We have an amazing community here in the Bethel area with knowledge and skills that others are eager to hear and learn about. We are always looking for new ideas, topics, and classes to offer to everyone. If you have new, fresh, and innovating topics, hobbies, and skills that you are passionate about and want to share with others, let us know! Maybe you have an idea for a class and we just need to find the instructor~we want to hear from you also!  As our community grows and changes, we want to be able to offer new and exciting opportunities here at Telstar Adult Education. Contact us at adulted@sad44.org or call 824-2136. 

Help us continue to grow our enrichment and workforce courses that local Bethel community members and others as far as Rumford, Gorham, Fryburg, Oxford, and Waterford participate in. We are thankful for you all! 

Living in our beautiful rural community has many wonderful advantages. However, driving can be a challenge for many familes juggling work and their children's  school and sport schedules. Having an extra driver in the family can make such a difference for so many families in our area. We work with Roy's Driver and Rider Education to ensure that the students in our community recieve quality driver's education, preparing them to be a safe, defensive driver once they get behind the wheel. For many of these families, having an additional driver is the benefit but, the tuition for driver's education can be a challenge. MSAD#44 Adult and Community Education has scholarships available to students through grants and donations from community members like you. If you and your student would like more information on the driver's ed scholarship, please contact the Adult Education Director Julie Hart at adulted@sad44.org  Thank you!

This course is offered through our partner Ed2Go. To register for this class and to browse the hundreds of other courses available, please go to:

https://www.ed2go.com/telstar/online-courses/depression-an-integrative-approach/

This course helps learners understand the different forms of depressive disorders, examine the pathophysiology, symptoms, and diagnosis of depression as well as explore the conventional and integrative treatment approaches for depression.

Depression is one of the most serious and costly healthcare problems facing the United States today. It is one of the most common types of mental disorders. Depression interferes with an individual's daily life, normal functioning, and may cause emotional pain for the individual with the disorder and family and friends. Although depression is a common but serious mental illness, with treatment depressive symptoms can be alleviated.

The outcome of this course is for the learner to describe the different forms of depressive disorders, examine the pathophysiology, symptoms, and diagnosis of depression as well as explore the conventional and integrative treatment approaches for depression.

This course has self-paced and instructor led options. 

2 Contact Hours

Accreditation: American Nurses Credentialing Center

Please join Jessica Schermer from the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention for this FREE in -person training.

As the addiction and overdose crisis reaches troubling milestones-100,000 overdose fatalities last year alone-all leaders and key stakeholders in the community are needed to address the problem. 

The Responding to Addiction training is designed to increase knowledge about additiction and develop skills and strategies to help your community. 

What participants learn:

*The Science of Addiction

*The Signs and Symptoms of Addiction

*Evidence-Based Treatment Options

*Medications to Treat Addiction

*Engagement Strategies

**NEW CLASS!!**

 Dress up your kitchen with this functional and unique countertop paper towel dispenser.  Pattern and decorate it to fit in with your style or make it stand out as a statement piece.  Your dispenser will be glazed in your choice of color and ready for pick up approximately two weeks after class.  No previous clay experience is required for this class.  All tools and supplies will be provided by the clay studio. 

Instructor: Martha Grover

When:  Saturday, May 31

Time: 10:00 am to 12:00 pm

Where: The Pottery Studio

Tuition: $50.00 per person for 1 week