WV Bureau of Senior Services

Professional Training Opportunities

The West Virginia Bureau of Senior Services will provide information on upcoming conferences and training opportunities for professionals in the field of aging.
 
Nonprofit Education & Training (N.E.T.) is having its Program Evaluation: Using Evidence to Improve Services workshop on March 10 in Martinsburg. Contact Felecia Fuller at 304-264-0353 for more information. (CEUs)
 
Hospice Care Corporation is holding the Volunteer Basics Training on March 11 and 18 in Morgantown, and March 27 in Fairmont. Contact Kim Mitchell at 304-212-8345 for more information.
 
The West Virginia Suicide Prevention Council will sponsor a conference on May 12–13, 2010, at the Civic Center in Charleston. More information will be posted on this website as it becomes available. (CEUs)
 
The West Virginia University’s 32nd Summer Institute on Aging will be held at Lakeview Resort in Morgantown on June 8–10, 2010. (CEUs)
 
The University of Kentucky’s 27th annual Summer Series on Aging  will be held on June 21–23, 2010. (CEUs)
 

WVU Division of Social Work is sponsoring the following trainings. Contact Shelley Hopple at 304-293-3780 for more information. (CEUs)

  · Self Care: Using Mindfulness to Reduce Compassion Fatigue, March 11 in Beckley

  · Women and Addiction, March 31 in Wheeling

  · Mood Disorders: Diagnoses, Causes, and Treatments, April 9 in Morgantown

  · Review of Common Ethics Complaints Filed Against Social Workers: How Can You Minimize Your Risk and Improve Your Practice?, April 20 in Martinsburg

  · Confidentiality, Privacy, and Privileged Communication: Ethical Practice, Better Practice, May 4 in Morgantown

  · Tax Obligations of Tax Exempt Organizations, May 7 in Clarksburg