This course is designed to provide an understanding of what DNR and EOL care is, the process for each and who to contact if you have questions.
Course Length: This course will take approximately 1 hour to complete.
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All Staff
School Age
2
Learning Environments and Curriculum
Provide activities and opportunities that encourage curiosity, exploration, and problem solving appropriate to the developmental levels and learning styles of the children.
All Staff
Infant Toddler
Preschool
School Age
2
Child Assessment
Observe, collect, and record information about children across all areas of development and their families in a non-judgmental and unbiased manner.
This course requires the successful completion of an application activity before completion of the course.
The application activity will be reviewed by the course facilitator and feedback will be provided within 3 working days of submission.
After successful completion of the course and all required activities, credit will be entered into ECE-TRIS within 10 calendar days.
Learning Objectives:
You will learn the steps to preparing a budget that will guide you to meaningful financial
decisions, including how to:
· Develop the assumptions you need for your operating budget
· Calculate operating revenue and expense budgets
· Review your budget to make sure it meets your targets
· Monitor your budget throughout the year
Course Significance:
Having learned the importance of maintaining an operating surplus, how can you make sure your organization does that? The most common (and successful) way to do that is with a meaningful operating budget. This course will demonstrate the proper way to develop budgets that can be used throughout the year to guide the operating decisions in your organization.
This course is designed to provide an overview of the different types of critical incidents and how to document these incidents in KYGFIS.
Course Length: This course will take approximately 1 hour to complete.
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This course is designed to provide guardianship staff with a basic overview of the Kentucky Medicaid Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Waivers.
Course Length: This course will take approximately 1 hour to complete.
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Learning Objectives:
At the end of the course, you will be able to:
· Read Nutrition Facts labels to understand the properties of that food
· Determine the recommended serving of a food item
· Identify the number of calories in a single serving
· Determine the ingredients in a food item
· Interpret the info in order to select products higher in protein, calcium and vitamin D
· Interpret the info in order to select products lower in sodium, saturated fat & added sugars
Course Significance:
This course will help you understand and interpret the information on the Nutrition Facts labels on food items. It will also give you some tips for improving the nutrition of the seniors you serve, to help them increase the amounts of nutrients they frequently under-consume and limit the amounts of nutrients they often over-consume.
This training course is designed to provide guardianship staff with a basic understanding of the residential placement options for individuals under guardianship.
Course Length: This course will take approximately 1 hour to complete.
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This course is designed to provide guardianship staff with a basic overview of the Kentucky Medicaid Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Waivers.
Course Length: This course will take approximately 1 hour to complete.
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How directors communicate with current and potential employees, families, and children is vital to promoting an inclusive environment. How we communicate can either exclude or include individuals. Inclusive communication includes both verbal and written communication. During this training, you will learn more about what inclusive communication is, strategies to support inclusive communication in meetings, documents, and when working with teachers and families. Participants will create a goal of how they will implement inclusive communication in their program.
This course will take approximately 1.5 hours to complete and can be stopped and started as needed.
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Learning Objectives:
At the end of the course, you will be able to:
· Briefly describe the history of home-delivered meals
· Explain why home-delivered meals are valuable
· Describe the “nuts and bolts” of delivering meals
· Recognize the key funding sources and regulations
· Describe some of the best practices of well-run programs
Course Significance:
The course is designed for new staff and board members of organizations that provide home-delivered meals, commonly known as “Meals on Wheels.” It shines a spotlight on the unique aspects of home-delivered meal programs. This course will help you to identify your organization’s place in the community and find your own place within the organization.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of the course, you will be able to:
· Briefly describe what senior centers are
· Explain the difference between senior centers and other types of senior services
· Describe the types of services offered at senior centers
· Recognize the key funding sources and regulations
· Describe some of the best practices of well-run programs
Course Significance:
The course is designed for new staff and board members of organizations that operate senior centers. You will be introduced to the important role of senior centers in the United States. This course will help you to identify your senior center’s place in the community.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of the course, you will be able to:
· Recognize malnutrition from undernutrition and over-nutrition
· Describe how menus can be improved by the addition of nutrient dense foods
· Describe why menu planning is particularly important for people with diabetes
· Recognize how meals can be modified to improve the nutrition of people with dysphagia
(swallowing disorders)
Course Significance:
This course will help you understand the role of the meals your program provides in helping prevent and improve chronic conditions that are common in the seniors your program serves.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of the course, you will be able to:
· Briefly describe the role of Vitamin D and Calcium in the diet
· Calculate the daily Vitamin D and Calcium requirements for your clients
· List the types of foods that are good sources of Vitamin D and Calcium
Course Significance:
This course will help you understand the importance of Vitamin D and Calcium in seniors’ diets. It will also help you to know how to best provide Vitamin D and Calcium in the meals you serve.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of the course, you will be able to:
· Briefly describe the role of protein in the diet
· Calculate the daily protein requirements for your clients
· List the types of foods that are good sources of protein
Course Significance:
This course will help you understand the importance of Protein in seniors’ diets. It will also help you to know how to best provide Protein in the meals you serve.
Attendance at the Group Training Day is REQUIRED in order to receive credit for FET.
Group Training Day will take place Thursday, April 11th, 2024 at
University of KY @ Huguenard Street
2355 Huguenard Drive, Suite 100B
Lexington KY 40517
Check-in will be at 8:30 EST, the training will go from 9am-4pm EST.
If you need to reach us the day of the face to face training, call Christine at 859-519-0401. If you have any other questions, contact your Training Coach.
A light breakfast (including coffee) will be served in the morning along with an afternoon snack. Lunch is on your own and there are lots of options nearby. You are also welcome to bring your own lunch and remain in the training space if preferred.
Nearby Lunch Options
This training course is designed to provide guardianship staff with a basic understanding of the residential placement options for individuals under guardianship.
Course Length: This course will take approximately 1 hour to complete.
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Welcome to the Senior Center Community College
This interactive education experience is YOUR place to learn time-honored fundamentals and new skills/subjects that will help you to make your senior center(s) high performing. There are a wide array of courses from which you may choose. We hope that you will choose them all. You can take these courses in any order that you’d like and at the completion of each course you will receive a digital certificate of completion.
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