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| The course I attended provided great information and useful tips for conducting counseling sessions with my clients. I've been working in prevention for a short time, so the training I received helped me tremendously. |
| – | Sterling Terry
Outreach Specialist
AIDS Project Quad Cities
Rock Island IL | |
Behavioral Training
The behavioral interventions training program offers a range of courses to teach evidence-based interventions. We also offer program support courses that are designed to improve agency capacity and to increase the quality of services delivered in community settings. Our current behavioral training courses are listed below. Use the box to select a different sub-category or to view the complete course catalog. Learn more about the Behavioral training program. Contact us for more detailed information about any course.
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| Anti-Retroviral Treatment and Access to Services (ARTAS)
(3 days) NEW! Anti-Retroviral Treatment and Access to Services (ARTAS) is an individual-level, multi-session, time-limited intervention to link individuals who have been recently diagnosed with HIV to medical care. ARTAS is based on the Strengths-based Case Management (SBCM) model. The goal of ARTAS is to assist people in linking with medical care soon after receiving a positive test result for HIV. Pre-course reading is required. |
| CLEAR - Choosing Life: Empowerment, Action, Results!
(4 days)
CLEAR: Choosing Life: Empowerment! Action! Results! is an evidence-based health promotion intervention for individuals ages 16 and older living with HIV/AIDS or at high-risk for HIV. CLEAR is client centered program delivered one-on-one using cognitive behavioral techniques to change behavior. The intervention provides clients with the skills necessary to be able to make health choices for their lives. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines identify CLEAR as a structured intervention that may be integrated into Comprehensive Risk Counseling and Services (CRCS) programs.
More information is available from effectiveinterventions.org. (Learn more)
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| Healthy Today for a Baby Someday
(2 days) NEW!
The health of a woman, (and her partner) before a pregnancy effects the health of the baby when it’s born and throughout life. By being a healthy weight, managing stress, taking vitamins and visiting a health care provider before every pregnancy, women can improve the health of their family for generations. This course will prepare facilitators to deliver a 90 minute class to educate and empower women about their health and give them ideas and encouragement for staying healthy and preventing pregnancy until they are ready. This highly interactive, exciting course teaches the knowledge and skills required to deliver the ninety minute Healthy Today for a Baby Someday workshop. The workshop focuses on four aspects of preconception and intra-conception health: Future Dreams/Goals, Reproductive Health, Healthy Living, and Accessing Health Care.
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| RESPECT
(2 days) Learn a brief model to help clients at increased risk for STD/HIV identify the circumstances in which their high risk behaviors occur, and develop realistic goal behaviors and action steps to accomplish them. The RESPECT intervention is designed to support risk reduction behaviors by increasing the client's perception of his/her personal risks and by emphasizing incremental risk-reduction strategies. The intervention uses a structured protocol that guides the provider/counselor throughout the sessions. This training is based on Project RESPECT, a multi-site randomized research study that examined the effectiveness of client-centered counseling (CCC). ( Learn more) |
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