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HandBasics Presents: Self-care for Osteoarthritis
with Mary Woodbury, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education
If you, or someone you know, suffers from Osteoarthritis pain in the hands, wrists, elbows or shoulders, please join Mary Woodbury, OTR/L CHT for a discussion about self-care and easy-to-perform techniques to ease discomfort in the hands and upper extremities. According to the Arthritis Foundation, 32.5 million adults in America with osteoarthritis woke up in pain today. Come learn about techniques, devices, and splints, to balance daily activities and exercises with pain management. Self-care is conservative care and often the first line of care prescribed by Occupational Therapists.
Ultimate Beginner Watercolor: Level 3
with Catherine Scanlon, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education
Join Catherine for this 1 night class to learn new ways to incorporate mixed media techniques in your work. Create depth, texture and interest with gouache, fluid acrylic, colored pencils, watercolor pencils, dual tipped markers and posca pens (and more). Class will start with a refresher on color and techniques covered in previous levels and then transition to discuss new ways to think about layers while introducing various mixed media supplies. We will spend the rest of class playing with a variety of materials to incorporate new and old techniques to complete a fun and uplifting illustration. Materials fee: $20 (payable to the instructor).
Plein-Air Painting the Landscape: Excursion at Reid State Park
with Jessie Lozanski, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education
In this class, open to all levels, students will learn to see the elements of composition directly in the landscape and bring them to their canvases. Open to all paint mediums. Upon registration a list of materials will be sent out. (Park admission is not included in the fee)
Legal Secretary Certificate Course
with Center for Legal Studies, Noble Adult & Community Education
Our intensive Legal Secretary Certificate Course is designed for both beginning and experienced legal assistants who are interested in improving their skills and working more efficiently within the law office. Learn how to make informed business decisions based on your knowledge of legal language and concepts. Explore topics such as legal terminology; legal process; jurisdiction and venue; ethics; written communications, including letters, pleadings, discovery, notices, and motions; filing procedures, billing and accounting; time management; records management; an overview of commonly used word and data processing programs; legal research; memoranda preparation; and citation format.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, paralegal and legal assistant careers are expected to grow much faster than the average — at a rate of 12% through 2030.
Interested in taking this certificate course? Visit https://www.legalstudies.com/product/noble-adult-and-community-education-paralegal-certificate-course/ to register!
Paralegal Certificate Course
with Center for Legal Studies, Noble Adult & Community Education
Our Paralegal Certificate Course © teaches students the in-demand skills necessary to perform a variety of paralegal tasks. This continuing legal education course is a valuable asset for paralegal professionals looking to advance their career, grow professionally, increase their earning potential and gain job-ready skills.
This certificate program is offered as an online or self-paced class.
Interested in taking this certificate course? Visit https://www.legalstudies.com/product/noble-adult-and-community-education-legal-secretary-certificate-course/ to register!
Victim Advocacy Certificate Course
with Center for Legal Studies, Noble Adult & Community Education
Whether you are just starting out on your career path or looking to build on your job skills, opportunities for trained victim advocates are on the rise. Our nation’s state courts see more than 100 million cases of victimization each year, and crime can have a devastating impact on those involved. Our intensive Victim Advocacy Certificate Course is designed to train and qualify you to provide assistance to crime victims. Course topics include legal terminology, legal process, legislation regarding victims rights, jurisdiction and venue, ethics, effects of victimization on the victim, victim advocate skills, guardianships, and crisis intervention. Also covered are counseling skills for victims of assault, battery, robbery, domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, murder, and homicide.
The Victim Advocacy Certificate Course meets the training needs of busy professionals who are interested in assisting crime victims in progressing through the criminal justice system and toward successful recovery.
Interested in taking this certificate course? Visit https://www.legalstudies.com/product/noble-adult-and-community-education-victim-advocacy-certificate-course/ to register!
Gel Plate Printmaking For Beginners
with Pam Clark, Noble Adult & Community Education
Gel Plate Printing is a dynamic and fun way to express yourself through creating monoprints on a soft, pliable gel plate. Each one-of-a-kind print is as individual as the person creating it and requires no prior art skills to do. In class you will learn what gel plate printing is, how to do it using several different techniques, and be provided with the materials needed to create a variety of prints.
This class is so much fun & expected to fill up fast so sign up early!
Minimum: 4 | Maximum: 8
Children’s Book Publishing
with Preethi Fernando, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education
Achieve your dream of getting your children’s book published. You will learn the traditional book publishing and self book publishing routes, getting your book published on Amazon, how to get your book formatted, design your cover, upload your book to Amazon, get printed copies, and more. This class does not teach you how to write your children’s book. It teaches you how to get it published- online or in printed format, and how to get your book into the market for others to access your book. Preethi Fernando is the author of fifteen books. She is the winner of Stephen King’s Haven Foundation Award. Visit preethifernando.com. Objectives: How to design your book cover and format your book; How to find a publisher for your children’s book; How to publish your children’s book on your own; How to upload your children’s book to Amazon.