Tag: Resources

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Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy Commission

March 12, 2024

The Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy Commission protects the rights and promotes the welfare of persons with disabilities. The Commission is an executive state agency created to safeguard the rights of persons with disabilities. By providing legal representation, investigating complaints of rights violations, and providing state guardianship for Illinois’ population with disabilities, the Commission has given voice to those who have previously gone unheard.

Visit the website above for contact information and guardianship-focused details related to the Office of State Guardian (such as guardianship training and OSG forms), the Human Rights Authority (guardianship fact sheet, sexual education, and sexual rights), the Legal Advocacy Service (clients facing judicial proceedings, advanced directive forms), and the Special Education Initiative (SPED FAQs, supported decision-making).

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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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IARF

March 12, 2024

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

March 12, 2024

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.

GCF Global

March 12, 2024

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.

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Allstate Foundation

March 12, 2024

The Allstate Foundation invests in people: the people doing the work, close to the issues, and influencing change. The Allstate Foundation Nonprofit Leadership Center partners with experts like Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management’s Center for Nonprofit Management to offer professional development to social innovators. Opportunities include the Nonprofit Management Essentials Online Program and Executive Leadership Program.

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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.

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UIC Institute on Disability and Human Development

March 12, 2024

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.