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July	LEAP for Senior Living	11:00 a.m. -Noon (CT)
	July 12    Fostering Collaboration in a Culturally Diverse Workplace
	July 19    Eliminating Communication Barriers in the Workplace
	July 26    Leading/Mentoring Effective Cross- Functional Teams
	Wellness Webinar	1:00-2:00 p.m. (CT)
	July  21   Blazing a Trail Towards a Culture of  Wellness: A National Survey (available individually or as part of a series of five webinars)
Aug	Emergency Preparedness (PREPARE)	1:00-2:00 p.m. (CT)
	Aug 3      Getting Ready
	Aug 10    Weathering the Storm
	Aug 17    Putting Your Community Back   Together
	Fundamentals of Culture Change (LEAP 101)	Noon-1:00 p.m.( CT)
	Aug 12    Person-Directed Care
	Aug 19    Primary/Consistent Assignments
	Aug 26    Peer Mentoring
	SAFE-TI Falls Reduction	11:00 a.m.-noon (CT)
	Aug 10     Prone to Falls
	Aug 17    Tools and Assessments
	Aug 24    Tracking and Evaluating Outcomes
	Wellness Webinar
	Aug 18    Moving Beyond the Physical Dimension: Creating Multi- Dimensional Experiences (available individually or as part of a series of five webinars)
Sept	Wellness Webinar	1:00-2:00 p.m. (CT)
	Sept 15 Workforce Wellness: Helping Employees Become Healthy, ”Wellthy”, and Wise (available individually or as part of a series of five webinars)
Sept/Oct	LEAP for Senior Living	1:00-2:00 p.m. (CT)
	Sept 23   Fostering Collaboration in a Culturally Diverse Workplace
	Sept 30   Eliminating Communication Barriers in the Workplace
	Oct 7       Leading/Mentoring Effective Cross-Functional Teams
Oct	Fundamentals of Culture Change (LEAP 101)	11:00 a.m. – Noon (CT)
	Oct 5       Person-Directed Care
	Oct 12     Primary/Consistent Assignments
	Oct 19     Peer Mentoring
	Emergency Preparedness (PREPARE)	11:00 a.m.–Noon (CT)
	Oct 6       Getting Ready
	Oct 13     Weathering the Storm
	Oct 20     Putting Your Community Back Together
	SAFE-TI Falls Reduction	11:00 a.m. – Noon (CT)
	Oct 7        Prone to Falls
	Oct 14     Tools and Assessments
	Oct 21     Tracking and Evaluating Outcomes
	Wellness Webinar	1:00-2:00 p.m. (CT)
	Oct 20    Evaluation & Assessment: Your GPS                  on the Road to Whole-Person Wellness                  (available individually or as part of a series                  of five  webinars)
Nov	LEAP for Senior Living	11:00 a.m. – Noon (CT)
	Nov 3       Fostering Collaboration in a Culturally Diverse Workplace
	Nov 10    Eliminating Communication Barriers in the Workplace
	Nov 17    Leading/Mentoring Effective Cross- Functional Teams

LEAP 101: Fundamental Tools for Culture Change Person-Centered Care

(3 part webinar series)
3 session series- $250 per participant
Individual webinar- $95 per participant

Person-Directed Care
This webinar explores the basics of person-directed relationships. Specific strategies for entering into relationships with both residents and care team members are discussed and experienced through the exploration of “real life” case scenarios. The key components include:

• Knowing the person and treating each resident as an individual
• Valuing and empowering the caregiver as the most important team member
• Building choice, control, and hope into each interaction of the day
• Supporting and encouraging relationships among residents, their families, and staff

Continuing Education: 1 contact hour for NHAs and SWs

Primary/Consistent Assignments
The second component of LEAP 101 is Primary/Consistent Assignments. This webinar looks at how the consistent assignments approach to providing care honors the resident and the direct-care staff person. The key components include:

• Defining consistent relationships
• Implementing the Consistent Assignments approach
  • Creating a task force to begin the process
  • Determining the current state of staff assignments
  • Agreeing on the methodology for creating consistent assignments

Continuing Education: 1 contact hour for NHAs and SWs

Peer Mentoring
Key strategies to successfully acclimate new staff to the organization and onto the care team are explored in the Peer Mentoring Program webinar. In addition, materials and implementation tactics for ongoing development and evaluation of LTC staff are provided.  The key components include:

• Establishing the new role of Mentorship Program Coordinator
• Developing the role of the peer mentor
• Partnering new staff with an experienced Peer Mentor
• Evaluating the Peer Mentoring Program as part of the organization’s Quality Improvement Program

Continuing Education: 1 contact hour for NHAs and SWs

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LEAP for Senior Living

(3 part webinar series)
3 session series – $250 per participant
Individual webinar – $95 per participant

LEAP for Senior Living is a unique interdisciplinary approach that empowers staff to partner with residents in creating a person-directed culture.  Webinars focus on creating cultural diversity and cultural sensitivity in the workplace, developing strategies for effective communication across work teams, and using teamwork and mentoring to provide quality service to residents.

Fostering Collaboration in a Culturally Diverse Workplace

Greater understanding of cultural/ethnic diversity leads to greater collaboration and improved cultural sensitivity with residents and among staff. It decreases conflict and improves morale, teamwork, and staff retention. The key components include:

• Exploring the cultural/ethnic demographics of the older population in America
• Increasing cultural sensitivity/cultural competence
• Reducing the frustration that results from not understanding different cultural perspectives
• Evaluating levels of cultural sensitivity/cultural competence within our own organizations.

Continuing Education: 1 contact hour for NHAs and SWs

Eliminating Communication Barriers in Senior Living

Effective communication fosters respect across an organization and promotes effective teamwork. Communication barriers can include cross-cultural, cross-generational, and cross-occupational communication. The key components include:

• Examining the precepts of effective verbal and non-verbal communications
• Communicating across ethnic, generational, and occupational groups

Continuing Education: 1 contact hour for NHAs and SWs

Leading/Mentoring Effective Cross-Functional Teams

Good leadership and mentoring are key to building the strong, effective teams essential to providing quality service to residents. The key components include:

• Developing effective cross-functional teams
• Improving understanding of responsibilities of coworkers both within and outside their departments
• Improving the way employees work together to achieve results

Continuing Education: 1 contact hour for NHAs and SWs

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EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

(3 part webinar series)
3 session series – $250 per organization
Individual webinar – $95 per organization

Natural and man-made disasters directly impact senior residences and long-term care communities in a variety of ways. This 3-part webinar series is designed to equip senior living and long-term care professionals with the core competencies of preparing your community’s disaster plan, properly implementing your plan and returning your community to normalcy after the disaster.

Getting Ready
This webinar explores what needs to be done in to prepare your senior living or long-term care community to respond to any natural or man-made disaster or emergency. The key components include:

• Key elements of effective disaster preparedness
• Preparing your staff and residents for a disaster or emergency
• Developing a comprehensive disaster preparedness plan that focuses on the “all-hazards” approach to surveillance, response, mitigation and recovery

Continuing Education: 1 contact hour for NHAs and SWs

Weathering the Storm
In a time of a disaster or emergency, properly implementing your disaster plan is key to weathering the storm. This webinar will explore the steps necessary to implement your plan. The key components include:

• Executing the Incident Command System
• Sheltering in place
• Implementing an evacuation

Continuing Education: 1 contact hour for NHAs and SWs

Putting Your Community Back Together
Your community has weathered the storm; now it is time to return your community back to normalcy. The key components include:

• Providing support and/or interventions to ease the trauma that your residents and staff experienced during the disaster or emergency
• Evaluating the lessons learned
• Updating your disaster plan based on what you learned

Continuing Education: 1 contact hour for NHAs and SWs