Professional Training
If you have a training opportunity you'd like to see listed here, email Neil.
Understanding Opiate Addiction - Flyer
April 24, May 1 and May 8, 6 to 8:15 p.m.
Hartford Area Career and Technical Center
The HACTC, in conjunction with the Vermont Dept. of Health, is hosting a three-class workshop for the Hartford community on Understanding Opiate Addiction. Included in the workshop fee are dinner and child care.
Healthy Moms/Healthy Babies: Domestic Violence, Reproductive Coercion and Children Exposed - Flyer
Wednesday, April 25, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Claremont Saving Bank, Broad St., Claremont
This training will provide training, tools, and resources to help home visitation staff address the complex and sometimes uncomfortable issue of domestic violence. There will be opportunities for domestic violence advocates and home visitors to network and learn from each other about how they can support victims and/or prevent abuse. There will be discussions regarding the impact of domestic violence on pregnancy, early childhood, and parenting. Attendees will also receive tools to give parents and tips on how to talk to parents about the effects of domestic violence on their children.
Parents Meeting the Challenge - Flyer
Classes start Thursday, April 26 thru June 14. All classes will be held on Thursday evenings from 6 to 8:30 pm.
Claremont (exact location announced to registrants prior to first class)
This is a FREE eight session course for parents and primary caregivers of children with emotional disturbances. This course focuses on families with younger children. Registration is required and there is room for only 15 participants.
Exploring Social Determinants of Health: from Data to Action to Advance Equity (New Hampshire and National Approaches)
Tuesday, May 1, 2018, 1 to 3 p.m.
We know good health goes beyond medical care and is influenced by economic opportunity, affordable housing, and quality education - all factors that communities can transform. These "social determinants of health" are the focus of this talk, using data and evidence from the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps to learn how to strengthen community efforts to improve health outcomes.
In addition, learn how Carroll County Coalition for Public Health's health partners are mobilizing community-wide approaches to address housing and transportation challenges in order to affect the conditions in which all people can be healthy. For more details and to register, click here.
Impacts of a Changing Climate on the Upper Valley's Farms and Forests - Flyer
Tuesday, May 15, 4:45 to 8 p.m.
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Auditorium E
Please join us for a community conversation about the impacts of a changing climate on farms and forests in the Upper Valley. We will also hear how farms and forests influence climate. Local foresters and farmers will share the actions they are taking to deal with these changes, and we will discuss how we can support them. To register, click here.
Skill Building for Trauma Informed Childcare Practices - Flyer
Thursday, May 24, 5:30-8:30 p.m., and Wednesday, June 6, 5:30-8:30 p.m.
Woven Label Boardroom at the Common Man in Claremont
Thursday, June 14, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Kilton Public Library, Main St., West Lebanon
Training in trauma-informed early childhood services equips providers with an understanding of the root cuases of aggressive, avoidant, and non-compliant behavior and with effective, relationship-based strategies for effective intervention. The training offers six hours of professional development from Dr. Cassie Yackley, Psy.D. For more information about the training or to share with your staff, family, and friends who may be interested, please print the flyer. Center directors/owners-reimbursement for paying substitutes to replace staff attending this training is also available. Please contact Barbara Farnsworth at Barbara.G.Farnsworth@hitchcock.org for more information.
Mental Health First Aid for Older Adults - Flyer
Wednesday and Thursday, June 6 and 7, 2018, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Hypertherm, 71 Heater Road, Lebanon
To register, email Alice here.
Supporting Pregnant and Postpartum Women to Quit Tobacco - Link
Services like home visiting, lactation services, and 1-800-QUIT-NOW not only offer critical services to help your patients have a healthy and happy pregnancy, but they also provide your patients the extra boost and reinforcement to quit using tobacco. In this module, you will hear from a variety of New Hampshire providers who work with women who use tobacco before, during and after their pregnancy. They will share their insight and experience in how they motivate women to consider quitting and support them along the way with their challenges.
April 24, May 1 and May 8, 6 to 8:15 p.m.
Hartford Area Career and Technical Center
The HACTC, in conjunction with the Vermont Dept. of Health, is hosting a three-class workshop for the Hartford community on Understanding Opiate Addiction. Included in the workshop fee are dinner and child care.
Healthy Moms/Healthy Babies: Domestic Violence, Reproductive Coercion and Children Exposed - Flyer
Wednesday, April 25, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Claremont Saving Bank, Broad St., Claremont
This training will provide training, tools, and resources to help home visitation staff address the complex and sometimes uncomfortable issue of domestic violence. There will be opportunities for domestic violence advocates and home visitors to network and learn from each other about how they can support victims and/or prevent abuse. There will be discussions regarding the impact of domestic violence on pregnancy, early childhood, and parenting. Attendees will also receive tools to give parents and tips on how to talk to parents about the effects of domestic violence on their children.
Parents Meeting the Challenge - Flyer
Classes start Thursday, April 26 thru June 14. All classes will be held on Thursday evenings from 6 to 8:30 pm.
Claremont (exact location announced to registrants prior to first class)
This is a FREE eight session course for parents and primary caregivers of children with emotional disturbances. This course focuses on families with younger children. Registration is required and there is room for only 15 participants.
Exploring Social Determinants of Health: from Data to Action to Advance Equity (New Hampshire and National Approaches)
Tuesday, May 1, 2018, 1 to 3 p.m.
We know good health goes beyond medical care and is influenced by economic opportunity, affordable housing, and quality education - all factors that communities can transform. These "social determinants of health" are the focus of this talk, using data and evidence from the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps to learn how to strengthen community efforts to improve health outcomes.
In addition, learn how Carroll County Coalition for Public Health's health partners are mobilizing community-wide approaches to address housing and transportation challenges in order to affect the conditions in which all people can be healthy. For more details and to register, click here.
Impacts of a Changing Climate on the Upper Valley's Farms and Forests - Flyer
Tuesday, May 15, 4:45 to 8 p.m.
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Auditorium E
Please join us for a community conversation about the impacts of a changing climate on farms and forests in the Upper Valley. We will also hear how farms and forests influence climate. Local foresters and farmers will share the actions they are taking to deal with these changes, and we will discuss how we can support them. To register, click here.
Skill Building for Trauma Informed Childcare Practices - Flyer
Thursday, May 24, 5:30-8:30 p.m., and Wednesday, June 6, 5:30-8:30 p.m.
Woven Label Boardroom at the Common Man in Claremont
Thursday, June 14, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Kilton Public Library, Main St., West Lebanon
Training in trauma-informed early childhood services equips providers with an understanding of the root cuases of aggressive, avoidant, and non-compliant behavior and with effective, relationship-based strategies for effective intervention. The training offers six hours of professional development from Dr. Cassie Yackley, Psy.D. For more information about the training or to share with your staff, family, and friends who may be interested, please print the flyer. Center directors/owners-reimbursement for paying substitutes to replace staff attending this training is also available. Please contact Barbara Farnsworth at Barbara.G.Farnsworth@hitchcock.org for more information.
Mental Health First Aid for Older Adults - Flyer
Wednesday and Thursday, June 6 and 7, 2018, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Hypertherm, 71 Heater Road, Lebanon
To register, email Alice here.
Supporting Pregnant and Postpartum Women to Quit Tobacco - Link
Services like home visiting, lactation services, and 1-800-QUIT-NOW not only offer critical services to help your patients have a healthy and happy pregnancy, but they also provide your patients the extra boost and reinforcement to quit using tobacco. In this module, you will hear from a variety of New Hampshire providers who work with women who use tobacco before, during and after their pregnancy. They will share their insight and experience in how they motivate women to consider quitting and support them along the way with their challenges.