For Professionals Committed to Safe and Caring Workplaces.
If you’re faced with violence in your organization, understanding behaviors is the first step toward knowing how to respond effectively and safely. All behaviors, from discourtesy to retaliation to physical aggression, can have a staggering impact on your workplace culture, whether they’re exhibited by customers or coworkers.
Read more: How Do You Define Workplace Violence?…
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If you work with persons with behavioral health conditions, you need to know how extensively traumatic experiences have affected them so you can plan their care effectively.
Join three multidisciplinary practitioners who will help you properly assess trauma, incorporate safe approaches, avoid harmful interventions, and more in the free “Assessing for and Addressing Trauma in Recovery-Oriented Practice” webinar.
Read more: Trauma and Recovery: An Effective Way to Take Action…
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Read the latest addition to the CPI article library, “Defining Workplace Bullying,” by Bill Badzmierowski, CPI’s Prepare Training® director of Instructor Services, about the many complicated factors that contribute to workplace bullying and harassment.
Read more: Read the Latest Addition to the CPI Article Library: “Defining Workplace Bullying”…
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Read a list of “10 Ways to Enhance Relationships and Communication for Individuals With Special Needs,” taken from Presuming Intellect: Ten Ways to Enrich Our Relationships Through a Belief in Competence, by William Stillman.
Read more: 10 Ways to Enhance Relationships and Communication for Individuals with Special Needs…
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Civic Ventures, a nonprofit organization focused on older people, work, and social purpose, is accepting nominations for the 2012 Purpose Prize, which recognizes individuals over age 60 who “combine their passion and experience for the betterment of all,” according to the AARP website (AARP is sponsoring one of the five prizes). Winners will receive awards up to $100,000.
Read more: Civic Ventures Accepting Nominations for 2012 Purpose Prize…
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A community in Airdrie, Alberta, Canada, is planning its second annual “Light the Night” event on the evening of November 7 to commemorate Family Violence Prevention Month. This year’s theme is “Speak up for those who are silenced.”
Read more: Community Organizes Walk in Honor of Family Violence Prevention Month…
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On November 19, 2011, more than 350 community events will be held across the country to finalize the adoption of children in foster care and recognize adoptive families.
Recognition of this day is meant to raise awareness about the 107,000 children who are currently in foster care who are awaiting adoption.
Read more: November 19 Is National Adoption Day…
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