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Certified Clinical Medical Assistant
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Certified Clinical Medical Assistant

Free

with Stephanie Vamos, PA, RSU 24 Adult Education

Calendar Oct 8, 2024 at 5:30 pm, runs for 20 weeks

Join our evening, in person classes & labs in Sullivan October 8, 2024 -April 2025.

CMA certification is an ideal step if you are considering a nursing degree or an entry-level clinical position. Take the next step in your healthcare career!

Clinical Medical Assitants (CMA) are an essential role in healthcare and are in high demand locally!

CMAs work with providers mainly in outpatient facilities; they are a critical part of a patient’s care team.

Our CCMA program provides instruction, lab practice, and hands-on training. Externships are completed at the end of the course.

CMA training includes:

  •   Administrative and clinical duties
  •   Preparing patients for examinations and treatment
  •   Updating medical records - EMR
  •   Taking and documenting vital signs
  •   Routine lab procedures
  •   Diagnostic testing, including EKG
  •   Basic phlebotomy and the cardiac life cycle
  •   Workplace expectations and professionalism
  •   Training includes an externship prior to employment

Additional CCMA courses include: Anatomy & Physiology, Medical Terminology, and Medical Math.

Please call for more information or download a CCMA application here.  Intake interviews are required for our application, please call to make an appointment.

**Thanks to a DOL grant, we are able to offer this training at no cost.  Scholarships and financial assistance may be available to help with transportation, technology, and other expenses.

If our classes don’t fit your schedule, call us about Winter/Spring options with RSU 25 Adult Education.

BHP: Behavioral Health Professional Training

Free

with Jeff Carpenter, MSAD#1 Adult & Community Education

Calendar Oct 24, 2024

START ANYTIME!!

Our community is looking for individuals who want to make a difference in a child’s life.

Children’s Behavioral Health Services are vital to Maine’s children with Intellectual Disabilities, Autism and Mental Health Disorders and their families. And the need in our area is great!

As an integral part of the child’s treatment team, a Certified Behavioral Health Professional (BHP) has the opportunity to make an immediate impact while helping a child grow and develop to their full potential.

We are excited to connect our community to this wonderful ONLINE training program. The online training will equip you to help children who are receiving Behavior Health services. The training will prepare you for employment through local social services agencies. The program can be started at any time and finished at your own pace.

You will complete 12 online modules then 3 4-hour live sessions, including the new ethics and boundaries training.  Once the modules are completed, you will receive free online blood borne pathogen training and virtual First Aid & CPR training if you do not already possess those certifications. The entire training requirements will take about 45 hours. 

Any individual who will be 18 years of age or older upon completion of the course may register.

See Blended Learning Curriculum at Woodfords Family Service for more information.

BHP Registration Form

After registering for the BHP program, Woodfords Family Service will send you the information needed to get started.

Spanish for Medical Professionals
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Spanish for Medical Professionals

$290

with UGot Class, MSAD#1 Adult & Community Education

Calendar Nov 4, 2024

Are you frustrated by the communication gap that can occur between you and your Spanish-speaking patients? If you answered yes, this Spanish class - designed specifically for healthcare professionals - will help you bridge that gap. You will practice the basic, practical language skills needed to effectively communicate with your Spanish-speaking patients and their families. You will learn the basics of the language, gain an understanding of the culture, and know how to ask the questions crucial to quality healthcare.   Whether you speak some Spanish and need a refresher, or speak no Spanish, you will complete the course with the skills you will need to effectively communicate with your Spanish-speaking patients.  

NOTE: Students will also need to order an eBook for under $15, or the paperback book version (please see book information below). 

For more information or to register please click the link.

Community Fitness

Free

with Mary Manly, RSU 3 Adult & Community Education

Calendar Nov 7, 2024 at 6 pm, runs for 6 weeks

RSU 3 has its own state of the art fitness center available for use by the community. 

Located at Mount View HS
577 Mt. View Rd
Thorndike, ME 04986

Come join us and set up a fitness plan that will work for you!

Sessions include a complete orientation with RSU 3 teach Mary Manley whis is alos on-sign during the entire session. Requires a medical clearance waiver and must be 18 years or older. No street shoes allowed in the fitness facility.

The center is full equiped with:

  • Cardiovascular Machines (treadmills, ellipitcals, upright and recumbent stationary bicycles, and a rowing machine)
  • Free weights
  • Complete Life Fitness Pro curcuit series of weight machines

 

New Members - Not sure if you are ready to join? Give us a call and try it out for FREE your first night.

Open Tuesday & Thursday from 6:00pm to 8:00pm

Get fit for only $48.00 per Session  or pat you go $5.00 per night. 

Fall Sessions
1: September 24th, 2024 to November 5th, 2024
2: November 7th, 2024 to December 19th, 2024

For help on Registration please call:
Angel Frost @ (207) 568-3426 EXT 1801

Supporting Health and Wellness
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Supporting Health and Wellness

Price not
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with MindEdge Instructor, MSAD#1 Adult & Community Education

Calendar Nov 8, 2024

Benefits packages are an important way for organizations to support health and wellness and demonstrate genuine care for their employees. A valued and effective benefits package focuses on benefits that support mental health, physical well-being, and financial well-being. In this course, you will learn how to create benefits offerings tailored to your workforce, and applicable in different work models. You will examine how legal and voluntary benefits support health and wellness and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. You will also learn about how to create a strong ethical culture that fosters employee wellness. By genuinely addressing employees' needs, organizations can offer benefits that support employees and strengthen employee engagement, retention, productivity, and other key indicators.

For more information or to register click the link.

Certificate in Integrative Behavioral Health
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Certificate in Integrative Behavioral Health

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with Ed2Go Instructor, MSAD#1 Adult & Community Education

Calendar Nov 13, 2024

This groundbreaking certificate demonstrates the dramatic shift taking place as a growing number of alternative, holistic, and integrative therapies are being used to treat mental disorders. While the field of integrative medicine emphasizes treating the mind, body, and spirit, integrative mental health offers a new approach to treating mental disorders by applying conventional and evidence-based complementary and alternative therapies. While medication and psychotherapy can save lives, they can also be part of an integrative solution to mental health conditions. Topics covered include anxiety disorders, Alzheimer's disease, bipolar disorders in children and adolescents, chronic pain, depression, sleep disorders, and mental health and aging.

The outcome of this certificate is for the learner to describe various mental disorders and alternative, holistic, and integrative therapies that are being used to treat these disorders.

For more information or to register click the link.

Certificate in Legal and Ethical Issues in Healthcare
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Certificate in Legal and Ethical Issues in Healthcare

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with Ed2Go Instructor, MSAD#1 Adult & Community Education

Calendar Nov 13, 2024

Healthcare professionals today are acutely aware of the need to understand the legal and ethical environment in which they practice. In this certificate, you'll explore the legal and ethical risks related to HIPAA rules, medication errors, social media and healthcare, organ donation, and workplace violence. By the end of the program, you'll have a solid grasp of crucial topics in the healthcare industry that are important to anyone working in a medical-related field.

The outcome of this certificate is for the learner to describe the legal and ethical risks, and the legal and ethical issues related to HIPAA rules, medication errors, social media and healthcare, organ donation, and workplace violence in their healthcare practice.

For more information or to register please click the link.

Certificate in Nutrition, Chronic Disease, and Health Promotion
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Certificate in Nutrition, Chronic Disease, and Health Promotion

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with Ed2Go Instructor, MSAD#1 Adult & Community Education

Calendar Nov 13, 2024

Nutrition is a major determinant of health as well as many common chronic diseases. Understanding the role of food and water, and making appropriate changes in one's diet can have powerful effects, both positive and negative, on health throughout life, influencing current health and whether or not an individual develops diseases as cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes. The burden of chronic diseases is rapidly increasing worldwide as traditional, largely plant- based diets are quickly being replaced by high-fat, energy-dense diets with a substantial content of animal-based foods. Hunger and malnutrition also remain devastating problems facing the majority of the world's poor and needy people. The relationship between nutrition and disease is irrefutable. This certificate addresses these issues and more and provides a solid foundation of knowledge and information to support individuals who wish to enhance their own well-being as well as health care professionals who wish to evolve in their profession, create new job opportunities for themselves in the exploding field of nutrition, health promotion, lifestyle coaching, etc.

The outcome of this certificate program is for the learner to describe the relationship between nutrition, chronic disease, and health promotion.





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