This training provides participants a greater understanding of depression and the difference between sadness and depression during the time of Covid-19. Participants will learn signs and symptoms to identify when depression can begin to interfere with their lives as a caregiver, or a colleague’s life, or a friend’s life. SMART GOALS is a tool that will be taught as a way of coping with depression in order that someone struggling with this can use small attainable goals towards progression.
If you are in the home health care or nursing home industry. You may be eligible for a stipend (pre-paid debit card). Click here to learn more.
For the stipend program, you must have taken the Grief & Loss, Understanding Anxiety training first.
Please note: Registration is closed 1 hour before the start of the scheduled training.
Title : Understanding Depression (Webinar)
Training Mode: Webinar
Type: None
Audience: Home Care,Nursing Home
Jennifer M. Nasisi has a Master of Public Health degree from The Rutgers School of Public Health and has been working in adult education for over 20 years. Her trainings have afforded her the opportunity to train in over 90 New York healthcare facilities including large & small acute care systems, community-based organizations, ambulatory clinics and long-term care facilities.
Fontaine Saltes is an education advocate with expertise in serving the non-traditional learner. A teacher, facilitator, adjunct professor with over two decades of experience ranging from early education, academia, and workforce development to teens and adult students. During his tenure teaching on the Pine Ridge reservation, Mr. Saltes established the first middle school distance learning program, created a Mayan mathematics curriculum, and gained an appreciation for the Lakota people. Mr. Saltes is passionate about History with scholarly interests in: African-American History, Civics & Political Discourse and Human Rights. Because of the vast inequities in education, Mr. Saltes founded the House of Education in 2013.
Alicia Kohlhagen is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has worked in community mental health as a mental health therapist for over 9 years. She is currently the Director of Mental Health at Evergreen Health Services as well as a private practice clinician in the Buffalo area. Alicia is passionate about social work and believes in the importance of education and knowledge to further decrease the stigma around mental health and trauma in the community.
Charles Niven is the Director of Peer Services at The Mental Health Association in Tompkins County. He holds the following titles: LMSW, FPA, CPS (Licensed Master of Social Work, Certified Family Peer Advocate, Certified Peer Specialist).
Adina N. Mardenborough is the CEO of Adina's Touch Massage Therapy and Wellness, LLC. Adina's Touch has offered massage therapy and wellness coaching to both individual and corporate clients since 1998. Adina has facilitated wellness workshops, guided meditation classes, corporate self-care and Mental Health First Aid trainings for a host of organizations. She has a BA in Philosophy from Simmons University and is a certified integrative wellness life coach.
Enrique Cepeda works with organizations and individuals to provide talent development, change management, strategic partnership and conflict resolution services. As a facilitator, he has trained front line and management staff in various adult education programs involving mental health. Enrique is a certified mediator with nearly 27 years of professional experience in the nonprofit sector, including healthcare and education. He has worked in multiple capacities to support workforce development, community engagement and labor management partnership since 2004.
Lois Schram has been an consultant, Mental Health Specialist, Director of Social Work and Trainer in the long-term care field in New York for more than 25 years. Her primary focus has been creating curriculums and training programs to improve the life in the long-term care community. She co-founded and currently operates L/S Gerontology Seminars and remains committed to innovative and transformative learning programs which improves the life of all stakeholders in the health care community. Lois is recognized as one of the country’s leaders committed to culture change education, health care workers enhanced skills training and leadership development. Lois is a Mental Health First Aid Certified trainer.