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Breath-Taking for Parents and Childcare Workers
with Carole Freeman, York Adult Education

Since you breathe every moment of your life, how you breathe has surprising affects on your health every moment, too. 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. This is where you can make a significant difference in your child’s health. If you are a parent or childcare worker, you need to take this class.
Breath-Taking Series
Breath-Taking for Regaining Strength and Endurance
with Carole Freeman, York Adult Education

If your get-up-and-go has got-up-and-left, you should take this class! Building greater strength and endurance starts and ends with the strength of your respiratory system. 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.
Breath-Taking Series
Breath-Taking for Students: Building Better Brainpower
with Carole Freeman, York Adult Education

Your brain talks to your respiratory system but your respiratory system also talks back. Learn to harness the power of your breath to increase blood flow, oxygenation, and nutrient delivery to the brain by up to 20%. Practice breathing techniques to build skills of concentration, focus and memory. Improve study efficiency and calm pre-testing jitters.
Breath-Taking Series
Illustrator One-on-One
with Robert Underwood, York Adult Education

Anyone can learn Illustrator! In this introductory class by Adobe Certified Expert Rob Underwood, you will learn the basics of Adobe’s premiere vector application. You will learn how high quality illustrations, logos, and other custom artwork is built. You will need to have at least the 30-day trial of this application on a laptop to participate in the class. You will learn, Creating a document, drawing in Illustrator, using layers, tools panel, and typography.
InDesign One-on-One
with Robert Underwood, York Adult Education

We use InDesign to create our catalog. Now you can learn InDesign! In this introductory class by Adobe Certified Expert Rob Underwood, you will learn the basics of Adobe’s premiere page layout application. Did you ever wonder how magazines, newspapers and books were built? This is your chance to learn how! You will need to have at least the 30-day trial of this application on a laptop to participate in the class. You will learn, Creating documents, working with type, master pages, styles, and exporting to PDF.
Photoshop One-on-One
with Robert Underwood, York Adult Education

In this introductory class by Adobe Certified Expert Rob Underwood, you will learn the basics of Adobe’s premiere photo editing application. Did you ever wonder how photos were edited so precisely? Did you ever want to remove an unwanted family member from a photo? Here’s your chance to learn how to “photoshop” images. You will need to have at least the 30-day trial of this application on a laptop to participate in the class. You will learn, Retouching photos, color correction, photo Illustrations, tools panel, working with layers, and selections & channels.
BHP - Behavioral Health Professional Certification Training
with Wood Family Services, York Adult Education

Looking for in meaningful work? Our community needs 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 with this wonderful blended training and certificate program. This training will prepare you for employment through local social services agencies and equip you to work with children who qualify for services. The program can be started at any time and finished at your own pace. The deadline for enrollment for this session is 4/15/22. Learners must complete all 12 online modules by midnight on Sunday, May 8th to be eligible to attend the Live Day. Once the modules are completed, you will receive free online bloodborne pathogen training. Child and Adult First Aid & CPR certification is required and offered for free on May 11 sign up here. In just 40 hours, our free remote training program can get you certified and on your way to a life-changing profession. Must be a Maine resident, and at least 18 years old with a high school diploma (or equivalent) to become certified.
Surviving Stress, Moving from Depletion Renewal
with Carole Freeman, York Adult Education

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