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Berkshire AHEC Announces World AIDS Day Program11:06AM / Monday, November 10, 2008
The Berkshire Area Health Education Center (AHEC), Inc. and the Berkshire HIV/AIDS Service Coordination Collaborative will present a continuing professional development training in recognition of World AIDS Day entitled “Stop AIDS: Keep the Promise.” The program will be held on Monday, December 1, 2008 from 9:00am to 3:00pm, at the Berkshire Hills Country Club, 500 Benedict Road, in Pittsfield.
Morning sessions will provide an overview of the HIV/AIDS pandemic with an emphasis on current issues in the US. Psychiatric illnesses that co-occur with HIV/AIDS will also be discussed along with evidenced-based treatment options and a bio-psycho-social approach to treatment. An interactive training based on a Berber Moroccan model will be held to increase effective communication across cultures and discuss how people in their encounters with HIV and AIDS attempt to create meaning in health, illness and disease.
Registration and a continental breakfast will begin at 8:30am. 5 contact hours will be available for psychologists, social workers, nursing home administrators, licensed mental health and substance abuse counselors, nurses, respiratory and occupational therapists and credits have also been approved for pharmacists and EMT’s. The fee for the program is $60 if registered by November 16, 2008 and $65 until the day of the program. Price includes continental breakfast, lunch, course materials and CE certificate.
Please visit www.berkshireahec.org to register online and more information. Financial support for this program has been provided by the New England AIDS Education and Training Center-NEHEC/MAI Project, funded by the US Department of HHS, Health Resources and Services Administration, and sponsored regionally by Commonwealth of Medicine, UMass Medical School, Worcester, MA. Federal Grant Award # 5 H4AHA00050-07-00" |
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