approved for initial CPS credentialing); ‡ 6.5 CNE hours
This one-day training will provide participants with an opportunity to practice key skills related to offering HIV testing services. As a result of this training, participants will be able to: assess when a client requires face-to-face pre-test counseling; conduct streamlined pre-test counseling; deliver preliminary positive and confirmed positive HIV test results; link newly diagnosed HIV-positive patients to health care and support services; work in partnership with HIV-positive patients to promote notification of sexual and needle-sharing partners; and conduct the NYS domestic violence screening protocol.
Prerequisite: Knowledge of basic HIV/AIDS information and attendance at “HIV Testing in NYS: 2005 Guidance” or an equivalent training (ARCS prerequisite: “HIV Testing in NYS: 2010 Update” within the previous six months)
Audience: Any health or human service provider who offers HIV testing as part of their job responsibilities.
Fall 2011 Dates: November 16, 2011 (9am-5pm) Hawthorne
Tags: AIDS, ARCS, Hawthorne, HIV, training, Westchester
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Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
† 3 OASAS credits (not approved for initial CPS credentialing); ‡ 4 CNE hours
More than 25% of people living with HIV in the United States are coinfected with Hepatitis C virus (HCV). Among people who acquired HIV as a result of injection drug use, the rates of HIV/HCV co-infection may be as high as 90%. HCV screening is recommended for persons infected with HIV. Health and human services providers who work with people living with HIV need updated information about HIV/HCV coinfection in order to provide effective services to their clients. As a result of this half-day training, participants will be able to: recall basic information about the liver and hepatitis C, including transmission, prevention, course of illness, screening and treatment; counsel their HIV-positive clients about the importance of knowing their HCV status; describe how coinfection with HIV and HCV affects the progression of each disease; recall current trends and improvements in treatment for people who are coinfected with HIV and HCV; and list at least three additional service needs of people with HIV who are also coinfected with HCV.
Prerequisite: Although there is no prerequisite for this training, it is strongly recommended that participants have previous training in HIV/AIDS.
Audience: All health and human services providers including: nurses, HIV/STD counselors, substance abuse counselors, case managers, case management technicians, prevention specialists and outreach workers.
Fall 2011 Dates: November 21, 2011 (1pm-4pm) Hawthorne
Tags: ARCS, Hawthorne, Hepatitis C, HIV, HIV Status, training, Westchester
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Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
This two-day training provides participants with the information and materials needed to implement the VOICES/VOCES intervention.
As a result of this training, participants will be able to:
– Identify the Core Elements of VOICES/VOCES intervention;
– Conduct the single-sessiong, Video-based group level intervention;
– Describe ways to improve condom negotiation skills among African-American and Latino adults;
– Practice facilitating gender and ethnic-specific groups of 4-8 participants and encourage discussion about condom use and barriers; and
– Utilize CDC-approved materials on HIV risk behavior and condom use in both English and Spanish.
Prerequisite: There will be an additional registration form for the VOICES/VOCES training that will be emailed to you after you register through the LMS system..
Audience: This training is intended for a team of two to three staff from an agency who is funded to delivering this intervention. Staff should have knowledge of HIV/STDs and group facilitation skills.
Note: VOICES/VOCES (Video Opportunities for Innovative Condom Education and Safer Sex) is a single-session, video-based HIV/STD intervention that is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Division of HIV and AIDS Preventions’ (CDC-DHAP) Diffusion of Effective Behavioral Interventions (DEBI) Project. For more information about VOICES/VOCES visit the DEBI website.
Once you have submitted the form and if you are approved, you will receive confirmation via email. If you are not accepted, you will be unenrolled from this training.
The additional registration form will now be required for all DEBI trainings.
This training is only for agencies who are strongly committed to implementing the VOICES/VOCES intervention.
Fall 2011 Dates: November 29 & 30, 2011 (Two-day training; 9am-5pm) Hawthorne
Tags: AIDS, ARCS, Hawthorne, HIV, HIV Status, prevention, training, Westchester
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Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
This two-day training provides participants with the information and materials needed to implement the VOICES/VOCES intervention.
As a result of this training, participants will be able to:
– Identify the Core Elements of VOICES/VOCES intervention;
– Conduct the single-sessiong, Video-based group level intervention;
– Describe ways to improve condom negotiation skills among African-American and Latino adults;
– Practice facilitating gender and ethnic-specific groups of 4-8 participants and encourage discussion about condom use and barriers; and
– Utilize CDC-approved materials on HIV risk behavior and condom use in both English and Spanish.
Prerequisite: There will be an additional registration form for the VOICES/VOCES training that will be emailed to you after you register through the LMS system..
Audience: This training is intended for a team of two to three staff from an agency who is funded to delivering this intervention. Staff should have knowledge of HIV/STDs and group facilitation skills.
Note: VOICES/VOCES (Video Opportunities for Innovative Condom Education and Safer Sex) is a single-session, video-based HIV/STD intervention that is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Division of HIV and AIDS Preventions’ (CDC-DHAP) Diffusion of Effective Behavioral Interventions (DEBI) Project. For more information about VOICES/VOCES visit the DEBI website.
Once you have submitted the form and if you are approved, you will receive confirmation via email. If you are not accepted, you will be unenrolled from this training.
The additional registration form will now be required for all DEBI trainings.
This training is only for agencies who are strongly committed to implementing the VOICES/VOCES intervention.
Fall 2011 Dates: November 29 & 30, 2011 (Two-day training; 9am-5pm) Hawthorne
Tags: Hawthorne, training
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Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
† 6.5 OASAS credits (not approved for initial CPS credentialing)
This one-day training is designed to increase awareness of non-physician health and human services providers and HIV primary care guidelines and treatment adherence. Non-physician health and human services providers who are aware of HIV primary care guideline and strategies for supporting treatment adherence can play an important role in improving the health outcomes of people living with HIV. At the end of this training, participants will be able to: list the components of primary care for patients living with HIV; identify the key elements of the annual comprehensive physical exam for patients living with HIV; identify the routine laboratory screening and assessments used in primary care for people living with HIV, including methods used to assess and measure adherence; recall the different classes of HIV medications and briefly describe how they work; identify common barriers to treatment adherence, including medication side effects; list three specific strategies for promoting treatment adherence; identify when referrals to specialty care may be needed; work as a member of the care team to help patients take advantage of health maintenance services, vaccination, and prophylaxis for opportunistic infections as well as conduct client assessments and make referrals for a variety of psycho-social issues including substance use, mental health, domestic violence, smoking cessation, etc.
Prerequisite: It is strongly recommended that participants have previous knowledge or training on basic HIV/AIDS information.
Audience: Non-physician health and human service providers who work directly with people living with HIV including: case managers, counselors, nurses, support services providers and others.
Fall 2011 Dates: Devember 7, 2011 (9am-5pm) Hawthorne
Tags: Adherence, ARCS, Hawthorne, HIV, HIV Status, training, treatment, Westchester
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Friday, September 30th, 2011
At this time, there are no scheduled upcoming trainings at the ARCS RTC.
Please check back in November 2011 for new training dates for the months of November 2011 through March 2012.
If you would like to be informed in advance of upcoming training dates as they are scheduled, please send your email address to dmay@arcs.org .
Thank you for your continued support and please pass the word on.
-ARCS’ Education & Prevention Department-
Deborah May – Training Superviser
Barbara Bennet – Assistant Director of Education & Prevention
Tags: ARCS, Hawthorne, HIV, HIV Status, HIV Testing, prevention, training
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Thursday, July 7th, 2011
One of the greatest successes in HIV prevention in New York State has been reducing the rate of mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV. However, cases of MTCT continue to occur each year. This training is for non-physician health and human services providers who work with pregnant women who may have issues with substance use, mental health, homelessness or incarceration. In many instances these women are known to providers, but there are missed opportunities for engaging them in prenatal care, HIV testing and other supportive services. This training will describe how you can play a role in reducing HIV MTCT.
As a result of this half-day training, participants will be able to: describe the epidemiological trends and factors related to mother to child transmission of HIV in New York State; list factors which have contributed to a decrease in MTCT; describe NYSDOH regulations related to reducing MTCT; discuss the impact of staff values and attitudes on delivery of services to high risk pregnant women; recall factors that may contribute to continued MTCT; list strategies to promote access to HIV testing for high risk pregnant women; and treatment adherence, access to care, and support services for HIV positive pregnant women.
Prerequisite: None.
Audience: Non-physician health and human services providers who work with HIV positive and/or at-risk women of child-bearing age including, outreach workers, case managers, social workers, drug treatment program staff, support services providers, staff who implement HIV prevention interventions and others.
Fall 2011 Dates: September 19, 2011 (1pm-4pm) Hawthorne
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Tags: Hawthorne, prevention, training
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Thursday, July 7th, 2011
This two-day training will help to increase providers’ confidence, knowledge and practice skill in facilitating groups, such as the Centers for Disease Control’s evidence-based behavioral intervention VOICES/VOCES. As a result of this training, participants will be able to: increase their understanding of group process and how it influences behavior change; identify qualities of an effective group facilitator; increase skills in facilitating STD/HIV prevention intervention groups; identify strategies for handling group problems; and learn the importance of training, supporting and evaluating group facilitators.
Prerequisite: None.
Audience: Group facilitators, counselors, health educators, peer educators, health care professionals and other public health prevention providers who conduct group level STD/HIV prevention interventions.
Fall 2011 Dates: September 21 & 22, 2011 (9am-5pm daily) Hawthorne
Tags: Hawthorne, prevention, training
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Thursday, July 7th, 2011
This two-day training will help to increase providers’ confidence, knowledge and practice skill in facilitating groups, such as the Centers for Disease Control’s evidence-based behavioral intervention VOICES/VOCES. As a result of this training, participants will be able to: increase their understanding of group process and how it influences behavior change; identify qualities of an effective group facilitator; increase skills in facilitating STD/HIV prevention intervention groups; identify strategies for handling group problems; and learn the importance of training, supporting and evaluating group facilitators.
Prerequisite: None.
Audience: Group facilitators, counselors, health educators, peer educators, health care professionals and other public health prevention providers who conduct group level STD/HIV prevention interventions.
Fall 2011 Dates: September 21 & 22, 2011 (9am-5pm daily) Hawthorne
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Tags: Hawthorne, prevention, training
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Thursday, July 7th, 2011
This one-day training explores the broad definition of culture and its relationship to competent and effective healthcare and human service delivery. Participants will: discuss invisible privilege and its effect on both receiving and providing services; and learn how these obstacles are created when diverse cultures, Western medicine and human service delivery systems collide.
Prerequisite: None.
Audience: All Health and Human Service Providers.
Fall 2011 Dates: September 26, 2011 (9am-5pm) Hawthorne
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Tags: Hawthorne, training
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