Maternal and Child Health Training Opportunities - 2009 Schedule

Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Orientation

Behavior Management Strategies for High Risk Children 

Clues to Cues: A Foundation for Infant Mental Health

Healthy Foods Active Kids: Child Care Making a Difference 

Promoting First Relationships

NCAST - Parent Child Interaction (PCI) Scales - New Learner

• NCAST - Feeding Scales
• NCAST - Teaching Scales
• NCAST - Putting It Together

NCAST Parent Child Interaction (PCI) Recertification

• NCAST - Feeding Scales
• NCAST - Teaching Scales
• NCAST - Putting It Together
  

Tobacco Cessation 5As Training

Babies First! Targeted Case Management: How to Maximize Billing Opportunities

Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Orientation

Course Description:

This introductory course gives an overview of the state structure of DHS Office of Family Health's Perinatal and Child Health programs, with an emphasis on orientation to Maternity Case Management (MCM) and Babies First! home visiting programs.

• Offered two times per year.
  
• Training site for initial orientation is Portland. Specialized trainings are provided regionally as identified.
  
• Training is required for newly hired nurses, per Babies First protocols.
  (See Objective 3 of Babies First manual, page 1.)

Target Audience:

Public health nurses who are new to home-based MCH programs and maternity case management providers.

2009 Training Dates:

• January 27-29, 2009
• July 28-30, 2009 - This orientation training has been cancelled due to low registration. The next training date will be January 2010. For individual orientation and consultation needs prior to January 2010, please contact you state MCH nurse consultant. Pat Foley: (971) 673-0351; Fran Goodrich (971) 673-0262; Penny Paynter (971) 673-0260 or (541) 386-2962 x. 200.

Registration Form (PDF)

For registration questions, contact Renee Schneider, (971) 673-0378.

New Training Opportunity

Behavior Management Strategies for High Risk Children

Course Description:

This workshop will review evidence-based practices for behavior management of children, including common parenting concerns such as aggressive behaviors, attention deficit and implusivity, self injury, academic failure and poor social and relationship skills. We will discuss common causes of concerning behaviors, common diagnoses, treatment (including medication considerations) and long-term outcomes.

Training Goals:

At the end of this presentation, each participant will:

1. Understand different causes of behavior problems in young children.
2. Understand family impact on child behavior.
3. Understand environmental impact on child behavior.
4. Understand biological impact on child behavior.
5. Understand treatment options, including family approaches, environmental changes, and medication options.
6. Apply concepts learned to selected case studies.

Target Audience:

Child care providers and professionals consulting with child care providers.

2009 Training Dates:

June 2, 2009, 1-5 p.m.

Registration Form (PDF)

For registration questions, contact Renee Schneider, (971) 673-0378.

Clues to Cues: A Foundation for Infant Mental Health

One full day

Training Goals: 

• Identify key concepts of infant behavior.
• Apply the concepts of infant state, state modulation, cues, and temperament to the feeding and teaching interaction.

Target Audience: 

Professionals and paraprofessionals educating and working with families.

Prerequisites: 

None

2009 Training Dates:

• TBA

New Training Opportunity 

Healthy Foods Active Kids: Child Care Making a Difference

Course Description:

Nutrition and physical activity are an important part of a healthy childhood. For optimal health, children need a variety of safe and nutritious foods, accompanied by daily physical activity and limited exposure to screen media. Come to this afternoon session to learn from a variety of experts in their fields about promoting and providing a positive child care environment that supports balanced nutrition, physical activity and screen time.

Topics include:

• Cornerstones of a healthy lifestyle
• Food and nutrition for kids
• Useful curriculum resources
• Healthy food and activity environments
• Physical activity for kids
• Approaches to screen time

Target Audience:

Child care providers and professionals consulting with child care providers.

2009 Training Dates:

June 3, 2009, 1-5 p.m.

Registration Form (PDF)

For registration questions, contact Renee Schneider, (971) 673-0378.

New Training Opportunity

Promoting First Relationships (PFR)

Course Description:

PFR is a prevention program developed and field tested at the University of Washington. It is designed to promote children's social-emotional development through responsive, nurturing caregiver-child relationships. The PFR curriculum is a positive, strengths based, reflective approach.

Training Goals:

• Promote happy, loving, and mutually enjoyable relationships between caregivers and young children.
• Increase caregivers’ feelings of competence and confidence in their parenting or child care roles.
• Help caregivers support children’s social-emotional development: trust and security (attachment) in infancy and development of self (individuation) in toddler hood.

The program is based on videotape coaching strategies. It includes videotaping the care giving interactions in the home. This allows parents to observe and reflect on their interactions with their children. The nurse offers positive and instructive feedback during caregiver-child interactions that builds care giving competence, and focuses on the deeper emotional feelings and needs of both parents and young children. Four types of consultation strategies are keystones within the PFR curriculum. They include:

1. Establishing trusting relationships between the nurse and the parent.
2. Giving verbal feedback that is contingent, positive and instructive.
3. Using videotapes of parent-child interactions to help parents become better observers of their own and their children’s interactive strengths.
4. Using reflective questions to focus on underlying feelings and needs of parents and young children.

Target Audience: 

Public Health Nurses working in Babies First! and Child Care Health Consultants.

Prerequisites: 

No required prerequisites, however we ask participants to consider their access to a video camera prior to attending the class as video taping is a significant component of this curriculum.

2009 Training Dates:

• July 7-9, 2009

Registration Form (PDF)

For registration questions, contact renee.schneider@state.or.us.

NCAST Parent-Child Interaction (PCI) Scales - New Learner

Course Description:

This is a seven-day course, which consists of two three-day sessions, followed by a single day follow-up session. NCAST PCI Scales is the core training for the NCAST Feeding and Teaching Scales. The Feeding Scale is used to observe communication and interaction behaviors during the feeding situation in the first 12 months of the child's life. The Teaching Scale is used to observe interactions that define the parent-child dyad's strengths and areas of growth, up to 36 months of age. NCAST certification is obtained upon successful completion of the course and demonstration of reliability in using the scales. These are typically taught in two separate 3-day sessions. The sessions are separated by several weeks. A one-day follow-up session completes the series. The final day is critical, as it is spent training nurses how to plan interventions to improve parent-child interaction.

Target Audience: 

Public health nurses working with parents and young children from birth to 3 years of age.

Prerequisites: 

It is recommended that public health nurses who are interested in learning the NCAST Feeding and Teaching Scales should attend Clues to Cues as an introduction to the NCAST concepts before attending NCAST Parent-Child Interaction Scales.

2009 Training Dates:

• NCAST - Feeding Scales, January 6-8, 2009  Registration Form
• NCAST - Teaching Scales, February 3-5, 2009   Registration Form 
• NCAST - Putting It Together, March 2, 2009   Registration Form

For NCAST registration questions, contact renee.schneider@state.or.us.

NCAST Parent-Child Interaction (PCI) Recertification

This recertification training is 2 days.

Training Goals: 

Recertification for nurses who have previously completed the full NCAST Feeding and Teaching Scales training. The purpose of the course is to assure continued reliability in using the NCAST scales. In order to maintain current NCAST certification, nurses must take reliability training every 1 1/2 to 2 years.

Target Audience: 

Public health nurses whose NCAST certification is more than 1 1/2 to 2 years old.

Prerequisites: 

Previous NCAST Feeding and Teaching Scales certification.

2009 Training Dates:

• NCAST Feeding, August 10-11, 2009  Registration Form
• NCAST Teaching, TBA  

For NCAST registration questions, contact renee.schneider@state.or.us. 

Tobacco Cessation 5As Training

This class is sponsored by the Babies First! Program, DHS Tobacco Prevention & Education Program, and Union County Center for Human Development.

Course Description:

Students will learn about the 5As technique of motivational interviewing (Ask, Advise, Assess, Assist, and Arrange), Tools for Implementing the 5As and Workflow, Readiness Assessment, Nicotine Addiction/Recovery, Stages of Change, Motivational Strategies, Quit Plan Resources, and the Oregon Tobacco Quit Line Resources.

Target Audience: 

County Public Health Nurses

Babies First! Targeted Case Management (TCM): How to Maximize Billing Opportunities

This 1.5 hour NetLink Presentation addresses coordination of services with other TCM providers, as well as how to maximize TCM reimbursements.

Target Audience: 

Babies First! Program Staff at Local County Health Departments, including Public Health Nurses, Nurse Supervisors, Family Advocates/Community Health Workers, Billing/Data Entry Staff.

PowerPoint presentation: 

How to Maximize TCM Billing Opportunities