September 2010

Read CEO Tony Jace’s latest entry in the CPI Executive Blog about how some states are passing laws that consider violent assaults against health care workers to be felonies.

View Assaults in Health Care Are Felonies in Some States in its entirety.

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The Maine Department of Education issued Administrative Letter 8 on Sept. 10, 2010, to all school personnel that immediately prohibits the use of prone restraints or restraints that could impact the ability for a student to freely breathe.

Read more: Maine Department of Education Issues Letter Prohibiting Certain Restraints…

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Read the latest entry in the PBIS Post: A Positive Behavioral Support Blog featuring Professional Staff Instructor Susan Keith’s listing of the top 10 PBIS online resources.

View the Top 10 Positive Behavior Support (PBIS) Online Resources in its entirety.

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The Seattle Department of Corrections is incorporating violence prevention training as a part of a strategy to decrease violence in its prisons, according to a recent article in The Seattle Times.

Read more: Prison Credits Training for Decrease in Violence…

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Medical experts are updating diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer’s disease to help physicians diagnose the disease earlier, according to an article in American Medical News.

Since the original guidelines were published in 1984, scientists have determined that the genetic process of the disease appears years before symptoms start. They also have distinguished that dementia can be caused by cerebrovascular disease, Lewy body disease, or other conditions other than Alzheimer’s .

Read more: Diagnostic Guidelines for Alzheimer’s Updated With Recent Advancements…

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Read CEO Tony Jace’s latest entry in the CPI Executive Blog about Gary McDaniel, a CPI Certified Instructor who was chosen by the National Association of Social Workers as the state of West Virginia’s Social Worker of the Year.

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We would like to remind you that today is World Alzheimer’s Day. Here at CPI, we are dedicated to improving the quality of life for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and other related dementias through our Dementia Care Specialists (DCS) training programs and resources.

Read more: World Alzheimer’s Day is September 21…

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