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Connecticut Online Training Programs (2019)

CADER collaborated with the Center on Aging at the University of Connecticut Health Center (UCHC) and Connecticut’s Department of Social Services to provide a competency-based online training program that addresses the core skills, knowledge, and values needed for effective practice in the Money Follows the Person (MFP) program.

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Building Dementia-Capable Services and Supports Through Alzheimer’s and Dementia Training (2018)

This training program provided Information and Referral specialists, Options Counselors, Councils on Aging outreach staff, and other partners in the Massachusetts No Wrong Door (NWD) system with the necessary knowledge, skills, and competencies to identify potential cognitive impairment or dementia in its early stages, communicate with individuals with dementia, refer for screening, and connect individuals with available Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) that best meet the needs of a family caring for someone with Alzheimer’s Disease or Related Disorder (ADRD).

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Massachusetts Behavioral Health and Aging across the Aging Network (2017)

Boston University’s Center for Aging and Disability Education and Research (CADER), in partnership with the Executive Office of Elder Affairs (EOEA), sponsored an online Behavioral Health & Aging Certificate Training Program. The training program was targeted specifically for staff with direct client responsibilities, predominately adult protective service workers.

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Pride and Prejudice: Breaking Down Socially Constructed Attitudes and Moving Towards a Convergence in Aging and Disability Studies (2017)

This book offers insight into how we can continue to move towards stronger programs for both older adult and people with disabilities and that the “promise of convergence in aging and disability studies” heavily relies on learning from each other and breaking down silos so we can become a more unified voice dedicated to strengthening the lives of all people.

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Evaluation Report

Connecticut Online Training Programs (2017)

CADER partnered with the Center on Aging at the University of Connecticut Health Center (UCHC) and Connecticut’s Department of Social Services to provide a competency-based online training program that addresses the core skills, knowledge, and values needed for effective practice in the Money Follows the Person program.

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Publication

Can a Unified Service Delivery Philosophy Be Identified in Aging and Disability Organizations? Exploring Competing Service Delivery Models Through the Voices of the Workforce in These Organizations (2018)

Services for older adults and younger people with disabilities are increasingly merging, as reflected in the creation of Aging and Disability Resource Centers (ADRCs). Using institutional logics theory and a qualitative research design, this study explored whether a unified service delivery philosophy for ADRCs was emerging.

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Prevention and Identification of Behavioral Health Issues in Older Adults: Skill Development Among Clergy Members — Year 1 Findings, Poster Presentation (2017)

This two-year program focused on training diverse clergy in Massachusetts. It included a pilot program during the first year, where a small group of selected clergy and faith leaders reviewed the courses in the already existing CADER online Behavioral Health and Aging Certificate for their applicability to their work in their congregations. In the second year, CADER delivered this training to a wider audience of faith leaders across Massachusetts (n=50).

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