Elder Services & Special Needs

This free training is available to human services providers of Elder Services and Special Needs Populations. The free training is provided by Barry University with funding from Miami-Dade County.

Attend individual sessions or multiple sessions to earn a certificate (equivalent of 30 hours of training) in Cross Training for Providers of Elder Services and Special Needs Populations. Sessions being offered this period include:

• Dealing with Organizational Change
• Impact of Cultural Issues on Case Management in Miami-Dade County
• Family Violence
• Dealing with Workplace Stress
• Case Management
• Empowering Your Clients: Problem Solving and Life Skills
• Ethical Principles
• Nutritional Health of the Family
• Crisis Intervention
• The 3 S’s:  Sexuality, Seniors, and Special Needs
• Substance Abuse / Mental Health
• Co-Occurring Disorders
• Healthy Aging
• Conflict Resolution in the Contemporary Family

By special request these trainings can be brought to your place of employment for large groups of employees who are not able to attend the sessions. We have offered special sessions at:  Homeless Assistance Centers (North and South locations), Fellowship Hours, Center for Family and Child Enrichment, Passageway, and Jackson North Community – Mental Health Center.

Download the brochure and registration form. Complete the registration form and mail OR fax to Barry University School of Adult and Continuing Education, Attention: Nicole Picconi. Mail forms to 11300 N.E. 2 Avenue, Miami Shores, FL 33161. Fax forms to (305) 899-3346. For more information call (305) 899-3341.