Take this class now, if you are planning a mountain vacation in 4 to 6 weeks! You’ll progress through 10 exercises that will gradually help your body adapt to your vacation site’s higher altitude while still at home at sea level. Changes include an increase in red blood cells, giving your blood more oxygen-carrying capacity prior to your vacation. Learn a more functional breathing pattern for greater tissue oxygenation and less shortness of breath. Using these new breathing patterns will allow you to maintain a higher oxygen level and ease of breathing while on vacation.

Offered by Woodford's Family Services

Make a difference in a child’s life as a BHP. Behavioral health services are vital to Maine’s children with intellectual disabilities, autism and mental health disorders, and to their families.This online training will equip you to help children who are receiving behavioral health services and to prepare for local employment through social services providers.

Start anytime, finish at your own pace.

Includes 12 online modules and 12 hours of live, virtual instruction, bloodborne pathogens training. An online child & adult first aid & CPR training is available if needed. The entire training takes about 45 hours to complete. You must be 18 years of age or older upon completion of the course, and have a high school diploma or equivalent.

Register on our website for information. Our Career and College Access Coordinator, Jessica Trimmer, will connect you with Woodford’s Family Services to begin the training.

Everything from the shape of your child's skull and facial features to the function of their lungs is dramatically impacted by their habitual breathing patterns. It's estimated that 85% of us have some degree of dysfunctional breathing. Much of this starts in childhood and has dramatic consequences on our health, our brain function, an dour appearance over oru lifetime. This is where you can make a dramatic difference in your child's life by guiding them to optimal breathing. We'll connect the dots between your child's breathign patterna nd their childhood development affecting overall health.

In May we produced a presentation by Dr. Elizabeth Yori, ND on the ever present threat of Lyme disease in Maine. Here is one attendee’s comments: “My gratitude and sincere appre-ciation to Dr. Elizabeth Yori. Dr. Yori’s knowledge and experi-ence in treating Lyme disease are extraordinary. She de-serves a radio, media, and television segment to share with the community all her one-of-a-kind, caring, and effective treatments. I am sharing with my friends, co-workers, and family the information in this video. To prevent, treat, and use the tick removal techniques and find the right way to understand Lyme disease. Thank you all for all your excellent work developing this video.” We are offeringa link to those who missed this awesome presentation.

We are so excited to offer this wonderful series of courses with Carole Freeman of York.  Each class is a "stand-alone & self-paced" session that you can register for and then take at your own convenience!  Monday morning, Sunday afternoon, Friday night?  It's up to you!  Each class has a specific focus with information & exercises unique to its topic.

Rebuilding Energy & Endurance at any age

Yes, it’s true, you can, literally, breathe new life into your body!

Every cell in your body is dependent on oxygen to create energy. And the amount of oxygen available to every cell in your body and brain is dependent on the breath. To be even more specific, dependent on the quality of your breathing pattern and function. This class will train you, and your entire respiratory system, to be more efficient at delivering blood, oxygen, glucose, and nutrients to all those cells. Whether you’re an athlete or not, the secret to greater strength and endurance starts and ends with the strength of your respiratory system. No matter how long you train, or how hard you work out, when your breathing gives out - your body follows.

The class is presented as if the student will give themselves at least 3-6 weeks to implement the exercises & techniques.

Carole Freeman, B.S. RRT, Breathing Specialist

Carole’s background has been equal portions of respiratory therapy, exercise physiology, and massage therapy.  Her career as a respiratory therapist began at Loma Linda University Medical Center where she discovered that most adult patients were in the hospital because of poor lifestyle choices. That inspired her to attend graduate school at LLUMC, majoring in Health Sciences. She now focuses her work in a relatively new field of pulmonary medicine - recognizing and treating breathing disorders.  She has personally benefitted from improved breathing patterns, “I have found that each day I was mindful of my breathing pattern, I gained more energy, and my breathing became easier. It felt like I was turning the clock back as I continued to gain strength and endurance.”

Breath-Taking Online is a school that encompasses the entire field of this branch of medicine. Carole’s mission is to share this information, along with personal experience and background, to help others breathe easier and feel healthier, too.

Life can be very stressful, depleting you of energy and motivation. Learn exercises in awareness, breathing, and compassion so you can increase your physical energy, think more clearly, and feel more uplifted. This information-packed class includes lots of student participation, with exercises and fun activities to reduce emotional anxiety, calm the brain, and dispel myths. You will come away knowing how to breathe optimally, increase oxygen delivery to the body and brain, which will increase overall health and mental outlook.

Breath-Taking Series

There are few industries that offer as much opportunity ad stability as the healthcare industry.  If you are considering a career in healthcare, becoming a Clinical Medical Assistant may be perfect for you.   A career in Medical Assisting could provide you with everything you’re looking for:  A short training period, excellent job opportunities, a good salary, and a professional working environment.

What is a Clinical Medical Assistant (CMA)?  A Clinical Medical Assistant is a medical support professional that performs a variety of tasks to assist physicians in providing patient care, while ensuring that clinics and hospitals run smoothly and efficiently.  While CMAs working in smaller practices may be required to perform some administrative tasks, those working in larger medical facilities focus mainly on providing support services directly related to patient care.  Here at the Academy we offer both Clinical and Administrative programs that can be combined.

Clinical Medical Assistants are more often found at the physician’s side working in close contact with patients.  Typically, Medical Assistants prep rooms and prepare patients for examinations, while helping manage medical supply inventories.  CMAs may also assist nurses and physicians providing direct patient care by taking medical histories, charting vitals, and assisting in examinations and procedures.  Some even perform more advanced tasks under the supervision of a physician such as cleaning and dressing wounds, removing sutures, collecting blood and other specimens as well as administering medication.

Characteristics of a successful Clinical Medical Assistant:  Excellent communicator, ability to multitask, organized, ability to handle stress and think clearly on the fly.  One must be compassionate while still maintaining a professional distance.  This job often involves working with people who are sometimes frustrated, anxious, tired, sick and possibly even dying.

All courses offered either locally at Adult Education Centers in Maine only.  Externships are suggested, please ask your career counselor for more details or assistance in providing those.

HERE IS THE LINK:

https://www.academyofmedicalprofessions.com/clinical-medical-assistant-(with-ccma-national-certification).html

This certification program will teach you the practical real-world skills essential for success in the healthcare field. 

This completely inclusive course consists of Medical Terminology, Medical Front Office Skills, EHR/EMR for the Medical Office and the Administrative Medical Assistant. 

You will learn MedTrak electronic records system used in many medical offices.  In addition, upon completion of all courses, you will sit for your CMAA (Certified Medical Administrative Assistant) Examination and CBCS (Certified Billing Specialist) through the National Health career Association and you will receive a certificate of medical billing through the Academy of Medical Professions.

HERE is the LINK:

https://www.academyofmedicalprofessions.com/medical-office-specialist-(cmaa).html