Continuing Education Catalog
Continuing Education Course Catalog
Learn more about Carewell’s course offerings for your CE requirement.
Required Courses
4 hours total – Must take all in the order listed below.
| Course Name | Type | Length | Description |
| Reviewing Professional Boundaries (ENMQ01) | Self-paced Online | 15 min | This course reviews what professional boundaries are, why they are important, and what could happen if you do not maintain professional boundaries with the consumer. |
| Reviewing Reporting Abuse and Neglect (ENMQ02) | Self-paced Online | 35 min | This course reviews what it means to be a mandatory reporter, what situations require a mandatory report, and an overview of the types and warning signs of abuse and neglect. |
| Reviewing Preventing Medicaid Fraud (ENMQ03) | Self-paced Online | 10 min | This course reviews what is considered Medicaid fraud and your role as a care provider to prevent it. |
| Cultural Awareness (ENIC01) | Instructor-led Webinar | 2 hours 15 min | This course allows learners to explore their own biases, beliefs, and culture with a Carewell trainer and a group of peers. Topics include: • Explore personal and cultural values, biases, prejudices, and views. • Identify ways in which culture shapes beliefs, practices, and values. • Become aware that there are similarities and differences among cultures. • Recognize our own culture(s), including organizational culture. • Recognize the four stages of cultural awareness. |
| Cultural Skills (ENMC02) | Self-paced Online | 45 min | This course introduces four cultural skills and explains their importance in positive cultural interaction. Additional focuses of this course include how to: • Assess your own multicultural skills, comfort level, growth, and development. • Be able to identify and openly discuss cultural differences and issues while taking in new ideas and information from others. • Consider new ideas and information to gain and show respect for individuals who are culturally different from yourself. • Create an action plan for how to increase your own cultural awareness, skills, and competence. • Comprehend how attitude and awareness are key to utilizing cultural skills. This course will be repeated throughout the care providers’ career to allow them to continue to examine the growth of their cultural competency skill sets and determine what areas to focus on for continued growth. |
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Electives
Elective courses allow care providers to choose topics that are most relevant and interesting to them for improving their knowledge and ability to provide quality care to consumers. This list of elective courses will continue to grow to include more topics.
The course categories are as follows:
- ADL: Activities of Daily Living, including grooming and housekeeping
- CCE: Cultural Competency Elective
- COM: Communication and Soft Skills
- IDD: Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
- MED: Medical Terminology, medical topics, and body systems
- MNT: Mental Health Awareness and Disorders
- SFT: Safety and Infection Prevention
- SLF: Self Care and Stress Management
If you’re unsure where to begin, check out the Essentials Track for a recommended set of elective courses.
*Indicates recommended Essentials Track course.
| Course Name and Category | Type | Length | Description |
| Body Systems 1 (ENM211), MED | Self-paced Online | 1 hour | This module introduces the care provider to the human body. For each body system, body parts and their function, common problems, and disorders are covered. Body systems in this module include: • Musculoskeletal • Circulatory • Digestive • Respiratory • Nervous • Integumentary In addition, the following topics are covered: • Observing and reporting • Medical emergencies |
| Body Systems 2 (ENM212), MED | Self-paced Online | 1 hour | This module introduces the care provider to the human body. For each body system, body parts and their function, common problems, and disorders are covered. Body systems in this module include: • Reproductive system • Lymphatic and Immune systems • Endocrine system • Urinary system In addition, the following topics are covered: • Observing and reporting • Medical emergencies |
| Food Safety (ENM401)*, SFT | Self-paced Online | 45 min | Foodborne illnesses are quite uncomfortable and can even be deadly to many consumers. To provide safe and high-quality support, care providers need to be able to practice food safety measures in all food handling scenarios. These scenarios include purchasing, storing, cleaning, and preparing foods. In this module we will cover the following: • Describe the importance of food safety • Discuss how health and hygiene play an important role in food preparation. • Define foodborne illness and how to avoid it. • Determine what is contamination and cross contamination. • Identify recommended temperatures to kill disease-causing germs and how to avoid the danger zone. • And lastly, we will determine cleaning and sanitizing tips to help keep you and the consumer safe. |
| Housekeeping Best Practices (ENM610)*, ADL | Self-paced Online | 45 min | Maintaining a clean household is an important aspect of keeping people safe and healthy. This course will focus on a comprehensive list of household duties that may appear on the task list or service agreement when working with a consumer in their home. Materials will include information and best practices on cleaning, sanitizing, organizing, decluttering, and how to approach all these tasks in a person-centered way. |
| Learning About Autism Spectrum Disorder (ENM011), IDD | Self-paced Online | 30 min | The course introduces care providers to Autism Spectrum Disorder. It walks through the common causes, signs and symptoms, possible treatments, and examples of commonly needed services and supports. This course is part of a series. |
| Learning About Down Syndrome (ENM012), IDD | Self-paced Online | 30 min | The course introduces care providers to Down Syndrome. It walks through the common causes, signs and symptoms, possible treatments, and examples of commonly needed services and supports. This course is part of a series. |
| Learning About Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (ENM013), IDD | Self-paced Online | 30 min | The course introduces care providers to Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. It walks through the common causes, signs and symptoms, possible treatments, and examples of commonly needed services and supports. This course is part of a series. |
| Learning About Fragile X Syndrome (ENM014), IDD | Self-paced Online | 30 min | The course introduces care providers to Fragile X Syndrome. It walks through the common causes, signs and symptoms, possible treatments, and examples of commonly needed services and supports. This course is part of a series. |
| Learning About Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (ENM001), IDD | Self-paced Online | 45 min | The module will define IDD and explore what we know about intellectual and developmental disabilities that do not have any specific diagnosis. This module walks through the suspected causes, signs and symptoms, possible treatments, and examples of commonly needed services and supports. This course is part of a series. |
| Learning About Prader-Willi Syndrome (ENM015), IDD | Self-paced Online | 30 min | The course introduces care providers to Prader-Willi Syndrome. It walks through the common causes, signs and symptoms, possible treatments, and examples of commonly needed services and supports. This course is part of a series. |
| Learning About Rett Syndrome (ENM016), IDD | Self-paced Online | 30 min | The course introduces care providers to Rett Syndrome. It walks through the common causes, signs and symptoms, possible treatments, and examples of commonly needed services and supports. This course is part of a series. |
| Learning About Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) (ENM017), IDD | Self-paced Online | 30 min | The course introduces care providers to Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). It walks through the common causes, signs and symptoms, possible treatments, and examples of commonly needed services and supports. This course is part of a series. |
| Medical Terminology for Care Providers (ENM220)*, MED | Self-paced Online | 30 min | Care providers support and assist consumers with many tasks that involve medical terminology. Understanding common medical terminology makes a care provider’s job easier and helps them provide safer care. This course will cover common medical terminology related to the care of older adults, consumers who experience intellectual and developmental disabilities, and consumers who experience mental illness. Specific attention is given to abbreviations and instructions commonly seen on medications. In this module, we will cover the following: • Breaking apart and combining words using roots, prefixes, and suffixes. • Structure and organization of the body. • Common medication terminology. • Putting it all together and knowledge checks. • Ways to practice learning. |
| Prescription Drug Misuse (ENM221), MED | Self-paced Online | 30 min | Prescribed drugs and therapeutic substances are commonly overlooked as addictive substances. This course explores: • The history of abused drugs. • Specific prescribed drugs and substances that can be highly addictive. • Information for the care provider to be better equipped to identify signs and symptoms of drug abuse and overuse. |
| Proper Use of PPE (ENM402)*, SFT | Self-paced Online | 30 min | This course covers the following: • Different types of personal protective equipment (PPE). • When and how to use each type of item. • The proper order to put on and remove PPE. • Where to obtain PPE. • Current regulations involving PPE. |
| Strengths-Based Services –Part 1 (ENM310)*, COM | Self-paced Online | 1 hour | The goal of this course is to introduce the philosophy of strengths-based services and start to build an understanding of how to provide services from a strength-based perspective. It will cover the strengths that every person has, and how to utilize those strengths to build skills. Creativity in identifying strengths and building relationships with consumers and their families is emphasized. The course works through several scenarios to provide opportunities to practice using person-first language and to practice shifting perspectives from a deficit-based to a strengths-based mentality. |
| Strengths-Based Services –Part 2 (ENI311)*, COM | Instructor-led Webinar | 3 hours | The goal of this course is to further explore the philosophy of strengths-based services and start to build an understanding of how to provide services from a strength-based perspective. This course explores how to uncover the strengths that every person has, and how to utilize those strengths to build skills. Creativity in identifying strengths and building relationships with consumers and their families is emphasized. The course offers opportunities to practice using person-first language and to practice shifting perspectives from a deficit-based to a strengths-based mentality.Strengths-Based Services – Part 1 must be taken prior to taking this course. |
| Stress Management for Care Providers (ENM503)*, SLF | Self-paced Online | 45 min | This course offers the learner information about stress, how to recognize it, and how to develop simple practices to monitor and manage stress levels to keep themselves healthy. At the end of this course, learners will be able to: • Define stress and understand the concept of stress management. • Recognize potential causes and triggers of stress. • Identify signs and symptoms of stress and understand the connection to overall health. • Identify techniques for managing stress with stress-reducing activities. • Recall tools and best practices to incorporate into a healthy stress management plan. |
| What Is an Identity? (ENM112)*, CCE | Self-paced Online | 15 min | This course offers the learner information about identities and intersectionality, and how knowledge about these can inform person-centered care and a strengths-based perspective. Topics covered include: • What is an identity? • What are identity/social groups? • Why is knowing about identity important? |
| What Is Intersectionality? (ENM113), CCE | Self-paced Online | 15 min | This course offers the learner information about identity, privilege, marginalization, and intersectionality as they apply to consumers and providing care. It also discusses how knowledge and awareness of intersectionality can inform person-centered care and a strengths-based perspective. Topics covered include: • What is an identity? • What are privilege and marginalization? • What barriers do some marginalized groups experience when accessing health care? • What is intersectionality, and why is knowing about it important? |
| Working with Nonverbal Consumers (ENM325), COM | Self-paced Online | 1 hour | This course will explore how best to support consumers who communicate nonverbally. Some topics include: • Common supports and practices within the community. • Best practices for supporting a nonverbal person in public. • Different ways in which nonverbal consumers may communicate, including technology options that are available. |
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Essentials Track
This selection of continuing education courses covers a range of topics appropriate for all care providers and fulfills the 8-hour requirement for electives.
Go to the Electives section to read more about each course.
The course categories are as follows:
- ADL: Activities of Daily Living, including grooming and housekeeping
- CCE: Cultural Competency Elective
- COM: Communication and Soft Skills
- IDD: Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
- MED: Medical Terminology, medical topics, and body systems
- MNT: Mental Health Awareness and Disorders
- SFT: Safety and Infection Prevention
- SLF: Self Care and Stress Management
| Course Name | Category | Type | Length |
| Food Safety (ENM401) | SFT | Self-paced Online | 45 min |
| Housekeeping Best Practices (ENM610) | ADL | Self-paced Online | 45 min |
| Medical Terminology for Care Providers (ENM220) | MED | Self-paced Online | 30 min |
| Prescription Drug Misuse (ENM221) | MED | Self-paced Online | 30 min |
| Proper Use of PPE (ENM402) | SFT | Self-paced Online | 30 min |
| Strengths-Based Services -Part 1 (ENM310) | COM | Self-paced Online | 1 hour |
| Strengths-Based Services -Part 2 (ENI311) | COM | Instructor-led Webinar | 3 hours |
| Stress Management for Care Providers (ENM503) | SLF | Self-paced Online | 45 min |
| What Is an Identity? (ENM112) | CCE | Self-paced Online | 15 min |
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New Courses Coming Soon
Here is a preview of courses that are coming soon. They are not yet available, but will be added to the Electives list once they are.
The course categories are as follows:
- ADL: Activities of Daily Living, including grooming and housekeeping
- CCE: Cultural Competency Elective
- COM: Communication and Soft Skills
- IDD: Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
- MED: Medical Terminology, medical topics, and body systems
- MNT: Mental Health Awareness and Disorders
- SFT: Safety and Infection Prevention
- SLF: Self Care and Stress Management
| Course Name and Category | Type | Length | Description |
| Basic Cooking Techniques (ENM630), ADL | Self-paced Online | 1 hour | This course focuses on essential skills and knowledge for effective cooking, including tools and appliances in the kitchen, food preparation and cutting techniques, and explores methods of dry and moist heat cooking. |
| End-of-Life Care (ENM730), ADL | Self-paced Online | 30 min | This course describes the concept of Comfort Care, attitudes related to death, stages of death, dying, and grief while also identifying and respecting support systems and a person’s end-of-life wishes. |
| Fall Prevention and Assistance (ENM420), SFT | Self-paced Online | 30 min | This course discusses fall prevention strategies and common causes of injuries to the consumer and the care provider. Topics include: Understanding how falls happen, Who is at risk for a fall, and Practicing person-centered care when assisting an individual in preventing falls. |
| Growth & Development 1: Infancy Through Adolescence (ENM231), MED | Self-paced Online | 1 hour | This course focuses on the first part of human growth and development: from infancy through the life stages of infancy, toddlerhood, preschool age, school age, and adolescence. We discuss the process and stages of development and why this is important to us as care providers. See also: Growth and Development 2: The Aging Process. |
| Growth & Development 2: The Aging Process (ENM232), MED | Self-paced Online | 1 hour | This course focuses on the second part of human growth and development: the aging process. We discuss the stages of development for older adults and why this is important to us as care providers. See also: Growth and Development 1: Infancy through Adolescence. |
| International Foods (ENM631), ADL | Self-paced Online | 30 min | This course covers various foods and cuisines around the world and discusses how geography and religious and cultural traditions have influenced our cuisines and diets in our own homes. We include interesting features of international cuisines and recipes for some well-known dishes from different regions around the world. |
| Introduction to Aphasia (ENM250), MED | Self-paced Online | 1 hour | This course talks about the language disorder aphasia. Topics covered include what causes aphasia, signs and symptoms, and types of aphasia. We also explore day-to-day life for a person with aphasia and how a care provider can best support them. |
| Introduction to Dementia (ENM720), MNT | Self-paced Online | 1 hour | This course covers types of dementia and how symptoms of dementia progress. Topics include: common behaviors and symptoms seen in persons with dementia; elements of a safe and supportive physical environment for individuals with dementia; and person-centered ways to communicate and connect with individuals with dementia to involve them in their own ADLs and self-care. |
| Safety and Emergency Preparedness (ENM410), SFT | Self-paced Online | 1 hour | This course covers the basic information you, your family, and your consumers need to be ready for emergencies and environmental disasters when working in Oregon. With a focus on how to ensure the safety of the consumer, we will provide an overview of basic safety and emergency guidelines, including disaster preparedness, making an Emergency Preparedness Plan, and tips for best practices when disaster strikes. |
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Required Courses
Required Courses
4 hours total – Must take all in the order listed below.
| Course Name | Type | Length | Description |
| Reviewing Professional Boundaries (ENMQ01) | Self-paced Online | 15 min | This course reviews what professional boundaries are, why they are important, and what could happen if you do not maintain professional boundaries with the consumer. |
| Reviewing Reporting Abuse and Neglect (ENMQ02) | Self-paced Online | 35 min | This course reviews what it means to be a mandatory reporter, what situations require a mandatory report, and an overview of the types and warning signs of abuse and neglect. |
| Reviewing Preventing Medicaid Fraud (ENMQ03) | Self-paced Online | 10 min | This course reviews what is considered Medicaid fraud and your role as a care provider to prevent it. |
| Cultural Awareness (ENIC01) | Instructor-led Webinar | 2 hours 15 min | This course allows learners to explore their own biases, beliefs, and culture with a Carewell trainer and a group of peers. Topics include: • Explore personal and cultural values, biases, prejudices, and views. • Identify ways in which culture shapes beliefs, practices, and values. • Become aware that there are similarities and differences among cultures. • Recognize our own culture(s), including organizational culture. • Recognize the four stages of cultural awareness. |
| Cultural Skills (ENMC02) | Self-paced Online | 45 min | This course introduces four cultural skills and explains their importance in positive cultural interaction. Additional focuses of this course include how to: • Assess your own multicultural skills, comfort level, growth, and development. • Be able to identify and openly discuss cultural differences and issues while taking in new ideas and information from others. • Consider new ideas and information to gain and show respect for individuals who are culturally different from yourself. • Create an action plan for how to increase your own cultural awareness, skills, and competence. • Comprehend how attitude and awareness are key to utilizing cultural skills. This course will be repeated throughout the care providers’ career to allow them to continue to examine the growth of their cultural competency skill sets and determine what areas to focus on for continued growth. |
Electives
Electives
Elective courses allow care providers to choose topics that are most relevant and interesting to them for improving their knowledge and ability to provide quality care to consumers. This list of elective courses will continue to grow to include more topics.
The course categories are as follows:
- ADL: Activities of Daily Living, including grooming and housekeeping
- CCE: Cultural Competency Elective
- COM: Communication and Soft Skills
- IDD: Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
- MED: Medical Terminology, medical topics, and body systems
- MNT: Mental Health Awareness and Disorders
- SFT: Safety and Infection Prevention
- SLF: Self Care and Stress Management
If you’re unsure where to begin, check out the Essentials Track for a recommended set of elective courses.
*Indicates recommended Essentials Track course.
| Course Name and Category | Type | Length | Description |
| Body Systems 1 (ENM211), MED | Self-paced Online | 1 hour | This module introduces the care provider to the human body. For each body system, body parts and their function, common problems, and disorders are covered. Body systems in this module include: • Musculoskeletal • Circulatory • Digestive • Respiratory • Nervous • Integumentary In addition, the following topics are covered: • Observing and reporting • Medical emergencies |
| Body Systems 2 (ENM212), MED | Self-paced Online | 1 hour | This module introduces the care provider to the human body. For each body system, body parts and their function, common problems, and disorders are covered. Body systems in this module include: • Reproductive system • Lymphatic and Immune systems • Endocrine system • Urinary system In addition, the following topics are covered: • Observing and reporting • Medical emergencies |
| Food Safety (ENM401)*, SFT | Self-paced Online | 45 min | Foodborne illnesses are quite uncomfortable and can even be deadly to many consumers. To provide safe and high-quality support, care providers need to be able to practice food safety measures in all food handling scenarios. These scenarios include purchasing, storing, cleaning, and preparing foods. In this module we will cover the following: • Describe the importance of food safety • Discuss how health and hygiene play an important role in food preparation. • Define foodborne illness and how to avoid it. • Determine what is contamination and cross contamination. • Identify recommended temperatures to kill disease-causing germs and how to avoid the danger zone. • And lastly, we will determine cleaning and sanitizing tips to help keep you and the consumer safe. |
| Housekeeping Best Practices (ENM610)*, ADL | Self-paced Online | 45 min | Maintaining a clean household is an important aspect of keeping people safe and healthy. This course will focus on a comprehensive list of household duties that may appear on the task list or service agreement when working with a consumer in their home. Materials will include information and best practices on cleaning, sanitizing, organizing, decluttering, and how to approach all these tasks in a person-centered way. |
| Learning About Autism Spectrum Disorder (ENM011), IDD | Self-paced Online | 30 min | The course introduces care providers to Autism Spectrum Disorder. It walks through the common causes, signs and symptoms, possible treatments, and examples of commonly needed services and supports. This course is part of a series. |
| Learning About Down Syndrome (ENM012), IDD | Self-paced Online | 30 min | The course introduces care providers to Down Syndrome. It walks through the common causes, signs and symptoms, possible treatments, and examples of commonly needed services and supports. This course is part of a series. |
| Learning About Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (ENM013), IDD | Self-paced Online | 30 min | The course introduces care providers to Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. It walks through the common causes, signs and symptoms, possible treatments, and examples of commonly needed services and supports. This course is part of a series. |
| Learning About Fragile X Syndrome (ENM014), IDD | Self-paced Online | 30 min | The course introduces care providers to Fragile X Syndrome. It walks through the common causes, signs and symptoms, possible treatments, and examples of commonly needed services and supports. This course is part of a series. |
| Learning About Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (ENM001), IDD | Self-paced Online | 45 min | The module will define IDD and explore what we know about intellectual and developmental disabilities that do not have any specific diagnosis. This module walks through the suspected causes, signs and symptoms, possible treatments, and examples of commonly needed services and supports. This course is part of a series. |
| Learning About Prader-Willi Syndrome (ENM015), IDD | Self-paced Online | 30 min | The course introduces care providers to Prader-Willi Syndrome. It walks through the common causes, signs and symptoms, possible treatments, and examples of commonly needed services and supports. This course is part of a series. |
| Learning About Rett Syndrome (ENM016), IDD | Self-paced Online | 30 min | The course introduces care providers to Rett Syndrome. It walks through the common causes, signs and symptoms, possible treatments, and examples of commonly needed services and supports. This course is part of a series. |
| Learning About Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) (ENM017), IDD | Self-paced Online | 30 min | The course introduces care providers to Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). It walks through the common causes, signs and symptoms, possible treatments, and examples of commonly needed services and supports. This course is part of a series. |
| Medical Terminology for Care Providers (ENM220)*, MED | Self-paced Online | 30 min | Care providers support and assist consumers with many tasks that involve medical terminology. Understanding common medical terminology makes a care provider’s job easier and helps them provide safer care. This course will cover common medical terminology related to the care of older adults, consumers who experience intellectual and developmental disabilities, and consumers who experience mental illness. Specific attention is given to abbreviations and instructions commonly seen on medications. In this module, we will cover the following: • Breaking apart and combining words using roots, prefixes, and suffixes. • Structure and organization of the body. • Common medication terminology. • Putting it all together and knowledge checks. • Ways to practice learning. |
| Prescription Drug Misuse (ENM221), MED | Self-paced Online | 30 min | Prescribed drugs and therapeutic substances are commonly overlooked as addictive substances. This course explores: • The history of abused drugs. • Specific prescribed drugs and substances that can be highly addictive. • Information for the care provider to be better equipped to identify signs and symptoms of drug abuse and overuse. |
| Proper Use of PPE (ENM402)*, SFT | Self-paced Online | 30 min | This course covers the following: • Different types of personal protective equipment (PPE). • When and how to use each type of item. • The proper order to put on and remove PPE. • Where to obtain PPE. • Current regulations involving PPE. |
| Strengths-Based Services –Part 1 (ENM310)*, COM | Self-paced Online | 1 hour | The goal of this course is to introduce the philosophy of strengths-based services and start to build an understanding of how to provide services from a strength-based perspective. It will cover the strengths that every person has, and how to utilize those strengths to build skills. Creativity in identifying strengths and building relationships with consumers and their families is emphasized. The course works through several scenarios to provide opportunities to practice using person-first language and to practice shifting perspectives from a deficit-based to a strengths-based mentality. |
| Strengths-Based Services –Part 2 (ENI311)*, COM | Instructor-led Webinar | 3 hours | The goal of this course is to further explore the philosophy of strengths-based services and start to build an understanding of how to provide services from a strength-based perspective. This course explores how to uncover the strengths that every person has, and how to utilize those strengths to build skills. Creativity in identifying strengths and building relationships with consumers and their families is emphasized. The course offers opportunities to practice using person-first language and to practice shifting perspectives from a deficit-based to a strengths-based mentality.Strengths-Based Services – Part 1 must be taken prior to taking this course. |
| Stress Management for Care Providers (ENM503)*, SLF | Self-paced Online | 45 min | This course offers the learner information about stress, how to recognize it, and how to develop simple practices to monitor and manage stress levels to keep themselves healthy. At the end of this course, learners will be able to: • Define stress and understand the concept of stress management. • Recognize potential causes and triggers of stress. • Identify signs and symptoms of stress and understand the connection to overall health. • Identify techniques for managing stress with stress-reducing activities. • Recall tools and best practices to incorporate into a healthy stress management plan. |
| What Is an Identity? (ENM112)*, CCE | Self-paced Online | 15 min | This course offers the learner information about identities and intersectionality, and how knowledge about these can inform person-centered care and a strengths-based perspective. Topics covered include: • What is an identity? • What are identity/social groups? • Why is knowing about identity important? |
| What Is Intersectionality? (ENM113), CCE | Self-paced Online | 15 min | This course offers the learner information about identity, privilege, marginalization, and intersectionality as they apply to consumers and providing care. It also discusses how knowledge and awareness of intersectionality can inform person-centered care and a strengths-based perspective. Topics covered include: • What is an identity? • What are privilege and marginalization? • What barriers do some marginalized groups experience when accessing health care? • What is intersectionality, and why is knowing about it important? |
| Working with Nonverbal Consumers (ENM325), COM | Self-paced Online | 1 hour | This course will explore how best to support consumers who communicate nonverbally. Some topics include: • Common supports and practices within the community. • Best practices for supporting a nonverbal person in public. • Different ways in which nonverbal consumers may communicate, including technology options that are available. |
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Essentials Track
Essentials Track
This selection of continuing education courses covers a range of topics appropriate for all care providers and fulfills the 8-hour requirement for electives.
Go to the Electives section to read more about each course.
The course categories are as follows:
- ADL: Activities of Daily Living, including grooming and housekeeping
- CCE: Cultural Competency Elective
- COM: Communication and Soft Skills
- IDD: Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
- MED: Medical Terminology, medical topics, and body systems
- MNT: Mental Health Awareness and Disorders
- SFT: Safety and Infection Prevention
- SLF: Self Care and Stress Management
| Course Name | Category | Type | Length |
| Food Safety (ENM401) | SFT | Self-paced Online | 45 min |
| Housekeeping Best Practices (ENM610) | ADL | Self-paced Online | 45 min |
| Medical Terminology for Care Providers (ENM220) | MED | Self-paced Online | 30 min |
| Prescription Drug Misuse (ENM221) | MED | Self-paced Online | 30 min |
| Proper Use of PPE (ENM402) | SFT | Self-paced Online | 30 min |
| Strengths-Based Services -Part 1 (ENM310) | COM | Self-paced Online | 1 hour |
| Strengths-Based Services -Part 2 (ENI311) | COM | Instructor-led Webinar | 3 hours |
| Stress Management for Care Providers (ENM503) | SLF | Self-paced Online | 45 min |
| What Is an Identity? (ENM112) | CCE | Self-paced Online | 15 min |
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New Courses Coming Soon
New Courses Coming Soon
Here is a preview of courses that are coming soon. They are not yet available, but will be added to the Electives list once they are.
The course categories are as follows:
- ADL: Activities of Daily Living, including grooming and housekeeping
- CCE: Cultural Competency Elective
- COM: Communication and Soft Skills
- IDD: Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
- MED: Medical Terminology, medical topics, and body systems
- MNT: Mental Health Awareness and Disorders
- SFT: Safety and Infection Prevention
- SLF: Self Care and Stress Management
| Course Name and Category | Type | Length | Description |
| Basic Cooking Techniques (ENM630), ADL | Self-paced Online | 1 hour | This course focuses on essential skills and knowledge for effective cooking, including tools and appliances in the kitchen, food preparation and cutting techniques, and explores methods of dry and moist heat cooking. |
| End-of-Life Care (ENM730), ADL | Self-paced Online | 30 min | This course describes the concept of Comfort Care, attitudes related to death, stages of death, dying, and grief while also identifying and respecting support systems and a person’s end-of-life wishes. |
| Fall Prevention and Assistance (ENM420), SFT | Self-paced Online | 30 min | This course discusses fall prevention strategies and common causes of injuries to the consumer and the care provider. Topics include: Understanding how falls happen, Who is at risk for a fall, and Practicing person-centered care when assisting an individual in preventing falls. |
| Growth & Development 1: Infancy Through Adolescence (ENM231), MED | Self-paced Online | 1 hour | This course focuses on the first part of human growth and development: from infancy through the life stages of infancy, toddlerhood, preschool age, school age, and adolescence. We discuss the process and stages of development and why this is important to us as care providers. See also: Growth and Development 2: The Aging Process. |
| Growth & Development 2: The Aging Process (ENM232), MED | Self-paced Online | 1 hour | This course focuses on the second part of human growth and development: the aging process. We discuss the stages of development for older adults and why this is important to us as care providers. See also: Growth and Development 1: Infancy through Adolescence. |
| International Foods (ENM631), ADL | Self-paced Online | 30 min | This course covers various foods and cuisines around the world and discusses how geography and religious and cultural traditions have influenced our cuisines and diets in our own homes. We include interesting features of international cuisines and recipes for some well-known dishes from different regions around the world. |
| Introduction to Aphasia (ENM250), MED | Self-paced Online | 1 hour | This course talks about the language disorder aphasia. Topics covered include what causes aphasia, signs and symptoms, and types of aphasia. We also explore day-to-day life for a person with aphasia and how a care provider can best support them. |
| Introduction to Dementia (ENM720), MNT | Self-paced Online | 1 hour | This course covers types of dementia and how symptoms of dementia progress. Topics include: common behaviors and symptoms seen in persons with dementia; elements of a safe and supportive physical environment for individuals with dementia; and person-centered ways to communicate and connect with individuals with dementia to involve them in their own ADLs and self-care. |
| Safety and Emergency Preparedness (ENM410), SFT | Self-paced Online | 1 hour | This course covers the basic information you, your family, and your consumers need to be ready for emergencies and environmental disasters when working in Oregon. With a focus on how to ensure the safety of the consumer, we will provide an overview of basic safety and emergency guidelines, including disaster preparedness, making an Emergency Preparedness Plan, and tips for best practices when disaster strikes. |