The Class Central catalog brings courses from many providers into one place with a catalog of over 100,000 online courses in the online learning-verse. Take courses from Coursera, edX, Udemy, Google, TEDx, and universities worldwide on almost any subject. Class Central’s goal is to make online education work for everyone. Note: Class Central is not involved in running courses; their goal is to connect users to the right course.
Peter Leidy conducts workshops, develops training materials, writes songs, speaks and sings at conferences, and works with organizations, government agencies, families, and paid supporters to promote positive support, inclusion, building healthy relationships, and thinking differently about people who are called “challenging.” He focuses on personalizing support and community membership for people with disabilities. He’s been learning from people with disabilities since 1983.
Peter offers consulting for individuals, teams, families, and DSPs. He trains as both a conference speaker and workshop facilitator on a variety of topics:
– Designing person-centered supports
– Supported Living Workshop description
– Recruiting and supporting staff
– Staff retention
– Staff appreciation events
– Motivating direct support staff
– Organizational development
– Values training
– Developing/building community relationships
– Crisis prevention training
– Power and control
– Songs from Human Serviceland
IntellectAbility helps agencies and supporters to better assist people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD). IntellectAbility provides information and support for the Health Risk Screening Tool (HRST), a web-based tool that identifies health risks and provides actionable steps to mitigate those risks. Supporters can work proactively, utilizing decisions based on 22 crucial risk areas. The HRST is the most widely used and validated health risk screening tool for those with I/DD.
In addition, IntellectAbility offers a library of training focusing on the health and safety of people with I/DD, including resources for those supporting people with I/DD. The library includes e-learning courses, webinars, and materials for in-depth courses on relevant topics such as the Fatal Five, nutrition, and person-centered planning.
The Illinois Association of Rehabilitation Facilities has been the voice of human service organizations in government. IARF has worked to provide agencies with individual consultation on issues that affect them specifically, including Annual Frontline Supervisor Training and CEUs for QIDPs, Nursing Home Administrators, and Social Workers.
Association staff provide frequent legislative and policy updates that affect members and non-members alike. Webinars are available for member organizations, both live and on-demand. IARFuture Leadership Initiative helps grow the leaders of tomorrow. IARF hosts an annual conference and expo with a variety of educational sessions for all staff levels.
Clearbrook’s Training Department offers DHS-approved QIDP training for other organizations – 40 hours of high-quality curricula related to residential, ICF, and day services QIDPs. Call or email the contact above for information on attending QIDP training.
GCFGlobal.org offers over 2,300 lessons, over 2,000 videos, and over 50 interactives and games on 200+ topics, completely free. GCFGlobal teaches the essential skills needed to live and work in the 21st century by offering self-paced online courses – from how to use Microsoft Office to reading, math, banking, typing, resume writing, internet safety, and more.
If you’re willing to learn, GFCGlobal is ready to teach – anywhere, anytime. In addition to their lessons and videos, you can check out their Educators’ Resources for more options outside their services.
The Institute on Disability and Human Development (IDHD) at the University of Illinois Chicago offers archived webinars on a variety of topics for paid continuing education units (CEUs). These webinars are previous TAP/IDHD/LEND live webinars.
IDHD webinars offer timely information and may be viewed at your convenience without the expense of travel. IDHD professionals are experts in a wide range of disability topics. This webinar series is designed to promote and enhance IDHD’s relationships with the Illinois disability community. CEUs will be offered for select webinars.
CEUs will be offered for select archived webinars. The cost of CEUs is $10 per certificate. To receive CEUs, you will need to pre-register for your live or archived webinars. Registration and more information for live and archived webinars can be found at the link above.
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.
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.
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.