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If you have an idea for a session or for another topic you would like to see available, please contact Project REACH at
(401) 521-5759 x17.
SPRING 2008
CHRONOLOGICAL COURSE LISTING
- HIV Prevention Counseling Course
Carol Browning, MS, RN, BC
January 15, 16 and 17, 2008
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
$15 Deposit
This three-day course is limited to staff performing HIV testing in their
agencies. Successful completion of the course fulfills the Rhode Island law requirements for HIV pretest counseling. Participants are expected to have a
working knowledge of HIV. Participants must pre-register and successfully complete a pre-test of HIV knowledge prior to acceptance in the class.
Participants will be notified of acceptance one week prior to the start of the course.
Prerequisites
1. Participants must be performing counseling, testing, and referral services as
part of their job duties, or must be planning to do so immediately upon course completion;
2. Participants must successfully complete a pre-test of HIV knowledge.
Intermediate; Education and Skill Development.
Approved for 18 CEUs in Social Work, Chemical Dependency and Mental Health
Register Online
- HIV Prevention Counseling Course
Carol Browning, MS, RN, BC
March 5, 6, and 7, 2008
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
$15 Deposit
This three-day course is limited to staff performing HIV testing in their
agencies. Successful completion of the course fulfills the Rhode Island law requirements for HIV pretest counseling. Participants are expected to have a
working knowledge of HIV. Participants must pre-register and successfully complete a pre-test of HIV knowledge prior to acceptance in the class.
Participants will be notified of acceptance one week prior to the start of the course.
Prerequisites
1. Participants must be performing counseling, testing, and referral services as
part of their job duties, or must be planning to do so immediately upon course completion;
2. Participants must successfully complete a pre-test of HIV knowledge.
Intermediate; Education and Skill Development.
Approved for 18 CEUs in Social Work, Chemical Dependency and Mental Health
Register Online
- Injection Drug Use and HIV
Manos Unidas/ Latino Commission on AIDS
March 20 and 21, 2008
9:00 am- 4:00 pm
$15 Deposit
This two-day training will explore the issues around Injection Drug Use (IDU)
and HIV. This course includes an overview of substance abuse and the effects on the individual who abuses or misuses drugs. Providers will be equipped with
the skills needed in order to best educate injection drug users who seek HIV information and testing. Participants will learn how to appropriately offer
substance abuse treatment referrals. Communication, education, and harm reduction techniques for IDU will be the main focus.
Entry to Intermediate levels; Education and Skill Development
Approved for 12 CEUs in Chemical Dependency and Mental Health
Register Online
- Enhancing Cultural Competency in HIV Prevention
Alfred Forbes and Harm Reduction Coalition
April 8 and 9, 2008
9:00 am - 4:00pm
$15 Deposit
Cultural Competence is the integration and transformation of knowledge about
individuals and groups of people into specific standards, policies, practices, and attitudes used in appropriate cultural settings to increase the quality of
services; thereby producing better outcomes. Cultural competence emphasizes the idea of effectively operating in different cultural contexts. This
two-day training will focus on helping staff to sensitively address the special needs and life contexts of vulnerable populations (i.e., those who are
marginalized because of race, ethnicity, socio-economic status, sexual orientation, age, or gender). In addition, this course will focus on how culture
can influence the response to, and delivery of, HIV prevention services.
Entry Level; Education and Skill Development
Approved for 12 CEUs in Chemical Dependency and Mental Health
Register Online
- Introduction to HIV Comprehensive
Philip Kane
April 17 and 18, 2008
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
$15 Deposit
This training program has been designed to introduce a health education model
of HIV/AIDS Prevention. Participants will learn basic HIV and AIDS information such as the history of the epidemic, demographic trends, HIV modes of
transmission, HIV testing, and treatment of HIV and AIDS. Participants will be introduced to, and have opportunities to, practice skill-building competencies
related to HIV prevention. The training will present best practices and strategies to support behavior changes that reduce the incidence of HIV/AIDS within Rhode Island high-risk communities.
Entry Level: Education and Skill Development OR Professional Growth .
Approved for 12 CEUs in Social Work, Chemical Dependency, and Mental Health
Register Online
- Connecting with Youth
Cicatelli Associates, Inc.
Date to be Announced
$15 Deposit
This two-day training will help providers effectively connect with the youth population. This course will provide information on youth development
approaches and youth development principles. Participants will explore the following topics: levels and forms of youth participation, strategies for
involving youth, overcoming barriers to youth involvement, and methods of connecting program outcomes to positive youth outcomes.
Entry Level; Education and Skill Development
Approved for 6 CEUs in Chemical Dependency and Mental Health
Register Online
- NEW THIS YEAR!
REACH Training Institute 2008
REACH has partnered with Manos Unidas to bring you a week-long training
institute. A separate catalog will be arriving soon with a full listing of courses and activities planned. Below is a sampling of courses to be offered.
Motivational Interviewing in English and Spanish
Motivation Interviewing (MI) is a collaborative approach that helps clients develop a schema about the positive and negative effects of the behavior to
facilitate behavioral change. Session participants will learn MI techniques such as reflective listening, delivering feedback, summarizing, decisional balancing,
and developing change plans. Strategies for translating basic MI principles into action will be discussed and practiced (e.g. expressing empathy, developing
discrepancy, avoiding arguments, and dealing with resistance).
Sexually Transmitted Diseases Overview
Participants will gain knowledge around the various STDs and their symptoms.
In addition, participants will explore how STDs can facilitate the transmission of HIV. Racial and ethnic issues around sex, STDs and HIV will be integrated
into this training. Providers will learn how to be culturally appropriate while discussing STDs with their clients and delivering simple prevention messages.
Data Analysis and Program Evaluation
Participants will explore how data can be used for program improvement, planning, grant writing, and data recording. This course is designed for
participants with limited experience in evaluation methods and HIV prevention program implementation, but who may have extensive knowledge of the communities with which they work.
Programs by Design
Key areas to be covered in this workshop will include: performing needs assessment with target populations, identifying priorities, using theoretical
models to inform program plan, using past success and failures and developing useful evaluation plans. Participants will cover the use of pre-test and post
-test tools for monitoring and evaluation, curriculum development and collaboration with service partners.
TRAINER BIOGRAPHIES
- The African American Capacity Building Initiative (AACBI) is a program of the New York-based Harm Reduction Coalition (HRC). Funded by the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), AACBI was developed to assist community based organizations (CBOs), health departments (HDs) and other
community stakeholders serving the African American community in the CDC's North Region with the provision of information transfer, technology transfer,
technical assistance, technical consultation and overall skills building.
- Carol Browning, MS, RN, BC is a nurse educator for the Rhode Island Department of Health's Office of HIV/AIDS and Viral Hepatitis. Ms. Browning
has trained extensively throughout the state of Rhode Island on the issues of HIV/AIDS pre-test and post-test counseling and other topics related to HIV and AIDS.
- Dominic Cappello is a nationally recognized developer of training programs
for public health and safety for teachers, parents, and their children. Cappello is the creator of the National Education Association's "Can We Talk About
Puberty and Sexuality?" and "Can We Talk About Bullying and Drugs?" family communication program focusing on the vital role of parents in youth health
and safety. He also directs the Can We Talk? program in Rhode Island. Cappello is also the co-author and illustrator of the New York Times best
-selling Ten Talks Parents Must Have with their Children About Sex and Character (with Pepper Schwartz, Ph.D.), Ten Talks About Drugs and Choices
(with Xenia G. Becher, MSW), and the author of Ten Talks About Violence. He has shared his innovative approaches to public education and adult-child communication on Oprah, NBC's Today, ABC News, and CNN.
- Sandra DelSesto, M.Ed. has been a community planner, master trainer and
program developer in alcohol and other drug prevention for over 25 years. She is also a member of the prevention committee of the International Certification
and Reciprocity Consortium. In addition, she has developed a number of successful programs including HIV prevention, school health, and programs that specifically address the needs of youth at risk.
- Alfred L. Forbes is a Boston-based consultant with A. L. Forbes Consulting
Services. He has worked in various roles in the health service field for over 15 years and has conducted workshops nationally for the past 8 years.
- Jeremy Holman, PhD is a Senior Consultant at John Snow, Inc., and has
over eight years experience in the HIV/AIDS field. Since 2005, Dr. Holman has managed JSI's National Data Technical Assistance Center and has worked with
state and local projects to improve HIV service delivery. Before joining JSI, Dr. Holman was Executive Director of Boston AIDS Consortium (BAC),a local CBO
that provided HIV planning, capacity building, and TA services to enable minority CBOs in Massachusetts to implement effective HIV care and prevention programs for people of color, and to support the Boston EMA
Planning Council. An experienced trainer, Dr. Holman specializes in comprehensive planning, evaluating HIV/AIDS services, developing and implementing needs assessments and other community studies, maximizing
PLWH consumer involvement, developing standards of care and other quality management methods. In addition to his work at JSI, Dr. Holman is also an
adjunct instructor at Lesley University where he teaches world geography.
- Roger Jadosz, RN, BSN is a nurse with over 20 years of experience. Since
2000, Mr. Jadosz has been a health educator and nurse at the University of Rhode Island, where he founded the Designer Drug Awareness Program and
Project GHB. He trains on the effects and dangers of designer drugs throughout the state, and provides other training and medical services to
students at the university. Mr. Jadosz also works with Phoenix House in the detoxificaton unit, and with the Rhode Island Department of Corrections as a per diem nurse.
- Manos Unidas at the Latino Commission on AIDS (LCOA) works to enhance the effectiveness of HIV prevention interventions that target Latino
communities (both HIV positive and HIV negative) who are at high risk for contracting and /or transmitting HIV and other STDs through sex and drug
-related activities. Manos Unidas assists CDC-funded and non-funded community based organizations in specifically targeting its services to such
vulnerable populations as well as among pregnant women (especially those with drug use histories, present use or drug using partners), men who partner
with men, HIV positive individuals and their partners, and people who are at high risk for HIV injection, but do not know their HIV status.
- Donna McCarten White, RN, PhD, CADAC-II, CARN is the Addiction Specialist for the Lemuel Shattuck Hospital, a Public Health Hospital for the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. She holds an MSN from the University of Massachusetts/Boston, is a licensed drug and alcohol counselor with an
additional certification in advanced Drug and Alcohol Counseling, and is certified in Chemical Dependency and Addictions Nursing. She completed her
doctoral studies in Human Behavior with her dissertation in Compassion Fatigue and Vicarious Traumatization in Healthcare Professionals. Donna is a
recognized leader in the field of Addictions, Impaired Practice and Peer Assistance, as well as Healthcare Professional Stress.
- Pam Petersen-Baston has a BSW and an MPA from the University of South
Florida in Tampa. She has worked in the alcohol, tobacco, and other drug abuse and prevention fields for over 20years. Pam's consulting company,
Solutions of Substance (SOS), Inc., provides grant writing services and has secured millions of dollars for program providers. SOS also provides
consultation and training services to substance abuse prevention and treatment providers; federal, state, and local government systems, public
housing authorities, and others. She is a nationally recognized trainer, a Certified Addictions Professional, and a Certified Addictions Prevention Professional.
- Shannon Spurlock, MA is the Project Director of the Rhode Island HIV/AIDS
Prevention Evaluation Project for John Snow, Inc., and has over fifteen years experience in the prevention field and six years of HIV/AIDS prevention
evaluation experience. Ms. Spurlock has trained and worked with RI HEALTH funded HIV/AIDS Prevention vendors to build evaluation capacity through the
development process and outcome measures and logic models. She also serves as the evaluation consultant for the RICPG.
- Jenn Steinfeld is the Director of Marriage Equality Rhode Island. She has
worked in HIV prevention for over 15 years, with particular expertise in youth development and harm reduction. She was the Coordinator of Project REACH
for over 2 years, and has provided training on a wide variety of topics related to HIV prevention, including HIV history, harm/risk reduction practices,
program design, grant writing, conflict resolution, LGBTQ issues and homophobia reduction strategies.
MORE INFO
Acceptance Policy
Applications are accepted on a first come, first served basis. All prerequisites, if any
, must be documented prior to final acceptance. Once we have reached capacity for an individual training, we will maintain a waiting list and contact applicants by phone
to notify them of late acceptance. If you have not received notification of your acceptance into a particular course, please call Project REACH at 521-5759 ext. 17.
HIV contractors of the Rhode Island Department of Health receive priority acceptance.
Course Times and Location
Unless otherwise noted, all courses will take place at DATA of Rhode Island, 102
Dupont Drive in Providence. The majority of courses take place from 9 am to 4 pm. Other course times are indicated in the course description.
Meals
Please bring your own lunch or be prepared to purchase lunch locally. There are
many restaurants located near the Project REACH office.
Cancellation Policy
Please contact Project REACH if you are unable to attend any training into which
you have been accepted, with at least 24 hours notice. Should an unforeseen emergency arise that forces us to cancel or postpone a training, we will make every
effort to notify you. In the event of inclement weather, cancellation of courses will be recorded on DATA's answering machine at 521-5759.
Course Levels
In order to provide you with a training experience that meets your expectations, we
offer course levels for most trainings. Please do not apply for a training if your background is inappropriate for the level of the course.
- Entry Level: Beginners in the HIV field, or new to subject area.
- Intermediate: Individuals with less than 5 years experience
- Advanced: Individuals with more than 5 years experience, with at least 1 year in a supervisory capacity.
Certificates of Completion
Certificates are given only for actual participation time. If you do not complete at least 80% of a training, you will not receive a certificate.
Directions to DATA of RI
102 Dupont Drive, Providence, RI 02907
- From Route 10 N: Take the Niantic Ave/Cranston Street exit. Keep straight
through the light (cross Niantic Ave.). Bear right onto Dupont Drive; #102 is on your right. Parking is available on the street or in the lot just past the building.
- From Route 10 S: Take the Huntington Ave. exit; keep straight onto
Huntington Ave (you will wind under Route 10). At the third light turn right onto Magnan Rd (crossing over Route 10). Turn left onto Dupont Drive.
- From Route 95 North: Take exit 16 to Route 10 N; follow directions from 10 N above.
- From Route 95 South: Take Exit 22B to Route 6 W to Route 10 S; follow directions from 10S above.
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