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Aspire Chicago

March 12, 2024

Aspire Chicago’s Behavioral Therapy program empowers people with disabilities in their interactions, relationships, and as communicators. Their behavior therapists and board-certified behavior analysts use applied behavior analysis techniques and therapy to help people, their support teams, and their loved ones build skills, create routines, and identify ways to feel more comfortable and be more successful in social situations and in maintaining relationships.

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Anixter Center

March 12, 2024

Anixter Center offers various services, including daily support in both individual and group settings through its community mental health services and 40-hour DHS-approved QIDP training facilitated by Anixter Center instructors.

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PHI

March 12, 2024

PHI assists agencies in meeting the needs of direct care workers and their clients in a variety of long-term care settings. It helps implement best practices through hands-on coaching, training, and consulting to help providers deliver high-quality care. PHI supports policymakers and advocates in crafting evidence-based policies to advance quality care.

PHI fosters dignity, respect, and independence—for all who receive care and all who provide it. PHI promotes quality direct care jobs as the foundation for quality care.

Today’s providers want to know that their staff share their commitment to quality and are equipped to deliver it. PHI offers training and consulting services to meet this need to attract quality people, achieve cost efficiencies, and reduce turnover.

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EasyLlama

March 12, 2024

From inception, EasyLlama’s mission has been to help equip companies with engaging training that promotes a safe, inclusive, and equitable work environment for all. They are on a mission to empower people-centered organizations to create a safe and positive workplace. The EasyLlama Resource Center offers articles, eBooks, guides, and more on various workplace topics, such as crafting a workplace violence policy, data privacy and healthcare cybersecurity, DEIB, minimizing unconscious bias in hiring, and hundreds more options.

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OpenSesame

March 12, 2024

OpenSesame offers thousands of online classes to support a wide variety of professional development, from DEI to leadership to wellness. At the Resources tab, browse the Resource Library tab for the categories, titles, and costs.

When you prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion, every facet of your organization benefits. Organizations with strong diversity climates are more likely to have employees with increased job satisfaction and higher levels of trust and engagement.

Use the Guided Tour to learn what OpenSesame has to offer, how to sync with your LMS, preview courses, sort by category, filter by language, and more!

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Blue Tower Solutions

March 12, 2024

Blue Tower Solutions is dedicated to elevating the voices of people with disabilities and striving for equity in services and solutions. Blue Tower Solutions engages individuals, organizations, and systems to create cultures of respect, inclusion, dignity, and equality for people with disabilities.

Blue Tower Solutions offers many training topics, including “It Starts with Saying Hi!” This interactive class was created in response to the challenges faced with talking with people receiving services about the importance of understanding people of different races, religions, sexualities, and abilities. The class was created with input from people receiving services, self-advocates, and DSPs. This class is designed to be co-taught with a self-advocate and a staff person, virtually or in person. Learn more about this class and other training topics at https://www.bluetowersolutions.org/training-topics.

Training & eTracking Solutions

March 12, 2024

Training & eTracking Solutions thrives on providing highly effective online training programs to nonprofit and social service communities across the United States. Realizing that employee training is vital to the success of individuals, agencies, and associations within the human services field, Training & eTracking Solutions prides itself on creating content-rich online training. They’ve built training programs to focus on employees retaining more knowledge through interactive exercises, real-world situations, and engaging simulations.

See the Training tab for their learning categories, including training for DSPs, CEs for LMSW/LCSW, professional development, as well as on safety, senior care, mental health, and more. Schedule a free consultation to learn more about their programs and custom eLearning services.

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Illinois Community Colleges Online

March 12, 2024

Illinois Community Colleges Online (ILCCO) is a consortium of Illinois community college leaders collaborating to provide leadership, facilitate collaboration, and share resources in technology-enhanced and online education. As a gathering of leaders in online education in Illinois, ILCCO contributes to the leadership development of their members by strengthening skills and abilities while striving to guide and advocate for online learning in the state.

ILCCO is a membership organization available to all Illinois community college districts for the purpose of promoting quality online learning and providing additional online learning opportunities for students through course sharing.

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Health Tech Academy

March 12, 2024

Health Tech Academy’s self-paced online bootcamps are designed to accelerate your path to a well-paying career in healthcare. With a focus on excellence, innovation, and personalized learning, their bootcamps are tailored to fit seamlessly into your schedule. They collaborate with universities and employers to transform the healthcare workforce, one talent at a time.

Health Tech Academy’s healthcare leadership training uses insight and contributions from top healthcare leaders and executives across the country to target specific leadership techniques and skills needed to drive results. Learn proven communication strategies, self-evaluation techniques, and relationship development methods to level up your healthcare career, build confidence, and lead high-performing teams capable of making a big impact.

Health Tech Academy aspires to transform and innovate the way healthcare professionals are educated, hired, and retained.

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Trevor Project

March 12, 2024

The LGBTQ+ Ally Training is designed to create dialogue around being an adult ally for LGBTQ+ youth by informing participants about common terminology, the “coming out” process, and challenges at home, in school, and in the community. Through activities in this course, participants are encouraged to explore their biases, build knowledge, and develop empathy. The Trevor Project also offers training for youth-serving professionals like foster parents, teachers, and social workers.

The Trevor Project is the leading suicide prevention and crisis intervention nonprofit organization for LGBTQ+ young people. They provide information and support to LGBTQ+ young people 24/7, all year round. In addition to the Ally Training, their Resource page offers free articles, resources, and guides on sexual orientation, LGBTQ+ mental health, gender identity, community resources, talking about suicide, a coming out handbook, and more.